ROOM 105 Grey, Purple, Green: Water from Policy to Pipe Water policy and management, served three ways. From the vast state gov- ernment portfolio to local and regional management to the future of design, these practitioners operate in different worlds that together comprise mod- ern California Together they share an outlook and a vision that makes the best use of our most precious resource.
Moderator: Doug Kot, Program Manager, DNV GL
Presenters: Dan Burgoyne, Sustainability Manager, California Department of General Services Daniel Hamilton, Program Manager, BayREN Codes and Standards, Associ- ation of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Bill Worthen, Principal, Urban Fabrick Lauren Casey, Climate Protection Program Manager, Sonoma County SCTA/RCPA
ROOM 202 Carbon Reduction Strategies for Lo- cal Government and Business As more and more cities turn to zero waste and aggressive landfill diver- sion mandates; as communities look to immediate and cost-effective actions to achieve climate resiliency; and as local, state, and federal policy, financ- ing, and regulatory rules go into effect to accelerate carbon reduction actions and strategies in a more coordinated way—what is working for communities
and businesses that is achieving suc- cessful results for the use of renewable fuels as part of those strategies? What is the current and immediate landscape in California for policy, financing, incen- tives, investment, and regulatory frame- works that are helping achieve carbon reduction cost-effectively?
Keynote: Jared Blumenfeld, Administrator, EPA Pacific Southwest Region
Presenters: Erik de Kok, Senior Planner/City of Sac- ramento, Ascent Environmental Greg Staple, Clear Skies Shawn Garvey, Chair, BioEnergy Asso- ciation of California Ryan Rogers, GreenTraks
ROOM 204 Exploring California’s Water Woes with the Education and the Environ- ment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum and Project WET Join high school teacher Laura Walls as she highlights how EEI – California’s groundbreaking, first- in-the-nation K-12 environmental education cur- riculum - can connect student’s to real life issues such as California’s current drought emergency. Attendees will be introduced to several EEI Curriculum water units and learn how this subject can be used to support Common Core and Next Generation Science Stan- dards. Attendees will also participate in a hands-on activity lead by Project Wet coordinator, Brian Brown and learn how EEI and Project WET naturally comple-
ment one another. Laura Walls currently teaches Medical Biology at Duncan Polytechnical High School in Fresno, and has served as a classroom teacher for over 11 years. Brian Brown is the California Project WET Coordinator and joined the Water Education Foundation in 2004. All session attendees will be eligible to order a complimentary EEI Curriculum unit.
Presenters: Laura Walls, Teacher, Dun- can Polythechnical High School Brian Brown, California Project WET Coordinator
THANKS TO OUR RECYCLING BIN SPONSOR
Food waste from the confer- ence will be transported to the Clean World anaerobic digester biorefinery located at one of the County’s solid waste facilities. More about this cutting-edge facility can be found here:
www.energy.ca.gov/tour/ cleanworld/
www.green-technology.org
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