2011 Changing our Perspective Conference
New Ways of Thinking About the Delta
Sponsored by:
Delta
Conservancy
Water Education Foundation
With assistance from:
State & Federal Contractors Water Agency
Speakers at this one-day forum discussed new ideas to take a fresh look at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. As planning continues in an effort to “solve” the Delta’s problems, this forum aimed to turn the discussion in a new direction – how to manage the Delta’s conditions to maintain its local and statewide resources and uses.
Participants also had an opportunity to hear about the challenges and plans now under study by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Delta Stewardship Council and Delta Protection Commission. A panel comprised of state legislators closed out the discussion.
The conference was held at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, 3645 Fulton Avenue, Sacramento, CA. A hosted afternoon reception featuring Delta wines and products concluded the day.
Click here to read the 2011 Forum Summary.
Agenda (click on links to watch video)
Welcome
Rita Schmidt Sudman, Executive
Director, Water Education Foundation
Campbell Ingram, Executive Officer,
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
The Delta’s Wicked Problem
Jeff Conklin, Author, “Dialogue Mapping: Creating Shared
Understanding of Wicked Problems” and Director, CogNexus
Institute
Ian Mitroff, Author, “Dirty Rotten Strategies: How We Trick
Ourselves and Others into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely”
and President and Founder, Mitroff Crisis Management
Moderator: Richard M. Frank, Director,
California Environmental Law and Policy Center and
Member, Delta Vision
Moving Beyond Delta Planning: Thinking for the Real
Results
Campbell Ingram, Executive Officer,
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
Joe Grindstaff, Executive Officer,
Delta Stewardship Council
Michael Machado, Executive Director,
Delta Protection Commission
Byron Buck, Executive Director, State
and Federal Contractors Water Agency
Moderator: Rita Schmidt Sudman, Executive
Director, Water Education Foundation
Reality Check: Status of Public Financing for Large-scale
Ecosystem and Economic Development Programs
Senator Lois Wolk, D-Davis
Senator Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield
Assemblyman Bill Berryhill, R-Stockton
Moderator: Dean Misczynski, Adjunct Policy
Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California