In this 90-minute webinar recorded on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, Grant Ferrier, founder of Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and chairman of the 2008 Environmental Industry Summit, highlights key trends in the environmental industry with a special emphasis on environmental service segments like consulting and engineering and remediation. Mr. Ferrier also discusses major topics from recent EBJ research, environmental executive surveys, and the Environmental Industry Summit, including: continued growth in the oil and gas and resource development sectors, the budget adjustments needed in response to the decline in property values, the battle for talent, and emerging climate change policies. The impact on the market of recent consolidation and acquisition activity is also discussed.

What does 2008 hold in store for the environmental Industry? The growth of oil and gas, the economic slowdown, and the decline in property values are just a few extenuating factors directly impacting the shape of the environmental industry in 2008. Don't miss this great chance to prepare yourself, and your firm for the year ahead!

In this 90-minute webinar recorded on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, Grant Ferrier, founder of Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) and chairman of the 2008 Environmental Industry Summit, will highlight key trends in the environmental industry with an emphasis on key environmental service segments like consulting and engineering and remediation. Mr. Ferrier will also discuss major topics from recent EBJ research, environmental executive surveys, and the Summit, including: continued growth in the oil and gas and resource development sectors, the budget adjustments needed in response to the decline in property values, the battle for talent, and emerging climate change policies. Recent consolidation and acquisition activity will also be discussed as it impacts the market.

Registrants will receive environmental industry data in the following areas:

• EBJ's segment-by-segment summary of the US environmental industry
• Growth of the environmental industry compared to the economy since 1988
• Breakdown of the C&E segment by media and customer area
• Breakdown of the remediation segment by customer
  

Grant Ferrier
Chairman, Environmental Industry Summit
Founder, Environmental Business Journal

Grant Ferrier is president of Environmental Business International Inc., founder and editor of Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) , and an associate with ZweigWhite. EBI is an independent business research and publishing company serving the environmental industry. EBJ has been published since 1988 and is read predominantly by senior executives in the environmental industry. EBI has also published a series of comprehensive market research reports on the environmental industry and conducted proprietary market intelligence and management consulting projects for private companies and government agencies. In late 2007, EBI sold its principal assets in the environmental industry to ZweigWhite and EBI launched Climate Change Business Journal. Mr. Ferrier also founded and published Nutrition Business Journal, a business he sold to Penton Media in 2002, and founded Nutrition Capital Network in 2007.

Mr. Ferrier has a technical background in mechanical engineering and conservation and resource studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Ferrier worked in academia and the private sector in energy efficiency, solar and wind energy from 1978-1984. He entered the publishing business in 1984 and became editor of two trade publications before forming his own publishing and business research firm in 1987.

Mr. Ferrier represents the interests of the environmental industry in many government and business forums. He has testified before three Congressional subcommittees and has served on advisory committees for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. He has served as an expert on the global environmental industry in an official capacity at international meetings sponsored by the United Nations Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (DPCSD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He is co-chairman of the California Environmental Business Council and has served on the board of directors of three private corporations.