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Ei-Hosted Panels
- Land Optimization: a key to economic and environmental success
- Water Challenges, Economics, and Nature-Based Solutions
- Extreme Weather is HERE: important to align with nature for climate adaptation and resiliency
- Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy
- Introduction to Water and Land Economics
- Environmental Stewardship: the business perspective
- Coastal-Water Quality: Challenges, Solutions, and Economic Impact
- GAME WON: 2018 composting conference breaks records
- The Macro Cost of Micro Contamination
- Sustainability: an industry defining itself
Ei-Hosted/Sponsored Events
As a respected industry leader, Ei is called upon to host panels on topics relevant to national conferences. As the panel host, Ei Founder Holly Elmore crafts a pertinent panel topic, recruits Ei Industry Pioneers Industry Experts, Strategic Allies, and Advisory Council members to present on the panels, reviews panel PPT presentations to ensure seamless flow, and moderates the panel at the conference. The following details Ei-hosted panels.
One-By-Land, Two-by-Land Tours
Sarasota, Florida
The One-by-Land, Two-by-Sea Tours (Tours) hosted by the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter (Chapter) was the first tours in the LAI SemiQ East Coast Tours series. On February 25 – 27, 2026, the Chapter welcomed distinguished land economics professionals from around the globe to the Sarasota/Manatee Counties region during the prime winter season for the Tours.
Serving as the official media and documentation partner, Ei played a supportive role in preserving the technical knowledge generated during the high-level dialogues. Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore served as the Tours Chair.
The RiA Magazine article, Land Optimization: a key to economic and environmental success, provides an in-depth synopsis of the Tours, including links to view the excellent PPT presentations from the compelling sessions. For pictorial recap of the Tours, visit the Holly Elmore Images Gallery Series, One-by-Land, Two-by-Sea Galleries.
Land Economics Dialogues
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Philanthropy Center
Sarasota, Florida
On Wednesday, February 25, the LAI FL Suncoast hosted the Water Challenges, Economics, and Nature-Based Solutions LED (Land Economics Dialogues.) Held the day prior to the official One-by-Land, Two-by-Sea Tours launch, the LED was planned synergistically to leverage the diverse land economics expertise of the international members gathered in Sarasota. Morning presentations educated on the current water challenges facing the Fl Suncoast; in the afternoon, the attendees participated in an empowering brainstorming/strategy session.
The recent RiA Magazine article, Water Challenges, Economics, and Nature-Based Solutions: Sarasota LED Overview, documents the key strategies and nature-based solutions proposed by the visiting industry experts. Videos of the morning presentations along with downloadable PPTs are available in the article. For an LED pictorial recap, visit the Holly Elmore Images February 25, 2025 Land Economics Dialogues Gallery.
Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore was the LED Chair and Ei was the media/documentation sponsor.
Resiliency around the Globe: Local Responses to Hurricanes, Sea Rise and Sudden Flooding
Virtual Global Webinar
On September 4, 2025, the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group (Group) hosted the Resiliency around the Globe: Local Responses to Hurricanes, Sea Rise and Sudden Flooding global webinar. Ei Advisor Bob Bunting was the lead speaker in the prominent webinar; Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore is the Group Co-Chair and orchestrated the webinar.
Extreme weather is HERE and will only get more frequent and intense in the future. Warming ocean temperatures are the catalyst for the extreme weather and sea level rise accentuates the damage.
Though we cannot stop/prevent the extreme weather, we can create resilient scenarios through climate adaptation. Designing and building urban environments that align with Nature is the best way to mitigate the potential catastrophic destruction.
The RiA Magazine article, Extreme Weather is HERE: important to align with nature for climate adaptation and resiliency, gives an overview of the informative webinar and showcases how climate adaptation and resilient endeavors align with the Ei Nature Prevails platform.
Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy
Virtual Global Webinar
On May 28, 2025, the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group (Group) hosted the Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy global webinar. Ei Advisor Durga Poudel, Ph.D., then Professor and Coordinator of the Environmental Science Program and Director of Ag. Auxiliary Units, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, was the lead speaker in the prominent webinar.
In layman’s terms, the webinar explains how chemical-based agricultural practices in the Midwest are responsible for the hypoxia scenario in the Gulf, commonly known as the Dead Zone.
