8:45 - 11:00am

Tour of the South Florida Water Management District's L-8 Flow Equalization Basin (Tour Bus will depart promptly at 9am from SFWMD's FOC at 8894 Belvedere Rd., West Palm Beach; No refunds will be provided for late arrivals; Closed-toe shoes are required)

12:00 - 1:00pm

Lunch (on your own)

12:30pm

Onsite Meeting Registration Opens

1:00 - 1:10pm

Welcome and Introduction – Bill Lynch, GEI Consultants, Inc. and FICE Water Resources Chair and Luna Phillips, Gunster and AWRA Florida Board of Directors

1:10 - 1:30pm

Lake Worth Drainage District: The First 100 Years – Bob Brown, Executive Director, Lake Worth Drainage District

1:30 - 2:45pm

Panel Discussion: Water Management Challenges in South Florida

Jim Moran, SFWMD Governing Board

Tommy Strowd, Lake Worth Drainage District
Ken Todd, Palm Beach County

Tom MacVicar, MacVicar Consulting, Inc.

Ernie Marks, FFWCC

Jim Jeffords, USACE

2:45 - 3:00pm

Virtual Tour of the South Florida Water Management District’s L-8 Flow Equalization Basin and Coffee/Snack Break

3:00 - 3:20pm

Legislative Update – Greg Munson, Gunster

3:20 - 3:30pm

2016 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference Update – Rafael Frias, Black & Veatch

3:30 - 4:45pm

Panel Discussion: Lake Okeechobee and the Coastal Estuaries: Challenges and Opportunities

Kim Taplin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ernie Barnett, Florida Land Council

Tabitha Cale, Audubon Florida

Deb Drum, Martin County

Jeremy McBryan, SFWMD

Chad Kennedy, FDEP

4:45 - 5:00pm

Closing Remarks

5:30pm

Networking Reception – Saltwater Brewery - 1701 West Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444, 561-865-5373