TUESDAY, DEC. 3
Keynote Speaker - David Horsager, Trust Edge Leadership Institute
Trust Matters More than Ever; Driving Conservation Results Through Trust
2024
Keynote Sponsor
David Horsager is a bestselling author and a Minnesota native armed with a Doctorate of Leadership from Bethel University. He speaks globally on issues related to trust and its impact on retention, productivity and ultimately the success of organizations.
His profound understanding of trust dynamics, proven strategies, and data-driven insights, will leave you inspired and armed with actionable strategies to build trust, empower your teams, foster strong relationships, and achieve unparalleled results.
As SWCDs continue to build relationships with each other and ultimately with our clients—private landowners—our efforts at building and maintaining trust are critical to the success of our collective natural resource conservation efforts.
Plenary Session - Chris Hain, NASA Applied Sciences, Water Resources Associate Program Manager
Christopher Hain has played a significant role in the development of the Atmosphere Land Exchange Inverse (ALEXI) model that is currently used to monitor continental evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and drought.
Dr. Hain collaborates with a number of national and international scientists in the fields of hydrology, land-surface interactions and water resources.
This session will provide an overview of current and emerging technology at NASA and opportunities for application in the work of conservation districts and NRCS field offices. Existing and future collaborations with USDA will be discussed as they pertain to hydrology and groundwater level monitoring, land-surface interactions, and water resources. NASA’s applied sciences team is part of their Earth Science Division, using unique global observations from space, air, sea and land to help us better understand the planet’s interconnected systems.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
Plenary Session - Panel Discussion with Clean Water Council Members
Hear from Clean Water Council members about the Council’s role with developing budget recommendations to the legislature on Clean Water Fund spending, budget priorities going into the next biennium, and the critical role SWCDs play in implementation efforts such as Watershed-Based Implementation Funding (WBIF)
