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| 7:30 a.m.
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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| 8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.
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Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance
- Stephen R. Sheldon, Board Member, Orange County Water District (Confirmed)
- Jeffery M. Thomas, Board Member, Municipal Water District of Orange County (Confirmed)
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| 8:10 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
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Emcee Welcome & Water Forecast
- Fritz Coleman, Weathercaster, NBC 4 (Invited)
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| 8:20 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
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Session 1: A Closer Look at our Past, to Prepare Wisely for the Future
- Phil Brigandi, Orange County Historian (Confirmed)
- Nathan Masters, Host and Executive Producer of Lost L.A. (Confirmed)
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| 8:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. |
Session 2: Magnifying the Situation
- Representative, CA Division of Drinking Water TBD
- Jason Dadakis, Executive Director of Water Quality & Technology, Orange County Water District
(Confirmed)
- Dr. Wayne Miller, Director, Yorba Linda Water District (Invited)
- The Honorable Anthony Portantino, California State Senate, District 25 (Invited)
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| 9:55 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
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Networking Break
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| 10:10 a.m. - 11:05 a.m,
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Session 3: What’s in "Storage" for CA's Water Future?
- Bill Hasencamp, Manager, Colorado River Resources, Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California (Invited)
- Speaker TBD regarding implementation of the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
- Jim Watson, General Manager, Sites Project Authority (Invited)
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| 11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
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Session 4: 2018 Wildfires - Water Shortages, Environmental Policies or Forestry Management
Issue?
- Rich Gordon, President, California Forestry Association (Confirmed)
- Chief Thom Porter, Acting Director, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(Invited)
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| 11:45 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.
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Networking Break/Room Set-up for Luncheon
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| 12:05 p.m.
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Lunch Service Begins
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| 12:15 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
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Session 5: Innovate to Satiate
- Moderator & Speaker: Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D., M.P.P., President, California State University,
Fresno (Confirmed)
- Jill Farrant, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town, South
Africa (Confirmed)
- Jorge Heraud, Co-founder & CEO, Blue River Technology (Invited)
- Willem Swart, Project Manager, Studio of Environmental Architecture, Skysource Project (2018
X-Prize winner) (Confirmed)
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| 1:05 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Session 6: California's Water Future
- The Honorable Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California (Invited)
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| 1:30 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
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