About the Program
Join Governor Schwarzenegger, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, and the PPIC Water Policy Center for an informative forum to explore how California is coping with the current drought and how we meet the challenge of managing this resource in the future.
This research was supported with funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.
Agenda
AGENDA
California's Drought: The Big Picture
Ellen Hanak, center director, PPIC Policy Center
Meeting the Challenge - Today
Moderator: Mark Baldassare, president and CEO, PPIC
Vito Chiesa, supervisor, Stanislaus County and president, California State Association of Counties
Marcie Edwards, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Felicia Marcus, chair, State Water Resources Control Board
Tim Quinn, executive director, Association of California Water Agencies
Meeting the Challenge - Tomorrow - Part 1
Moderator: Valerie Zavala, vice president of news and public affairs, KCET and anchor, SoCal Connected
Juliet Christian-Smith, California climate scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
Daniel Curtin, director, California Conference of Carpenters and boardmember, California Water Commission
James Famliglietti, senior water scientist, JPL, professor, University of California, Irvine
Dan Sumner – Director, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, UC Davis
Meeting the Challenge - Tomorrow - Part 2
Introduction: Daniel Mazmanian, academic director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute
Moderator: Bonnie Reiss, global director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute
Susan Kennedy, ceo, Advanced Microgrid Solutions
The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th governor of California
Lester Snow, executive director, California Water Foundation
Kevin Starr, professor of history, University of Southern California