Our Water Summit on Oct. 30 will take a deep dive on issues critical to our most precious natural resource in the West but it’s so much more.

During our event, you’ll also have a chance to network with people from across the water community from municipal water agencies to irrigation districts, farming and lending organizations to state and federal agencies that manage or regulate water to environmental and other nonprofit organizations.

Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, will deliver the opening keynote and participants will be treated later in the day to a presentation by visual artists whose work seeks to expand perspectives on how we relate to water.

Visual artists Hughen/Starkweather will present “Beneath the Flow: The Confluence of Art, Research & Water.” The artists are known for their water-related works, including a four-story mural inside a building overlooking San Francisco Bay and Between Water and Land at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

With their Pipe Dreams work, they examine how natural and engineered systems might fail or succeed together as climate extremes exert unforeseen pressures. The artists hope to prompt curiosity, uncertainty and new perspectives with their work.

We will also be announcing our water journalist of the year during the Water Summit. Previous winners include Kurtis Alexander of the San Francisco Chronicle and Rachel Becker at CalMatters.

View Agenda & Get Your Ticket!

Now in its 40ᵗʰ year, the Water Summit will gather leading experts and top policymakers for conversations centering on our theme, Reflecting on Silver Linings in Western Water. Speakers will highlight promising advances that have developed from myriad challenges faced in managing the West’s most precious natural resource.

See the full agenda for our event, set for Wednesday, Oct. 30, in downtown Sacramento. Get your ticket to the Water Summit here!

And remember, Foundation members can take advantage of a $100 discount on registration! 

Sponsor the Water Summit!

Exclusive Sponsorship Remains! This event is a prime networking opportunity for the water professionals in attendance and an exclusive opportunity remains to support one of the Water Summit’s networking breaks.

Plus, general sponsorships are also available. View details of the various sponsorship levels and benefits here, and grab a coveted sponsor spot while they last! Email Patrick Dunlap with any questions.