Wednesday, June 4

6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception:     “In Hot Water”
Sponsored by MWH and The Climate Group, representatives from major national media outlets will participate in a panel discussion concerning the media’s role in covering climate change and water resources.  Reception follows.

• The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor, City of Atlanta

Thursday, June 5

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

• Alex Mejia, Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta 
• Robert Hunter, Commissioner, Department of Watershed Management, City of Atlanta
  Keynote Address:
• Kathleen A. Miller, Scientist III, National Center for Atmospheric Research; lead author, Chapter 3, Freshwater Resources and their Management, of the IPCC WG II Report, Climate Change 2007:  Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

10:20 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:40 a.m.

Climate Variability

• David R. Purkey, Ph.D. Director, US Water and Sanitation Group Stockholm Environment Institute-US Center Davis, California
• Adriaan van Oosten, Deputy Mayor, Zutphen, Netherlands.
• Oscar Parra, Director, European Union-Latin America Environmental Sciences Centre, Chile. 
• Raul Hernandez Garciadiego, Founder of Agua Para Siempre and Director General of Alternatives and Processes for Social Participation, Tehuacan, Mexico.

12:00 p.m.

Working Lunch : UNITAR Session I

• Peer Assist Exercise
  Introduction to UNITAR’s Knowledge Management Methodology.  Delegates work in small groups to compare best practice competency areas & discuss specific steps taken in each area / defend BP level (most significant achievement & most difficult burden).

1:30 p.m.

Presentation of Peer Assist Exercises 

2:00 p.m.

Water Supply & Trans-boundary Issues

• Aris Georgakakos, Director, Georgia Water Resources Institute.
• George McMahon, Vice President, Technical Practice Director, Water Resources, ARCADIS.  “Draft Yellow River Law.”
• Q & A

3:10 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:20 p.m.

Best Practice Sharing/Roundtable Discussion

• Discussion of Water Supply & Trans-boundary Best Practices
• Report Out                                                            

4:15 p.m.

Water Efficiency & Conservation Techniques

• Michael Farmer, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University
• Rebecca West, president-elect, Water Environment Federation
• Q & A

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

Friday, June 6

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation

• Darner Mora Alvarado, Director, National Water Laboratory, Costa Rica & Gerardo Galvis, Country Engineer, Panamerican Organization of Health-Costa Rica.  “Costa Rican Approach to Climate Change Mitigation”
• Paul Rush, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply.
• Peter Lochery, Water Director, CARE USA.
• Representative, CDC

10:30 a.m.

Best Practice Sharing/Roundtable Discussion

• Discussion of Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation Best Practices
• Report out

11:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.

Knowledge Fair
Delegates to work together for 4 ten-minute sessions based on requests/ offers in knowledge fair

12:15 p.m.

Lunch Panel: “Business Response to Climate Change and Water”

• Susan Glickman, The Climate Group
• Joe Rozza, Coca-Cola Co.

1:45 p.m.

Draft and Present Action Plans  

2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:00 p.m.

Climate Change Modeling Overview

• Glen George, Visiting Professor, University College, London.  Co-coordinator of the Centre for Climate and Lake Impacts in Europe (CLIME)
• Kathleen A. Miller, Scientist III, National Center for Atmospheric Research; lead author, Chapter 3, Freshwater Resources and their Management, of the IPCC WG II Report, Climate Change 2007:  Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerabilityeaker.

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn