GREAT LAKES WATER CONSERVATION CONFERENCE, MADISON, WISCONSIN, OCTOBER 18-19, 2010, ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKER,
TODD AMBS, RIVER NETWORK
The Great Lakes Water Conservation Conference brings together craft brewers, cheese makers, and policy makers in water conservation, to discuss best practices for water savings. Todd Ambs, the executive director of the national River Network (which is supported by breweries such as Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.), is the invited keynote speaker at noon, Monday, October 18.
Monday, Oct. 18, will be filled with speakers and panels, and Tuesday, October 19, features a bus trip with tours of the Cedar Grove Cheese Co.'s biofiltration system, "the Living Machine" in Plain, WI, and the award-winning Capital Brewery in Middleton, WI. Online registration for the conference in Madison, WI, October 18-19 at:
conserve-greatlakes.com - with a one-day rate of $175 for the Monday sessions, and full conference registration (including all hospitality events and tours), of $295.00.
The agenda includes David Isaacson of WaterWise (auditor for Sierra Nevada BC and others) talking about brewery/pub water audits, Stone Brewing Co.'s case history on wastewater treatment presented by Bill Sherwood, owner/brewmaster Brian Hunt of Moonlight Brewery speaking on small pub water savings, Jim Nicholas of the US Geological Survey's Water Science Center moderating a water science panel, brewmaster John Haggerty of New Holland Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, moderating a panel on effluent reduction, with Jason Fox, brewmaster, Custom BrewCrafters, and Fred Scheer, chairman of the Master Brewers Association’s Global Emerging Issues committee, and a panel with Karl Crave of Crave Bros. Cheese Co. and Brian Driscoll of the Wisconsin State Office of Energy Independence on waste-to-energy production.
Sponsors include Briggs of Burton, Inc., Rochester, NY.
Todd Ambs is the River Network's fifth President and has worked in the environmental policy field for more than 30 years. His experience includes serving as Executive Director of two statewide river organizations, Policy Director for the Ohio Attorney General and Senior Policy Analyst for the Wisconsin Department of Justice. From 2003 until becoming President of River Network in May 2010, Ambs ran the Water Division for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Todd has served on a number of water-related boards and commissions and was the lead negotiator for the State of Wisconsin during the development of the Great Lakes Compact. Todd Ambs still serves on the Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes Protection Fund and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association. (WI).
For more details, and online registration, please visit the conference website: http://
www.conserve-greatlakes.com
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