Finding Reliability

Friday, October 13, 2023
7:30 am 1:30 pm
Westin South Coast Plaza

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*

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

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

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

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

10:30 am - 10:50 am Networking Break

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

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

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Buffet Lunch and Networking

*Program subject to change
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