Part VIII - Conference Agenda

Wednesday, October 27, 1993

Concurrent sessions of the Annual Conference on Water Management in Florida and the Annual Meeting of the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP) will take place throughout the day. A joint luncheon of the Florida Water Management Districts, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Interstate Council on Water Policy, and the Non-Governmental Organization Forum is scheduled at noon with Governor Lawton Chiles of Florida. Starting at 1:30 pm. an NGO Forum will be held to discuss sustainable development of water resources. A concluding plenary session on The Future of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration will reconvene all three groups at 4:15 pm.

Annual Meeting of the Interstate Council on Water Policy
ICWP Mini-Conference on Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration

7:30 am - 8:00 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
7:30 - 8:30 am	ICWP Board Meeting	Gusman
9:00 - 10:15 am	Legislative Committee Meeting	Versailles
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
10:30 am - 12:00	ICWP Caucuses	Flagler
12:00 - 1:20 pm	ICWP/WMD/NGO Joint Luncheon Program and Awards Presentation	Bayfront
	Keynote Address: The Honorable Lawton Chiles, Governor of the State of Florida
1:30 - 1:45 pm	Introductions and Welcome James U. McDaniel, Chairman; and Tilford C. Creel, First Vice Chairman; Interstate Council on Water Policy	Versailles
1:45 - 2:15 pm	Examples of State-Federal Partnerships on Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration	Versailles
	Moderator: Tilford C. Creel, Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District Holly Stoerker, Executive Director, ICWP, Upper Mississippi River Restoration Projects Chuck Padera, St. Johns River Water Management District, Restoration of St. Johns River Headwaters
2:15 - 3:15 pm	Panel: Role of Federal Agencies in Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration	Versailles
	Moderator: John N. Morris, Director, Division of Water Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
	Panelists: William L. Klesch, Chief, Office of Environmental Policy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; T. Niles Glasgow, State Conservationist, U.S. Soil Conservation Service; Bob Misso, Chief of Private Lands, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Partners for Wildlife); John Meagher, Director, Wetlands Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:15 - 4:00 pm	Opportunities and Obstacles to Restoration Efforts	Versailles
	Moderator: Del Downing, Director, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Sciences
	Panelists: Stuart J. Applebaum, Chief, Central and Southern Florida Study Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Timothy D. Searchinger, Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund; David L. Harrison, President, Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison, and Woodruff, P.C.
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
4:15 - 5:00 pm	Keynote Address: The Future of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Needs and Priorities	Versailles
	Dr. Charles R. Goldman, Professor of Limnology, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis
5:00 - 6:00 pm	ICWP Members' Annual Business Meeting	Flagler

Wednesday, October 27, 1993

XVIII Annual Conference on Water Management in Florida

7:30 am - 8:00 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
8:30 - 8:45 am	Welcoming Remarks	Trianon
	Valerie Boyd, Chairman, South Florida Water Management District, Naples, Florida
8:45 - 9:15 am	Update on Florida Department of Environmental Protection	Trianon
	Virginia Wetherell, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
9:15 - 10:30 am	Water Management Year-In-Review	Trianon
	Secretary Virginia Wetherell, and Executive Directors of the five Water Management Districts of Florida: Jerry Scarborough, Suwanee River Water Management District; Douglas Barr, Northwest Florida Water Management District; Henry Dean, St. Johns River Water Management District; Tilford C. Creel, South Florida Water Management District; and Peter Hubbell, Southwest Florida Water Management District
10:30 - 11:00 am	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
11:00 am - 12:00	Keynote Address: Lessons Learned from the Great Mississippi Basin Flood of 1993	Trianon
	Dr. Michael D. Hudlow, Director, Office of Hydrology, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
12:00 - 1:20 pm	ICWP/WMD/NGO Joint Luncheon Program and Awards Presentation	Bayfront
	Keynote Address: The Honorable Lawton Chiles, Governor of the State of Florida
1:30 - 2:45 pm	Panel on District Water Management Plans: View from the Public	Trianon
	Moderator: Valerie Boyd, Chairman, South Florida Water Management District, Naples, Florida
	Panelists: Peter Hubbell, Executive Director, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida Carolyn Dekle, Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning Council, Hollywood, Florida Karen T. Marcus, County Commissioner, Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Teresa B. Tinker, Policy Coordinator, Growth Management and Strategic Planning Policy Unit, Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, Tallahassee, Florida Jacob F. Stowers III, Assistant County Administrator for Planning and Development, Pinellas County, Clearwater, Florida
	Respondents: Wade Hopping, Senior Partner, Hopping Boyd Green & Sams, Tallahassee, Florida Sam Poole, Attorney, Holland & Knight, Miami, Florida
2:45 - 3:45 pm	Permit Streamlining: Nuts & Bolts	Trianon
	John Fumero, Senior Supervising Attorney, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida Kathryn Mennella, Senior Assistant General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida Jeff Elledge, Director, Resource Management Department, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida Janet Llewellyn, Chief, Bureau of Wetland Resource Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida Janice McLean, Attorney, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida
3:45 - 4:00 pm	Florida Water Management Annual Conference Concluding Remarks	Trianon
	Peter Hubbell, Executive Director, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
4:15 - 5:00 pm	Keynote Address: The Future of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Needs and Priorities	Versailles
	Dr. Charles R. Goldman, Professor of Limnology, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis, California

