Conference Agenda
California Water Policy 21: Water Woes to Water Wise
March 8-9, 2012
Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles
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Thursday, March 8 |
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8:00 am |
Registration |
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9:15 am |
Conference Welcome |
| Douglas Wallace,
East Bay MUD, Conference Chair |
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9:30 am |
Opening Plenary |
| California as a Microcosm: Lessons from Abroad | |
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Peter Gleick, President and Co-Founder, Pacific Institute |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
Breakout Sessions |
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Going for Broke: Financing the Delta Fix |
| Byron Buck, Executive Director, State and Federal Contractors Water Agency | |
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Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst – Water Program, NRDC |
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Douglas Wallace, Environmental Affairs Officer, EBMUD |
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Groundwater Overdraft: Are We Stealing from Our Future? |
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Juliet Christian-Smith, Senior
Research Associate, Pacific Institute |
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Dennis O’Connor, Principal Consultant, Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee |
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Maurice Hall, Interim Director, California Water Program, The Nature Conservancy |
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Other Speaker TBA |
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Making All the State Data Count Beyond the Counting |
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Laurel Firestone, Co-Founder, Community Water Center |
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Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager, Statewide Integrated Water
Management CA Department of Water Resources |
| Tim O'Halloran, General Manager, Yolo Flood Control and Water Conservation District | |
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Water Supply and Endangered Species Act: Not Mutually Exclusive Agendas |
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Norma Camacho, Director, Ventura County Watershed
Protection District |
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John Krist, Chief Executive Officer, Farm Bureau of Ventura County |
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Mike Solomon, General Manager, United Water
Conservation District |
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| Nica Knite, Southern California Regional Manager, California Trout | |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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Brian Fagan, Author |
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1:30 pm |
Carla Bard Awards Ceremony |
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2:00 pm |
Breakout Sessions |
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Agricultural Conservation: The Food-Water Nexus |
| Thad Bettner, General Manager, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District | |
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Juliet Christian-Smith, Senior Research Associate, Pacific Institute |
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Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager, Statewide Integrated Water
Management, CA Department of Water Resources |
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Joseph McIntyre, President, Ag Innovations Network |
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Bruce Rominger, President, Rominger Brothers Farms, Inc. |
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Pushing the Sustainability Envelope:
Onsite Water Reuse |
| Laura Allen, Co-Founder, Greywater Action | |
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Justin Malan, Executive Director, California Association of Environmental Health Admins. |
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Bahman Sheikh, Consultant, Water Recycling,
Reclamation and Reuse |
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Other Speaker TBA |
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After the Big One: Assessing the Seismic Threat to Water |
| Richard Atwater, Executive Director, Southern California Water Committee | |
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Gary Bardini, Chief Hydrologist, California Department of Water Resources* |
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Dr. Lucy Jones, Senior Science Advisor, Natural
Hazards Mission, USGS Earthquake Science Center |
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Randall Neudeck, Program Manager, MWD of Southern California |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
The Delta: Can Plans Become Progress? |
| Moderator: Ane Deister, Vice President, CardnoENTRIX | |
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Steve Arakawa, Manager, Bay Delta Initiatives, MWD of
Southern California |
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Patrick Johnston, President and CEO, California
Association of Health Plans |
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Sunne McPeak, Board Member, Delta Vision Foundation* |
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Mike Machado, former State Senator, Strategic Advisor
to Sacramento Advocates* |
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5:15 pm |
Environmental Adjustment Hour |
| Sponsored by Cardno ENTRIX | |
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6:15 pm |
Adjourn for Day |
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Friday, March 9 |
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7:30 am |
Annual
POWER Breakfast |
| Topic: TBA | |
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9:00 am |
Breakout Sessions |
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The Klamath Dam Deal: A Model to Follow? |
| Greg Addington, Executive Director, Klamath Water Users Association | |
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Michael Belchik, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program |
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Dean Brockbank, Vice President and General Counsel, PacifiCorp Energy |
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Michael Belchik, Senior Fisheries Biologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program |
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Nitrates and Groundwater: Is Regulating Agriculture the Answer? |
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Pamela Creedon, Executive Officer, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board |
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Professor Thomas Harter, Subsurface Hydrologist, UC Davis Cooperative Extension |
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Maria Herrera, Community Outreach Coordinator, Community Water Center |
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Science, Money and Politics: Can They Coexist? |
| Byron Buck, Executive Director, State and Federal Contractors Water Agency | |
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Tam Dudoc, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board |
| Maureen McCarthy, Executive Director, Tahoe Science Consortium | |
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Water Rights in a Climate Changed California: Adaptable or Abomination? |
| Tony Rossmann, Partner, Rossmann and Moore | |
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Thomas Berliner, Partner, Duane Morris LLP |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
The River Red: Exploring a New
Water Ethic for the New West |
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The conference is honored to be a part of the premier of this short film about the Colorado River and some of the stakeholders in the Colorado River Basin. The film addresses the questions of whether we can meet the needs of a growing population in the face of rising temperatures and lower rainfall and can we find harmony amongst the competing interests of cities, agriculture, recreation, wildlife and indigenous communities with rights to the water. The film will be followed by an opportunity to talk with the film’s producer. Visit the films website here. |
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Noon |
Closing Plenary |
| Science and Public Policy: Breaking Through the Climate of Skepticism | |
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Marcia McNutt, Director, U.S. Geological Survey |
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12:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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*Not confirmed |
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