2008 Kansas Environmental Conference

August 5-7
Overland Park, Kansas

The 2008 Kansas Environmental Conference was held August 5 – 7 at the Overland Park Convention Center. On Tuesday, August 5, over 80 conference attendees participated in a Hazardous Waste Generators Workshop provided by KDHE’s Bureau of Waste Management. The conference kicked off on Wednesday morning with a keynote address by Bob Berkebile of BNIM Architects. Approximately 350 individuals attended the annual conference, which focused on environmental compliance, pollution prevention, and sustainability. Many great presentations were provided at the conference. If you’d like to view the conference presentations, click on the conference agenda link below. If the speaker’s presentation is available for viewing, the name will be in red. Simply click on the presenter’s name to view the presentation. Click here to view the agenda and presentations.

The Pollution Prevention (P2) awards luncheon was held on Wednesday, August 6. For information on the awards presented this year, go to the P2 awards Web site at http://www.kdheks.gov/sbcs/p2_pollution_prevention_awards.html.

Thirty-five vendors displayed their products and services at the conference. Many of them offered great prizes for the vendor drawings held on Thursday. A vendor social hour was held on Wednesday evening. This was a great opportunity to visit with the vendors in a relaxed atmosphere.

The 2009 conference is tentatively planned to be held August 18 – 20 at the Hyatt in Wichita. If you’d like to participate in the planning of the session topics and agenda, feel free to e-mail Cathy Colglazier at ccolglaz@kdhe.state.ks.us.