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Opening Remarks
Evolution
Risa Shimoda - The Shimoda Group/McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group

1) Meeting Client Needs
John Anderson, McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group
2)Whitewater Park, Pitfalls and Design
Nick Turner, riverrestoration.org

Welcome to our Dream
Tobias Walraven, Founder/Director, Dutch Water Dreams B.V.

The Economic Impact of Urban Whitewater Parks: Confluence Park
Jeff Shoemaker - Greenway Foundation/Founding Advocate - Confluence Park, Denver, Colorado

Funding: Current and Future Levers (panel)

Alternative Funding and Leveraging Your Dollars
Teresa Penbrooke CPRP, Greenplay LLC
Wally Piccone, Great Outdoors Colorado
Duane Yoder, Garrett County Community Action Committee

Fundamentals of Stakeholder Effectiveness (panel)

1) Fundamentals of Stakeholder Effectiveness
Elizabeth Johns, Recreational Consultant, Duke Energy
2) Stakeholder Identification and Management
Jeffrey Singleton, Lower Colorado River Authority
3) Paddler-Driven Whitewater Parks
Mike Harvey, P.M., Recreational Engineering and Planning

Multiple Use Opportunities I: Energy Partnerships (panel)

1) Hydropower Licensing and Whitewater
Ann Miles, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2) Brookfield Power and the Deep Creek Agreement
Kenneth Kemp, P.E., Brookfield Power
3) River Restoration
Dave Steindorf, American Whitewater

Multiple Use Opportunities II: Dam Removal, Fish Passage (panel)

1) River Restoration and Fisheries Consequences: Integration is Possible
Ted Frink, California Department of Water Resources, Division of Planning and Local Assistance
2) Dam Removal and Fish Passage
Laura Wildman, P.E., American Rivers
3) From Soup to Nuts: Fish Passage at In-River Structures
Jay Kidder, P.E., Chinook Engineering

Sustainability Issues for In Channel Courses: Melding Environmental and Recreational Needs (panel)

1) Sustainability for In-Channel Courses
Jason Robertson, Bureau of Land Management
2) Whitewater Parks and the Enviroment - Looking Up and Downstream
Quinn McKew, American Rivers
3) Truckee River Whitewater Park - Reno
Mike Harvey, P.M., Recreational Engineering and Planning

Sustainability Issues for Pumped and Urban Courses: Public Safety and Profitability Rule (panel)

1) Pump Course Sustainability - From Smart to Finish
Brian Trusty, Adventure Sports Center International
2) When Good Parks Go Bad: Confluence Park
Jonathan Kahn, Confluence Kayaks and Telemark

Plenary Session
Michael Williams AIA, LEED, AP, US National Whitewater Training Center