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Reserve your seat now for the Water Education Foundation’s Executive Briefing & other conferences to be held in 2010

Posted by: Maven on February 1, 2010 at 7:34 am

From the Water Education Foundation:

Reserve your seat today for “Moving Forward”, the Water Education Foundation’s 27th Annual Executive Briefing, March 25-26, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento.

Confirmed speakers include newly appointed Secretary of Natural Resources Lester Snow and Mark Cowin, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources. You’ll also hear from Alexis Strauss, Water Division Director of U.S. EPA Region IX and Donald R. Glaser, Regional Director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region.

DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:
• The Delta: The Big Picture
• Groundwater Policy: Managing the Resource
• Drinking Water
• Quantification Settlement Agreement Lawsuits and the Colorado River
• The Conservation Mandate: Measuring Results

Registration fees include a continental breakfast for both days, and lunch and a hosted reception on March 25.

For more information or to register securely online, click here.

In addition to our Executive Briefing, the Foundation is coordinating and cosponsoring several major conferences this year:

Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop, March 2-4: Join us in San Diego for the 8th annual National Weather Service Climate Services conference, held in conjunction with California DWR, the National Integrated Drought Information System and the Foundation. “Managing Water Resources and Drought in a Changing Climate” will include panel presentations on best practices in adaptation planning and available tools and future needs for effective decision support.

International Groundwater Conference, June 15-17: More than 100 groundwater experts from around the world will speak June 15-17 at an international groundwater/agriculture conference. Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: An International Conference Linking Science and Policy, organized by the Foundation and UC Davis, will be held in San Francisco. Topics to be addressed in plenary and technical sessions include Socioeconomic Aspects of Agricultural Groundwater, Agricultural Groundwater Quality and Contamination, Groundwater at the Agriculture-Urban Interface and much more!

Water Quality and Regulatory Conference, November 3-4: Held in Ontario, this two-day, three-track conference will feature discussions on water quality regulations, perchlorate, pharmaceuticals, disinfection by-products, legal issues, other emerging contaminants and emergency management. There are sessions designed for engineers, researchers, water agencies, lawyers, academics, regulators, elected officials and military representatives, board members and city council members.

Learn About the Santa Ana River Watershed, April 22: The Foundation is coordinating Santa Ana River Watershed 2010: Working Together for a Sustainable Future. Convened by the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority and presented by RBF Consulting, the April 22 conference will be held in Anaheim. Watershed preservation is a key issue for the region’s future.

For more information or to register for these conferences, visit the Foundation’s website at www.watereducation.org/conferences

February 1, 2010 · Filed Under Events

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