Thursday, November 6
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| 9:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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| 9:15 am |
Opening Keynote: Crisis = Opportunity
H. David Nahai, CEO and General Manager,
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
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| 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am |
Drivers of Change: Ask Us For Directions
Moderator:
Tim Brick , Board Chair , MWD of Southern California
Panelists:
Karen Douglas , Commissioner , California Energy Commission
Kate Williams , Principal Consultant , Office of Assemblymember John Laird
Ellen Hanak , Senior Fellow , Public Policy Institute of California
Frances Spivy-Weber , Board Member , CA State Water Resources Control Board
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| 12:00 pm |
Lunch Presentation:Delta Vision: About More Than Water: It's About California
Sunne McPeak, President and Chief Executive Officer, California Emerging Technology Fund;
Member, Governor's Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force
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| 1:30 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Track I Does Land Use Policy + Water = Mud?
Moderator:
Bill Jacoby , Water Resource Consulting , Immediate Past President, CA Section of WateReuse Association
Panelists:
Charles Bohlig , Supervisor, Water Conservation , East Bay MUD
Adan Ortega , Consultant , Rose & Kindel
Toby Roy , Water Resources Manager , San Diego County Water Authority
Track II Toxic Legacy’s Consequences: Needing TLC
Moderator:
Otis Wollan , Board Member , Placer County Water Agency
Panelists:
Vicki Fry , Associate Civil Engineer, Water Quality Division , Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District
Elizabeth Martin , Chief Executive Officer , The Sierra Fund
Sherri Norris , Executive Director , California Indian Environmental Alliance
Track III Groundwater Quality: Who’s in Charge of Recharge?
Moderator:
Conner Everts , Southern California Watershed Alliance
Panelists:
Laurel Firestone , Co-Director and Attorney at Law , Community Water Center
Pamela Creedon , Executive Officer , Central Valley Regional Water Board
Randy Record , Board Member , Eastern Municipal Water District
Track IV Integrating Oceans & Water Management: Fishing for Answers
Moderator:
Eugenia Laychak , Principal , E J L Associates
Panelists:
Emily Goodwin , Program Officer, Marine Conservation , Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Craig Fusaro , CalTrout
Joe Geever , Southern California Coordinator , Surfrider Foundation
Dominic Gregorio , Senior Environmental Scientist , Ocean Unit, State Water Resources Control Board
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| 3:00pm |
Break |
| 3:30 pm |
Breakout Sessions
Track I Statewide Integrated Resource Planning: Why Aren’t We There?
Moderator:
Mark Horne , PBS&J
Panelists:
Tam Doduc , Board Chair , CA State Water Resources Control Board
Kamyar Guivetchi , Manager, Statewide Water Planning , CA Department of Water Resources
Brian Leahy , Assistant Director , Dept of Conservation, Land Resource Protection
Larry McKenney , RBF Consulting
Track II Emerging Contaminants: Danger or Distraction?
Moderator:
Mark Beuhler , Assistant General Manager , Coachella Valley Water District
Panelists:
Pankaj Parekh , Director of Water Quality Compliance , Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Bruce Cabral , Santa Clara Valley Water District
Andria Ventura , Policy Analyst , Clean Water Action
Paul Gilbert-Snyder , Associate Engineer , East Bay Municipal Utility District
Raymond Neutra , Chief, Emeritus, Div. of Env. & Occupational Disease Control , California Department of Public Health
Track III Desal: Is There a Time and Place?
