Arizona State University's (ASU's) Global Institute of Sustainability will host Rain Bird’s Intelligent Use of Water Summit IX on Sept. 3 in Tempe, Ariz.
Moderated by John D'Anna, senior editor for The Arizona Republic, the two-hour symposium joins environmental and water management thought leaders to engage in an open-forum discussion about the challenges faced by citizens, corporations and countries as it relates to a sustainable water supply. The ninth Intelligent Use of Water Summit will convene the following panelists:
• Doug Bennett - water conservation manager, Southern Nevada Water Authorit, Las Vegas
• Charles L. Redman - director, School of Sustainability, ASU,Tempe, Ariz.
• Patricia Gober - co-director, Decision Center for a Desert City and
professor, School of Sustainability, School of Geographical Sciences,
ASU, Tempe, Ariz.
• Richard G. Little - director, The Keston Institute for Public Finance and
Infrastructure Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
"Our partnership with ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability is providing
a forum to drive home the challenge and necessity of finding balanced
solutions for the Earth's present and future water needs," said Rain Bird
Corporate Marketing Director Dave Johnson. "Water is the resource that most affects human life, and keeping the planet's water resources viable into the foreseeable future requires advanced water conservation and better water efficiency through education and innovation."
Established in 2004 as a forum to further define the relationship between
water conservation and landscape water use, The Intelligent Use of Water
Summit series is an insightful examination of the current state of Earth's
most precious resource in the face of environmental uncertainty. Previous
summit locations included Pasadena, Calif., Tucson, Ariz., Madrid, Spain,
and Aix-en-Provence, France.
The Global Institute of Sustainability is the hub of ASU's sustainability
initiatives. The Institute advances research, education and business
practices for an urbanizing world and houses the nation's first School of
Sustainability, which offers transdisciplinary degree programs that advance
practical solutions to environmental, economic and social challenges of our
day.
