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2024  SPIEL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

A diverse, exciting conference is happening for the Southeast’s public interest environmental movement at the University of the South/Sewanee. Attorneys, scientists, conservation groups, grassroots environmental advocates, and students are coming together to strengthen our bonds and hone our tactics for the coming era of environmental renewal across our region. And it's going to be fun. 

SPIEL 2024 will take place on the weekend of October 11-13, an ideal time to visit the scenic Cumberland Plateau and Sewanee’s idyllic campus. This event will include a roster of presentations, workshops, roundtables, and entertainment that will provide an ideal forum for learning, networking, cross-pollinating ideas and strategies, and making new friends.   

 

We will be taking submissions from now until August 31st (click on the "Submit a Proposal" tab on the navigation bar above to learn more about the formats we are looking for and to submit a proposal).  

Friday October 11th – Friday night social upstairs at Shenanigans, 6-9pm at 12595 Sollace M Freeman Hwy, Sewanee, TN 37375.

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Saturday October 12th – Conference sessions, field trips, meetings, film screenings, Saturday night social.


Sunday October 13th – Conference sessions, field trips, meetings, farewells.

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WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS PAGE FREQUENTLY AS PROPOSALS ARE APPROVED, so keep checking in. 

 

 We are working with professionals and grassroots advocates from across our region (and you!) to ensure that many of the below topics and more will be covered at the conference.  As proposals are approved, we'll be updating them on this page. Here are some examples of topics that we are working to get covered:   

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  • Clean Air Act   

  • Clean Water Act 

  • Environmental Justice 

  • Public Lands 

  • Conservation Biology & Forest Ecology (potential field workshop at the Sewanee Domain Forest) 

  • Climate Conservation  

  • Biodiversity (ESA) 

  • Mining (SMCRA) 

  • Tribal Conservation Issues 

  • Private Lands Conservation 

  • Environmental Health 

  • Citizen Science 

  • Public Works Projects and Environmental Impact Statements (NEPA) 

  • Overlapping statutes to environmental law (Antiquities Act, Cultural Heritage, Tribal Consultation, Historic Preservation, etc). 

  • Navigating overlapping legal jurisdictions on Environmental Issues and Permitting 

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