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Event: Water for Texas 2017, Innovation at Work

The Water for Texas 2017 conference, showcasing water issues, policy and planning as well as innovative scientific and financial solutions to the state's water challenges, will be held Jan. 23-25 in Austin.

by Carol Flake

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What: Water for Texas 2017, Innovation at Work — a conference to discuss water issues, policy and planning as well as innovative scientific and financial solutions to the state's water challenges.

Who: Presented by the Texas Water Development Board. Keynote speakers include: state Comptroller Glenn Hegar; Leroy Chiao, International Space Station commander; Roy Spence, co-founder and chairman of GSD&M; Evan Smith, CEO and co-founder of the Texas Tribune; Andrew Sansom, executive director of the Meadows
 Center for Water and the Environment; state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock; and state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-Brownsville.

When: Jan. 23-25, 2017

Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, 1900 University Ave., Austin

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