"Best Practices for Stakeholder Engagement in Water Resources Planning"
Agenda
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The University of Arizona, Student Union Memorial Center Ballroom
Tucson, Arizona
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.