Live Keynote Speaker Dr. Robert Mace - 9am Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
Dr. Mace will speak on “Sustainability in Barton Springs and the World” With a special performance on his theremin (an electric musical instrument controlled without physical contact)
This will be a live session starting at 9am with live Q & A.
Barton Springs University is a year-round series of educational events and classroom presentations, highlighted by a full day of outdoor learning and fun at Barton Springs Pool on September 17th. The Barton Springs University day is designed primarily for high school students but includes college students and the general public. It features lectures, hands on activities, an interactive community fair and training by leading academics, professionals, and policy makers on central Texas water science, public policy, history and sustainable living.
Save Barton Creek Association, City of Austin Parks & Recreation, Watershed Protection, Water Utility and Austin Resource Recovery, University of Texas’, Environmental Science Institute, Texas State University, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks & Wildlife