Draft Agenda (Subject to Change)

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Tue, May 20

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 
Better Listening to Help Transform Water Conflicts

8:30 AM Workshop Check-In/Light Refreshments 
9:00 AM Workshop Start Time

Tue, May 20

DAY 1 

  LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
11:30 AM SPONSOR CHECK-IN and SET-UP
12:00 PM Conference Registration Check-In (Ongoing)
1:00 PM Conference Program Starts
1:00 PM Welcome/Opening Remarks
1:20 PM Hydrodiplomacy Keynote
1:50 PM Special Dedication
2:05 PM Session 1: Frameworks for Collaboration Across Borders
2:50 PM NETWORKING BREAK
3:05 PM Session 2: Sharing the Colorado River
4:00 PM Session 3: Sharing Other Waters
4:55 PM Special Recognition and Day 1 Closing 
5:15 PM RECEPTION at Cork & Craft (U of A Student Union)

Wed, May 21

DAY 2

7:30 AM Day 2 Registration/BREAKFAST
8:30 AM Welcome to Day 2
8:35 AM Infrastructure, Investment, and Binational Collaboration Keynote
8:55 AM Session 4: Water Security and Trade
10:00 AM Session 5: Water Challenges and Funding
11:05 AM Dear Body of Water Interlude
11:10 AM NETWORKING BREAK
11:25 AM Tribal Leader Keynotes
12:30 PM LUNCH BUFFET OPENS
12:45 PM Lunch Program: Arizona-Sonora Border Dialogue 
2:15 PM Session 6: Water Sector Collaborations
3:10 PM NETWORKING BREAK
3:25 PM Session 7: Data and Knowledge Sharing
4:10 PM US Bureau of Reclamation Update
4:30 PM Keynote Panel: Status of Colorado River Negotiations 
4:50 PM Conference Closing Remarks

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