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San  Antonio  Environmental  Challenges:  Opportunities  in  Resilience  February  14  &  21,  2014  –  Rackspace  Hosting,  San  Antonio,  Texas   Tickets Available Online    Day  1  -­‐  February  14    

Time   Activity   Speakers  7:30-­‐8:00   Registration  and  continental  

breakfast    

8:00-­‐8:10   Introduction   Bob  Wise,  President  and  Founder,  imagineSanAntonio  Lanny  Sinkin,  Executive  Director,  Solar  San  Antonio  

8:10-­‐8:15   Welcome   Hon.  Ron Nirenberg,  Council  Member  District  8,  City  of  San Antonio  

8:15-­‐8-­‐20   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  8:20-­‐8:50   Overview  of  the  Issues   Hon.  Ron Nirenberg,  Council Member  District  8,  City  of  San  Antonio,  Moderator  

 

Lieutenant  General  Ken  Eickmann,  USAF  (ret.)  Member,  CNA  Military  Advisory  Board  and  Deputy  Director,  Center  for  Energy  Security,  University  of  Texas  Austin  

8:50-­‐8:55   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  8:55-­‐9-­‐10   Break    9-­‐10-­‐10:10   Water  Supplies,  Flooding,  

Drought,  Extreme  Weather  Events  

James  Mendoza,  Assistant  Emergency  Management  Coordinator,  City  of  San  Antonio  Office  of  Emergency  Management,  Moderator    

Ronald  Green,  Institute  Scientist,  Southwest  Research  Institute      

Chuck  Ahrens  Vice-­‐President,  Water  Resources  and  Conservation  San  Antonio  Water  System      

Steve  Graham    Assistant  General  Manager  ,  San  Antonio  River  Authority

10:10-­‐10:15   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  10:15-­‐11:30   Heat,  Wildfires  and  Urban  Heat  

Island,  Temperature  Trends  Justen  R.  Noakes,  H-­‐E-­‐B  Director  of  Emergency  Preparedness,  Moderator    

Justice  Jones,  Austin  Fire  Department’s  Wildfire  Division      

Josh  DeFlorio,  Cambridge  Systematics      

Sara  Hoverter  ,    Georgetown  Climate  Center    11:30-­‐11:35   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  11:35-­‐11:50   Break    11:50-­‐12:15   The  Rackspace  Hosting  

Approach  -­‐  Carbon  Footprint  Scott  Storment,  Interim  Executive  Director,  Mission  Verde  Alliance,  Moderator    

Melissa  Gray,  Director,  Sustainability  &  Strategic  Partnerships,  Rackspace  Hosting  

12:15-­‐12:20   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  12:20-­‐1:20   Shaping  climate-­‐resilient  

business  development    Bill  Barker,  AICP,  Board  Member,  imagineSanAntonio,  Moderator    

Anton  Derkach,  Partner,  McKinsey  &  Company,  Luncheon  Speaker  

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 Day  2  -­‐  February  21    Time   Activity   Possible  Speakers/Organizations  

7:30-­‐8:00   Registration  and  continental  breakfast    

8:00-­‐8:15   Welcome   Bob  Wise,  President  and  Founder,  imagineSanAntonio    

Darryl  Byrd,  CEO,  SA2020  8:15-­‐8-­‐20   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  8:20-­‐8:50   Overview  of  the  Issues   Hon.  Rebecca  Viagran,  Council  Member  District  3,  City  of  San  Antonio,  Moderator  

 Kevin  Butt,  General  Manager,  Chief  Environmental  Officer,  Toyota  of  North  America  

8:50-­‐8:55   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  8:55-­‐9-­‐10   Break    

9-­‐10-­‐10:10   Electric  Power  Supplies,  Peak  Demand  Reduction,  Reliability  

Les  Hansen,  Executive  Director,  Facilities  Engineering  &  Sustainability,  Corporate  Services,  USAA  ,  Moderator    

Tom  “Smitty”  Smith,  Director,  Texas  Office,  Public  Citizen      

Cris  Eugster,  Executive  Vice  President,  Chief  Generation  and  Strategy  Officer  CPS  Energy    

Paul  Wattles,  Senior  Analyst,  Market  Design  &  Development,  Electric  Reliability  Council  of  Texas  

10:10-­‐10:15   Audience  Voting   Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  10:15-­‐11:15   Ozone,  Public  Health,  Alternative  

Fuels  Dr.  Vincent  Nathan,  Assistant  Director,  Metro  Health,  Moderator    

Dr.  Mary  Hayden,  Scientist,  National  Center  for  Atmospheric  Research      

Dr.  Jennifer  Vanos,  Assistant  Professor  Atmospheric  Science  Group  Department  of  Geosciences,  Texas  Tech    

11:15-­‐11:30   Break    11:35-­‐12:00   Next  Steps   Mark Brodeur, FIUD, Assistant  Director,  Strategic  Planning  and  Urban  Design,  

Department  of  Planning  and  Community  Development,  City  of  San  Antonio,  Moderator    

Presentation  by  Chief  Larry  Treviño,  City  of  San  Antonio  Office  of  Emergency  Management    

Poll  audience  with  cell  phones  with  Poll  Everywhere  12:00-­‐1:00   Luncheon  Keynote  Speaker   Dr.  Les  Shephard,  Robert  F.  McDermott  Distinguished  Chair  in  

Engineering  Director,  Texas  Sustainable  Energy  Research  Institute,  University  of  Texas  at  San  Antonio,  Moderator   Honorable  Ron  Nirenberg,  Councilman  District  8,  City  of  San  Antonio,  Keynote  Speaker

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