Norway Means Business PFAS Seminar

On June 11th NorCham DC and the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. co-hosted a successful Norway Means Business seminar on "PFAS Forever Chemicals Challenges Facing Communities Across the Globe"

NorCham DC President Idar Voldnes introduced Simen Ekblom, Minister-Counselor, Norwegian Embassy for welcome remarks, followed by a keynote address from Dennis Calvert, CEO of BioLargo, a cleantech and life sciences innovator and engineering services solution provider.

We then heard a series of panels exploring state and local perspectives, technical and business solutions, and federal and global policy approaches.

The discussions featured a dynamic group of experts and leaders including:

John Parker, Partner at Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano; Secretary Environmental and Energy Law Section at NY State Bar Association

Senator Heidi Campbell, Tennessee State Legislature

Dr. Atam Dhawan, NJIT Chief Strategic Innovation Officer & Executive Director NJ PFAS - Partnership Initiative

Tonya Chandler, President BioLargo Environmental and Equipment Solutions

Mark Dodd, Senior Business Development Manager, Aquatech Environmental Services

Jeff Denholm, CEO Strongwater

Audun Heggelund, Director, Norwegian Environment Agency

Sally Gutierrez, former EPA - National Risk Research Laboratory

Devesh Mittal, VP and GM, Aquatech Environmental Services

A special thank you to our sponsors for making the event possible: 

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