The topic for the Spring 2024 Meeting of the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR) will be Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Optimize Site Remediation.

Meeting Objectives:
The FRTR Spring 2022 General Meeting explored applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) concepts to site cleanups. Technology advances in robotics, unmanned systems, and analysis of large data sets to support site characterization and remediation were reviewed. Projects seeking to advance use of AI/ML and support remedy decisions were presented. Potential benefits, risks, and limits of deploying AI/ML technologies were identified.

The FRTR 2024 Spring General Meeting provides an opportunity to share progress and results of recent AI/ML projects providing advanced contaminant plume characterization and predictive modeling, and improved cleanup efficiency. The meeting highlights site-specific case studies where AI/ML has substantially enhanced remedial decisions, remedy implementation and performance monitoring, and reduced needs for extensive sampling. Discussions during the meeting seek to provide remedial project managers and technical staff with information and best practices for deploying AI/ML technology.

FRTR member-agencies meet semi-annually, usually in the Washington, D.C. area. These meetings are open to the public.

Please visit the FRTR website (https://www.frtr.gov/meetings.cfm) for the meeting agenda and presentations (available soon). Print copies of meeting materials will not be provided.

For questions about this meeting related to content please contact:
Cindy Frickle (EPA), 202-566-0927, frickle.cynthia@epa.gov

For other questions please contact the meeting coordinator: Mary Buttarazzi (Environmental Management Support, Inc.), 301-202-1201, mary.buttarazzi@emsus.com.

If you need to change any aspect of your registration please contact trainex-replies@emsus.com.

Please allow extra time to go through security when arriving for the meeting. Non-EPA federal employees and visitors must sign-in to obtain a visitor badge, and pass through security upon entering the building through the main entrance or the parking garage. Please be prepared to present a valid drivers license or other picture identification. The security guard will issue a visitor badge, and return your picture ID. Before departing, please return the visitor badge to the security desk.

On the morning of the meeting, staff from the EPA Technology, Innovation, and Field Services Division (TIFSD) will be on hand in the South Building lobby to assist with visitor check-in and to escort individuals to the meeting room.

Please see the attached logistics sheet below for information regarding parking, driving directions, and transportation options.