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MAY 20
RECEPTION AND DINNER WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MAY 21
MORNING SESSION
TEXAS WATER SECURITY: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Water Use: Efficiency, Conservation and Demand Reduction
Robert R. Puente; President and CEO, San Antonio Water System
Climate Change and Uncertainty in Future Availability
John Nielsen-Gammon, Ph.D.; State Climatologist, Texas A&M University
Predicting Future Water Availability
David R. Maidment, Ph.D., Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair in Civil Engineering and
Director, Center for Research in Water Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
Regulatory Perspectives
Ronald A. Kaiser, Ph.D.; Professor of Water Law and Policy, Chair of Graduate Water Program, Texas A&M University Water Program
Panel - Water Demands and Sectors Most at Risk
Paul Hagemeier; Vice President of Regulatory Compliance, Chesapeake Energy
Cindy Loeffler; Water Resources Manager, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Kellye Rila; Director, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Todd Votteler, Ph.D.; Executive Manager of Science, Intergovernmental Relations and Policy;
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FRESHWATER SUPPLIES: SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
Robert E. Mace, Ph.D., P.G.; Deputy Executive Administrator, Water Science and Conservation,
Texas Water Development Board
AFTERNOON SESSION
TEXAS WATER SECURITY: CHANGING DIRECTIONS
Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Water Availability
Michael Hightower, Ph.D.; Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Energy Security Center,
Sandia National Laboratories
Water Reuse
Ellen McDonald, Ph.D., P.E.; Principal, Alan Plummer Associates
Coastal Desalination and Reuse - Singapore's Experience
Ralph Eberts; Executive Vice President, Black and Veatch
Inland Desalination: El Paso's Experience
Ed Archuleta, President and CEO, El Paso Water Utilities
Desalination - Technological Challenges and Opportunities
Desmond Lawler, Ph.D.; Nasser I. Al-Rashid Chair in Civil Engineering and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Panel - Technological, Economic and Legal Challenges to Realizing the Potential of New Water Sources
Jorge Arroyo; Director, Innovation Water Technologies, Texas Water Development Board
Stacey A. Steinbach, J.D.; Executive Director, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
Michael Webber, Ph.D.; Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and
Environmental Policy and Co-Director of the Clean Energy Incubator at the Austin Technology
Incubator, The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Young, Ph.D.; Associate Director, Environmental Systems, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Kent Zammit; Senior Program Manager, Environment—Electric Power Research Institute
RECAP AND PATHS FORWARD
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