Sunday-Tuesday, November 19-21, 2023
Location:
Holiday Inn Conference Center
110 2nd Avenue
Kearney, NE 68848
Hotel Accommodations
Make your room reservations directly with the hotel. Specify you are with the convention to gain the special room rate of $129.95 for a standard room.
Location:
Holiday Inn Conference Center
110 2nd St
Kearney, NE 68848
Call for reservations toll-free: 855-444-5769 or local: 308-237-5971
Deadline to make reservations: October 19, 2023
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sunday, November 19
7:00 PM – NSIA Board of Directors Meeting, Executive Room
Monday, November 20
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM – Registration
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – NSIA Annual Members Meeting, Executive Room
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM – OPENING SESSION – Welcome from Kearney Mayor Stanley Clouse, Ballroom 1
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM – MORNING 1ST SESSION – “Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) Program” presented by Chuck Burr, Extension Educator and Daran Rudnick, Agriculture Water Management Specialist, Ballroom 1
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – BREAK – Tour Exhibits, Staterooms BC
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – MORNING 2ND SESSION – “Surface Water Infra-structure Improvements & Funding Opportunities” presented by Jesse Bradley, Dir, NE Dept of Natural Resources; Mike Placke, Water Resources Sr Project Mgr, JEO Consulting Group; and LeRoy Sievers, Knudsen Law Firm, Ballroom 1
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – LUNCH – Kremer Award Presentation, Staterooms DEF
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – AFTERNOON 1ST SESSION – “Recent Weather Trends & Outlook for 2024” presented by Dr. Eric Hunt, Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience, Ballroom 1
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – AFTERNOON 2ND SESSION – “Water Quality and Nitrate Issues and IANR/UNL Role in Remediation” presented by Mike Boehm, Vice Chancellor, University of Nebraska, Ballroom 1
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM – BREAK – Tour Exhibits, Staterooms BC
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM – AFTERNOON 3RD SESSION – “PRRIP 101 and Current Program Activities” presented by Jason Farnsworth, Executive Director, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Ballroom 1
Monday, November 20 (Continued)
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM – AFTERNOON 4TH SESSION – “Dam Risk Analysis and Flood Prevention Projects” presented by Mike Sotak, Sr Civil Engineer, Houston Engineering Inc, Ballroom 1
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM – RECEPTION AND VISIT EXHIBITS, Staterooms BC
Tuesday, November 21
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM – Registration
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM – NeWRA Annual Members Meeting, Executive Room
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – NeWRA Board Meeting, Executive Room
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – MORNING 1ST SESSION – “Update on STARWARS Projects with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission” presented by Tim McCoy, Director, NE Game and Parks Commission, Ballroom 1
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM – MORNING 2ND SESSION – “South Platte Canal and Reservoir Project and Update on STARWARS Projects” presented by Tom Riley, Director, NE Dept of Natural Resources, Ballroom 1
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM – BREAK – Tour Exhibits, Staterooms BC
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM – MORNING 3RD SESSION – “Update on Second Source of Water for Lincoln and Other Municipal Water Issues” presented by Steve Owen, Mgr of Water Production, City of Lincoln, Ballroom 1
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM – MORNING 4TH SESSION – “Current National Water Resources Issues & Activities” presented by Dale Nellor, EVP, National Water Resources Association
11:45 AM – 1:30 PM – LUNCH – “Update on US Bureau of Reclamation Issues & Activities” presented by Aaron Thompson, NE/KS Area Mgr, Staterooms DEF
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