Summit // Energy & Water Nexus Summit 3, San Francisco, California, USA

The Summit will be an all-day event, and will provide a forum to discuss the developments, challenges, innovations, and considerations around energy and water in Northern California. The Energy and Water Nexus Summit 3 will explore the vital intersection of energy and water resources, and the effects and economic implications of energy and water issues on our state. The Summit will cover a variety of topics that will provide a forum to discuss the developments, challenges, innovations, and considerations around energy and water in Northern California. A featured panel at this year's The Energy and Water Nexus Summit 3 will be: "Desalination - Has the Time Arrived?" This panel will focus on exploring the latest innovations in desalination technology, and its role and viability as a potentially crucially important source of water for our state's future. Expert speakers on this panel will include: Ron Davis, Executive Director, Cal DeSal Stan Williams, Vice President, Poseidon Water Sean Bothwell, Staff Attorney, California Coast Keeper Paul Hann, Senior Environmental Scientist, State Water Resources Control Board Topics of discussion will include: Federal Issues — The Regulatory World of Energy & Water The 2014 Water Bond Desalination — Has the Time Arrived? Renewable Energy vs. Carbon Free — What is the Difference? Confirmed Speakers & Panelists: Wade Crowfoot, Deputy Cabinet Secretary & Senior Advisor to Governor Brown – Felicia Marcus, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board – Lt. Col. John Morrow, San Francisco District Commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Nancy Skinner, California State Assembly Member – Karen Zelmar, PG&E – Peter Miller, NRDC – Ron Davis, CalDesal – Stan Williams, Poseidon Water – Sean Bothwell, California Coastkeeper Alliance – Paul Hann, State Water Resources Control Board – Tim Quinn, ACWA – Doug Obegi, NRDC – Brandon J. Hernandez, PG&E – Peter Williams, IBM