Speakers and Program Schedule

8:00 a.m.

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m.

Opening Keynote

Congressman John Salazar (invited)

Focus On: The Lower Arkansas River Valley

10:00 a.m.

The Fort Lyon Canal Company: Blazing New Trails

• Dale Mauch, Fort Lyon Canal Company

10:30 a.m.

Break - Sponsored by Bernard Lyons Gaddis & Kahn, P.C.

11:00 a.m.

An Arkansas Valley Update

• Leroy Mauch, Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, The Value of Water to the Lower Arkansas Valley

• James Broderick, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Changing Times

• Jane Rawlings, The Pueblo Chieftain, How Can Innovation Save the Arkansas Valley?

• Peter Binney, City of Aurora, A Cooperative and Workable Farm-City Relationship - Respecting the Property Rights of Water Rights Owners in a Time of Change

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

Focus On: My Ditch Company - Corporate Administration

1:15 p.m.

Ditch Company Secretaries: Pitfalls and Pointers

• Randolph W. Starr, Starr and Westbrook, P.C.

2:15 p.m.

This Isn't Your Grandfather's Ditch Company Anymore (Part 1)

• John Wilkins-Wells, Colorado State University, Canal Companies in 2025: What Will They Be Like?

• Don Magnuson, New Cache la Poudre Irrigating Company, Cache la Poudre Structure Changes

• Jeff Kahn, Bernard Lyons Gaddis & Kahn, Enriching Your Shareholders

3:30 p.m.

Break - Sponsored by Applegate Group

4:00 p.m.

This Isn't Your Grandfather's Ditch Company Anymore (Part 2)

• Matthew J. Cook, Coors Brewing Company, Crops to Kegs: the Development of Coors Water Resources System

• Don Halffield, Xcel Energy, So Now You Own a Ditch Company

• Robert Krugmire, City of Westminster, Harris Park Irrigation Company: Accidental Dual Use System

5:15 p.m.

Koshare Indian Kiva Dinner and Show

Sponsored by: Penda Corporation/Fast Ditch

A truly unique event that goes well beyond dinner! See the Koshare Indian Museum's collection of ancient artifacts and modern art exhibits. Shop in the Trading Post. Enjoy dinner and then see the famous Koshare Indian Dancers perform authentic dances in a kiva with the world's largest self-supporting log roof.

Guests are welcome! You can purchase additional guest tickes when your register for the convention.

Visit www.koshare.org for more information on the museum.

7:30 p.m.

Day One Ends

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast with the Board
Annual Board Meeting

Sponsored by the City of Greeley

9:00 a.m.

Historical Preservation 101 for Ditch Companies

• Michael Holleran, University of Colorado

10:00 a.m.

Innovation that Changed the Great American Desert

• Dick Stenzel, Applegate Group

10:30 a.m.

Break - Sponsored by Lyman Henn, Inc.

11:00 a.m.

Statewide Water Supply Initiative

• Rick Brown, Colorado Water Conservation Board

11:45 a.m.

Raising Expectations through Innovations

• Steve Witte, Colorado Division of Water Resources

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

A Case Study of Water Marketing in the Arkansas Valley

• Troy Lepper, Colorado State University

1:20 p.m.

Quota Forecasting Under Uncertainty

• John McKenzie, Colorado State University

1:45 p.m.

Why Do You Say We Can't Control the Use of Our Right of Way?

• Daniel Florez, Lynx Lynx LLC

2:30 p.m.

Opportunities for Improving Canal Delivery Efficiency

• Tom Gill, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

3:15 p.m.

Convention Ends