Air Information Exchange

Join A&WMA at one of the best kept secrets in the industry for information exchange, networking, and solutions. This year's program will cover policy updates, regulatory changes, and research on the latest environmental topics.

Final Agenda available! (updated 12/2) View the full list of speakers and topics.

Keynote Speaker: Maureen Gwinn, Acting Assistant Administrator, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator and Chief Scientist, Office of Research & Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Maureen Gwinn currently serves as the Acting Assistant Administrator, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research and Development and Chief Scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). In these roles, specific duties include providing direction to ORD on overall program goals, objectives, policies, strategies, technical and scientific approaches, and program plans, based on a recognized scientific expertise. She also chairs the Agency Science Technology and Policy Council and oversees the Agency’s scientific integrity program. Dr. Gwinn has held multiple leadership roles within ORD including being the National Program Director for ORD’s Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) National Research Program, Director of the Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division within ORD’s Center for Computational Toxicology Exposure, Senior Science Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science and Associate National Program Director for Community Public Health in SHC. Dr. Gwinn joined the US EPA in ORD’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, where she worked on human health hazard assessments for the Integrated Risk Information System program. Dr. Gwinn earned her BS degree in Biology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and her MS and PhD in Oral Biology at the State University of New York in Buffalo, New York. She became a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology in 2007 and was nominated to the Academy of Toxicological Sciences in 2014. 

Speakers from U.S. EPA and other agencies will present their latest information on environmental rules, policies, and research on current topics, including: 

• Environmental Justice Analytics in EPA Rulemakings
• Data Fusion of AirNow, PurpleAir, and Geostationary Satellite Observations 
• Updates on EPA's Air Toxics Screening Assessment (AirToxScreen)
• RTR Program Update
• Overview of New/Updated Tools: Ben-MAP Cloud
• National Emissions Inventory Update/Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR)
• Update on EPA's Stationary Source Measurement Methods for PFAS Air Emissions
• PFAS Air Methods and Determining Thermal Destruction Effectiveness
• NCDEQ Division of Air Quality Update
• CAA 111 Program Update
• New Source Review Updates 
• Update on Power Sector Rules
• Wildland Fire Smoke, Air Quality and Public Health
• Impact of Wildland Fire Smoke Conditions on Regulatory Monitoring Methods
• NAAQS Review Updates
• Fenceline Monitoring Methods Update
• Next Generation Emissions Monitoring