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Track</a></btn> </header> <div id="whats-next-for-water" class="grid session_description environment whats-next-for-water"> <h3>Saturday, 8:30 AM</h3> <h2 class="session_header">What's Next for Water?</h2> <div class="speakers"> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#ed-archuleta"> Ed Archuleta </a> </h2> <div class="title">Former President and CEO of El Paso Water Utilities</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#kip-averitt"> Kip Averitt </a> </h2> <div class="title">Former State Senator</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#carlos-rubinstein"> Carlos Rubinstein </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/TWDB_Carlos" target="_blank"> @TWDB_Carlos </a> </div> <div class="title">Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#andrew-sansom"> Andrew Sansom </a> </h2> <div class="title">Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#tom-vaughan"> Tom Vaughan </a> </h2> <div class="title">President of the Rio Grande International Study Center</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#neena-satija-mod"> Neena Satija (mod.) </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/neenareports" target="_blank"> @neenareports </a> </div> <div class="title">Reporter for The Texas Tribune</div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="saving-the-texas-coast" class="grid session_description environment saving-the-texas-coast"> <h3>Saturday, 9:50 AM</h3> <h2 class="session_header">Saving the Texas Coast</h2> <div class="speakers"> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#joe-deshotel"> Joe Deshotel </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/RepJoeDeshotel" target="_blank"> @RepJoeDeshotel </a> </div> <div class="title">State Representative; Chairman of the House Land and Resource Management Committee</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#laura-huffman"> Laura Huffman </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/laurajhuffman" target="_blank"> @laurajhuffman </a> </div> <div class="title">North American Urban Strategies Lead and Texas State Director for The Nature Conservancy</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#garry-mauro"> Garry Mauro </a> </h2> <div class="title">Former Texas Land Commissioner</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#larry-taylor"> Larry Taylor </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/Taylor4Senate" target="_blank"> @Taylor4Senate </a> </div> <div class="title">State Senator; Co-chairman of the Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#cj-wax"> C.J. Wax </a> </h2> <div class="title">Mayor of Rockport</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#helen-young"> Helen Young </a> </h2> <div class="title">Deputy Commissioner of Coastal Resources at the General Land Office</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#david-brown-mod"> David Brown (mod.) </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/DavidBrownKUT" target="_blank"> @DavidBrownKUT </a> </div> <div class="title">Host and Managing Editor of the Texas Standard</div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="the-state-of-agriculture" class="grid session_description environment the-state-of-agriculture"> <h3>Saturday, 11:10 AM</h3> <h2 class="session_header">The State of Agriculture</h2> <div class="speakers"> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#tiffany-dowell"> Tiffany Dowell </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/TiffDowell" target="_blank"> @TiffDowell </a> </div> <div class="title">Assistant Professor at the Texas A&M; University AgriLife Extension</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#blair-fitzsimons"> Blair Fitzsimons </a> </h2> <div class="title">CEO of Texas Agricultural Land Trust</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#tracy-king"> Tracy King </a> </h2> <div class="title">State Representative; Chairman of the House Agriculture and Livestock Committee</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#sid-miller"> Sid Miller </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/MillerForTexas" target="_blank"> @MillerForTexas </a> </div> <div class="title">Former State Representative; 2014 Republican Candidate for Agriculture Commissioner</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#jim-sartwelle"> Jim Sartwelle </a> </h2> <div class="title">Director of Public Policy at the Texas Farm Bureau</div> </div> <div class="speaker cell w-6 "> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#john-reynolds-mod"> John Reynolds (mod.) </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/johnreynoldstt" target="_blank"> @johnreynoldstt </a> </div> <div class="title">Newsletters Editor for The Texas Tribune</div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="texas-vs-the-epa" class="grid session_description environment texas-vs-the-epa"> <h3>Saturday, 1:45 PM</h3> <h2 class="session_header">Texas vs. the EPA</h2> <div class="speakers"> <div class="speaker cell w-6 clear"> <h2> <a href="/web/20150512071645/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/speakers/#myra-crownover"> Myra Crownover </a> </h2> <div class="twitter"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071645/http://www.twitter.com/MyraCrownover" target="_blank"> @MyraCrownover </a> </div> <div class="title">State Representative; 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