TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2007

Welcoming Reception · 7-9pm · NETWORKING—SOCIALIZING—CONNECTING

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007 – DAY ONE (8:30AM – 5:00PM)

PLENARY SESSIONS

• EPA Administrator, Stephen Johnson
• John Luthy, President, The Futures Corporation: A Look at Future Trends and External Influences
• Conference Track Leaders Panel – Overarching Themes and Goals

TRACK SESSIONS

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State and Local

• Sessions 1 & 2 (1:30 PM) - Plans that Make a Difference: Integrating Policy and Finance into State and Regional Planning Efforts
  Enhancing project implementation through realistic objectives and finance-based planning

Federal Roles

• Session 1 (1:30 PM) - Financial Innovations for the SRF Program: Freeing up Capital and Reducing the Cost of Subsidy
  Exploring inventive funding strategies to stretch SRF dollars
• Session 2 (3:15 PM) - Watershed Protection: The Untapped Potential of the CWSRF
  Revealing a new approach to spur innovation in project selection and fund delivery

Sustainable Water Infrastructure

• Sessions 1 & 2 (1:30 PM) - Envisioning the Utility of the Future
  Envisioning the utility of the future – preparing for challenges and new solutions

International Innovations

• Sessions 1 & 2 (1:30 PM) - NGOs: The Emerging Leaders in Third World Water
  Learning from emerging leaders in low-cost technology and innovative funding models

Reception (Tentative) · 6-8pm · NETWORKING—SOCIALIZING—CONNECTING

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2007 – DAY TWO (8:30AM – 5:30PM)

PLENARY SESSIONS

• Mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin
• EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, Ben Grumbles
• USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development, Thomas Dorr

TRACK SESSIONS

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State and Local

• Session 3 (9:45 AM) - New Project Delivery Mechanisms: Getting from Concept to Construction to Clean Water as Efficiently and Effectively as Possible
  Cost-efficient strategies that are modernizing design, contracting and management
• Session 4 (11:15 AM) - Thinking Outside the Bill: Alternative Options for Generating Revenue
• Session 5 (2:15 PM) - Overcoming the Challenges to Full Cost Pricing: Insights from the Trenches
  Addressing the political, social and economic barriers to implementation
• Session 6 (3:45 PM) - Funding Strategies for Other Infrastructure: What are the Lessons for the Water Sector?
  Assessing financing lessons and strategies applicable to the water sector

Federal Roles

• Session 3 (9:45 AM) - DWSRF Best Practices: Maximizing Public Health Protection
  Maximizing efficiency through resourceful program structures and best practices
• Session 4 (11:15 AM) - Rural Development: The Future of National Program Financing
  Exploring advances in leveraging, program performance and technical assistance
• Session 5 (2:15 PM) - Using the Federal Tax Code to Provide Market-Based Incentives for Infrastructure Investment
• Session 6 (3:45 PM) - DWSRF Set-Asides: Achieving the SDWA Vision
  Realizing the potential of set-asides for cost-effective public health protection

Sustainable Infrastructure

• Session 3 & 4 (9:45 AM) - Utility Models: Preparing and Adapting for the Challenges Ahead
  Rethinking the key concepts of utility models to meet the challenges of sustainable infrastructure
• Sessions 5 & 6 (2:15 PM) - Integrating Watershed Management and Infrastructure Decisions
  1) Achieving watershed goals through water quality permits and trading, and 2) Enhancing environmental results through green infrastructure and decentralization

International Innovations

• Session 3 (9:45 AM) - Private Sector Water Providers: Where it Works, Where it Doesn't
  Exploring the successes and failures of private sector water providers around the globe
• Session 4 (11:15 AM) - SRFs with a Twist: International Models
  Showcasing elements from successful international program models
• Session 5 (2:15 PM) - Funding Water/Wastewater Programs Abroad and Grants & Loans: Who Gets What?
  Tackling the allocation question—grants & loans in an age of resource constraint
• Session 6 (3:45 PM) - Innovations on Our Borders: Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean
  Cooperating with Canada and Mexico; protecting the Gulf and Caribbean

FRIDAY MARCH 23, 2007 (8:30AM – Noon)

TRACK SESSIONS & PLENARY COLLOQUY

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State and Local

• Session 7 (8:30 AM) - Beyond Consolidation: New Ways of Working Together
  Introducing the new pioneers in large and small-scale public/private partnerships

Federal Roles

• Session 7 (8:30 AM) - Exploring the Federal Role: Innovative Institutional Approaches to Address Infrastructure Investment
  Examining a trust fund concept and other institutional proposals for infrastructure financing

Sustainable Infrastructure

• Session 7 (8:30 AM) - Asset Management as a Keystone to Sustainability
  The American Water Works Association shares its innovations

International Innovations

• Session 7 (8:30 AM) - U.S. Businesses and Foundations: New Roles in Global Water.
  Expanding the contributions of multinational corporations at home and abroad