SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
FOR THE GREAT LAKES WATER CONSERVATION CONFERENCE, MADISON, WI - OCTOBER 18-19,
2010
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 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 in Madison, WI, October 18-19, 2010.
Impending regulations from
the Great Lakes Compact will affect all water-intensive industries, and will be
discussed by leaders in water policy. Jim Nicholas, Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey’s Michigan Water Science Center, will discuss water
availability in the Great Lakes, link water availability to usage, and provide
an example of Compact implementation in Michigan. Rich Bowman, Director of Government
Relations for Michigan chapter of The Nature Conservancy, will talk about the
current state of water certification, and demonstrate a new groundwater
recharge calculator developed by The Nature Conservancy, The Institute for
Water Research and Coca Cola North America.
The keynote speaker, 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).
The agenda also includes a
panel on cleaning in place (CIP) innovations, with Graham Broadhurst, Vice
President of Engineering at Briggs of Burton USA, Linda Rastani of Alfa Laval,
and Pete Fernholz of Ecolab; Jaime Jurado, director of brewery operations for
the Gambrinus Company, discussing waste-to-energy systems; Thomas Pape of the
Alliance for Water Efficiency on conducting water audits; Stone Brewing Co.'s
case history on wastewater treatment presented by Bill Sherwood; brewmaster
John Haggerty of New Holland Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, speaking on
effluent reduction and Fred Scheer, Voith Meri, and a panel with Karl Crave of Crave Bros. Cheese Co., Franco Milani
of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Brian Driscoll of the Wisconsin
State Office of Energy Independence on waste-to-energy opportunities for
brewers and cheesemakers.
Sponsors for the
all-volunteer conference include Briggs of Burton Inc. USA, process engineering
experts for the brewing industry since 1732; Ecolab, food safety and sanitation
products for the dairy, food and beverage industries; and Alfa Laval, producers
of centrifuges, fluid handling, cost-saving tank cleaning equipment and
filtration systems. Partners include the Alliance for Water Efficiency, Brewing
News and the River Network.
Online registration for the
conference in Madison, WI, October 18-19, features a one day pass for Monday’s
sessions at $175, including a craft beer and cheese tasting at the award-winning
Old Fashioned Tavern, and the full conference including bus tours, is
$295.00. For more details, and
online registration, please visit the conference website: http://www.conserve-greatlakes.com