From: Florida Earth Foundation <st...@floridaearth.org>Subject: Ten Days Until Water Choices VDate: September 11, 2012 11:12:11 AM EDTTo: "Feldman, Allan" <afel...@usf.edu>Reply-To: "st...@floridaearth.org" <st...@floridaearth.org>
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Ten Days until Water Choices V
Dear Allan, Just a little over a week until Water Choices V happens. Don't miss this opportunity to engage in the think-tank format that looks at creating tools to solve water problems in Florida.
Water Choices V Agenda
8:30 AM Registration, Coffee and Networking
9:00 AM Welcome - Dr. Teresa Balser, Dean, UF College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, and Ernie Cox, Chair, Florida Earth
9:15 AM Business of the Day - Identifying areas of strategic importance and bringing us to focus, Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth
9:20 AM Facing Florida's Water Challenges - Rich Budell, Director, Office of Water Policy, FDOACS
9:50 AM Defining the Challenges - Moderated by Richard Hamann, Member of Governing Board, SJRWMD. Former US Senator Bob Graham, Ann Shortelle, Execu-tive Director, SRWMD,10:45 AM Break
11:00 AMCase Studies in Public-Private Partnerships
The SFWMD/Lykes Project-Benita Whalen, SFWMD
The C-51 Reservoir-Ernie Cox, Family Lands Remembered, LLC
Other Places in the US-Doug MacNair, Cardno-Entrix
12:00 PM Working Lunch
Breaking News and Announcements
1:00 PM The Role of Science in Florida's Water Choices - Dr. Mark Clark, Professor, UF IFAS Soil & Water Science DepartmentDr. Ed Lowe, Director of Research, SJRWMD; Dr. Paul Gray, Audubon of Florida
2:00 PM Framing a Collaborative Effort for Solutions - Janet Leuwellyn, FDEP; Rich Budell, FDOACS; Robert DeMott, ENVIRON; Hans Tanzler, Executive Director, SJRWMD
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Breakout Sessions1. Creating a knowledge clearinghouse around public-private partnerships as a mechanism to solve water problems-Dr. Wendy Graham, Director , UF IFAS Water Institute and Keith Rizzardi, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University School of Law2. Establishing a cross-agency coordination council for private lands engagement in water solutions-Tim Breault, US FWS & FWC and Todd Powell, Plum Creek3. General Public & Leadership Knowledge Dissemination-Luna Phillips, Gunster Yoakley and Kirk Martin, CDM Smith
Event InfoFriday, September 21, 20128:30 AM to 4 PMThe Straughn Extension Center at the University of Florida2142 Shealy Drive
Gainesville, Florida 32611
To register now, go to http://floridaearth.org/waterchoicesV
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