The RiA Magazine article, Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy, provides a recap of the three impressive presentations; the webinar-video recording is available at this LINK. PPT presentations are available for viewing/downloading via respective links within the article.
Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore is the Group Co-Chair and co-orchestrated the webinar with Durga.
Introduction to Water and Land Economics
LAI Global Water-Land Series Group Webinar
The Lambda Alpha International (LAI) Global Water-Land Series Group (Group) hosted the Introduction to Water and Land Economics Global Webinar; introductory in nature, the webinar was designed as a foundation for a plethora of future webinars on more specific topics.
As the Group Co-Chair, Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore orchestrated the superb webinar and invited Ei Advisors and LAI members Steve Suau and Brad Bass to serve as webinar panelists along with UC Davis Distinguished Professor Jay Lund, a LAI Sacramento Chapter member.
read more…Environmental Stewardship: the business perspective
Temple of Understanding on-line webinar
The Temple of Understanding invited Ei to host the May monthly Eco Justice for ALL Dialogue. With the topic, Environmental Stewardship: the business perspective, Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore orchestrated the following panel of Ei Advisors as the dialogue speakers.
* Stephanie Barger – TRUE Certification for Zero Waste / U.S. Green Building Council Global Director of Market Transformation
* Simon Lamb – author of award-winning Junglenomics
* Tim Trefzer – Honeycomb Strategies Event and Venue Sustainability VP, Sports & Venues.
COASTAL-WATER QUALITY: Challenges, Solutions, and Economic Impact
LAI Global Webinar – online
On February 17 Lambda Alpha International (LAI, a land-economics honorary) hosted the Global Webinar Coastal-Water Quality: Challenges, Solutions, and Economic Impact presented by Sarasota’s environmental leadership. As a member of the LAI executive committee, Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore orchestrated the webinar.
The global webinar was the second program in an eighteen-month series about water and land economics around the globe hosted by the LAI Global Water Group.
Compost’s Empowering Role in Sustainable Soils
2018 U.S. Composting Council Conference
Atlanta, GA
Ei Founder Holly Elmore moderated the popular Ei-hosted panel, Compost’s Empowering Role in Sustainable Soils, the conference’s most popular break-out session. Per the program, the following is the panel description:
Soil is the foundation of life. Healthy, vibrant soil eco-systems are the building blocks for healthy communities with effective stormwater-management programs, solid erosion-control systems, and nutritious urban-food production. … and compost feeds the soil eco-systems!
Industry experts shared about compost’s empowering role in carbon sequestration/climate change, soil-management systems grounded in solid economics, and green-urban infrastructure.
The ZWA Blog article, GAME WON: 2018 compost conference a record-breaking success, features the Ei-hosted panel.
The Macro Cost of Micro Contamination
2016 National Zero Waste Business Conference
Austin, TX
The Ei-hosted panel introduced The Macro Cost of Micro Contamination focus area within the Recycling Refinement platform. Ei Partner Rick Lombardo of NaturTec and Lia Colabella with Five Gyres educated on the prolific microplastic pollution in the oceans | waterways and our soils. Ei Founder Holly Elmore moderated the panel. The ZWA Blog article, The Macro Cost of Micro Contamination, is a panel synopsis.
PPT presentations are available for download below
- Rick Lombardo
2016 NZWBC – NaturTec (3088 KB) - Lia Colabella
2016 NZWBC – 5 Gyres (4420 KB)
Food-Waste Composting: Challenges, Lessons Learned & Successes
2015 National Zero Waste Business Council
Austin, TX
Ei Founder Holly Elmore orchestrated and moderated an Ei-hosted panel on the many facets of food-waste composting, ranging from packaging | labeling, food-waste collection at corporate & college campuses to food-waste compost manufacturing. Below are the panelists along with their respective PPT presentations available for download:
- Anne Bedarf, GreenBlue | Sustainable Packaging Coalition (Ei Strategic Ally)
2016 NZWBC – GB | SPC (3258 KB) - Christy Cook, Sodexo (Ei Advisory Council)
2016 NZWBC – Sodexo (2016 KB) - Frank Francioci, U.S. Composting Council (Ei Strategic Ally)
2016 NZWBC – USCC (2369 KB)
Getting to Zero Waste: Composting at Special Events
2016 U.S. Composting Council: Soils for a Greener World
Jacksonville, FL
At the 2016 USCC Conference, Ei hosted a well attended 90-minute panel presentation, Getting to Zero Waste: Composting at Special Events, sponsored by Ei Partner NatureWorks. Moderated by Ei Founder Holly Elmore, the panel showcased the Zero-Food Waste Journeys at two prominent Atlanta-annual events. Panel members included Ei Partner Doug Kunnemann of NatureWorks, Ei Partner Ken Fraser of EcoProducts, Ei Supporter Boyd Leake of Community Environment & the City of Atlanta, and Ei Supporter Kristen Baskin of Let Us Compost.
