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November 18-21, 2014
Swissotel Chicago
Tuesday, November 18
9:00am
Registration Opens
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11:30am
Summit Opening Luncheon
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Today, global demands for food, energy and shelter are putting
unprecedented pressure on the resources of the planet. Water is at
the heart of this challenge. Achieving water security while
protecting invaluable biodiversity requires solutions at an
unprecedented scale. To have impact, the time has come to adopt
new approaches, work with and through private sector partners,
mobilize capital, and influence policy at scale.
Welcome Remarks: Mark Tercek, President and CEO, The Nature
Conservancy
Opening Address: Giulio Boccaletti, Global Managing Director, Water, The
Nature Conservancy and Heather Tallis, Lead Scientist, The Nature
Conservancy
1:00pm
Break
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1:30pm
Plenary: The Role of Conservation in the Global Water Challenge
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The Nature Conservancy has 60 years of individual conservation
projects around the world that demonstrate methods of securing
water and protecting our great rivers. In this panel, we will explore
how the Conservancy can, working with partners, leverage
expertise to scale conservation work around the world. This panel
will also highlight the scale of the water challenge in Africa, Asia
Pacific, Latin America and North America.
Moderator: Brian McPeek, Chief Conservation Officer, The Nature
Conservancy
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Colin Apse, Freshwater Director, Africa Region, The Nature
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Zhu Le, Director, China Freshwater, The Nature Conservancy
Hugo Alberto Contreras, Director, Water Security, Latin America,
The Nature Conservancy
Michael Reuter, Director, North America Freshwater, The Nature
Conservancy
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Plenary: Scaling Solutions
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What does it mean to talk about solutions at scale? Join experts
from around the world to discuss approaches to scale. What does it
take to make change happen on a planetary scale? What can we
learn from efforts that have endeavored to work through the
logistics, product development, and marketing of having impact
beyond the demonstration project?
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Moderator: Lois Quam, Chief Operating Officer, The Nature Conservancy
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Snehal Desai, Global Business Director, The Dow Chemical
Company
Brett Jenks, CEO, Rare
Usha Rao-Monari, CEO, Global Water Development Partners,
Blackstone Portfolio Company
Martin Stuchtey, Director, McKinsey Global Center, Business &
Environment, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Urban Water Blueprint Launch
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A new report issued by The Nature Conservancy, in partnership
with C40 and the International Water Association, analyzed the
state of water in over 500 cities around the world and the 2,000
watersheds on which they depend. The report provides insight on
natural infrastructure solutions that cities can use to better manage
limited water supplies and promote sustainable communities. Hear
directly from the report’s authors and those impacted by current
water scarcity issues about how cities should be thinking about
their future water today. The report was funded by Ecolab through
its Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities, and Starwood Foundation.
Featured Speaker: Tim Mulhere, Executive VP & President of Global Water
& Process Services, Ecolab
Report Overview: Daniel Shemie, Director, Water Funds, The Nature
Conservancy and Rob McDonald, Senior Urban Scientist, The Nature
Conservancy
Moderator: Giulio Boccaletti, Global Managing Director, Water, The
Nature Conservancy
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Seth Schultz, Director of Research, C40 Cities Climate Leadership
Group
Tom Williams, Programmes Director, International Water
Association
Laura McCarthy, Director of Conservation Programs, The Nature
Conservancy in New Mexico
Welcome Reception Featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel:
Celebrating Conservation Approaches to Securing Water for Cities
Join the Conservancy as we celebrate the launch of our Urban
Water Blueprint that showcases the approach the Conservancy is
proposing to help cities secure water.
Welcome: Michelle Carr, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Illinois
Featured Speaker: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Wednesday, November 19
7:00am
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Building Our Water Portfolio: A Historic Look at TNC’s Water
Program (breakfast buffet available until 8:10am; remarks begin at
8:15am)
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Join TNC’s Global Water Chief Scientist Brian Richter for a look at
how the Conservancy has protected and secured water over the
past 60 years and how our work has led to current global strategies
for great rivers and securing water.
8:45am
Securing Water (SW) Opening Panel: Implementing Conservation
at Scale: where have we had success?
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Population growth, rapidly increasing urbanization and
consumption, an expanding global middle class, climate change and
other challenges are stretching already stressed water supplies—
putting lives, ecosystems and economic development at risk. In the
face of these challenges, examples exist where conservation
solutions have been implemented at scale to balance economic,
environmental, and social needs. This panel will discuss several
water solutions that have been implemented at scale spanning
different regions, sectors, and actors focusing on what works and
what obstacles need to be overcome.
