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    "Best Practices for Stakeholder Engagement in Water Resources Planning"

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009
    The University of Arizona, Student Union Memorial Center Ballroom
    Tucson, Arizona

    Agenda

    8:30 Welcomes: Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center Ellen Wheeler, Morris K. Udall Foundation

    8:40 Introductory Remarks and Introduction of Betsy Rieke: Kathy Jacobs, Arizona Water Institute

    8:45 Keynote Address: Natural Resources Decision Making:  Adaptive Management of Your Skills and Roles Betsy Rieke (former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science and Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources) U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin (retired)

    9:15 Plenary Session 1: Issues in Stakeholder Engagement Moderator, Sarah Palmer, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Morris K. Udall Foundation

    Tailoring the process to the situation - one size does not fit all Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center, The University of Arizona

    Resources, knowledge and power Dave White, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University

    Tribal Engagement Dexter Albert, Intrinsic Consulting

    10:15 Break

    10:30 Plenary Session 2: Lessons from the Trenches Moderator, Tim Bray, Central Arizona Project Board

    Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Carolyn Campbell, Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

    Statewide Drought Planning Mike Crimmins, Climate Service Applications Program, The University of Arizona Susan Craig, Arizona Department of Water Resources

    Central Arizona Project ADD Water Process Tom McCann, Central Arizona Project

    11:30 Recorded video remarks by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

    11:35 Poster session

    12:15 Lunch Luncheon Speaker: Grady Gammage, Gammage & Burnham, Envisioning Arizona

    1:45 Concurrent Workshops (Panel presentations followed by interactive discussion)

    Innovations and Experiments

    Kathy Jacobs, Arizona Water Institute – facilitator

    Jim Holway, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University

    Holly Hartmann, Arid Lands Information Center, The University of Arizona

    Gregg Garfin, Institute for Environment and Society, The University of Arizona

    IWRM (Integrated Water Resource Management) - What does it mean?

    Brian Manwaring, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Morris K. Udall Foundation – facilitator

    Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center, The University of Arizona Chris Scott, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona

    Jean Calhoun , The Nature Conservancy

    Participation - Getting people to engage Teresa Makinen, Makinen Professional Services – co-facilitator Nicole Ewing-Gavin, City of Tucson, City Manager's Office – co-facilitator Anne Browning-Aiken, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona – co-facilitator

    3:00 Break

    3:15 Report from the workshops

    3:45 Plenary Session 3: Engagement Technology

    Moderator, Larry Fisher, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Morris K. Udall Foundation

    GIS for participatory processes

    Kristine Ulhman, Arizona NEMO (Non-point Education for Municipal Officials), The University of Arizona

    Use of Models

    Maggie McCaffrey, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Morris K. Udall Foundation

    Visualization

    Tim Lant, Decision Theater, Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University

    4:45 Closing Comments

    5: 15 Optional End of Conference and St. Patrick’s Day Reception: cash bar at Gentle Ben’s, E. University Blvd.

    Contact Jane Cripps at jcripps@cals.arizona.edu for waiver information and any questions.

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