The College of William & Mary Law School will host next week a two-day conference on the current state of Virginia’s water quality and its future.
Sponsored by the William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, the law school and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center, the conference will feature panel discussions and addresses by policymakers, experts and advocates for environmental issues.
U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-1) is scheduled to deliver the conference’s keynote address at 1 p.m. Friday. Wittman co-sponsored with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014, which seeks to bring more accountability and collaborative management to the effort to restore the bay.
Wittman is also a former environmental health specialist with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and currently serves as co-chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Other speakers at the conference will include Jeffrey Corbin, senior advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, experts in environmental law and public policy, scientists and environmental engineers.
“The conference provides an exciting opportunity for students to learn about current environmental issues from speakers representing multiple viewpoints and to engage with participants,” Kristen Clark, symposium editor of the William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review said in a news release. “In addition to networking between panels, students will be moderating the panels and the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each topic discussion. This format provides for an active dialogue that will benefit both students and the environmental community.”
The event is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating, pre-registration is required. For registration information, visit the conference’s website here.
