DAY 1 (FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH)
DAY 1 (FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH)
coffee and networking
8:00am-9am
Coffee, tea and pastries served by Commonplace Coffee
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00am-9:15am
Chas Wagner, Director of ASO Summit and Speaker TBD
Activating Our Rivers: Applying heritage to reclaim access to our Rust Belt Waterways
9:15am-10:am
MAIN STAGE
Moderator - John Stephen, Ecosophic Strategies
Panelist #1 - Gavin White, Director of Planning and Projects at Riverlife
Panelist #2 - Rob Pfaffmann, Pfaffman & Associates
regional outdoor Recreation Strategies and models
10:15am-11:15am
MAIN STAGE
Moderator - Silas Chamberlin, Interim Executive Director of Outdoor Business Alliance of Pennsylvania
Panelist #1 - Brett Hollern, Pennsylvania Environmental council
Panelist #2 - Danny Twilley, Assistant Vice President of Economic, Community and Asset Development for the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative.
Panelist #3 - Jessie Powers, Executive Director @ Outdoor Recreation Council of Ohio
The Art of Leisure and Lingering: Sauna Rebirth in Pittsburgh and the Mid-Atlantic
Moderator - TBD
Panelist #1 - Ryan Campbell, Signal Sauna
Panelist #2 - Greg Schaffer, Bad Sauna
11:30-12pm
MAIN STAGE
KEYNOTE - Strengthening Pennsylvania's Outdoor Recreation Industry
Dr. Nathan Reigner, Pennsylvania’s Director of Oudoor Recreation
12:30pm-1pm
MAIN STAGE
Case Study on Public-Private Partnership: Boyce Park Bouldering Park Project (Allegheny County Parks)
1:15pm-2pm
MAIN STAGE
Moderator: Joel Brady, Co-Founder of Southwestern PA Climber’s Coalition
Dean Privett, Owner of Iron City Boulders
Joel Perkovich, Landscape Architect (Allegheny County)
Andrew Schwartz from Environmental Planning and Design (Landscape Architecture and Planning firm)
outdoor recreation accessibility in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Lindsey Waugaman, Education and Outreach Coordinator @ Mountain Watershed Association
Tress Belesi, Assistive Resources and Accessibility Coordinator @ Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
2:00-2:45pm
MAIN STAGE
business of race directing
3:00-3:45pm
MAIN STAGE
Moderator: Chas Wagner, Race Director of Frick Park Trail Race Series
Matt Imhof, Director of Pennsylvania Race Operations at GCXC Racing
Adam Diem, Race Director of Roughneck Gravel Roubaix and Rock Oil Foilage Frenzy
Dann LG, Owner of Red Point Productions and Race Director of Laurel Highlands Ultra)
Lighting Round - New Project Pitches for Outdoor Events and Physical Spaces
4:00-4:40pm
MAIN STAGE
Hear from local innovators and problem solvers with their new ideas for trail networks, shoe technology, a swim hub for Western PA, cycling events and much more.
closing remarks
4:40-4:45pm
MAIN STAGE
Happy hour
5pm-6:30pm
Location TBD in Point Breeze or Regent Square