Wednesday, October 27, 1993

The Non-Governmental Organization Forum

9:30 am - 8:00 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
12:00 - 1:20 pm	ICWP/WMD/NGO Joint Luncheon Program and Awards Presentation	Bayfront
	Keynote Address: The Honorable Lawton Chiles, Governor of the State of Florida
1:30 - 2:00 pm	NGO Forum: Welcoming Remarks	Sevilla
	Forum Co-Chairs: Peter A.A. Berle, President, National Audubon Society of the United States, New York, USA Alicia Bárcena, Executive Director, The Earth Council, San Jose, Costa Rica
2:00 - 2:30 pm	Water Policy and Role of NGOs - Historical Context	Sevilla
	Emma Torres, Chief, Division of the Regional Programme, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Deborah Moore, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, USA John Baldwin, President, North American Association of Environmental Education, Eugene, Oregon, USA
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Survey Results and Next Steps - NGO Partnerships in an International Water Resource Network	Sevilla
	Donald R. Lesh, President, Global Tomorrow Coalition, Washington, DC, USA Arsenio Milian, President, Milian, Swain and Associates, Miami, Florida, USA
2:45 - 3:45 pm	Open Dialogue - Water Policy and Future Role of NGOs	Sevilla
3:45 - 4:00 pm	Summary Key Points by NGO Forum Co-Chairs	Sevilla
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
4:15 - 5:00 pm	Keynote Address: The Future of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Needs and Priorities	Versailles
	Dr. Charles R. Goldman, Professor of Limnology, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis

Inaugural Reception

6:30 - 8:00 pm	Inaugural Reception	Mezzanine
	Grand Opening ceremonies for the Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall. Welcoming Remarks by The Honorable Xavier Suárez, Mayor of Miami, Florida, USA Acknowledgement of Dialogue Sponsors.
8:00 - 9:00 pm	Opening Session - From Rio to Miami: Personal Expectations for the Dialogue	Versailles
	Invocation: Chairman Cypress*, Miccosukee Tribe, Florida
	Moderator: Donald R. Lesh, President, Global Tomorrow Coalition, Washington, DC, USA
	Reflections by sector leaders from:
	Government: The Honorable Absalón Vásquez, Minister of Agriculture of Peru, Lima, Peru
	Education: John Baldwin, President, North American Association of Environmental Education, Eugene, Oregon, USA
	NGOs: Aldemaro Romero, Executive Director, Fundación BIOMA, Caracas, Venezuela
	Science: Dr. Medardo Molina, Chief Technical Advisor, PRIMCEN Project, World Meteorological Organization, Costa Rica
	Youth: Susan Lieberman, Graduate Student, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
	Arts: Clyde Butcher, Naturalist Photographer, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
	Business: Nancy Roen, Director, Environmental Affairs, Florida Power & Light Co., North Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Thursday, October 28, 1993

Each day, the Interamerican Dialogue on Water Management is co-chaired by two prominent individuals, one from North America, and one from Central America, South America, or the Caribbean, to reflect the spirit of the conference. Simultaneous English/Spanish translation equipment is available at the registration booth in the Mezzanine.

