California Water Policy Conference 2008

Thursday, November 6
9:00 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 am	Opening Keynote: Crisis = Opportunity H. David Nahai, CEO and General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
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
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
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
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
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

Friday, November 7, 2008
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
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
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
2:00 pm	Adjourn
*Invited

Thursday, November 6

Friday, November 7, 2008