November 2019: Water Quality Water Project Funding Speaker: Trina Vielhauer, Director, Division of Water Restoration Assistance, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Water Quality & Quantity Speakers: Christopher Pettit, Director, Office of Agricultural Water Policy, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Kurt Spitzer, President, Kurt Spitzer and Associates Navigating Septic-to-Sewer & Other Successful Water Projects Speakers: Terri Lowery, Managing Director/Senior Vice President, Jones Edmunds and Deric C. Feacher, City Manager, City of Haines City August 2019: Rethinking Homelessness - Formula for Transformational Solutions City of Sarasota Homeless Court Program Speaker and Moderator: Marlon Brown, Deputy City Manager, City of Sarasota Homelessness 101 Speaker: Andrae Bailey, President and CEO, Lead Homelessness Initiative, Orlando Data, Tools and Collaborations for Affordable Housing and Youth Homelessness Speakers: Anne Ray, Manager, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida Audrey Aradanas, Youth Program Manager, Miami Homes for All Homelessness Solutions Speakers: Shannon Nazworth, Director, Ability Housing, Jacksonville Luncheon and Keynote Address Keynote Speakers: Rev. Dr. David Swanson, Senior Pastor and Head of Staff, First Presbyterian Church of Orlando Rick Kearney, Chairman, Mainline Information Systems and Chairman, CESC, Inc., Tallahassee November 2018: Reassessing Recycling: Balancing Market Challenges and Citizen Expectations Where Are We Now - 75% Goal and How It's Measured Speaker: Dr. Tim Townsend, Hinkley Center, University of Florida Local Government Service - Market Conditions Panelists: Dawn McCormick, Director of Communications, Waste Management; Earl Gloster, Director, Solid Waste/General Services, City of Clearwater; and John Nico, Sustainability & Permitting Assistant, City of Winter Park Effects of Single-Use Plastics Ordinances on Businesses Panelists: Dwaine Stevens, Media & Community Relations Manager, Publix Super Markets, Jacksonville Division; and Stu Glass, Deputy Mayor, Town of Indialantic Keynote Address: How the 75% Goal Came To Be Speaker: Seminole County Commissioner and Former Senator Lee Constantine CMRI MiniSurvey Series – Municipal Recycling August 2018: Disruptive Technology: Impacts on Local Government Nationwide Trends Speaker: Alex Jones, Manager, Local Democracy Initiative, National League of Cities Local Government Perspective Panelists: Kyle Shephard, Chief Assistant City Attorney, City of Orlando; Lee Feldman, City Manager, City of Fort Lauderdale; Cookie Kennedy, Mayor, City of Indian Rocks Beach Industry Representative Perspective Speakers: John Spencer, CEO & Founder, STR Helper and Ulrik Binzer, CEO & Founder, Host Compliance Research Institute Perspective Speakers: Brumby McLeod, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Charleston, School of Business, Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Research Fellow with the Riley Center and Office of Tourism Analysis, and Jennifer Connolly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Miami Keynote Address: Airbnb in Florida Speaker: Andrew L. Kalloch, Americas Policy Manager, Airbnb December 2017: Ready & Resilient: Combating Water Hazards in an Era of Extreme Weather Water Disaster Impacts Speakers: Alec Bogdanoff, Ph.D., President and Co-Founder, Brizaga, Inc.; Daniel Dietch, Mayor, Town of Surfside The Role of Land Use Planning Speakers: Erin Deady, Esq., Erin L. Deady, P.A.; Courtney Barker, City Manager, City of Satellite Beach; and Haris Alibašić, Assistant Professor, Public Administration Program, University of West Florida A Future of Resilient Infrastructure Speakers: Stevie Freeman-Montes, Sustainability Manager, City of Sarasota; Jerry Murphy, Florida Resilient Communities Initiative, University of Florida Keynote Address Speaker: CJ Reynolds, Executive Director, International Ocean Institute – USA and Research Associate, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida August 2017: Medical Marijuana and Your City: Facts, Fiction & Moving Forward Implementing Amendment 2 – Current Legal State of the State Speakers: Brian J. Sherman, Associate, Goren Cherof Doody & Ezrol, PA, and Brett J. Schneider, Esq., Member, Weiss SerotaHelfman Cole & Bierman, PL Medical Marijuana 101 Speaker: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD, Medical Director, Trulieve; Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine Municipal Impact – Panel Discussion Panelists: Michael Beedie, City Manager, City of Fort Walton Beach; Argatha Gilmore, Police Chief, City of Lake City; Kyle Shephard, Chief Assistant City Attorney, City of Orlando; Jake Bergmann, CEO & Founder, Surterra Holdings, Inc.; Victoria Walker, Community Relations Manager, Trulieve; Nikki Fried, Consultant, Green Solutions Keynote Address: What’s Next in Research? Speaker: Nagi B. Kumar, PhD, RD, FADA, Professor/Director, Cancer Chemoprevention, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida