EVENTS

• May 18th, 2023

       Speaker at the Los Angeles Business Council Housing Summit at UCLA. David delivered his remarks as Chair of LABC.

       Location: Los Angeles

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• April 18th, 2023
  Featured speaker at the California Municipal Utilities Association at the 2023 Annual Conference

       Location: Los Angeles

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• September 8th, 2022
  Delivered Chair's remarks and moderated the Water Panel at the Los Angeles Business Council Sustainability Summit

       Location: Los Angeles

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• July 26th, 2022

  Elected as Chair of the Business Advisory Council of the Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent
  Location: Los Angeles

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• July 26th, 2022

       Featured speaker regarding Los Angeles' initiative to attain decarbonization at the National Institute of Sciences conference

       Location: Los Angeles

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• July 21st, 2022

  Featured speaker regarding Clean Water Act at California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance conference
  Location: Los Angeles

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• April 28th, 2022

       Elected as the new Chair of the Los Angeles Business Council, a leading business organization in the City of Los        Angeles

       Location: Los Angeles

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• November 11th, 2021
  Interviewed by the Associated Press on the subject of recycled water in California

       Location: Los Angeles

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• November 4th, 2020

  Elected as Chair of the Watershed Area Steering Committee (Upper LA River) for a second term
  Location: Los Angeles

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• September 21st, 2020

  Moderator of panel on water called “Providing Clean, Affordable Water for Californians” at the Los Angeles Business Council Sustainability Summit
  Location: Los Angeles

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• July 8th, 2020

  Speaker at the Los Angeles Business Council Webinar on water issues in California
  Location: Los Angeles

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• June 28th, 2019

  Speaker at OECD Roundtable on Water Financing
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• April 5th, 2019

  Speaker at the 2019 LABC Sustainability Summit
  Location: Los Angeles

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• December 6th, 2018

  David Nahai is honored at the LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) gala.
  Location:Beverly Hills, California

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• April 20th, 2018

  Panel Moderator at the 12th Annual Los Angeles Business Council Sustainability Summit
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 30th, 2018

  Invited guest of, and participant in, VerdeXchange Water Charrette
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 25th, 2018

  Keynote Speaker at CA-Israel CleanTech Forum
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 19th, 2018

  Featured Speaker at 3rd USC Marshall Innovation Coast Conference
  Location:Culver City, California

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• November 8th, 2017

  Speaker at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and interview of Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa
  Location:Los Angeles

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• November 3rd, 2017

  Speaker at the Mayoral Housing Summit hosted by the Los Angeles Business Council
  Location:Los Angeles

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• November 1st, 2017

  Speaker at Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability
  Location:Los Angeles (UCLA)

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• September 13th, 2017

  Participant in the OECD – WWC Netherlands Roundtable on Financing Water at Israel’s International Water Technology and Environmental Control Event
  Location:Tel Aviv, Israel

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• August 29th, 2017

  Speaker at Sustain OC: Water Solutions 2 Conference
  Location:Orange County, California

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• March 9th, 2017

  Panelist regarding Global Adaptive Solutions at Fulbright Enrichment Seminar
  Location:Los Angeles

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• September 13th, 2016

  Moderator and Speaker at Germany California Water Symposium
  Location:Los Angeles

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• July 6th, 2016

  Speaker on California water and energy markets at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
  Location:Los Angeles

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• June 29th, 2016

  Keynote speaker on the California water markets at the California-Israel Water Conference
  Location:Marina Del Rey, California

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• May 10th, 2016

  Moderator at U.S. China Cleantech Innovation Forum
  Location:Pasadena, California

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• April 29th, 2016

  Speaker at Los Angeles Business Council 2016 Sustainability Summit
  Location:Los Angeles

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• March 31st, 2016

  Attended VIP Tribute to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
  Location:Los Angeles

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• March 2nd, 2016

  Co-Chair and Moderator of California-Israel Water Summit
  Location:Beverly Hills, California

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• January 26th, 2016

  Panelist at VERDEXCHANGE Conference (VX2016)
  Location:Los Angeles

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• November 16th, 2015

  Panelist in a conversation with Vice President Biden, Mayor Garcetti, and other City leaders at the La Kretz Innovation Center. The purpose of the panel was to discuss the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and the environmental economy of the 21st century.
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 12th, 2015

  Panel Moderator at Water Technology & Environment Control Exhibition and Conference
  Location:Tel Aviv, Israel

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• September 25th, 2015

  Speaker regarding the Energy-Water Nexus in California at the 2015 Low Carbon Earth Summit
  Location:Xi’an, China

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• September 2nd, 2015

  Panelist regarding the current California water crisis at the National Council of Jewish Women meeting
  Location:Los Angeles

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• August 22nd, 2015

  Speaker at Westchester-Playa Water Forum and Expo
  Location:Los Angeles

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• May 26th, 2015

  Speaker at Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability 3rd Month Forum
  Location:Los Angeles

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• April 30th, 2015

  Moderator at Navigating the American Carbon World conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• April 24th, 2015

  Speaker at Los Angeles Business Council 2015 Sustainability Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• March 20th, 2015

