CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 20 

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One

James S. Lochhead, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Aspen

Raymond L. Petros Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
Petros & White, Denver

9:15 Coalbed Methane and Oil and Gas Drilling
New Regulations and Hearings: A Panel Presentation

Landowner Perspective
Sarah Klahn, Esq.
White & Jankowski, Denver

Industry Perspective
Tisha Conoly Schuller, President
Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), Denver

State Perspective
John Cyran, Esq., First Assistant Attorney General
Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Denver

10:45 Morning Break

11:00 Colorado’s Colorado River Water
Issues on Importation and Exportation
James Eklund, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Denver

11:45 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

12:00 Lunch Break

1:15 State Engineer’s Office
A One-Year Retrospective and Look Ahead
Dick Wolfe, PE, State Engineer, Division of Water Resources
Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver

2:15 Afternoon Break

2:30 Colorado River Issues
Compact Calls, Negotiations with Mexico and Interstate Governance

Jennifer Gimbel, Esq., Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver

Douglas Kenney, PhD, Research Fellow
Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School
Boulder

Eric Kuhn, General Manager
Colorado River Water Conservation District, Glenwood Springs

James S. Lochhead, Esq., Program Co-Chair

4:30 Ethics
New Rules on the Use of Experts

Jennifer Hunt, Esq.
Hill & Robbins, Denver

Cheryl Signs, PE
Cheryl Signs Engineering, Denver

5:30 Adjourn

FRIDAY, MAY 21

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
James S. Lochhead, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Raymond L. Petros Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:15 Keynote Presentation
Water Priorities in the State of Colorado
James Martin, Executive Director
Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver

10:15 Morning Break

10:30 FRICO Case
Issues Briefed Before the Colorado Supreme Court

Star Waring, Esq.
Dietze & Davis, Boulder

Steven Sims, Esq.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver

11:45 Surface Water Irrigation Improvements Rules in Water Division 2
Implications for Colorado Water Users and Administration

Steve Leonhardt, Esq.
Burns, Figa & Will, Denver

Steve Witte, PE
Division 2, State Engineer’s Office, Denver

12:45 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

1:00 Lunch Break

2:15 HB 1041 Permitting Update and Perspectives
Introduction and Overview
Raymond L. Petros Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair

2:30 HB 1041 Permitting Update and Perspectives
A Panel Presentation on Recent Permitting, the Use of the EIS Process and Other Issues

Jeff Chostner, Esq., Chair
Pueblo County Commissioners, District 3, Pueblo

James W. Culichia, Esq.
Felt, Monson & Culichia, Colorado Springs

Barbara Green, Esq.
Sullivan Green Seavy, Boulder

Mark Pifher, Director
Aurora Water

Moderator: Raymond L. Petros Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 HB 1041 Continued

5:15 Evaluations and Adjourn