January 25, 2014 Program
10:00 – 11:00 am — The Big Picture
Kaplan Theater
An overview of water ecology, policy, infrastructure, treatment, technological change, and water use followed by Q & A
Nan Renner, Art of Science Learning Incubator for Innovation
Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States, UCMEXUS Riverside
Cary Lowe, San Diego Water Policy Implementation Task Force
Ken Weinberg, San Diego County Water Authority
Kevin Hardy, Encina Wastewater Treatment
Dawn Guendert, GHD
Glen Schmidt, Schmidt Design Group
11:00 am – 2:00 pm — All About Water
Atrium
Beach Physics and the Physics of Water — Adam Burgasser
Jukebox Radio, Water Moving Machines — Mark Dzula
Art of Science Learning, Balboa Park Cultural Partnership — Lisa Silagyi
Explore the Pueblo Watershed — Farnaz Farhang, Phil Roullard, Chrislyn Snow, Linda Hollingsworth
Water: A California Story
Biomimicry San Diego — Jacques Chirazi, Tamsin Wooley-Barker, Nan Woodman
WILDCOAST — Paloma Aguirre
San Dieguito River Park — Shawna Anderson
Parker-French Learning Lab
San Diego County Water Authority, eGuide to a WaterSmart Lifestyle — Kelly Mooney
Cloud Formation Demos & Atmospheric Chemistry, CAICE, UCSD — Greg Medders
USGS California Water Science Center, Regional Groundwater Resources — Wes Danskin
City of San Diego Water Purification & Potable ReUse — Jeffery Pasek
H2O Futures, Plant-based Innovations — Ned Daugherty
AlterTerra, Tijuana River Watershed — Oscar Romo
Think Blue, City of San Diego Stormwater — Lana Findlay
H2OME, Graywater, Rainwater Catchment — Brook Sarson
San Diego County Watershed Protection Program — Marsha Cook
The Water Conservation Garden, Waterwise Landscaping — Sue Bell, Connie Cline
11:15 – 12:30 pm — Deeper Conversations
Smargon Learning Lab
Policy — Cary Lowe, Water Policy Implementation Task Force; Cathy Pieroni, Integrated Regional Water Management; Ken Weinberg, San Diego County Water Authority
Technology — Jared Criscuolo, Rising Tide Partners; Dawn Guendert, GHD; Kevin Hardy, Encina Wastewater Treatment
Land Use & Planning — Nancy Casady, State Board of Food and Agriculture; Bill Harris, Think Blue,
City of San Diego Stormwater; Mary Lydon, Urban Land Institute