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ENFOS Experience 2012

Bruce Rasher
Redevelopment Manager
Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust
Bruce serves as Redevelopment Manager of the RACER Trust. In this role, he assists the Administrative Trustee by managing the sale, lease, and reuse or redevelopment of the Trust's 89 properties located in 14 states in consultation with Federal and state officials for the affected communities.
Bruce previously served as Vice President of CB Richard Ellis, Inc., the world's largest real estate services firm, where he managed CBRE's North American manufacturing and brownfields specialty practice groups within industrial brokerage, based in Detroit. While with CBRE, Bruce completed numerous challenging consulting and brokerage assignments involving surplus industrial properties for Fortune 100 companies and public sector clients in markets located throughout in the U.S. and abroad.
Prior to joining CBRE, Bruce held a variety of management positions, responsible for: real estate and facilities, environmental remediation, brownfield redevelopment, economic development, and renewable energy, with Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy and one of the nation's largest combination electric and natural gas utilities. He oversaw the construction of CMS Energy's corporate headquarters on a brownfield site, the recipient of a 2003 Phoenix Award. Bruce also served as President of Consumers Renaissance Development Corporation, a non-profit public-private partnership engaged in providing technical assistance and transaction facilitation for brownfield redevelopment projects to businesses and communities. CRDC helped bring to fruition 111 redevelopment projects involving $3.5 billion in investment.
Bruce serves as Chairman, CEO & President of the National Brownfields Association, is a Commissioner on the Great Lakes Commission, is Chairman of Oaklawn Hospital, and has served as an elected mayor in his community.
ENFOS Experience 2010 & 2011
Conference Speakers & Topics
SPEAKER COMPANY TOPIC
Russ Case / Jeff Schwertner Celanese Corporation "Opportunities & Successes of an Integrated Environmental & ARO Liability Management System"
Dwight Bedsole AHC Group "Emerging Trends in the Remediation Industry"
Marc Ferries El Paso Corporation "The Next Generation of Cost Reductions in Environmental Liability Management"
Michael Meyer BP "Using ENFOS to Improve & Enhance Financial Forecasting & Project Management Efficiencies"
Otha Ellis ConocoPhillips "Keeping the Train on the Track - System Support as a Result of our Key System and Business Decisions"
Miki Mitsunari Mizuho "Environmental Liability Disclosure & Management in Japan"
Jeff Gaal GES "Integrating Consultant Systems with ENFOS for Improved Efficiency"
Rhonda Giovannitti Sunoco "Benefits of Managing Financial & Technical Information in a Single Business Application"
Shay Wideman Valero "ENFOS - Managing Change the Valero Way"
Wenbo Cao PKU Weimingheyi Biological Env Protection Technology "Historical Opportunities for China's Environmental Protection Industry & SinoBioway Group's Environmental Protection Industry Development Strategy"
Russ Case Celanese Corporation "Retrieving Data From ENFOS - Reports, Worksheets, & 100 Other Ways to Amaze Your Colleagues"
Anthony Buonicore EDR & Buonicore Group "Managing Potential Risk Associated with Vapor Migration/Intrusion Using ASTM E 2600-10"
Heather Campbell ConocoPhillips "ENFOS: The Canadian Remediation & Risk Management Perspective"
Darrell Bailey / Rick Hagar Total Petrochemicals "Total's ENFOS Experience"
Bart Wilking El Paso Corporation "Capital Projects: Using ENFOS Beyond Remediation"
Scott Hamilton The RACER Trust "Revitalizing & Renewing America's Auto Communities"
Jeff Gaal GES "Industry Improvements - A Consultant's Perspective"
Michael Meyer BP "BP's Efforts to Improve & Enhance Remediation Project Management"
David McConaughy Wipro "Leveraging ENFOS Through an Enterprise GIS"

We are pleased to announce our 2012 conference sponsors.

CONFERENCE JUSTIFICATION LETTER

TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Requesting approval to attend The ENFOS Experience 2012 Conference DATE: CC:

With your approval, I’d like to attend the upcoming ENFOS Experience 2012 Conference. It’s happening September 25-26, 2012 in San Francisco. Here’s why:

The ENFOS Experience is the leading conference on environmental liability management that has consistently grown in size and attracted some of the top industry leaders as attendees and speakers. Conference attendees will include companies that manage environmental remediation, asset decommissioning projects and anyone interested in achieving Peak Environmental Liability Performance.

This conference will bring together ENFOS users and leaders in the environmental community. Attendees, regardless of their role, will leave with new and fresh strategies, ideas, and approaches to environmental business management, particularly around remediation and asset retirement obligations.

Conference Highlights:
  • 3rd annual event
  • Expecting 150+ attendees
  • Presentations on best management practices in environmental liability management from companies including BP, TOTAL RETIA, Sunoco, Celanese, Boeing, NuStar Energy, and more
  • Workshops facilitated by ENFOS on emerging technology for environmental data management and financial information management
  • Networking opportunities with mutual customers and prospects
  • AHC Group presentation on "Strategies for Managing Emerging Business and Remediation Risks" based on interviews with over 40 remediation executives
  • Venue is at the luxurious St. Regis San Francisco located in the vibrant SoMA district offering magnificent views of the cityscape
  • Keynote Presentation – Mr. Bruce Rasher, The RACER Trust (Redevelopment Manager) & President/CEO of the National Brownfield Association

Together, these benefits justify the $[TOTAL] investment in this conference. Here’s a breakdown:

Airfare (economy):$500-1000
Hotel (The W or St. Regis):$255 or $295/night
Registration fee:$650
Networking Event (Optional):$150
Total: $[TOTAL]

Please let me know by [DATE] if I have your approval so that I can secure travel plans and arrangements.Thank you for considering my request. Let’s not miss it.

