The 2010 Ground Water Summit and 2010 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting taking place April 11-15 in Denver, Colorado, will bring together a mix of regulators, practitioners, natural resource managers, policymakers, municipal planners, banking industry representatives, remediation site owners, attorneys, climatologists, and those who supply knowledge and technology needed to address key water issues. This event seeks to integrate cutting-edge science with the leading edge of practice and will focus on the theme "Groundwater for a Thirsty World."
Summit program benefits
The Ground Water Summit offers the opportunity to learn and stay current, share your latest groundwater endeavors, and renew existing professional relationships, as well as start new ones.
To navigate through the program, click on the session titles to expand the view to see the abstracts/speakers within each session.
About the event
This event encompasses workshops, field trips, the NGWREF 2010 Darcy Lecture ("Quantifying Flow and Reactive Transport in the Heterogeneous Subsurface Environment: From Pores to Porous Media and Facies to Aquifers"), the Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture ("Toward X-Ray Vision: Geophysical Signatures of Complex Subsurface Processes"), numerous topical and poster sessions, networking receptions, and sponsorship opportunities. Plenary sessions will feature individual speakers of note and panelists. Eileen Poeter, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, and David Kreamer, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are this year's program chairs.
New Groundwater Professionals Mentoring Session
Monday, April 12, 1-2:30 p.m., Blake Room
Registered attendees who have recently entered the groundwater profession, or who will do so in the near future, are invited to attend an informal mentoring session on Monday, April 12. Representatives from the academic, public, and consulting communities will share their perspectives on industry opportunities.
Special presentations
Monday, April 12
Keynote speaker: John Tubbs, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of Interior
Tuesday, April 13
Darcy Panel: The Highway from Research to Practice — Navigating the On-Ramps
What are the impediments to communicating emerging techniques and methods between and among academics, consultants, and regulators? What can be done to nurture confidence in recently developed technologies and advances for solving groundwater problems and resolving related issues? What effective strategies can be employed to promote utilization and prevent misuse?
Wednesday, April 14
Biogeophysics: A New Frontier in Earth Science Research
Estella Atekwana, Ph.D., Sun Chair Professor, Oklahoma State University
Additional NGWA short course offerings taking place in Denver in April.
Sponsorships
Click here for conference sponsorship opportunities.
Speaker Corner for presenters
Presenters can go to the Speaker Corner for information on registration, deadlines, and poster setup. Your ID and passwords were sent by e-mail on February 12, 2010. If you have questions, please contact customer service at 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).
Thank you to our sponsors
Silver level
US EPA Region 8
Bronze level
Thank you to our cosponsors
Location
The Westin Tabor Center
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
866 716.8137
303 572.9100
fax 303 572.7288
Accommodations: NGWA has secured a block of rooms on a first come, first served basis at the group rate of $169 per night single/double occupancy. A limited number of government rooms are available at the prevailing pre diem rate. These rates apply to the NGWA room block and are valid until the Friday, March 19, 2010 cutoff, unless the block has been filled before that date. When making your reservations, be sure to mention you are attending this NGWA program. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.
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Conference information is current as of 4-8-2010 Additional details will be posted as they become available. For further help, e-mail customerservice@ngwa.org or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791 outside the United States).