In the arid Sonoran Desert, the focus will be on water this October when AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference brings together the nation’s senior water utility managers to address the critical concerns facing drinking water systems today. The most pressing issues and complex challenges highlight the agenda in Scottsdale, Arizona, October 16-19.
The water industry’s premiere leadership event, the conference is designed by utility leaders and features authoritative presenters who speak from front-line experience. Among the sessions on tap:
- Restoring and Retaining Customers’ Confidence in Drinking Water – featuring utility executives from Tucson and Cincinnati;
- Transformational Financial Management and Rate Setting – building financial resiliency and customer acceptance in an environment of slow growth, declining consumption, rate affordability concerns and enhanced infrastructure needs;
- One Water L.A.: A Collaborative Approach to Regional Water Challenges – how multiple agencies and stakeholders came together to address regional water resource and infrastructure challenges;
- Community Engagement to Build Understanding and Support – with management perspectives from Santa Cruz, San Diego County and Scottsdale;
- Asset Management 2.0: Overhauling Legacy Systems – how early AM adopters are upgrading with enterprise asset management; and
- Hydrating Arizona: Smart Water Management in the Valley of the Sun – featuring water leaders from Phoenix, Scottsdale and Mesa.
Presentations are also planned on the business value of big data and analytics, workforce development, alternative rate structures and utility cybersecurity programs – to provide fresh perspectives and proven approaches to the toughest management concerns.
Beyond the formal agenda, AMWA will honor water utility excellence through its annual awards ceremonies, Arizona’s Official State Historian Marshall Trimble will share legend and lore of the Grand Canyon State, and the Central Arizona Project will host a special tour of its headquarters and Lake Pleasant storage reservoir.
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Register today at www.amwa.net/2016emc.