I look forward to your reply.

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ENFOS Experience 2012 - "Peak Environmental Liability Performance"

Preliminary Conference Program Summary (subject to change)

The St. Regis San Francisco

Monday(September 24)
  • 6:00PM - 8:00PM : Welcome Reception/Networking Event and Registration
Tuesday(September 25)-Industry Day "Peak Environmental Liability Performance" Presentations from Industry Leaders
  • 7:00AM - 8:00AM : Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:00AM - 8:30AM : Conference Opening Remarks - Roger Well, ENFOS COO, Achieving Peak Environmental Liability Performance.
  • 8:30AM - 10:00AM : Dwight Bedsole, AHC Group (Senior Associate), Former Director of DuPont Corporate Remediation Group & Mark Coleman, AHC Group (Senior Associate). Presentation of the ENFOS 2012 Corporate Remediation Outlook Study on External Forces/Emerging Trends, Corporate Value Drivers, Remediation Program Strategy, and Critical Actions. The research and interviews were conducted with over 40 large U.S. and multi-national companies.
  • 10:00AM - 10:15A- : Break
  • 10:15AM - 11:00AM : Danny Kite, TOTAL RETIA USA, LLC (General Manager HSSE). The RETIA USA Remediation Management Strategy: Remediation Management System Approach.
  • 11:00AM - 11:45AM : Keynote Presentation - Bruce Rasher, The RACER Trust (Redevelopment Manager) and President/CEO of the National Brownfield Association. Engaging Communities, Driving Results. Mr. Rasher will discuss the critical nature of stakeholder engagement in remediation and property redevelopment projects in context of their mission to remediate and redevelop former General Motors plants.
  • 11:45AM - 12:45PM : Lunch and Networking
  • 12:45PM - 1:15PM : Steve Vanderboom, Pace Analytical Services (President & CEO). A Laboratory's Role in Achieving Peak Performance.
  • 1:15PM - 2:00PM : Steve Shestag, Boeing (Director of Remediation). Utilizing Risks and Opportunities in Boeing's Remediation Program.
  • 2:00PM - 2:15PM : Break
  • 2:15PM - 3:00PM : Gregory Rogers, Advanced Environmental Dimensions (Founder/President). Measurement, Management and the Mind: The 3Ms of Environmental Liability and Risk.
  • 3:00PM - 3:30PM : Korbin (Korky) Creek, Pacific Gas & Electric (Manager of Business Process and Project Controls, Environmental Remediation). Accelerating Remediation and the Effects on Environmental Liabilities Over Time.
  • 3:30PM - 3:45PM : Break
  • 3:45PM - 4:45PM : Craig Modesitt, ENFOS President/CEO. e3 - The Next Generation of the ENFOS Platform.
  • 4:45PM - 5:00PM : Break
  • 5:00PM : Leave for Dinner and Networking Event (AT&T Park, Triples Alley Private Function, San Francisco Giants v. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Game).
Wednesday(September 26)- ENFOS Day "Achieving Peak Results"
  • 7:30AM - 8:30AM : Breakfast
  • 8:30AM - 9:00AM : Special Presentation by BCEG Environmental Remediation Company, Beijing, China. The China Ministry of Environmental Protection's National Groundwater Plan.
  • 9:00AM - 10:00AM : ENFOS Workshop Sessions
    • Financial Risk Management and Control
    • Environmental Risk Management and Minimization Strategies
  • 10:00AM - 10:15AM : Break
  • 10:15AM - 11:15AM : Dennis Callaghan, Environmental Standards Inc. (Director of Information Technologies/Principal) & Rock Vitale, Environmental Standards Inc. (Technical Director of Chemistry/Principal). Addressing Environmental Liabilities: Unifying the Quality Systems for Sampling, Analytical, and Data Management.
  • 11:15AM - 12:00PM : Rhonda Giovannitti, Sunoco, Inc. (Regional Environmental Manager) & Devon Watts, Sunoco, Inc. (Remediation Manager). Keys to Operating a Large Remediation Program in an Enterprise Management Platform.
  • 12:00PM - 1:00PM : Lunch and Networking
  • 1:00PM - 1:30PM : Kessie Reddy, NuStar Energy (SAP IS Support). Effective Integration of ENFOS Work Processes and Transaction Management with SAP.
  • 1:30PM - 2:00PM : Jeff Gaal, Groundwater and Environmental Services, Inc. (Vice President). Optimization of Program Management for Remediation Portfolio Management from a Consultants Perspective.
  • 2:00PM - 2:30PM : Michelle Smith, Wipro Technologies (Senior Manager). Eco-Financial Risk Management.
  • 2:30PM - 2:45PM : Break
  • 2:45PM - 3:45PM : ENFOS Workshop Sessions
    • Financial Risk Management and Control
    • Environmental Risk Management and Minimization Strategies
  • 3:45PM - 4:00PM : Conference Closing Remarks and Prize Giveaways

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