University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center, Tucson AZ
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:15 - 8:30
Welcome
Sharon B. Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), University of Arizona (UA)
Shane C. Burgess, Vice Provost and Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UA
8:30 - 9:00
Session 1 – Opening Keynote
Michael J. Lacey, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR)
9:00 - 9:30
Session 2a – Closing the Gap Basin-Wide Keynote
Kay Brothers, Co-Chair, Colorado River Basin Study Next Steps Working Groups Coordination Team
9:30 - 10:30
Session 2b – Closing the Gap Basin-Wide Panel
Moderator: Tom Buschatzke, Assistant Director Water Planning Division, ADWR
Healthy Flows –Taylor E.C. Hawes, The Nature Conservancy
Agricultural Conservation and Water Transfers – Reagan Waskom, Director, Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University
Municipal & Industrial Conservation and Water Reuse – Carol M. Ward-Morris, Program Manager, Demand Management and Sustainability, Arizona Muncipal Water Users Association (AMWUA)
Water Resources of the Navajo Nation - Jason John, Director, Navajo Nation Water Mgmt. Branch
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:45
Session 3 – Closing the Gap: A Menu of Options
Moderator: Michael Fulton, Director, Water Quality Division, Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality
Conservation - Bradley M. Hill, Utilities Director, City of Flagstaff
Transactions - Nathan Bracken, Legal Counsel, Western States Water Council
Reuse – Tim Thomure, Water Reuse Practice Lead, HDR Engineering, Inc.
12:00 - 1:45 LUNCH, AUDIENCE VOICES, & POSTER SESSION
1:45 - 3:15
Session 4 – Closing the Gap: Arizona Perspectives Panel
Moderator: Bruce L. Hallin, Director, Water Rights and Contracts, Salt River Project
Joe Gysel, President of Epcor Water, USA
Margaret R. Gallogly, Director, Fennemore Craig
Nicole Horseherder, To Nizhoni Ani
John Kmiec, Utilities Director, Town of Marana
Tom W. Davis, General Manager, Yuma County Water Users' Association
Kelly Mott LaCroix, Research Analyst and Ph.D. Candidate, WRRC
3:15 - 3:30 BREAK
3:30 - 5:00
Session 5 – Closing the Gap: How Can We Do It? (Q&A)
Moderator: Sharon B. Megdal, Director, WRRC
George Arthur, Immediate Past President, Colorado River Water Users Assn., Ten Tribes Partnership
Sandra Fabritz-Whitney, Director, Water Strategy, Freeport-McMoRan
Kathleen Ferris, Executive Director and Legal Counsel, AMWUA
Rick C. Lavis, Executive Vice President, Arizona Cotton Growers Association
Rodney B. Lewis, Attorney, Gila River Indian Community
Thomas W. McCann, Asst. General Manager, Operations, Planning and Engineering, Central Arizona Project
Jennifer McCloskey, Deputy Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
5:00
Closing Comments and Student Poster Award Presentations