2023 Program
15th Annual OC Water Summit
Finding Reliability
Friday, October 13, 2023
7:30 am - 1:30 pm
Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, California
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| PROGRAM*
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| 7:30 am
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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| 8:00 am - 8:15 am |
Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance
- Stephen R. Sheldon, Director, Orange County Water District
- Jeffery M. Thomas, Board Member, Municipal Water District of Orange County
- Fritz Coleman, Master of Ceremonies
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| 8:15 am - 9:35 am |
Drought or Missed Opportunities?
- Moderator: Lisa Ohlund, Principal, Ohlund Management
& Technical Services
- Darcy Burke, Director, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water
District and President, Watermark and Associates
- Bill Jones, Former California Secretary of State
- Jason Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Friant Water
Authority
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| 9:35 am - 10:30 am |
Is it Fair to Blame Climate Change for Everything?
- Moderator: Fritz Coleman
- John Christy, Director, Earth System Science Center, The
University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Rong Fu, PhD, Director of the Joint Institute for Earth
System Science and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles
- Steve Greenhut, R Street Institute
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| 10:30 am - 10:50 am |
Networking Break
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| 10:50 am - 12:15 pm |
What's Our Water Supply Future?
- Moderator: Lisa Ohlund, Principal, Ohlund Management
& Technical Services
- Mark Donovan, P.E., Chair, CalDesal and North American
Water Treatment and Desalination Practice Leader, GHD
- Adan Ortega, Jr., Board Chairman, Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California
- Edward Ring, Senior Fellow and Cofounder, California
Policy Center
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| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Closing Remarks
- Stephen R. Sheldon, Director, Orange County Water
District
- Jeffery M. Thomas, Board Member, Municipal Water District
of Orange County
- Fritz Coleman, Master of Ceremonies
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| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Buffet Lunch and Networking
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*Program subject to change
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