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Monday, August 22 <br />9:00-12:30 MMUA Board of Directors <br />12:00-1:20 Check-in for golf tournament <br /> Whitebirch Golf Course <br />12:00-1:20 Check-in for bike ride at MMUA desk <br /> Breezy Point Conference Center <br />1:30 Golf "Best Ball Scramble" Toumament <br /> Whitebirch Golf Course <br />1:30 Paul Bunyan Trail Bike Ride <br />3:00-8:15 Conference Registration <br /> Breezy Point Conference Center <br />5:00 Hotel Check-In <br />6:30-7:30 Welcome Reception -Manna Deck <br />7:30-g:00 Outdoor BBO -Marina Deck <br />Tuesday, August 23 <br />6:30-10:30 Breakfast served -Marina II <br />8:00-8:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks <br />8:15-g:00 Connection Between Sewer & Water <br />Investment and Economic Development <br />Craig Johnson, League of Minnesota Cities <br />9:00-10:00 Strategic Issues Facing Public Power in <br />the Next 10 Years <br />Jeff Torbert, APPA Sr. Vice President <br />10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break <br />10:30-11:30 Effective Governance in a Time of <br />Significant Change <br />Jeff Torbert, APPA Sr. Vice President <br />11:45 Luncheon Speaker <br />Senator Amy Klobuchar (inviter <br />Two Track Options for Afternoon Sessions <br />Track 1 <br />1:00-1:45 What Stiffer WaterlWastewater <br />Standards Will Mean For You <br />Tracy Ekola, SEH <br />1:45-2:30 Minnesota Revenue Recapture Program <br />Karen Carlson, Minnesota Revenue <br />Jeanette Behr, League of MN Cities <br />2:30-3:00 Refreshment Break <br />TfaCk 1 (continued) <br />3:00-3:45 Service Territory Mapping Project <br />Norm Anderson, Land Management <br />Information Center <br />Burl Haar, Minn. Public Utilities Commission <br />3:45-4:30 GIS Applications for Utilities <br />Rebecca L. Blue, SEH <br />Track 2 <br />1:00-1:45 Owatonna Conservation Behavioral <br /> Program, Roger Warhime, Owatonna <br /> Public Utilities <br />1:45-2:30 Waste to Energy Opportunities <br /> Randy Hilliard, Minnesota Agricultural <br /> Utilization Research Institute <br />3:00-3:45 Midwest's Largest Solar Thermal Project <br /> Chip Lederer, Lon Fiedler & Ruth Christensen <br /> TKDA <br />3:45:30 Utility Scale Solar Projects <br /> Tim Lipetzky, Glen Energy Products <br />5:00-7:00 Tradeshow and Reception <br />7:00 Banquet & Awards <br />Wednesday, August 24 <br />6:30-10:30 Breakfast served -Marina II <br />8:00-8:30 MMUA Business Meeting <br />8:30-g:30 Threats & Challenges to the Public Power <br />Business Model <br />Jeff Torbert, APPA Sr. Vice President <br />9:30-10:15 Have You Received a Multiadillion Dollar <br />Wind Fartn as a Charitable Contribution? <br />(A Primer on How it Could Work for You) <br />Robert Olson, Olson Energy Corporation <br />10:30-11:00 The Washington Scene <br />Michael Nolan, MMUA Washington Rep. <br />11:00-11:30 Issues Roundup <br />Jack Kegel, MMUA Executive Director <br />Robert Jagusch, MMUA Energy Services Dir. <br />Mike Willetts, MMUA JTBS Director <br />11:30-12:00 State Legislative Developments <br />Greg Oxley, MMUA GoWt. Relations Director <br />Bill Bladc, MMUA Sr. Govt. Relations Rep. <br />Doug Carnival, Legislative Rep. <br />