Moderator: Adam Freed, Consultant, Bloomberg Associates
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Vidal Garza Cantú, Director, Femsa Servicios
Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature
Conservancy
Craig Knowles, Chairman, Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Aaron Koch, Commissioner for Sustainability, City of Chicago
Department of Water Management (former Senior Policy Advisor,
New York City Mayor's Office)
Great Rivers (GR) Opening Panel: Solutions for System-wide
Impact
Infrastructure development and land uses often focus on single
sector needs, resulting in impacts to other sectors and a broad
range of stakeholders, inefficient and costly management, and
limited abilities to adapt to changing situations and needs.
Integrated approaches to water resource management engage
corporations, governments, NGOs, and communities in developing
management solutions. Collectively, these entities implement
solutions that integrate traditional and natural infrastructure to
meet a range of freshwater ecosystem challenges. New technical,
management, and partnership solutions are being created and
tested.
Moderator: Jonathan Higgins, Director of Conservation, Global Water, The
Nature Conservancy
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Gerry Galloway, Glenn L. Martin institute Professor of
Engineering, University of Maryland
Kim Lutz, Director, Connecticut River Program, The Nature
Conservancy
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Jeff Opperman, Director, Sustainable Hydropower Strategy, The
Nature Conservancy
Robert Pietrowsky, Director, IWR & ICIWaRM U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
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Break
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10:30am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(SW) Source Water Protection: Rapid Urbanization
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Cities are at the center of the global water crisis. Currently, over
half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, cities will
become home to roughly 2 billion more people and 70% of the
global population, with much of this growth occurring in regions
already experiencing water scarcity, with inadequate water
systems, and/or facing significant climate risks. The way cities are
designed, built and operated in the coming decades will have a
tremendous impact on the watersheds on which they rely. This
panel will bring together experts on cities, urban infrastructure,
conservation, and finance to discuss the challenges and
opportunities for cities and natural systems.
Moderator: Daniel Shemie, Director, Water Funds, The Nature
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Hugo Alberto Contreras, LAR Securing Water Director, The
Nature Conservancy
Boniface Mwaniki, Deputy Technical Manager, Kenya Water
Resources Management Authority
Edwin Piñero, Senior VP for Sustainability and Public Affairs,
Veolia North America
Louise Stafford, Programme Manager Invasive Species, City of
Cape Town
Terry Gallagher, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Nalco,
an Ecolab Company
(SW) Water Markets: Enabling Conditions
In many regions, meeting water needs will require increased
efficiency and a re-allocation of water use among existing users,
such as exchanges between cities and farms, or between farms and
ecosystems. Water markets offer a concrete opportunity to
incentivize water conservation and rearrange the allocation of
water and exist in some form in the Western U.S., Mexico, Chile,
South Africa, and Australia. This panel will explore the enabling
legal, financial, hydrological, and political conditions needed to
develop functioning water markets that protect economic and
environmental interests.
Moderator: Brian Richter, Chief Scientist, Global Water Program, The
Nature Conservancy
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Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature
Conservancy
Craig Knowles, Chairman, Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Clay Landry, Managing Director, WestWater Research
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JD Strong, Executive Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
(GR) Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Teaching an Old Dog New
Tricks: restoring rivers by improving the performance of dams
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This panel will explore a range of solutions that can be
implemented at the scale of individual dams, including
environmental flow releases, passage of fish and sediment, and
environmental and social mitigation programs. These interventions
are building blocks of the strategies aimed at achieving sustainable
water management at the scale of river basins, regions, and
countries. The panel will discuss what is working and what is
necessary to scale up the most effective solutions, including
incorporation into infrastructure design.
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Moderator: Jeff Opperman, Director, Sustainable Hydropower Strategy,
The Nature Conservancy
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Jean Michel Devernay, Hydropower specialist, former Chief
Technical Specialist, World Bank
David Harrison, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
Eloise Kendy, Senior Freshwater Scientist, The Nature
Conservancy North America Program
Zhu Le, Director, China Freshwater, The Nature Conservancy
Li Yingsheng, CEO of the Brazil subsidiary of China Three Gorges
Corporation
(GR) Freshwater Conservation at the Land-Water Interface: what
is working?
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Many approaches are being developed, tested, and applied to
address land use and development impacts to freshwater
ecosystems and services for application at multiple sites. The panel
will highlight and discuss a suite of approaches being implemented
at the land-water interface to address multiple needs and
adaptations for multi-site use. Examples will address approaches
ranging from agricultural best management practices to reduce
sediment and nutrient loading, to floodplain restoration and
management, to strategic land protection activities.
