This national conference brings together key players in the industry and offers: field trips, Corps IRT training workshop, a primer 101 workshop, general sessions featuring leaders in industry, interactive concurrent sessions, with banker, regulators – and user perspectives, and exhibits & networking opportunities. Topics covered will include: emerging and multiple markets, ensuring perpetuity, federal regulatory/legislative updates, legal, finance & tax issues, how success is determined, setting standards, sales & marketing, science & technology, real estate (how to find & purchase or sell a site), success stories/lessons learned, and tracking progress.