7:30 am - 8:00 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
8:30 - 8:45 am	Welcoming Remarks	Versailles
	Valerie Boyd, Chairman, South Florida Water Management District, Naples, Florida, USA James U. McDaniel, Chairman, Interstate Council on Water Policy, Sacramento, California, USA
8:45 - 9:00 am	Program Introductions	Versailles
	Daily Co-Chairs: Ella Cisneros, President and Founder, The Together Foundation for Global Unity, Caracas, Venezuela Patricia Eaton, Chair, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
9:00 - 9:30 am	Keynote Address: Agenda 21, Water, and the Road Ahead	Versailles
	Alicia Bárcena, Executive Director, The Earth Council, San José, Costa Rica Peter A.A. Berle, President, National Audubon Society, Washington, DC, USA
9:30 - 10:00 am	First Case Study: A Comparison of the Florida Everglades and South American Pantanal Ecosystems	Versailles
	Jeff Wade, Assistant Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; with the cooperation of the Secretariat of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul for the Environment (SEMA), Campo Grande, Brazil
10:00 - 10:30 am	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
10:30 - 11:00 am	Second Case Study: Infrastructure Comparison for Water Supply and Sanitation in the Hemisphere	Versailles
	Dr. Neil S. Grigg, Head, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; with the cooperation of Center for Environmental and Territorial Research and Development (CIDIAT), of Mérida, Venezuela; and Fundação Centro Tecnológico Hidráulica, São Paulo, Brazil
11:00 am - 12:00	Panel: From the Case Studies to the Dialogue	Versailles
	Moderator: Nathaniel P. Reed, Chairman, 1000 Friends of Florida and former Under-Secretary of Interior, Hobe Sound, Florida, USA
	Panelists: The six Co-Chairs of the Dialogue Roundtables comprise this panel to discuss the bridges and barriers to achieving sustainable development in water management in the hemisphere. Joe Browder, Partner, Dunlap and Browder, Inc., Washington, DC, USA Dr. Emiko Kawakami de Resende, Secretary of the Environment, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Arsenio Milian, Founder and President Emeritus, Citizens for a Better South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA María C. Flores de Otero, International President, Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AIDIS), Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Axel C. Dourojeanni, Director of Natural Resources and Energy, U. N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile Dr. Evan Vlachos, Assistant Director, Water Resources Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
12:15 - 1:30 pm	Luncheon	Bayfront
	Keynote Address: Sandra Postel, Vice President for Research, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, USA

Thursday, October 28, 1993

Concurrent Roundtable Sessions

Participants will attend one of three concurrent Roundtable Tracks. Each track is headed by two Co-Chairs, and assisted by a team of Moderators and Facilitators. Please refer to the respective Roundtable Track Section for further information and presentation schedules

1:30 - 3:00 pm	Track I: Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	Versailles
	Co-Chairs: Joe Browder, Partner, Dunlap and Browder, Inc., Washington, DC, USA Dr. Emiko Kawakami de Resende, Secretary of the Environment, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	Track II: Infrastructure for Water Supply and Sanitation in the Context of Sustainable Development	Sandringham
	Co-Chairs: Arsenio Milian, Founder and President Emeritus, Citizens for a Better South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA María C. Flores de Otero, International President, Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AIDIS), Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
	Track III: Water Governance and Policy	Trianon
	Co-Chairs: Axel C. Dourojeanni, Director of Natural Resources and Energy, U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile Dr. Evan Vlachos, Assistant Director, Water Resources Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Break - International Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra
3:30 - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Roundtables Sessions continue
6:30 - 7:30 pm	Interamerican Dialogue Reception	Mezzanine

Interamerican Banquet

7:30 - 10:00 pm	Interamerican Banquet Premiere: “The Power of Water” Except from the upcoming National Geographic Television Special on water that will be broadcast on November 10. Presented by Terry Smith, Executive Director, National Geographic Educational Foundation, Washington, DC. USA	Versailles
	Dinner
	Keynote Address: The Honorable Rodrigo Carazo, Former President of Costa Rica

