The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) hosted the Ozone Matters Workshop on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to bring together stakeholders in the public, private and nonprofit sector to discuss ways we can work together to take care of our summer air. 

Thanks to all of our great speakers for making this workshop a success!  If you would like to learn about the many ways in which you can be involved, please feel free to contact RAQC's communications team:

Sara O'Keefe                                      Sarah Anderson
(303) 629-5450, ext. 220                     (303) 629-5450, ext. 210
sokeefe@raqc.org                               sanderson@raqc.org

If you were not able to attend the workshop, all presentations are posted below.  Click on the underlined links to view PDF versions of each presentation.   

AGENDA

OZONE MATTERS Workshop
April 25, 2007

Registration and Breakfast     

     Check-in, drink, eat and network

Welcome and Introduction to Ground-Level Ozone Pollution

     Kenneth Lloyd, Executive Director, Regional Air Quality Council

Health Impacts of Ozone

     Dr. Ned Calonge, Chief Medical Officer, State of Colorado

Ozone Meteorology, Monitoring and Inventories

     Patrick Reddy, Senior Air Quality Meteorologist, State Air Pollution Control Division

     Gerald Dilley, Technical Engineer, Regional Air Quality Council

Standards and Status: Past, Present and Future

     Kenneth Lloyd, Executive Director, Regional Air Quality Council

Break

     Stretch, refill your coffee and socialize

Regulatory Plan: Early Action Compact and Beyond

     Lisa Silva, Air Quality Planner, State Air Pollution Control Division

Voluntary Plan: Education, Outreach and Behavior Change

     Sarah Anderson, Communications Coordinator, Regional Air Quality Council

What You Can Do: Citizens, Nonprofits, Government, & Business/Industry

     Sara O'Keefe, Communications Manager, Regional Air Quality Council

Media and Meteorology: Effectively Communicating About Ozone Pollution

     Marty Coniglio, Meteorologist and Weekend Weather Anchor, 9NEWS

One-on-One Questions/Concerns

     Staff from the Regional Air Quality Council will stick around to answer your  

     specific questions or brainstorm with you on ways you and your organization can

     get involved