Saturday, October 15th from 9-4pm ET
IMMI Conference Center, 18880 N East St, Westfield, IN 46074
Greening the Statehouse (GTS) is the largest annual gathering of environmentally-minded Hoosiers. This year, for the 15th annual GTS, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act with a special theme for GTS: Clean Water for Indiana. After two years of being virtual, we’re excited to reconvene in-person at the IMMI Conference Center for the 15th Annual Greening the Statehouse.
Program & Schedule of Events
| 9:00 – 10:00am | Registration and Networking: Registration, water-themed art displays, sponsor booths, networking, coffee, and light breakfast |
| 10:00 – 11:10am | Welcome: Welcome to GTS 2022: Tom Barrett, HEC Board President Poetry reading: written by Alyssa Gaines, National Youth Poet Laureate 2022, a program of VOICES and Urban Word. Read Alyssa’s poem! The Clean Water Act in Indiana: 50 Years of Pollution Reduction and the Challenges Remaining: Debra Shore, Region 5 Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 11:00 – 11:10am | Introduction to Art at GTS |
| 11:10 – 11:40am | Networking, Art, and Sponsor Booths: Time to connect with other attendees, and explore the art displays and sponsor booths |
| 11:40 – 12:20pm | Stories of Progress from Major Indiana Waterways: Moderator: Dr. Indra Frank, HEC’s Environmental Health and Water Policy Director Panelists: – Lake Michigan: Kimmie Gordon, Founder of Brown Faces Green Spaces – Wabash River: Amy Krzton-Presson, Watershed Coordinator, Wabash River Enhancement Corporation – White River: Rick Conrad, Director of the Muncie Bureau of Water Quality – Ohio River: Hank Graddy, Water Committee Chair for the Sierra Club-Kentucky Chapter |
| 12:30 – 1:20pm | Networking and Lunch, provided by Jacquie’s Catering |
| 1:20 – 1:40pm | HEC Awards Ceremony |
| 1:40 – 2:45pm | Indiana Environmental Policy in the 2022 Election and the 2023 Legislative Session: Moderated roundtable of policy experts and legislators Moderator: John Krull, Director, Pulliam School of Journalism at Franklin College; Publisher, TheStatehouseFile.com Panelists: – State Representative Carey Hamilton – State Senator Fady Qaddoura – Dr. Indra Frank, HEC’s Environmental Health and Water Policy Director – Tim Maloney, HEC’s Senior Policy Director |
| 2:45 – 3:00pm | Networking, Art, and Sponsor Booths: Time to connect with other attendees, and explore the art displays and sponsor booths |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm | Dark Waters: The Story Behind the Environmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup: Robert Bilott, environmental attorney and author of Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against Dupont |
| 3:50 – 4:00pm | Closing Words Dr. Indra Frank, HEC’s Environmental Health and Water Policy Director |
Keynote Speaker: Robert Bilott
We are excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker this year is Robert Bilott. Robert Bilott is the tenacious environmental lawyer who became “DuPont’s worst nightmare,” according to The New York Times. The story in his book, Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against Dupont, inspired the major motion picture, Dark Waters (November 2019), featuring Academy-Award nominee Mark Ruffalo as Rob Bilott. Among his many honors, Bilott was selected as one of the best lawyers in America for several years running and in 2017 received the Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