Moderator:
Adam Scow , California Organizer , Food & Water Watch
Panelists:
Conner Everts , Southern California Watershed Alliance
Scott McClelland , Water Quality Superintendent and Engineer , Sweetwater Authority
William Steele , Area Manager , Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region
Gary Wolff , Board Member , CA State Water Resources Control Board
Track IV Climate Change and Ecosystems: Noah’s Ark Revisited
Moderator:
Douglas Wallace , Environmental Affairs Officer , East Bay Municipal Utility District
Panelists:
Christina Swanson , Executive Director , The Bay Institute
Otis Wollan , Board Member , Placer County Water Agency
William Bennett , Associate Professional Researcher , UC Davis, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Philip Rundel , Distinguished Professor of Biology , University of California Los Angeles
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| 5:00 pm |
Environmental Adjustment Hour Reception |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner and Carla Bard Award Presentation
The Great Warming, or the Story of the Silent Elephant in the Room
Brian Fagan, Author
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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| 8:00 am |
Breakout Sessions
Track I Regulator Roadblocks: Green Infrastructure Meets Red Tape
Moderator:
Paula Daniels , Commissioner , Los Angeles Board of Public Works
Panelists:
Rick Cole , City Manager , City of San Buenaventura
Mark Grey , Director of Environmental Affairs , Building Industry Association of Southern CA
Andy Lipkis , Founder and President , TreePeople
Laurie Schoeman , Project Manager, Living Classroom , Literacy for Environmental Justice
Track II Taking it to the Streets: The New Statewide Watershed Program
Moderator:
Larry McKenney , RBF Consulting
Panelists:
Melina Watts , Watershed Coordinator , Malibu Creek Watershed Council
Alf Brandt , Consultant , CA Assembly Water and Parks Committee
Miguel Luna , Executive Director , Urban Semillas
John Lowrie , Manager, State Watershed Program , California Department of Conservation, LDP
Track III Mandatory Water & Energy Conservation: Double Wattage for the Buck
Moderator:
William Steele , Area Manager , Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region
Panelists:
Lorraine White , Program Manager/Energy Specialist , California Energy Commission
Chris Brown , Executive Director , California Urban Water Conservation Council
Frances Spivy-Weber , Board Member , CA State Water Resources Control Board
Stephen St. Marie , Water Division , California Public Utilities Commission
Lester Snow , Director , CA Department of Water Resources
Track IV The Delta: No Levee Left Behind?
Moderator:
Tina Cannon Leahy , Senior Staff Counsel , CA Department of Fish & Game
Panelists:
Gary Bobker , Program Director , The Bay Institute
John Cain , Director of Restoration Projects , Natural Heritage Institute
Debbie Davis , Legislative Analyst , Environmental Justice Coalition
Linda Fiack , Executive Director , Delta Protection Commission
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| 9:30 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am |
Breakout Sessions
Track I Financing Infrastructure: Escaping Bondage
Moderator:
Kathy Caldwell , Senior Project Manager , CH2M Hill
Panelists:
Belinda Faustinos , Executive Officer , Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
Adam Scow , California Organizer , Food & Water Watch
Paul Jones , General Manager , Irvine Ranch Water District
Wanda Hendrix-Talley , Treasury Manager , East Bay Municipal Utility District
Track II Responding to Climate Change: Successful Models
Moderator:
Robert Wilkinson , Director , Water Policy Program, UC Santa Barbara
Panelists:
Jon Lambeck , Manager, Power Resources , MWD of Southern California
Paul Selsky , Vice President , Brown and Caldwell
Greg Zlotnick , Office of Delta Policy and Imported Water , Santa Clara Valley Water District
Liz Mansfield , Watershed Coordinator , El Dorado Irrigation District
David Groves , RAND
Track III Colorado River: Peace on the River but for How Long?
Moderator:
Meena Westford , Water Policy Manager , San Diego County Water Authority
Panelists:
Michael Cohen , Senior Research Associate , Pacific Institute
Pete Silva , MWD of Southern California
Peter Nelson , Board Member , Coachella Valley Water District
Don Ostler , Executive Director & Secretary , Upper Colorado River Commission
Track IV California Agriculture in Transition: What’s Sustainability Got to Do With It?
Moderator:
Todd Manley , Director of Government Relations , Northern California Water Association
Panelists:
Daniel Merkley , Director of Water Resources , California Farm Bureau Federation
David Runsten , Executive Director , Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Michael Dimock , Executive Director , Roots of Change
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| 11:30 am |
Lunch and Presentation
Our Water Future: Fast Forwarding and Accelerating
Moderator:
Felicia Marcus , Executive Vice President , Trust for Public Land
Panelists:
Lester Snow , Director , CA Department of Water Resources
Jeff Kightlinger , General Manager , MWD of Southern California
Jason Peltier , Chief Deputy General Manager , Westlands Water District
Tim Quinn , Executive Director , Association of California Water Agencies
Maureen Stapleton , General Manager , San Diego County Water Authority
Andy Katz , Director , East Bay Municipal Utility District
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| 2:00 pm |
Adjourn |
| *Invited |
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