MSSC 2012 Conference Program & Speaker Bios

Shaping Our Vision
Las Vegas, NV
Jan 26-27, 2012
 2012 Summit Program
 2012 Program Speaker Bios
 2012 Summit Attendees

Opening Keynote Presentation
"Water & Energy: Essential & Inseparable"
James McDaniel
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
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Speaker Session: Policy Options in Austere Budget
Speakers included John O'Donnell, Murray, Montgomery & O'Donnell; Michael Dunbar, South Coast Water District; and Joshua Johnson, US Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

  

Speaker Session: Salinity Management Objectives -- A 10-Year Progress Report & The Road Ahead
Speakers included Edmund Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities; Jorge Arroyo, Texas Water Development Board; Don Barnett, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum; Mark Beuhler, Beuhler & Associates, LLC; Michael Gabaldon, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

  

Luncheon Keynote: A Unified Voice for Water Desalination & Salinity Management in the Golden State
Speaking was Ron Davis, CalDesal

  

Speaker Session: Controlling Salinity Before It Controls You
Speakers included Richard Bilinski, US Army Corps of Engineers; Kib Jacobson, US Bureau of Reclamation; Dr. Ari Michelson, Texas A&M University; and Chuck Cullom, Central Arizona Project

  

  

  

  

Speaker Session: Innovation & Creativity -- Cutting Edge, Emerging Technologies, Solar Energy (New Technologies)
Speakers included Yoram Cohen, UCLA Chemical & Bioengineering; Dr. Tzahi Cath, Colorado School of Mines; Richard Luthy, Stanford University; Shane Walker, University of Texas El Paso; and Philip Brandhuber, HDR Engineering

  

  

  

  

Speaker Session: Seawater Desalination -- The Pros and Cons of Co-located Power & Desalination Plants
Speakers included Val Frankel, Licensed Professional Engineer; Nikolay Voutchkov, Water Globe Consulting, LLC; Joe Geever, Surfrider Foundation; Richard Nagel, West Basin Municipal Water District; and Art Beggett, Kennedy/Jenks Consulting

  

  

Speaker Session: Emerging Solutions in Concentrate Management
Speakers included Charlie He, Corollo Engineers; Keith Lampi, HTI; and Tom Davis, University of Texas at El Paso

  

  

  

Speaker Session: National & International Desalination Developments
Speakers included Fredi Lokiec, IDE Technologies Ltd.; Tom Seacord, Corollo Engineers; Jon Freedman, General Electric Water; Tom Pankratz, Water Desal Report; and Emily Tenenbaum, Volteo