Thursday, December 14, 2017

Register now for the 6th UF Water Institute Symposium in Gainesville, FL: February 6-7, 2018

Click here and register now for the 6th University of Florida Water Institute Symposium in Gainesville, Florida during February 6-7, 2018.

If you register by January 7, 2018 the fee is only $200 for professionals, $75 for students! Your registration includes conference attendance as well as lunch and refreshment breaks on Tuesday February 6th and Wednesday February 7th , 2018, and the poster reception on Tuesday February 6th.

We have a great Symposium program lined up, with over 180 contributed presentations and posters. Sandra Postel, Director of the Global Water Policy Project and author of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity will give the opening plenary presentation on Tuesday morning.

Closing plenary panels include:

Telling Water’s Story; Cynthia Barnett moderator

· Jennifer Adler Owen, Conservation Photographer, University of Florida
· Sandra Postel, Director, Global Water Policy Project
· Margaret Ross Tolbert, artist, AQUIFERious

Shaping Our Water Future: Recent Progress, New Challenges; Wendy Graham moderator

· Drew Bartlett, Deputy Secretary for Water Policy and Ecosystem Restoration, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
· Eric Draper, Director, Florida State Park System
· Steve Dwinell, Director, Office of Agricultural Water Policy Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
· Clay Henderson, Executive Director, Stetson University Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience
· Temperince Morgan, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy of Florida
· Ann Shortelle, Executive Director, St Johns River Water Management District

Click here for the Symposium agenda-at-glance including all session titles, speakers and abstracts.