GRA is planning the First Annual GSA Summit for June 6-7, 2018 in Sacramento, with a slightly different GRA format to serve as a forum for GSA members to network and connect on technical and policy issues to address SGMA compliance. Summit sessions will have 1–2 topic-focused presentations followed by 4–5 brief “flash” presentations by GSAs to provide information on their approach to addressing each specific topic. Sessions planned for the GSA Annual Summit include:

• Governance – including a keynote presentation by Bill Blomquist, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, and author of “Dividing the Waters”
• Adaptive Management – Operating Under Unknowns
• Stakeholder Engagement Under SGMA
• Coordination – Negotiating Agreements
• Sustainability Criteria – Technical and Policy Decisions
• County and City Roles in SGMA
• Water Markets in SGMA – including a keynote by Ellen Hanak, Director of the Public Policy Institute Water Policy Center, and Senior Fellow with PPIC