El Niño Summit/Discussion 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
UC Davis Alumni Center
Alpha Gamma Rho Room

3:30 pm
Welcome and organizational remarks
Nicholas Pinter

3:40 pm
Keynote Presentations

El Niño in California
Michael Anderson, California State Meteorology

Past history of El Niño flooding in CA
Michael D. Dettinger, US Geological Survey

Flood preparation
Christy Jones, US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

El Niño and drought
Jay Lund,  UC Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences

Post-flood mitigation opportunities
Jeffrey Lusk, FEMA Region IX

Floodplain restoration opportunities
John Cain, American Rivers

4:45 pm
Panel Activity
El Niño Crystal Ball:
Possible Challenges and Opportunities from El Niño in California

Panel introductions and presentations
Audience "Challenges and Opportunities" map
Panel Discussion: How to get from here to there

Panelists:
Christy Jones, US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
Demetri Polyzos, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Graham Fogg, UC Davis, Dept. of Land and Water Resources
Jay Lund,  UC Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences
Jeffrey Lusk, FEMA Region IX
Joe Countryman, Central Valley Flood Protection Board
John Cain, American Rivers
John Stella, The Nature Conseravancy
Michael Anderson, California State Meteorology
Michael D. Dettinger, US Geological Survey
Mike Mierzwa, CA Dept. of Water Resources
Ricardo Pineda, CA Dept. of Water Resources
Ron Stork, Friends of the River
Tim Washburn, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

5:30 pm
Adjourn to refreshments and discussion