Moderator: Patrick Doran, Director of Conservation, The Nature
Conservancy in Michigan
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Rebecca Flora, Sustainable Communities Practice Leader, Ecology
& Environment, Inc.
Fred Kihara, Director, Nairobi Water Fund, The Nature
Conservancy
Fred Kizito, Senior Scientist, Soils, Water and Landscapes,
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Todd Strole, Associate Director Floodplain Management, The
Nature Conservancy
Jennifer Tank, Galla Professor of Ecology, Notre Dame University
Great Lakes Lunch Sponsored by ArcelorMittal
Water Wins: Success and Innovation at Scale in the Great Lakes
luncheon will celebrate the cultural, economic and environmental
importance of the world’s largest freshwater system, and showcase
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The Nature Conservancy’s work at scale in the Great Lakes basin.
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Welcome: Josh Knights, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Ohio
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Remarks:
• Michelle Carr, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Illinois
• Jim Howe, Chapter Director, Central and Western New York
• Helen Taylor, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Michigan
• Mary Jean Huston, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in
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Introduction: ArcelorMittal
Keynote Address: Peter Annin, Managing Director of the Global Change
Initiative, University of Notre Dame and author of The Great Lakes Water
Wars
1:45pm
Break
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(SW) Source Water Protection: Increasing Demand and Risk
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Increasing urban populations, energy consumption, demand for
food, and global consumption (projected to double to more than
$60 trillion/year) are driving global water consumption to double
every 20 years at a time when climate change is putting many of
our water resources at risk. The CDP estimates that “business as
usual” water management practices will put at risk 45% of the
projected global GDP in 2050. This panel will bring together
corporate and agricultural water users and experts to discuss the
risks posed by declining water systems and innovative solutions to
increase water efficiency and ensure the long-term health and
sustainability of water sources.
Moderator: Kari Vigerstol, Water Stewardship Lead, The Nature
Conservancy
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Kate Brauman, Lead Scientist, University of Minnesota
Chris Gould, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Chief Sustainability
Officer, Exelon Corporation
Jerry Lynch, Chief Sustainability Officer, General Mills
Kim Marotta, Director of Sustainability, MillerCoors
Rick Twait, Superintendent of Water Purification, City of
Bloomington, IL
(SW) Water Markets: Sustainable Financing
While over $60 billion is spent annually on water supply
infrastructure, only a small portion of this is dedicated to source
water protection or investments in natural infrastructure. To scale
up the use of conservation-based strategies, we must increase the
size and types of funding available for conservation. Private
capital—particularly impact capital—offers an attractive
opportunity to accelerate the pace and scale of conservation. This
panel will bring together bankers, philanthropists, and conservation
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specialists working on impact capital to discuss what it is, what it
isn’t, and how and where it can best be used.
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Moderator: Lauren Ferstandig, Director of Product Development, The
Nature Conservancy
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Disque Dean, Co-Founder, Water Asset Management
Mark Peacock, Director, Impact Investing, Social Ventures
Australia
Camilla Seth, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase
(GR) Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Basin-Scale Solutions
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To achieve sustainable river basin management at the scale needed
to protect and restore the world's rivers collaborative efforts
around the globe are building on past experience and seeking
system-scale solutions for improving the sustainability of water
infrastructure. These include 'hydropower by design' (system-scale
hydropower planning), regional environmental flow policies, and
building the mitigation hierarchy into environmental licensing
policies. This panel will explore what is necessary in terms of
technology, protocols, and financial incentives to achieve solutions
at the basin scale.
Moderator: David Harrison, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
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Michele DePhilip, Director of Conservation Programs, The Nature
Conservancy in Pennsylvania
Victor Morales, Director of the Veracruz Office at Mexico’s
Federal Electricity Commission
Cameron Ironside, Sustainability Director, International
Hydropower Association
Joshua Royte, Conservation Planner, The Nature Conservancy
Jessica Wilkinson, Senior Policy Advisor, Mitigation, The Nature
Conservancy
(GR) Freshwater Conservation at the Land-Water Interface: how
do we go to scale?
In today’s world, site-based conservation remains vital, but in order
to solve major freshwater challenges resulting from increasing
development and resource use, solutions must be translatable and
implemented at scales appropriate to adequately address the
challenges. This panel will discuss incentivizing, financing, policies
and practices, and leading the implementation of conservation
practices “at scale”.
