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2008 Conference Agenda

Annual Conference of the Arizona Water Resources Research Center
Presented in Collaboration with the Central Arizona Project

The Importance of the Colorado River for Arizona's Future
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa
2400 East Missouri Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona

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.
                                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
                               Enhancing the Water Supply Reliability through Climate Information – 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, Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
                               Four Scenarios for the Lower Colorado River Basin –Mark Lellouch, Project Manager,                                    Sonoran Institute
                               A Conservation Vision for the Colorado River in 2050– Sandy Bahr, Director, Conservation
                                   Conservation Outreach Director, The Sierra Club

4:15 - 4:45 Key Challenges and Audience Discussion

An agenda is downloadable here as a pdf.