Unveiled: The Emperor's Conference Program!

 
Shill alert: I am chair of this conference.

The Emperor's loyal subjects have just posted the preliminary program for his conference, Integrated Water Resources Management: The Emperor’s New Clothes or Indispensable Process?

The dates are 27-29 June at Snowbird Resort in Utah. 

Here is the Program-at-a Glance and detailed information about the 24 technical sessions

More information:

• Keynote presentation featuring Steven L. Stockton, P.E., Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Karen Krchnak, Director of International Water Policy, The Nature Conservancy
• Plenary session featuring experts such as Dr. Jerry Delli Priscoli, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discussing various aspects of IWRM.
• 24 technical sessions featuring the following aspects of IWRM: water quality, flood management; geomorphology; regional planning, economics, groundwater, utilities management, agriculture, case studies, ecosystems, collaborative modeling, and more!
• A full-day Symposium on Collaborative Modeling as a Tool to Implement IWRM organized by the USACE’s Institute for Water Resources and Sandia National Laboratories. This unique symposium will be embedded within the conference and feature presentations on collaborative modeling – also known as shared vision planning or mediated modeling – from around the world.
• Special session featuring UNESCO HELP (Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy) case studies.
• Pre-conference Sunday afternoon workshop, Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling.
• Ample time and space for attendees to network and discuss IWRM and related concepts.
• Planned ‘walking field trip’ to see how the Snowbird Resort manages water at its site
• Closing Plenary Session: IWRM: Quo Vadis? A discussion of what we’ve learned about IWRM and where we need to take IWRM.
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• Special guest appearance by The Emperor of IWRM!

Note the full-day Symposium on Collaborative Modeling as a Tool to Implement IWRM on Tuesday. That is a first for AWRA and may lead to a trend. It will be very good, with the top practitioners in the field presenting.  

If you attend only one IWRM conference, this is THE one to attend!

"Be forewarned: if you do not attend, The Emperor will find you. And he will be unhappy." -- Michael E. Campana