Besides the panel of old-timers, the conference will offer an array of speakers, some of them local university experts and environmentalists and some nationally known. A Guide for Planners, Policymakers and Citizens and head of the Waterways Restoration Institute in Berkeley, gives a keynote address at 11 a.m. Saturday. The author of the just published Birth of the Cool , he'll also do a book signing. A reception with no-host bar goes from 5 to 8 p.m., livened up by the music of the Santa Cruz River Band. Directors of 15 different river projects will do a poster session during the reception.
Free breakfast is offered.
At 9 a.m. is slide presentation of the Santa Cruz today, followed by a panel discussion that will include John Jones, the city's point man for the Rio Nuevo project. The day continues with panel and roundtable discussions, with Riley giving her speech at 11. A free lunch is served at noon. Carpooling is encouraged and maps will be provided. Picnickers will tour the archaeological excavations.