SPC Advance Conference
Charlotte, NC
Ei Founder Holly Elmore orchestrated and moderated the Scaling Up Composting In North America: Presentation And Working Session, an overview of the EPA Grant. The ZWA Blog article, Sustainability: An Industry Defining Itself, is an overview of the conference with the session featured. Visit the EPA Scaling Up Composting in Charlotte, NC page for details on the EPA Grant.
Zero Waste at Multi-Tenant Properties
May 7, 2015
National Zero Waste Conference
Los Angeles, CA
On the second-conference day, Ei hosted a panel educating on the zero-waste challenges inherent within multi-tenant facilities. Ei Partner Matt Hupp of Keter Environmental Services shared challenges, lessons learned, and successes at shopping centers; Ei Strategic Ally USZWBC President Sue Beets spoke on the important role of janitorial services: Ei General Counsel Greg Chafee with Thompson Hine shared the importance of legally binding contract provisions in mulit-tenant facility zero-waste success. The ZWA Blog article, Zero Waste Makes Good Business Sense, features NZWBC conference-breakout sessions along with Ei’s strong conference participation. read more…
Source Separation Maximizes Material Value
National Zero Waste Business Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Based on the Ei Source-Separated Materials Template Pilot premises, Ei hosted a panel on the important role source-separating materials plays for retaining material value and creating recycling-profit centers. Ei Partner Rick Lombardo of NaturTec focused on how food waste contaminates other materials; Ei Pioneer Tim Trefzer with the Georgia World Congress Center shared practical examples from the nation’s fourth largest convention center; Nadereh Afsharmanesh with Earth Friendly Products (EFP) 2014 NZWBC – Nature-Tec (9870 KB)educated on EFP’s profitable zero-waste success at their manufacturing plants. read more…
Recycling Refinement … moving beyond landfill diversion
National Zero Waste Business Conference
Atlanta, GA
Within Ei’s Recycling Refinement Platform, industry pioneers create zero-waste practices that align with Recycling Integrity – maintaining maximum-material value with minimal energy expended. The Ei-hosted panel educated about a template in-development that gives the corporate community an alternative to single-stream recycling while improving bottom lines. Ei Founder Holly Elmore moderated the empowering panel. read more…
Scaling-Up Composting in Charlotte, NC
National Zero Waste Business Council
Atlanta, GA
Through a grant from EPA Region IV and participation from government at all levels, a diverse team brings organics and compostable-packaging diversion beyond the pilot phase. The grant team is working with Charlotte-area businesses to turn waste into value through composting food scraps and appropriate packaging. The project partners hope to accelerate the rate at which sustainable materials-management practices are adopted by municipalities and private companies across the United States. read more…
The Atlanta Zero-Waste Story
2014 National Zero Waste Business Conference
Atlanta, GA
Ei Founder Holly Elmore orchestrated and moderated the NZWBC opening conference panel. Atlanta sustainability leaders representing government, non-profit, and business shared their role in shaping Atlanta’s zero-waste past, present and future. The ZWA Blog article, Atlanta Shines as Zero Waste Conference Host City, provides an in-depth synopsis on Ei Partners’ and Strategic Allies’ role in the conference program. read more…
2013 National Zero Waste Business Conference
National Zero Waste Business Conference
Cincinnati, OH
Across the board zero-waste success is anchored in a team approach, engaging employees, suppliers, and the community. As the first Ei-hosted panel, Ei Partners presented on how the hospitality industry harnessed team synergies and created programs where the entire value chain and the community benefits. Ei Founder Holly Elmore moderated the Zero Waste is a Team Sport panel discussion: read more…
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