[Southern_AZ_MWS] (EVENT) - WRRC Conference Early Bird Registration

[Meghan Maloney]

Early Bird Registration for the WRRC Conference closes this Thursday, May
15. 

Thursday is the last day to take advantage of the reduced registration fee
for the 
University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center's Annual Conference.

"The Importance of the Colorado River to Arizona's Future"
         Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona
                       Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Registration information, can be found on our web site at
http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/programs/conf2008/
<http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/programs/conf2008/index.html> .
Please share this information with colleagues and associates. 

     AGENDA
 
7:30 - 8:30            
Registration and light breakfast
 
8:30 - 8:40           
Welcomes:  Sharon Megdal, Director, WRRC and Sid Wilson, General Manager,
CAP
 
8:40 - 9:40            
Looking at the Past; Looking toward the Future
A Report from 1968 - Marvin Cohen, Attorney, Sacks Tierney P.A.

A Report from 2048 - Tom McCann, Resource Planning & Analysis, CAP
 
9:40 - 10:45         
Where and how will the water be used in 2048?  Part 1 
Moderator: Sid Wilson, General Manager, CAP
Gila River Indian Community - Governor William R. Rhodes 
Tohono O'odham Nation - Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. (Invited) 
State Land - What State Land will be developed by 2048? - Commissioner Mark
Winkleman, State Land Department
The CAGRD - What will the 2044 Plan of Operation look like? - Susan Bitter
Smith, Board President, CAP
 
10:45 - 11:00       
Break
 
11:00 - 12:00       
Where and how will the water be used in 2048? Part 2
Moderator: Sid Wilson, General Manager, CAP
Yuma County - Wade Noble, General Counsel, Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation &
Drainage District
Mohave County - Maureen George, General Counsel, Mohave County Water
Authority
Pima County - Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator, Pima County

Pinal County - David Snider, Supervisor, Pinal County 
Maricopa County - Ray Jones, Chairman, WESTMARC
                                
12:15 - 1:15         
Lunch:  Keynote Address
An Overview of West-Wide Water Challenges - Commissioner Bob Johnson, U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation
 
1:30 - 2:30           
Addressing Uncertainties Associated with Drought and Climate Change:  The 40
year outlook 
Moderator:  John Hoffmann, Director, USGS Arizona Water Science Center
Arizona Water Banking Authority and Shortage Sharing - Herb Guenther,
Director, ADWR 
Lower Colorado River Flow Modeling - Terry Fulp, Deputy Regional Director,
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Water Management Adaptation Considerations - Kathy Jacobs, Executive
Director, Arizona Water Institute 
                
2:30 - 3:00           
Desalination and Public-Private Partnerships - Michael Tramer, President,
Ambient Technologies, Inc.
 
3:00 - 3:15           
Break
                                
3:15 - 4:15           
The Environment as a Water Using Sector:  The 40 year outlook 
Moderator: Sharon Megdal, Director, WRRC
The Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program - Lorri Gray,
Regional Director, 
        U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
The Delta - Francisco Zamora, Program Director, Sonoran Institute
General Environment - Sandy Bahr, Director: Conservation Outreach, The
Sierra Club
    
4:15 - 4:45          
Wrap Up and Audience Discussion 


Contact Jane Cripps if you have any questions
520-792-9591 Ext. 55
jcripps at cals.arizona.edu 
 

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