November 11-13, 2015
Monterey Plaza Hotel
Monterey, California
“The Bold and the Beautiful:
Innovative Drought Management”
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
| 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. | CWA Annual Meeting (CWA members only) |
| 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Dinner at Sardine Factory; 701 Wave St., Monterey, CA 93940
(Hosted Reception – Aclara Technologies; Hosted Dinner – CoBank) |
Thursday, November 12, 2015
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Hosted Breakfast – Electro Scan |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. | Welcome/Recognition of Conference Sponsors Larry Morales; President, East Pasadena Water Company, 2015 – 2016 California Water Association 1st Vice President & Conference Chair |
| 8:35 – 8:45 a.m. | State of the Association Greg Milleman; CWA President and Director of Field Administration & Finance, California Water Service |
| 8:45 – 9:30 a.m. | “El Niño 2015: What Can We Really Expect?” – Art Hinojosa; Chief, Division of Integrated Regional Water Management; California Department of Water Resources |
| 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. | “Innovative Drought Management in Action: Programs, Challenges and Results to Date” Moderator – Rami Kahlon; Director, CPUC Division of Water & Audits John Tang, Vice President – Government Relations & Corporate Communications, San Jose Water Company (pdf) Ken Jenkins, Conservation Manager – California Water Service (pdf) Evan Jacobs, External Affairs Manager – California American Water Company (pdf) |
| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. | Networking Break – Sponsored by Smart Utility Systems |
| 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. | “How Bold and Innovative Have We Been? – The State’s View” Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News – Moderator Catherine J.K. Sandoval; Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission Wade Crowfoot, Deputy Director, Governor’s Office of Planning & Research |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon – Hosted by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Speaker: Richard Hawk – “Making Safety in the Workplace Fun” |
| 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. | CWA’s Supplier Diversity Program Update Jackie Glover, Manager – Supplier Diversity, San Gabriel Valley Water Company and Chair, CWA USDP Committee Chair |
| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | “Advance Metering Infrastructure: Innovation Whose Time Has Come” Moderator – Jamie Ormond; Water and Legal Advisor to Commissioner Catherine J.K. Sandoval Kumi Premathilake; Senior Vice President, Aclara Technologies (pdf) Dan Gallagher; Operations Manager, Dublin San Ramon Services District (pdf) Rich Svindland; Vice President, Operations, California American Water (pdf) Dave Mercer, AMI Technology Project Manager, SoCalGas (pdf) |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Changes” Peter Brostrom; Chief, Water Use Efficiency Section; Department of Water Resources |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | “Facing the Drought Management Music: Rates and Revenue Stability” Moderator – James Lynch; San Jose Water Company Heike Doerr; Principal, Doerr Utility Strategies LLC Martin Kropelnicki; President & CEO, California Water Service Company Robert Sprowls; President & CEO, Golden State Water Company Robert MacLean; President, California American Water |
| 4:30 p.m. | Wrap Up and Announcements – Larry Morales |
| 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner – “San Clemente Dam Removal: A Resounding Success” –Aman Gonzalez, Project Manager, California American Water Hosted Reception – Nossaman LLP; Hosted Dinner – Hosted by Baker, Donelson PC |
Friday, November 13, 2015
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Buffet Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. | CWA Small Company Seminar |
| 10:30 – 12:30 p.m. | CWA-DWA-ORA Regulatory Seminar |
