Program at-a-Glance

• April 15 (All times are U.S. Eastern)
Breakout Room #1


9:00 AM - 9:30 AM - Opening & Welcome

Scott Kudlas, AWRA Board President; Dwane Jones, Acting Dean, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences, University of the District of Columbia; Sandra Pavlovic, Symposium Co-Chair, AWRA-NCR Section Past President

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM - Keynote Speaker:

Mustafa Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, The National Wildlife Federation

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM - Break

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM - Panel 1: Water Justice and COVID-19: Water Management in 2020 and Beyond.

Moderator: Keara Moore, Freelance Environmental Specialist
Panelists: Letitia Carpenter, US Water Alliance; Kevin Meindl, Buffalo Sewer Authority; Maureen Taylor, The Michigan Welfare Rights Organization.
Live interactive Q&A

12:00 PM - 1:20 PM - Sponsor Corner

1:30 PM - 2:50 PM - Panel 2: Social Hydrology: A Paradigm Shift Toward More Resilient Water Resources Management

Moderator: Jason Giovannettone, Ph.D., P.E., Green Water-Infrastructure Academy
Panelists: Dr. Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Vikram Mehta, Center for Research on the Changing Earth System; Dr. William Shuster. Wayne State University
Live interactive Q&A

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM - Break

3:00 PM - 4:20 PM - Panel 3: Innovations in Water Resource Management

Moderator: María Nariné Torres Cajiao, Ph.D, RENEW Institute, University at Buffalo
Panelists: Emily Berglund, Ph.D., Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University; Peter Grevatt, The Water Research Foundation; Jon Freedman, SUEZ’s Water Technologies & Solutions
Live interactive Q&A


4:20 PM - 4:30 PM - Break

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Topical Session: The Wicked Water Problems of the Navajo Nation and Efforts to Address Them

Moderator: Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center
Panelists: Dr. Crystal Tulley-Cordova, Principal Hydrologist, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources; Ms. Nikki Tulley, Ph.D. Student, University of Arizona Department of Environmental Science; Ms. Bidtah Becker, Associate Attorney, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority; Dr. Karletta Chief, Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist, University of Arizona