This interactive symposium is designed for audience engagement, with adequate time for questions and answers during sessions and panel discussions. Attendees will leave feeling inspired and well-informed. You will learn from several leading practitioners in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sustainable Remediation and Climate Change. Two panels will provide opportunities to discuss Tribal Ecological Knowledge and innovations to address evolving challenges in the groundwater industry for the future. The program will conclude with an opportunity to network with other professionals working in the California groundwater space.
THE ELKS TOWER EVENT CENTER
921 11th Street Sacramento, CA 95814
7:30 AM REGISTRATION WITH COFFEE & PASTRIES 8:25 AM WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM OPENING KEYNOTE The opening keynote, given by Grey Nearing, PhD, Senior Research Scientist at Google, will explore how Artificial Intelligence and future water resources management are aligned and discuss AI’s potential to meet our challenges. 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE SESSION This session will focus on climate change’s impacts on groundwater modeling and remediation Moderator: Lisa Campbell, CDM Smith Presenters: • Lauren Foster, Neptune & Company All Models Are Wrong and Some Are Useful: Where and When Numerical Models vs. Machine Learning Approaches Excel in a Changing Climate • Torin Snyder, Rincon Consultants Navigating the Confluence of Site Risks vs. Climate and Social Impacts - Unraveling the Complexity of Prioritization • Kristina Hill, University of California, Berkeley The Threat of Sea Level and Coastal Groundwater Rise to Contaminated Sites in the San Francisco Bay Area 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM NETWORKING BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM CONSTANT CHANGE: WATER INDUSTRY REFLECTIONS & PREDICTIONS A moderated panel discussion on where the water industry has been and where it is headed. Panelists will represent a cross section a career stages, from students to near retirement. Moderator: Gus Tolley, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc. (DBS&A) Panelists: • Alisha Rodriguez, University of California, Davis • Becca Quist, Provost & Pritchard
• Jeanna Long, Woodard & Curran • Kapo Coulibaly, Mojave Water • Tony Morgan, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc. (DBS&A) 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM NETWORKING LUNCH 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM AI SESSION How to Make a Splash with AI? This session will focus on AI’s current and future impacts on water resources management. Moderator: Sercan Ceyhan, Woodard & Curran Presenters: • Christopher Tull, California Data Collaborative What the latest wave of generative AI might mean for water? • Thierry Rutaganira, Woodard & Curran Tapping into the Mainstream: AI Readiness in Uncharted Waters • Kyle Morgado, Yuba Water Agency Yuba Groundwater Model Scenario Builder 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM BREAK 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM TRIBAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE A moderated panel discussion; sustainable water management based on the generations of wisdom. Moderator: Anecita Agustinez (Dine Nation), Department of Water Resources Panelists: • Dr. Brittani Orana (Hupa), UC Santa Cruz • Javier Silva, Shilbaldano Noyo Yokayo Pomo • Sherri Norris, California Indian Environmental Alliance • Krystal Moreno, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians • Malissa Tayaba, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM SUMMARY 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION & LIGHT APPETIZERS
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