WAKC Water summit March 4th 2020 7am-2pm Mechanics Bank Arena (formally Rabobank Arena) Bakersfield.

https://www.wakc.com/upcoming-events/ 

Speakers and topics subject to change.

7:00 a.m.             Check-in/Breakfast/Vendor Showcase
8:00 a.m.             Opening Remarks
Gene Lundquist, President, Water Association    of Kern County

Karen Goh, Mayor of Bakersfield

8:10 a.m.             The King Has No Clothes – The Case for the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint

Eric Averett, Manager, Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District

                                Scott Hamilton, Hamilton Resource Economics

8:45 a.m.             Urban Water Challenges
Justin Skarb, Director of Governmental Affairs, California Water Service

9:15 a.m.             Oil and Water: An Update from California’s Energy Industry
Christine Luther Zimmerman, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Western States                                                                    Petroleum Association

9:45 a.m.             Break/Vendor Showcase

10:15 a.m.           Species Status
A panel discussion on how California is managing endangered species
Ellen Hanak, Vice President and Director of the Water Policy Center and Senior Fellow

Ellen Hanak Chair in Water Policy, Public Policy Center
Ann Hayden, Senior Director, Western Water & Resilient Landscapes Ecosystems Program, Environmental   Defense Fund

Cannon Michael, Bowles Farming Co., Water Education Foundation
Sandi Matsumoto, Associate Director, The  CA Water Program, The Nature Conservancy

Moderator: Paul Weiland, Attorney, Nossaman LLP

11:15 a.m.           Keynote Address

Infrastructure – What’s on tap for California
Armando Quintero, Chair, California Water Commission

Noon                     Lunch/Vendor Showcase

1:00 p.m.             The Magic Water Wand: A high powered, out-of-the box panel discussion on fixing California’s water challenges.

Tim Quinn – Retired- Association of California Water Agencies and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Stanford Program on Water in the West

Celeste Cantu – San Diego Water Quality Control Board and Water Education for Latinos

Felicia Marcus – Former Chair, State Water Resources Control Board

Jerry Meral – Former California Department of Water Resources, Planning and Conservation League, Environmental Defense Fund

Randy Fiorini,  Fiorini Ranch, Bay Delta Stewardship Council

2:00 p.m.             Opportunity Drawing/Adjournment