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2021 South Platte Forum Conference Speakers & Topics
December 9, 2021
The Westin Westminster
10600 Westminster Blvd
Westminster, CO 80020
6:30-7:30am
Exhibitors & Sponsors Arrive & Set Up
7:30-8:25am
Registration & Breakfast
8:15-8:25am
Welcome!
8:25-9:00am
Opening Keynote Addresses
Video Address from Becky Mitchell - Director, CWCB
Keynote Address from Dan Gibbs - Executive Director, DNR
9:00-10:00am
Panel 1
If my calculations are correct …
you're going to see some serious manure:
Water & Agriculture
Introduction & Panel Moderation: Erik Wardle, SPF Board Member
Byron Kominek, Jack's Solar Garden: Agrivoltaic
Ryan Taylor, Colorado Department of Agriculture: CDA Soil Health Program
Amanda McQuade, Colorado State University: Ag-Community Food Systems
10:30-11:30am
Panel 2
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads:
McFly Projects in the Urban Corridor
Introduction & Panel Moderation: TBD
Brian Murphy, River Works: The River Mile Project
Barbara Frommell, City and County of Denver: The National Western Center
Blair Wisdom, Metro Water Recovery: Thermal Energy Use from Wastewater
12:30-12:50pm
Lunchtime Speaker: Rick McLoud, Centennial Water and Sanitation District: South Platte Enhancement Board
12:50-1:00pm
Friend of the South Platte Award presented by Alan Berryman & Don Ament
1:15-2:15pm
Panel 3
Great Scott!
1.21 Gigawatts of Record Setting Fires
Introduction and Panel Moderation: Scott Griebling, SPF Board Member
Chiara Forrester, Left Hand Watershed Center: St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership
Jill Oropeza, City of Fort Collins: Watershed Processes
Kimberly Mihelich, Northern Water: Northern Water’s Wildfire Recovery Efforts
2:45-3:45pm
Panel 4
Fluctuating Capacity:
Updates on Water Projects in the Basin
Introduction and Panel Moderation: Matt Cook, HDR
Lisa Darling, SMWSA: South Platte Regional Opportunities Work Group
Joe Donnelly, Northern Water: Chimney Hollow
Sean Chambers, City of Greeley: Terry Ranch
Emily Hunt, City of Thornton: Thornton’s Northern Properties Stewardship Plan
4:05-6:35pm
For 2021, our friends at the South Platte Basin and Metro Basin Roundtables are hosting a combined, in-person meeting in the Legacy Ballroom immediately following the conclusion of the South Platte Forum. All Roundtable meetings are open, and members of the public are encouraged to attend. Please consider sticking around!
Exhibitors & Sponsors Arrive & Set Up
7:30-8:25am
Registration & Breakfast
8:15-8:25am
Welcome!
8:25-9:00am
Opening Keynote Addresses
Video Address from Becky Mitchell - Director, CWCB
Keynote Address from Dan Gibbs - Executive Director, DNR
9:00-10:00am
Panel 1
If my calculations are correct …
you're going to see some serious manure:
Water & Agriculture
Introduction & Panel Moderation: Erik Wardle, SPF Board Member
Byron Kominek, Jack's Solar Garden: Agrivoltaic
Ryan Taylor, Colorado Department of Agriculture: CDA Soil Health Program
Amanda McQuade, Colorado State University: Ag-Community Food Systems
10:30-11:30am
Panel 2
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads:
McFly Projects in the Urban Corridor
Introduction & Panel Moderation: TBD
Brian Murphy, River Works: The River Mile Project
Barbara Frommell, City and County of Denver: The National Western Center
Blair Wisdom, Metro Water Recovery: Thermal Energy Use from Wastewater
12:30-12:50pm
Lunchtime Speaker: Rick McLoud, Centennial Water and Sanitation District: South Platte Enhancement Board
12:50-1:00pm
Friend of the South Platte Award presented by Alan Berryman & Don Ament
1:15-2:15pm
Panel 3
Great Scott!
1.21 Gigawatts of Record Setting Fires
Introduction and Panel Moderation: Scott Griebling, SPF Board Member
Chiara Forrester, Left Hand Watershed Center: St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership
Jill Oropeza, City of Fort Collins: Watershed Processes
Kimberly Mihelich, Northern Water: Northern Water’s Wildfire Recovery Efforts
2:45-3:45pm
Panel 4
Fluctuating Capacity:
Updates on Water Projects in the Basin
Introduction and Panel Moderation: Matt Cook, HDR
Lisa Darling, SMWSA: South Platte Regional Opportunities Work Group
Joe Donnelly, Northern Water: Chimney Hollow
Sean Chambers, City of Greeley: Terry Ranch
Emily Hunt, City of Thornton: Thornton’s Northern Properties Stewardship Plan
4:05-6:35pm
For 2021, our friends at the South Platte Basin and Metro Basin Roundtables are hosting a combined, in-person meeting in the Legacy Ballroom immediately following the conclusion of the South Platte Forum. All Roundtable meetings are open, and members of the public are encouraged to attend. Please consider sticking around!