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H20h!- The Future of Water Jan. 31, 4:30 p.m. Film: Blue Gold: World Water Wars Toyota Auditorium Feb. 2, 12:00-1:30 Brown Bag, Green Book Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, by Maude Barlow East Tennessee History Center Feb. 3, 7:00 p.m. Maude Barlow, Canadian Author and Activist The growing national and international water crisis Toyota Auditorium Barlow is the author of numerous books, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, as well as senior adviser on water to the United Nations where she provides counsel to Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockman, president of the General Assembly. She also chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch and is a Councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. She was one of the "1000 Women for Peace" nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. In the same year, she received the prestigious Lannon Cultural Freedom Fellowship as well as the Right Livelihood Award. Known as the "Alternative Nobel" and given by the Swedish Parliament, the Right Livelihood Award cited her "exemplary and long-standing worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental right to water." She also won the Citation of Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Canadian Environmental Awards, Canada’s highest environmental honor. Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Connecting Water Issues to Regional Policy Toyota Auditorium Randall W. Gentry, Ph.D., Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment Dr. Gentry is the President & CEO, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Director of the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, and the Director of the Southeastern Water Resources Institute. His research program is focused on the evaluation of groundwater hydrologic interfaces. The implementation of this research agenda has involved the evaluation of highly localized systems and more broad scale watershed processes. This research direction has allowed Randy to participate with and develop strong multi-disciplinary teams. Dean Hill Rivkin, UT College of Law Dean Hill Rivkin is College of Law Distinguished Professor at UT Law School. He has practiced and taught environmental law for nearly 40 years. He has litigated a number of Clean Water Act cases throughout the region. His scholarship focuses on issues of environmental justice. Since 2000, he has served as Director of the AALS Equal Justice Project. Prof. Rivkin has also served as a visiting professor at the UCLA Law School, the University of Maryland Law School, and, in 2002 and 2004, at Harvard Law School. Paul Sloan, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Since April 2005, Paul Sloan has served as Deputy Commissioner of Environment at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. He heads the department’s Bureau of Environment and leads the senior management team responsible for safeguarding human health and the environment by protecting and improving the quality of Tennessee’s land, air and water. While at TDEC, he has worked closely with the Governor’s Office and other local, state and federal agencies on critical issues involving water resources, energy conservation, alternative fuels and sustainability in Tennessee. Paul has served as co-chairperson of Governor Phil Bredesen’s Alternative Fuels Working Group, member of the Governor’s Energy Task Force and member of the Tennessee Energy Efficient Schools Council. Paul was a founding board member of Cumberland Region Tomorrow, a former trustee of The Nature Conservancy and a board member of the Cumberland River Compact. He holds a law degree from Vanderbilt University and undergraduate degree from Williams College. Renee Hoyas, Tennessee Clean Water Network Renée Victoria Hoyos became TCWN’s Executive Director in October 2003. Renée has most recently worked with the California Resources Agency and served as Special Assistant to Secretary Nichols for Watersheds and Outreach. While there, one of her major priorities was creating a watershed management policy and program to guide the State in its long-term development strategies. In addition to working in watershed management, she was also the environmental education and environmental justice coordinator, and the Agency’s point of contact for Wild and Scenic Rivers issues. Renée’s nonprofit experience includes a work with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco. Renée holds a Masters of Agriculture and Management degree (with concentration in nonprofit organization management) as well as a Masters of Avian Science degree, both from the University of California in Davis. Amy K. Gibson, Ph.D. Director of Communications and Public Programming Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy University of Tennessee 865-974-3816 (o) 865-363-9605 (m)