Keynote Speaker

Dr. Robert Mace, Phd
Robert Mace is the Executive Director of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. Robert has over 30 years of experience in water resources and policy. Robert has a B.S. in Geophysics and an M.S. in Hydrology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the University of Texas at Austin. He published a book on groundwater sustainability in 2022 and is currently working on a book about water resources and climate change.
Our Past Keynote Speakers
2025
Dr. Scott W. Tinker
Geological Society of America Fellow
2024
Cynthia Delaney Palomares, P.G.,P.E.
Engineering Geologist and Environmental Engineer
2023
Larry White P.G.,P.E.
National Society of Professional Engineers
2022
Dr. George Veni
Karst hydrogeologist
2019
Dr. Ralph O. Ewers
Eastern Kentucky University
2018
Dr. Todd Halihan
Oklahoma State University
2017
Dr. Thomas Adams
Whitte Museum
2016
Dr. Maureen Muldoon
University of Wisconsin
2015
Dr. Neven Kresic
Amec Foster Wheeler
2014
Dr. Robert Brinkmann
Hofstra University
