CDI Annual Conference
August 22, 2022 - August 23, 2022
2022 Iowa Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners Annual Conference
August 22 & 23, 2022
REGISTER
Download and fill out this form to register: Registration Form
HOTEL BOOKING INFORMATION
Please call Gateway Hotel Conference Center and reserve your room under “CDI – Conservation Districts of Iowa”: 515-292-8600 *OR* you can click on this link to book online: https://reservations.travelclick.com/2958?groupID=3491658
AGENDA
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Noon Registration Table Opens
3:00 pm CDI Board Meeting
Monday, August 22, 2022
8:00 am Registration and Credentials Tables Open
Exhibits Open – Auction Items Accepted
9:00 am Guest Tour Departs
Welcome from CDI and SSCWQC
CDI Business Meeting
11:30 am Breaks and Exhibits
12:00 pm Lunch – Speaker; Secretary Mike Naig
1:00 pm Break and Exhibits
1:30 pm Afternoon session: Where we are on Water Quality and Quantity in Iowa – Iowa Soybean Association and USGS
2:15 pm Ice Cream Social served by CDI Board – Break and Exhibits
2:45 pm Afternoon session: How can we improve water quality in Iowa? – Catherine DeLong, ISU Extension and Wayne
Fredericks, Farmer from Osage, Iowa
3:30 pm Break and Exhibits
3:45 pm Afternoon session: Water Quantity Improvement Innovation in Iowa – Johnathon Swanson, Polk SWCD and Mary Beth Stevenson, City of Cedar Rapids
4:30 pm Break and Exhibits
4:45 pm NACD Presentation
5:00 pm Social and Exhibits
6:00 pm Awards Banquet – Speaker Larry Weber, Iowa Flood Center
8:00 pm Live Auction
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
7:00 am Breakfast Buffet – Speaker Neil Hamilton, retired Drake Law Professor
8:00 am Break and Exhibits
8:30 am Propelling Conservation through Conversation… An Imagining Session – Commissioners/IDALS General Discussion to explore ways to enhance commissioner’s involvement, ideas to get new people involved with local SWCDs, suggestions to enhance Commissioners/IDALS partnership, and share local best practices for District operations
10:00 am Break and Exhibits
10:30 am Panel Discussion – Partners, NRCS, FSA, IDNR
11:30 am Lunch and District Awards
Speaker NRCS Terry Cosby (invited)
1:00 pm Annual Conference Wrap-up