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
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
Moderator - Acadia Klain, Unison Cycling Captain
Panelist #1 - Adam Diem, Roughneck Gravel Roubaix
Panelist #2 - Dave Pryor, Unpaved
Panelist #3 - David Landis, V2V Trails
10:15am-11:00am
MAIN STAGE
Gravel Growth in PEnnsylvania and West Virginia
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
2:30pm-3:10pm
MAIN STAGE
Panelist #1 - Ryan Campbell, Signal Sauna
Panelist #2 - Greg Schaffer, Bad Sauna
Panelist #3 - Hanna Schlegel, Mindfuel Method
Moderator: Matt Rimer, Warm Timber Sauna
11:05am-11:50am
MAIN STAGE
11:50am-12;30pm
lunch
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)
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)
1:05pm-1:45pm
MAIN STAGE
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
Shequaya “Bailey", Pittsburgh Major Taylor Cycling Club
1:50-2:30pm
MAIN STAGE
business of race directing
3:15pm-3:55pm
MAIN STAGE
Moderator: Chas Wagner, Race Director of Frick Park Trail Race Series
Jessika Coltz, Assistant Director of Pennsylvania Race Operations at GCXC Racing
Anna-Lena Kempen, Race Director of Frigid Bitch and Founder of Pittsburgh Babes on Bikes
Dann LG, Owner of Red Point Productions and Race Director of Laurel Highlands Ultra)
Moderator: Alex Bernstein, Ascend Climbing
Mike Potoczny, Woods Room
Alexa Gervasi, Pickleball Warehouse
4:00-4:45pm
MAIN STAGE
Funding Brick-and-mortar Community Space
5pm-7pm
Evergreen Cafe, 7330 Penn Ave.