The WRRC conference, to be held on March 28th at the University of Arizona Student Union, features unique high-profile panelists discussing the critical water issues of our time. The first panel of the afternoon, The Environment and the Business of Water, is no exception. Moderated by Kevin Moran, Senior Director of Water Program, Environmental Defense Fund, the panel includes Yamilett Carillo, Director, Colorado River Delta Water Trust, Ted Kowalski, Senior Program Officer of the Walton Family Foundation, Todd Reeve, Chief Executive Officer at Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director of The Nature Conservancy. Later in the afternoon, the Water and Economic Opportunity panel will continue the conversation. Moderated by Susan Craig, Communications Director for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, the panel includes Charles Flynn, Director, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, Doug Von Gausig, Mayor, Town of Clarkdale, Ernesto Ruffo, Senator, Baja California, and Christine MacKay, Community and Economic Development Director, City of Phoenix. These groups of experts, who are both passionate and highly knowledgeable about their topics, will help us to better understand the interests and contributions of business relative to water for natural areas and the value of water to communities' economic vitality.