ACWA 2023 Spring Conference Presentations Jun 8, 2023 Presentations & Multimedia Presentations from ACWA’s 2023 Spring Conference & Expo held May 9-11 in Monterey are available below. Please note that this list includes only those presentations and materials made available to ACWA. The designated conference sessions that were recorded are also indicated below. A link to these recordings has already been sent to the registrants of the conference on-demand recordings. If you are interested in purchasing access to the recordings, please contact events@acwa.com For a listing of all sessions and programs, please refer to the full mobile conference guide. Keynote/Meal Functions (Video Recorded) Wednesday Opening Breakfast Program Thursday Luncheon Program Attorney Programs (Audio Recorded) Can We? Should We? What to Know About Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, and Public-Private Partnership for Water Infrastructure PRESENTATION Public Finance 101: Opportunities and Considerations for Financing Infrastructure PRESENTATION First Kill All the Lawyers? Varying Perspectives on Water-Right Modernization PRESENTATION Communications Committee Program (Audio Recorded) Reporter’s Notebook: An Insider’s Guide to working with News Media Finance Programs (Audio Recorded) Building a Better Retirement Plan: Inspire Your Employees to Save More Paul Whipple, Regional Sales Director, Government Markets, Empower Retirement PRESENTATION Marwan Khalifa, CFO, Mesa Water District PRESENTATION Robert Hannay, Treasury Manager, East Bay MUD PRESENTATION Public Finance 101: Opportunities and Considerations for Financing Infrastructure PRESENTATION Frank Discussion on Affordability: Is There a Better Model to Address This Concern? Innovation Forum (Audio Recorded) Excellence in Innovation: Water Agencies Driving California Into the Future PRESENTATION Region Issue Forums (Audio Recorded) Wildfire Preparedness: Lessons Learned & Investments Made to Mitigate Future Risk (Region 2) PRESENTATION Creating Win-Win Situations to Expedite Permitting Through Collaboration (Region 9) Heather Dyer, General Manager, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District PRESENTATION Michael Moore, General Manager, East Valley Water District PRESENTATION Weather Whiplash: Flood Solutions for Climate Extremes (Region 5) Steven Ritchie, Asst. General Manager for Water, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission PRESENTATION Melanie Mow Schumacher, General Manager, Soquel Creek Water District PRESENTATION Mark Strudley, Ph.D, Executive Director, Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency PRESENTATION Statewide Issue Forums (Audio Recorded) Show Me the Money Advancing Conveyance PRESENTATION First Kill All the Lawyers? Varying Perspectives on Water-Right Modernization PRESENTATION Water Industry Trends (Audio Recorded) Fleet Electrification: Navigating New California Requirements for Public Water Agencies Sergio Escalante, Section Manager, Operation Support Services, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California PRESENTATION Jennifer Goncalves, Supervisor, Distribution Planning Engineering, PG&E PRESENTATION | HANDOUT Brian Wright, General Manager, Truckee Donner Public Utilities District PRESENTATION The Business Proposition for Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): What it Means in Dollars and Sense QUESTIONS? Contact events@acwa.com