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AUGUST 30-31, 2016 • DENVER, CO DENVER ATHLETIC CLUB

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EXPLORE innovative strategies for funding water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure

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Tuesday, August 30

12:00 – 5:00 Registration Open

12:45 – 1:00 Opening Remarks Bernard Krzys, Benjamin Media, Inc.; Main Event Sponsor: Jason Mumm, Managing Director, Hawksley Consulting

Topic 1- Water in the West 1:00 – 1:30 Overview of Water Issues in the West Jim Eklund - Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board

1:30 – 2:00 Case Study - Southern Delivery System Project John Fredell - Southern Delivery System Program Director, Colorado Springs Utilities

2:00 – 2:30 Case Study - Carlsbad Desalination Graham Beatty - Director of Project Management and Finance, Poseidon Water

2:30 – 3:15 N E T W O R K I N G R O U N D T A B L E S

Topic 1: DEMAND MANAGEMENT FOR BETTER FINANCIAL CONTROL Facilitator: Dominique Gomez, Director of Market Development & Operations, WaterSmart.com

Topic 2: CROWD FINANCING FOR P3 WATER SYSTEMS Facilitator: Brian Ross - P3 Transaction Advisor, Mott MacDonald

Topic 3: TAX EXEMPT LEASE PURCHASE Facilitator: David J. Clamage - Managing Director, Saulsbury Hill Financial LLC

Topic 4: EQUIPMENT FINANCE Facilitator: Tom Waters, Vice President-Water Infrastructure Finance, Key Equipment Finance

Topic 5: LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN DC Facilitator: Will Brown, Director of Government Affairs, NUCA

3:15 – 3:45 El Paso Water Utilities’ Rate Restructuring Marcela Navarrete - Vice President of Strategic, Financial and Management Services, El Paso Water Utilities; Andrew Rheem - Manager, Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc.3:45 – 5:00 Panel Discussion: Regional Cooperation and Planning Moderator: Greg Baird - Principal, Infrastructure Financial Consulting

Panelists: Joseph Stibrich - Water Resources Policy Manager, Aurora Water; David Bennett - Water Resource Manager, Denver Water; John Fredell - Southern Delivery System Program Director, Colorado Springs Utilities; Eric Hecox - Executive Director, South Metro Water Supply Authority; Jason Mumm - Director of Financial, Commercial and Risk Management Services, Hawksley Consulting; Bill Cherrier, Chief Financial Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities

5:00 – 6:30 Reception & Keynote Speaker Denver Athletic Club - 6th Floor Sundeck

Wednesday, August 31

7:00 – 3:00 Registration Open

7:00 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast

Topic 2 – Public Financing 8:00 – 8:30 WRF Study: Rate Approval Process Communication Strategy Rick Giardina - CPA & Executive Vice President, Raftelis; Jonathan Cuppett - Research Manager, Water Research Foundation

8:30 – 9:00 Albuquerque’s Approach to Conservation and Rate Increases Stanley Allred - Chief Financial Officer and Frank Roth - Senior Policy Manager, Albuquerque Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA); Carol Malesky - Principal Consultant, Hawksley Consulting

9:00 – 9:30 Financing Integrated ‘One Water’ Visions Neil Grigg - Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

9:30 – 10:00 N E T W O R K I N G B R E A K10:00 – 10:30 Low Income Water Affordability Challenge…An Issue that Impacts All Utilities Adam Krantz - CEO, National Association of Clean Water Agencies

10:30 – 11:45 Panel Discussion: Communicating the Value of Water – Rate Setting, Affordability and Investment

Moderator: Kevin Shafer - Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Panelists: Jim Henderson - Managing Economist, Abt Environmental Research; Becky Doyle - Rate Analyst, City of Longmont Department of Public Works and Natural Resources; Linn Brooks - General Manager, Eagle River Water and Sanitation District; Fletcher Davis - Senior Consultant, Bartle Wells Associates

11:45– 1:00 L U N C H with Keynote Speaker

Topic 3 – Private Financing1:00 – 1:45 The Future of P3 in Water Reese Tisdale - President, Bluefield Research

1:45 – 2:15 What Is the True Cost of Capital? Rick Adcock - Managing Director, MWH Infrastructure Development Inc.

2:15 – 2:45 What is Your Water System Worth? Anthony Festa - Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services LLC

2:45 – 3:15 N E T W O R K I N G B R E A K3:15 – 3:45 Structuring a P3 Contract Kent Rowey - Partner, Allen & Overy

3:45 – 4:45 Panel Discussion: Bridging the Gap Between Private Capital and Public Projects Moderator: Michael Deane - Executive Director, National Association of Water Companies

Panelists: Brian Thomas - Managing Director, PFM; Paul Wisor - Municipal Advisor, Ehlers Inc.; Michael Thomas - Partner, Kutak Rock; Ted Chapman - Senior Director, Standard & Poor’s; Yuval Cohen - Senior Principal, Geosyntec CAT

4:45 – 5:00 Closing Remarks

Financing the water utility of tomorrow.

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• Water in the West• Financing Large Capital Projects• Rate Structuring• Regional Cooperation, Planning

and Affordability• Water System Valuation• The Future of P3 in Water• Calculating the True Cost of Capital• Innovative Financing Approaches• Private Capital for Public Projects

Limited seating available Earn 1.1 CEUs & 11 CPEs

“Demand Management for Financial Control”

- Jeff Lipton, Director of Marketing, WaterSmart Software

“The Evolution of P3 in Denver and Its Impact”

- Paul Washington Director, Denver Office of Economic Development