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ECR2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, in partnership with several federal agencies, will host the sixth national ECR Conference "ECR2010: Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution - Evolving to Meet New Opportunities" in Tucson, Arizona. Conference-related events will take place at Tucson's Loews Ventana Canyon Resort throughout the week of May 24-28, 2010.

ECR2010 will be a three-day conference filled with training workshops, panel sessions, roundtable discussions, technology fair exhibits, plenary discussions and presentations across various topics within the following three conference tracks:

• Policy Challenges of the Next Decade and the Role of ECR
• Engaging Federal-Tribal-State-Local Governments
• New Tools & Technology and their Applications to the Field of ECR

Half-day training workshops will be offered on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, and are intended to provide an opportunity for participants to brush up on their skills and learn new techniques and approaches to collaborative problem solving and environmental conflict resolution. Up to 40 concurrent, 90-minute, panel and roundtable sessions will be offered on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, and Thursday, May 27, 2010.

Through these forums, participants will have opportunities to share ideas and promote learning about the field of environmental collaboration and conflict resolution.

As with previous ECR conferences, the conference week will begin with the Association for Conflict Resolution – Environment and Public Policy Section's annual mid-year conference. The 2010 Annual ACR-EPP Section Conference will be held on Monday, May 24, 2010 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. This conference is open to all and a separate registration fee will apply. Additional information about this event can be found at http://www.acrepp.org/content/2010-usiecr-acr-epp-conference. The ACR-EPP Section's purpose is to support and enhance the (ECR) field as a whole and to create opportunities to improve skills of its members who are intervenors and trainers. ACR-EPP Section members are active in environmental and public policy dispute resolution in the U.S. and Canada. ACR-EPP successful mid-year conferences provide many opportunities for mutual support to enhance the professional capacities of participants. Highlights from these conferences as well as other initiatives and special interest issues are reported to their members several times a year.

Co-sponsors of the ECR2010 Conference include the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.D.A Forest Service, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, and the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona.

Please visit www.ecr.gov for future information about the ECR2010 Conference. If you have any questions or would like more information about the conference, please contact Conference Coordinators Pam Carlson at carlson@ecr.gov or Tina Gargus at gargus@ecr.gov.