Agenda

Friday, May 16, 2008

Union League Club, Chicago

 

OPENING REMARKS AND CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

9:00 – 9:15 AM          

Josh Ellis, Community Development Associate, Metropolitan Planning Council

Joyce O’Keefe, Deputy Director, Openlands

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

9:15 – 10:00 AM

Freshwater Challenges: Global Problems, Local Solutions.

Peter Gleick, Ph.D., President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security

Peter Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert on connections between water and human health, impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and conflicts over water resources. He has been selected as a MacArthur Fellow and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

Introduced by Mrs. Patti Simon

 

WHERE WE ARE NOW: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ILLINOIS WATER SUPPLY PLANNING INITIATIVE

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Developing a Framework for Illinois Water Supply Planning and Management

Gary Clark: Director, Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

 

Northeastern Illinois Water Supply Issues, Needs and Planning Status

Bonnie Thomson Carter: Chair, Regional Water Supply Planning Group of Northeastern Illinois

 

East Central Illinois and Mahomet Aquifer Issues, Needs and Planning Status

 

Brent O’Neill: Chair, East Central Illinois Water Supply Planning Committee

 

 

Introduced by Karla Olson Teasley, President, Illinois American Water

 

BREAK

10:45 – 11:00 AM

 

FOCUSING ON KEY ISSUES

11:00 – 12:00 PM

 

Effective Conservation Strategies: Suppliers, Users and Land Development Policy

Mary Ann Dickinson, Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency

 

Agriculture and Biofuels: Advancing Water Management and Agricultural Sustainability in Illinois

Otto Doering, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

 

Water Resource Governance: Metropolitan and Rural Area Experience in Minnesota

Kent Lokkesmoe, Director, Division of Waters, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 

Introduced by Dan Bounds, Principal, CDM

 

LUNCHEON AND LUNCHEON ADDRESS

12:15 – 1:30 PM

The Great Lakes: Protecting and Managing an Imperiled International Resource

Samuel W. Speck, Ph.D., Commissioner, International Joint Commissioner

Sam Speck served as chair of the Great Lakes Commission, as well as chair of the Water Management Working Group of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. He played a pivotal role in the development of the Great Lakes Compact.

 

Introduced by Don Yurkovich, Central Regional Sales Manager, Sloan Valve

 

BREAK

1:30 – 1:45 PM

 

 

CONFERENCE WHITE PAPER PRESENTATION

1:45 – 2:30 PM

 

IS THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PREPARED FOR WATER SHORTAGES?

Jack Wittman, Ph.D., President, Wittman Hydro Planning Associates, Inc.

Jack Wittman is a nationally recognized watershed hydrologist and groundwater scientist who advises localities and water suppliers on policies and strategies for protecting and conserving water supplies. He serves on the Indiana State Water Shortage Task Force and is a member of the American Water Works Association’s Water Utility Council. He has prepared a white paper that will be the subject of his presentation, as well as the panel and participant discussion following.

 

DEVELOPING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN ILLINOIS

2:30 – 3:30 PM

 

PANEL DISCUSSION BY CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANT INPUT

A facilitated discussion with a panel of conference speakers and conference participants to address Illinois water supply planning challenges across and to fine-tune findings and recommendations of the white paper presentation.

 

ADJOURN

3:30 PM