  Panelist on California Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation
  Location:Las Virgenes Municipal Water District

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• March 13th, 2015

  Featured Speaker at Leadership Southern California 2015 Seminar
  Location:Los Angeles

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• March 12th, 2015

  Featured Speaker at the USC Gould School of Law 2015 Real Estate Law and Business Forum
  Location:University of Southern California

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• March 4th, 2015

  Featured Speaker at the 2015 EOH Technical Symposium on “Drinking Water Policy in California: Environmental & Occupational Health Aspects”
  Location:University of California at Northridge

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• October 6th, 2014

  Moderator of the water and energy panels at the Los Angeles Cleantech Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• September 22nd, 2014

  Speaker at the Low Carbon Earth Summit
  Location:Qingdao, China

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• September 17th, 2014

  David Nahai is honored by Climate Resolve at its 2nd Annual L.A.’s Great Future Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Reception.
  Location:Los Angeles

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• June 17th, 2014

  Speaker at Native Nations Conference (Speech entitled, “Implementing Renewable Energy Projects: Creating an Effective Timeline from Initial Concept to Ribbon Cutting”)
  Location:Anaheim, California

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• May 20th, 2014

  Speaker at EUCI Conference regarding Renewable Energy Development on Tribal Lands
  Location:Scottsdale, Arizona

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• May 18th, 2014

  David Nahai is honored by social justice organization, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice.
  Location:Los Angeles

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• April 30th, 2014

  Speaker at The Milken Institute’s Global Conference regarding The California-Israel Innovation Project
  Location:Los Angeles

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• April 25th, 2014

  Moderator at Los Angeles Business Council’s 8th Annual Sustainability Summit
  Location:Los Angeles

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• April 18th, 2014

  Speaker at 8th Annual Golden West College Peace Conference
  Location:Huntington Beach, California

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• March 21st, 2014

  Speaker at SB 535 Workshop: Investment Justice and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
  Location:University of California at Los Angeles

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• March 8th, 2014

  Speaker at 2014 California Democrats State Convention
  Location:Los Angeles

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• March 5th, 2014

  Speaker at the Iranian American Society of Engineers and Architects
  Location:Irvine, California

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• March 5th, 2014

  Attended signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and California
  Location:Mountain View, California

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• February 26th, 2014

  Panelist in discussion following screening of the film “Last Call at the Oasis”
  Location:Santa Monica, California

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• February 21st, 2014

  Panelist at Urban Water Institute Spring Conference
  Location:Palm Springs, California

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• February 20th, 2014

  Panelist at event entitled, “Creative Solutions to Addressing Climate Change in Los Angeles”
  Location:Los Angeles

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• February 6th, 2014

  Panel Moderator at conference entitled, “Solar Energy in Inland Southern California: The Future is Now”
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 17th, 2014

  Speaker at US – China Clean Tech Center Partnership Meeting
  Location:University of California at Los Angeles

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• January 16th, 2014

  Panelist at conference entitled, “The Salton Sea: Engaging in the Private Sector in a Healthy Future”
  Location:La Quinta, California

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• January 13th, 2014

  Panelist at United States – Australian Dialogue on Water Conference
  Location:University of California at Los Angeles

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• November 20th, 2013

  Speaker at the Water and Wastewater Policy Forum on Capitol Hill
  Location:Washington D.C.

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• November 12th, 2013

  Keynote speaker at the Water Reliability Forum
  Location:Los Angeles, California

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• November 4th, 2013

  Speaker and Moderator at the Cleantech LA Global Showcase
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 30th, 2013

  Guest Speaker at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability regarding the Los Angeles Water Supply
  Location:University of California at Los Angeles

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• October 30th, 2013

  Speaker for webinar entitled “Renewable Energy Case Studies: Tribal and Developer Perspectives”
  Location:Online

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• October 24th, 2013

  Speaker at Native American Construction and Real Estate Development Conference
  Location:Cabazon, California

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• October 17th, 2013

  Honoree at the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration.
  Location:Santa Monica, California

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• October 4th, 2013

  Speaker at the Southern California Energy Summit
  Location:Palm Springs, California

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• September 23rd, 2013

  Speaker at the Low Carbon Earth Summit
  Location:Xian, China

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• August 27th, 2013

  Keynote speaker at Young Professionals in Energy Networking Event
  Location:Los Angeles, California

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• July 28th, 2013

  Panelist at film screening of “The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?”
  Location:Los Angeles, California

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• July 22nd, 2013

  Speaker at the Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. Conference
  Location:San Diego, California

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• May 20th, 2013

  Speaker at Sixth Annual Energy Projects in Indian Country Conference
  Location:Las Vegas, Nevada

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• May 4th, 2013

  Keynote speaker at CREST (California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology) conference
  Location:California State University at Northridge

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• March 28th, 2013

  Moderator at conference entitled, “America’s Water in a Global Context”
  Location:New York

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• October 29th, 2012

  Speaker at seminar entitled, “Water Supply Management for Power Generation”
  Location:Denver, Colorado

