Thank you to all those who attended this year's conference and made it a resounding success.
See AWR's Conference Highlights Article (pdf)

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Day 1 Conference Program

 7:30    Registration and light breakfast

 8:20    Welcome: Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center

 8:30    Opening Remarks: Alan Stephens, Chief of Staff, Operations, Arizona Governor’s

Office 

8:45    Keynote Speaker: Grady Gammage, Senior Research Fellow, Morrison

Institute for Public Policy, ASU/Gammage & Burnham “Water, Growth and Sustainability – Is Arizona Headed the Way of Easter Island?”

Introduction by John Sullivan, Associate General Manager, Salt River Project

 9:15    Water Planning for Growth

Moderator, Kathy Jacobs, Executive Director, Arizona Water Institute

 A)  What are the cities doing?

Steve Olson, Executive Director, Arizona Municipal Water Users Association

David Modeer, Director, Tucson Water

Roger Gingrich, Water Resources Coordinator, City of Yuma Public Works

 10:00  Break

 10:15  B)  What are the towns and rural areas doing?

Mark Apel, Planning Manager, Cochise County

Bill Garfield, President, Arizona Water Company

Tom Griffin, Mohave County Water Authority

Buzz Walker, Public Works Director, Town of Payson

 11:00  Where is the water coming from?

Moderator, Susanna Eden, Water Resources Research Center

John Hoffman, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Larry Dozier, Deputy General Manager, Central Arizona Project

Lucius Kyyitan, Acting Director of the Office of Water Rights, Gila River Indian Community

Pat Graham, State Director, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona

 11:50  The Verde River, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona and the Salt River Project

 12:00  Lunch

Speaker: Robert Johnson, Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

“Growth, Drought and the Colorado River”

Introduction by Carol Erwin, Area Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

 1:15    The Role of the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District

Moderator and Panelist, Tom Buschatzke, Water Advisor, City of Phoenix

Cliff Neal, Manager, Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District

Mike Pearce, Attorney, Fennemore Craig PC

Warren Tenney, Assistant General Manager, Metropolitan Water District (44 KB .doc)

Karl Polen, Executive Vice President, Pivotal Group

 2:30    Developer, Homebuilder and Realtor Perspectives

Moderator, Priscilla Storm, Director of Special Projects, Diamond Ventures, Inc.

Spencer Kamps, Legislative Affairs, Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona

Frank Dickens, President-Elect, Arizona Association of Realtors

Bob Iannarino, Project Manager, Diamond Ventures, Inc.

 3:15    Break

 3:30    Public Officials Perspectives

Moderator, Jack Pfister, Former General Manager, Salt River Project

Herb Guenther, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources

The Honorable Jake Flake, State Senator, Chair, Natural Resources and Rural Affairs Committee

The Honorable Tom O' Halleran, State Representative, Chair, Natural Resources and Agricultural Committee

The Honorable Kris Mayes, Commissioner, Arizona Corporation Commission

 4:30    Wrap-up Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center

 Day 2 Conference Program

 A Workshop on Central Arizona's Future Water Supplies:

Issues Related to Acquisition and Use of Potential Supplies and

Implications for the Rest of the State

For follow up of Day 2, go to http://sustainable.asu.edu/gios/waterworkshop.htm

Background paper (pdf)

 Sponsored by the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University

 7:30    Registration and light breakfast

 8:00    Welcome and Introduction

Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona Paul Johnson, Executive Dean of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and ASU Member of the Arizona Water Institute Executive Committee, Arizona State University

 8:10    Purpose and Ground Rules for Day 2

Jim Holway, Associate Director, Global Institute for Sustainability, Arizona State University

 8:20    Presentation of Background Paper

Terri Sue Rossi, Planning Analyst, Central Arizona Project

 8:35    Water Experts – Issue Summary and Identification

Brad Hill, Water Resources Manager, City of Peoria, Infrastructure Needs and Building Balanced Water Supply Portfolios

Guy Carpenter, Project Manager, HDR Engineering, Political Hurdles and Major Policy Implications

Marvin Cohen, Attorney, Sacks Tierney P.A., Future Allocation Mechanisms

Questions

9:25    Facilitated Discussions (involving all attendees)

Moderator, Teresa Makinen, Makinen Professional Services

 11:45  Wrap-up & Next Steps

Kathy Jacobs, Executive Director, Arizona Water Institute

Jim Holway, Associate Director, Global Institute of Sustainability, ASU

 12:00  Session break up