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Day 1

[Session will highlight DWR water sustainability and ecosystem stewardship efforts and importance to California water management]

Welcome Remarks and review of discussions and goals for the day:

Robert Wilkinson and John Wells, SWRR Co-chairs; David Berry, SWRR Facilitator

Welcome by DWR – Mark Cowin, CA DWR Director

Roundtable Background:  Summary of the Water Roundtable activities and history          

California Water Plan, Integrated Water Management – Kamyar Guivetchi, CA DWR [Session will discuss how the California Water Plan is advocating integrated water management and supporting water sustainability]  

California Water Sustainability Indicators Framework – Fraser Shilling, UC Davis  [Session will summarize the water sustainability framework being developed collaboratively with Water Plan stakeholder.  How the framework will be tested through two pilot studies]

Amber Mace, California Ocean Protection Council will talk about the Draft Strategic Plan and critical ocean threats and potential solutions

California and Regional Sustainability Efforts  [Session will provide a roundup of regional sustainability efforts that have statewide significance in California. Presentations will describe important water sustainability actions that could be considered by the Water Plan in the framework described in the earlier session]

The Delta Plan, Delta Stewardship Council Keith Coolidge

The California Regional Progress Report, Trish Kelly, Principal, Applied Development Economics, consultant to the Strategic Growth Council

State of San Francisco Bay 2011, Christina Swanson, NRDC

California Water Foundation, Draft Concept for Water Sustainability.

Lester Snow, Resources Law Group

Reception  

Day 2: 

USEPA and NASA Indicator Efforts [This session will describe 4 pilot studies being funded by the USEPA to develop different components of sustainability indicators.  Individual studies are looking at water footprint, ecological foot print, and the use of satellite information to evaluate groundwater conditions and exploring interactions between crop patterns and plant growth]

Introduction – Vance Fong and Don Hodge USEPA, Region 9

Water Footprint - Fraser Shilling, UC Davis

Ecological Footprint – Joy Larsen, Global Footprint Network

Developing Indicators with the GRACE Satellite Data, Felix Landerer, NASA JPLP

Developing Indicators using the Plant Growth Index, Forrest Melton. NASA Ames and University of Monterey Bay

Randall T. Hanson, U.S. Geological Survey, will talk about Using Climate and Hydrological Models to Assess Potential Future Conjunctive Use -- The Central Valley Example)

Smart, Distributed Water Infrastructure and Technology [This session will focus on activities of industry to innovate around sustainable business practices]

Sustainable Silicon Valley - Marianna Grossman, Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley

 Industrial Best Practices and Solutions, Andrew Clark, IBM

Agricultural sustainability topics [This session will highlight examples of sustainable initiatives within the agriculture sector both at the on farm scale and larger initiatives]

CA Agriculture Water Stewardship Initiative, Katy Mamen, Ag Innovations Stewardship for Specialty Crops, Steve Shaffer, Environmental Consulting for Agriculture(invited)

Wine Industry Stewardship Initiatives, Ann Thrupp, Fetzer Wines

Summary, Open Discussion, invite and exploration collaborations and Next Steps for SWRR (briefing on Capitol Hill?)

 Reception