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• October 17th, 2012

  Moderator of panel entitled, “A Showcase of Completed Renewable Energy Projects”
  Location:Midwest Native American Economic Development Conference in Chicago

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• October 10th, 2012

  Featured Speaker at the UCLA Water Resources Student Group
  Location:Los Angeles

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• August 26th, 2012

  Recipient of Political Leadership Award from the Sierra Club
  Location:Los Angeles

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• August 15th, 2012

  Panelist at Southern California Sustainability Forum
  Location:Long Beach, California

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• June 15th, 2012

  Featured Speaker at Southern California Israel Chamber of Commerce Meeting entitled,”The Future of Water in Southern California – What Can Israel’s Experience Show Us?”
  Location:Los Angeles

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• May 22nd, 2012

  Speaker at Fifth Annual Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country Conference
  Location:Scottsdale, Arizona

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• April 27th, 2012

  Speaker at the 2012 Los Angeles Business Council Annual Sustainability Summit
  Location:Los Angeles (Getty Center)

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• March 29th, 2012

  Speaker at the 28th Annual San Bernardino City/County Conference
  Location: Lake Arrowhead Resort

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• March 16th, 2012

  Panelist at special legislative hearing convened by Assemblymember Perez on renewable energy developments
  Location:El Centro, California

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• March 15th, 2012

  Speaker at Imperial Valley Economic Development Conference
  Location:Holtville, California

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• January 31st, 2012

  Radio Green Talk Interview (together with Senator Alan Lowenthal) with Diana Dehm
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 27th, 2012

  Featured Speaker at UCLA Water Summit
  Location:Japanese-American Museum, Los Angeles

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• January 24th, 2012

  Speaker at Verdexchange Conference
  Location:Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles

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• January 24th, 2012

  KPFK radio interview with Howard Blume
  Location:Los Angeles

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• December 7th, 2011

  Keynote Speaker at the Iranian American Society of Engineers & Architects Meeting
  Location: Irvine, California

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• November 14th, 2011

  Panelist at CLEANVEST Summit
  Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

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• November 11th, 2011

  Speaker at the Opportunity Green Business Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 20th, 2011

  Speaker at 10th Annual LA County Tech Week Symposium
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 18th, 2011

  Keynote Speaker at the High Level Networking Dinner of the Water Environment Federation?s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• September 16th, 2011

  Speaker at the Building Water Awareness Summit at the United Nations
  Location:United Nations

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• September 14th, 2011

  Speaker at Los Angeles County Bar Association Meeting
  Location:Los Angeles

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• August 26th, 2011

  Keynote Speaker at the San Bernardino County Water Conference
  Location:San Bernardino, CA

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• July 28th, 2011

  Featured guest speaker on Radio Green Talk
  Location:www.RadioGreenTalk.com

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• July 25th, 2011

  Participant at Governor Brown’s Local Energy Generation Resource Conference
  Location:UCLA

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• June 21st, 2011

  Featured Speaker at the Fourth Annual Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country Conference
  Location:Anaheim, California

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• May 16th, 2011

  Panel Speaker at 4th Annual Imperial Valley Renewable Energy Summit & Expo 2011
  Location:Winterhaven, California

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• February 18th, 2011

  Featured Speaker, UCLA School of Public Affairs Day
  Location:UCLA

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• January 24th, 2011

  Speaker at VerdeXchange Green Marketmakers Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• January 20th, 2011

  Panelist at KNX’s Business Breakfast, entitled “The Business of Going Green”
  Location:Los Angeles Convention Center

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• December 13th, 2010

  Presenter at Conference entitled “A Future of Less Water and More People: Solutions for a Water Constrained World”
  Location:San Francisco

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• December 11th, 2010

  Invited Panelist to Judge Business Plan Presentations at the UCLA Anderson School of Management 2010 Global Access Program
  Location:UCLA Anderson School of Management

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• November 17th, 2010

  Keynote Speaker at Lambda Alpha Luncheon
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 14th, 2010

  Keynote Speaker at School Symposium
  Location:Downey, California

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• October 10th, 2010

  Special Guest Speaker at 2010 Sustainability Summit
  Location:Los Angeles

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• October 5th, 2010

  Speaker at Los Angeles Business Council Solar Leadership Roundtable
  Location: Los Angeles

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• July 23rd, 2010

  Speaker at California Municipal Utilities Association Meeting
  Location: Sacramento, California

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• June 17th, 2010

  Featured Speaker at Congressional Water Caucus Event
  Location:Washington D.C.

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• June 3rd, 2010

  Featured Speaker and Moderator at The Israel Conference
  Location:Los Angeles

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• May 21st, 2010

  Keynote Speaker at California Capital Summit
  Location:Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

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• May 20th, 2010

  Keynote speech at plenary session of SERCAL (the California Society for Ecological Restoration)
  Location:SERCAL

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• May 4th, 2010

  Speech regarding Water Supply Issues
  Location:UCLA

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• May 2nd, 2010

  Keynote speech at Women’s League Conference
  Location:Orange County

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• April 24th, 2010

  Keynote speech
  Location:Chapman University