Friday, October 29, 1993

8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
8:00 - 8:15 am	Program Introductions	Bayfront
	Daily Co-Chairs: The Honorable Adalberto Gabaldón, Minister of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Caracas, Venezuela Robert L. Herbst, Washington Representative, Tennessee Valley Authority, Washington, DC, USA
8:15 - 8:45 am	Roundtable Discussion Progress Report	Bayfront
	Roundtable Co-Chairs will address the plenary and report on discussion from the previous day
8:45 - 9:45 am	Keynote Panel: Linking Networks for Sustainable Development in Water Management	Bayfront
	Moderator: Henry J. Hatch, President and Chief Operating Officer, Law Companies Group, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	Panelists: Armando Llop, Executive Director, Center for Water Law, Economics and Management (INCYTH-CELAA), Mendoza, Argentina Kirk P. Rodgers, Director, Department of Regional Development and Environment, Organization of American States, Washington, DC, USA Jim McIntyre, Vice-President, The Together Foundation for Global Unity, Burlington, Vermont, USA, and Caracas, Venezuela Henry Nowak, Special Counsel, Ecology & Environment, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA
9:45 - 10:15 am	Break - Interamerican Water Exhibit Hall Resource Room	Mezzanine Escorial/Alhambra

Friday, October 29, 1993

Concurrent Roundtable Sessions

The individual roundtables will resume discussion and presentations in individually designated rooms. Please report to your designated Roundtable subtrack as agreed with the Roundtable Co-Chairs. Please refer to the respective Roundtable Track section for further information and presentation schedules.

10:15-12:30 pm	Track I: Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	Sevilla/Jr. Ballroom
	Track II: Infrastructure for Water Supply and Sanitation in the Context of Sustainable Development	Sandringham/Michelangelo
	Track III: Water Governance and Policy	Trianon/Versailles
12:40 - 1:45 pm	Luncheon	Bayfront
	Keynote Panel: International Trade, Finance and Water Management
	Moderator: Robin Rosenberg, Assistant Director for Research, North-South Center, University of Miami, Florida, USA
	Panelists: François-Marie Patorni, Director, Economic Development Institute, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA Dr. Chris Harwell, Assistant Dean, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA Axel C. Dourojeanni, Director, Division of Natural Resources and Energy, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile

Friday, October 29, 1993

Concurrent Roundtable Sessions

Water Management Roundtable Tracks will focus on plans for linking international water resources networks. Discussion and drafting of the Miami Agenda.

1:45 - 4:45 pm	Track I: Management of Aquatic Ecosystems	Sevilla/Jr. Ballroom
	Track II: Infrastructure for Water Supply and Sanitation in the Context of Sustainable Development	Sandringham/Michelangelo
	Track III: Water Governance and Policy	Trianon/Versailles
4:45 - 5:00 pm	Break - Refreshments	Bayfront A
5:00 - 5:30 pm	Keynote Speech: Water Management: Nearctic and Neotropical	Bayfront B
	Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy, Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
5:30 pm	Friday Evening - Open

Saturday, October 30, 1993

The last day of the Interamerican Dialogue on Water Management will be devoted to the presentation of conclusions and recommendations, and consideration of The Miami Agenda before an international audience of water managers.

7:30 - 12:30 pm	Registration Open	Mezzanine
8:00 - 8:30 am	Breakfast Buffet	Bayfront B
8:30 - 8:45 am	Program Introductions	Bayfront A
	Daily Co-Chairs: Barbara Pyle*, Vice-President of Environmental Policy, Turner Broadcasting System, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Mario De Marco-Naon, President, National Institute of Water Resource Sciences and Technology (INCYTH), Buenos Aires, Argentina
8:45 - 9:30 am	Keynote Address - Update on Clean Water Act Reauthorization	Bayfront A
	Scott Slesinger, Assistant Counsel to the Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, USA
9:30 - 10:30 am	Final Roundtable Track Reports and The Miami Agenda Conclusions and recommendations of the Interamerican Dialogue on Water Management and presentation of The Miami Agenda.	Bayfront A
10:30 - 11:45 am	Building an International Water Resource Network Opening Remarks by: The Honorable Heraldo Muñoz, Ambassador of Chile, Organization of American States	Bayfront A
	Responses by: The Honorable Carrie Meek*, U.S. Representative-Florida, Miami, Florida, USA The Honorable Adalberto Gabaldón, Minister of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Caracas, Venezuela Norman A. Zigrossi, President, Resources Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Horst Otterstteter, Director of Environmental Health, Pan-American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
11:45 - 12:00	Closing Remarks Tilford C. Creel, Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Bayfront
12:30 pm	Field Trips Depart	Lobby Entrance
	Field Trip 1: Everglades National Park Tram Tour Field Trip 2: National Hurricane Center at Coral Gables Field Trip 3: Everglades Agricultural Area - Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants