8:30 AM Registration, Coffee and Networking
9:00 AM Welcome - Dr. Teresa Balser, Dean, UF College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, and Ernie Cox, Chair, Florida Earth
9:15 AM Business of the Day - Identifying areas of strategic importance and bringing us to focus, Stan Bronson, Executive Director, Florida Earth
9:20 AM Facing Florida's Water Challenges - Rich Budell, Director, Office of Water Policy, FDOACS
9:50 AM Defining the Challenges - Moderated by Richard Hamann, Member of Governing Board, SJRWMD. Former US Senator Bob Graham, Ann Shortelle, Execu-tive Director, SRWMD,
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AMCase Studies in Public-Private Partnerships
The SFWMD/Lykes Project-Benita Whalen, SFWMD
The C-51 Reservoir-Ernie Cox, Family Lands Remembered, LLC
Other Places in the US-Doug MacNair, Cardno-Entrix
12:00 PM Working Lunch
Breaking News and Announcements
1:00 PM The Role of Science in Florida's Water Choices - Dr. Mark Clark, Professor, UF IFAS Soil & Water Science DepartmentDr. Ed Lowe, Director of Research, SJRWMD; Dr. Paul Gray, Audubon of Florida
2:00 PM Framing a Collaborative Effort for Solutions - Janet Leuwellyn, FDEP; Rich Budell, FDOACS; Robert DeMott, ENVIRON; Hans Tanzler, Executive Director, SJRWMD
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Breakout Sessions
1. Creating a knowledge clearinghouse around public-private partnerships as a mechanism to solve water problems-Dr. Wendy Graham, Director , UF IFAS Water Institute and Keith Rizzardi, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University School of Law
2. Establishing a cross-agency coordination council for private lands engagement in water solutions-Tim Breault, US FWS & FWC and Todd Powell, Plum Creek
3. General Public & Leadership Knowledge Dissemination-Luna Phillips, Gunster Yoakley and Kirk Martin, CDM Smith
