Friday, April 4, 2008

Sheraton Petaluma
745 Baywood Drive
Petaluma, California
707-283-2888

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
8:30 am Registration
9:30 am Opening Presentation
12:45 - 1:30 pm Lunch
3:30 - 4:30 pm Wine Reception

Online registration is closed.
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Conference Objective
To explore the relationships between water, energy use, and climate change
and how we can collaboratively plan for the future.

Who will attend?
Public officials, leaders in environmental organizations, scientists, businesses,
energy providers and users.

Keynote Speakers

• Lester Snow, Director, California Department of Water Resources
• Jared Huffman, California State Assembly member
• Karen Douglas, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

  PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Water, Energy, Climate Change, and Land Use
What do we know now about the relationships between water use, energy, climate change, watersheds, and land use, and what can we do about it?

• Will Travis, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (moderator)
• Noah Knowles, Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
• Matt Kondolf, UC Berkeley
• Bob Wilkinson, UC Santa Barbara

Watersheds and Fisheries Restoration
How will climate change affect watersheds and fisheries and what should we do differently?

• Nadine Hitchcock, Deputy Executive Officer, Coastal Conservancy (moderator)
• Maura E. Moody, National Marine Fisheries Service
• Ellie Cohen, Point Reyes Bird Observatory
• Josh Israel, UC Davis

Planning for the Future, Water’s Role
How can we plan for climate change?

• Bruce Wolfe, Executive Officer, California Regional Water Quality Control Board (moderator)
• John Andrew, Department of Water Resources, Executive Manager for Climate Change
• Sam Pierce, Mayor, City of Sebastopol
• Gary Wolff, Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
  

• Water Steward Sponsor:  $10,000
• Water Partner Sponsor:  $7,500
• Water Collaborator Sponsor:  $5,000
• Water Colleague Sponsor:  $2,500
• Water Associate Sponsor:  $1,500

Click Here to Register
$75 per person until Jan. 31, 2008 (Early Bird Rate)
$85 as of Feb. 1, 2008

Contact

• NBWA Assistant to Executive Director: Elizabeth Preim-Rohtla at (415) 945-1475
  Call for special Student Rate
• Event Coordinator: Marinda Freeman, MF Productions, at (415) 924-9145

Directions to Sheraton Petaluma:
745 Baywood Drive
Petaluma, California
Click here for google map and directions

• From Highway 101 take the CA-116 East exit toward Napa/Sonoma
• Turn Right at Baywood Drive
• Continue straight to hotel at 745 Baywood Drive