Synopsis:
The San Antonio Clean Technology Forum, formed in 2008 to promote progressive energy and sustainability policies in the city and region, is hosting a major luncheon forum on:
Water and Our Shared Future:
A Local, Regional and State Report
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
11:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Pearl Stable
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will open the forum by addressing the importance of long-term planning and conservation to secure our future water supply and the need to achieve a regional solution. He then will introduce special guest and Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus. The Speaker will focus on the role of the Texas Legislature in addressing often-contentious state and regional water issues
Speakers:
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Mayor Julian Castro
Mayor, City of San Antonio
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Representative Joe Straus
Speaker of the Texas House
San Antonio, TX
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Express-News Editor Robert Rivard will then moderate a panel of regional experts.
Moderator:
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Bob Rivard
Editor, San Antonio Express News
San Antono, TX
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Panel of Regional Experts:
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Dr. Robert Gulley
Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program Coordinator
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Weir Labatt
Texas Water Development Board,
former City Councilman and long time water resource advocate
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Robert Puente, Jr.
CEO, San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
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The Clean Technology Forum event will be held in conjunction with public hearings (that same morning and/or afternoon) at City Council chambers of the Texas House Interim Committee on Natural Resources chaired by state Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland.
Previous SA Clean Technology forums on critical energy and resource issues have generated extensive press coverage and quickly sold out.
The San Antonio Clean Technology Forum is one of the fastest growing, non-profit civic organizations in South Texas. For membership information, please visit www.sacleantech.org/apply.
In summary, this program is being developed to present a number of critically important regional water supply issues that are not well known and understood in our community. There are few issues more important to San Antonio’s future than that of the supply and management of our water resources.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Leadership: $10,000
Banner, Program, Five Tables of Ten
Innovation: $5,000
Banner, Program, Two Tables of Ten
Sustainability: $2,500
Banner, Program, One Table of Ten
Water Conservation: $1,000
Program, One Table of Ten
Table of Ten: $500
One Table of Ten
(Note: To become a sponsor or to purchase a table of ten, please contact Mike Burke at 210-269-7962 or burke_michael@sbcglobal.net)
Venue:
The Historic Pearl Stable
40 tables of ten (400 seats total) downstairs and
4 tables of ten (40 seats total) in the balcony
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