Moderator: George Schuler, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature
Conservancy in New York
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Larry Clemens, North American Agriculture Program Director, The
Nature Conservancy
Kris Johnson, Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Jonathan Radtke, Director, Water Sustainability, Coca-Cola North
America
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3:30pm
Break
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Closing Plenary Securing Water (SW) – Where Are We Heading?
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Join global experts on a variety of water and conservation issues for
a discussion on where we are heading and the challenges we face.
Discussions will highlight locations with heavily polluted water and
those facing the challenges caused by the projected doubling of the
world’s food production. The discussion will be moderated by a
leading water journalist.
Moderator: Peter Annin, Managing Director of the Global Change
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Initiative, University of Notre Dame and author of The Great Lakes Water
Wars
• Burak Cakmak, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility,
Swarovski
• Dr. Liese Dallbauman, Global Director Water Stewardship,
PepsiCo
• Gary Lawrence, Corporate Vice President, Chief Sustainability
Officer, AECOM
• Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Senior Associate Director, Rockefeller
Foundation
Closing Plenary Great Rivers (GR) – Integrated Management
Approaches: are we heading in the right directions?
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Join global experts for a discussion on where we are heading, the
challenges we face, and our opportunities for changes to practices
to achieve integration and results at appropriate scales. Topics will
include assessing gaps in needed solutions and integrated
approaches for infrastructure and land development and
management, and opportunities for policy, finance and corporate
practices to achieve broader implementation.
Moderator: Michael Reuter, Director, North America Freshwater, The
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Juan Carlos Franco, Director of Fundacion Mario Santo Domingo
Paul Rohde, Vice President, Waterways Council, Inc
Lynn Scarlett, Managing Director, Public Policy, The Nature
Conservancy
Brian Stranko, California Water Program Director, The Nature
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Travel to Art Institute of Chicago
Meet at Event Center Entrance
“Entertainment as a Conservation Strategy”
The Art Institute of Chicago
This event will showcase the importance of communicating the
water challenge to the world through film. Conference attendees
and VIP guests will view recent productions that highlight the
importance of water to both people and nature as well as hear
perspectives from the companies and individuals that
commissioned their production.
Welcome Remarks: Mario D’Amico, Chief Marketing Officer, The Nature
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Moderator: Geof Rochester, Managing Director, The Nature Conservancy
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Dave Allen, Executive Producer, Passion Planet
Jamie Redford, Chairman, The Redford Center
Eric Valli, Photographer/Film Director, Swarovski
Global Water Summit Gala Dinner
Griffin Court
The Art Institute of Chicago
After the panel event, join The Nature Conservancy President &
CEO Mark Tercek and special guest Ken Powell, Chairman & CEO
General Mills along with high profile supporters of the Conservancy
for dinner at the Art Institute. Evening programing will highlight the
role our stakeholders play in helping scale solutions to address the
global water challenge.
Thursday, November 20
7:30am
Breakfast (available until 8:30am)
8:00am
Practice Area Meetings (Internal TNC) each practice area meeting
lead will confirm specific start time and morning break
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Agriculture, Water and Livelihoods
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Sustainable Hydropower
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Water Funds
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Water Markets
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Morning Break
11:00am
Practice Area Meetings Continue
1:00pm
Closing Session and Lunch
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Friday, November 21 – Field Trip
6:30am –
9:00am
Chicago River Boat Tour (breakfast included)
Meet in the Swissotel Lobby by 6:20am. Bus departs promptly at 6:30am.
The Chicago Boat tour will provide an opportunity to view the upper Chicago Area Waterway
System (CAWS) and view first hand some of the issues and challenges the region faces in restoring
the natural separation between the Lake Michigan (Great Lakes) and the Mississippi River
basin. Participants will get a close up look at the Chicago River and confluence of the north and
south branches of the river as well as Chicago’s Lake Michigan water front and the associated
infrastructure used to maintain canal water levels, locks and control flooding -- all of this against
the backdrop of downtown Chicago’s famed architecture.
The tour will be co-led by Dan Injerd, Lake Michigan Programs Section Manager for the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources and Michelle Carr, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in
Illinoi.
9:00am –
2:00pm
Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Plant Tour (lunch included)
If you are registered to attend the MWRD tour but are NOT attending the river boat tour, please be in the
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lobby of the Swissotel no later than 8:40am. A chartered bus will be picking up guests promptly at 8:40am
to head to the MWRD tour.
This private tour of the MWRD’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant will explore the management
of the Chicago region’s water supply, sewage and storm water. In recent years, the Illinois
chapter has been working with MWRD and other partners on issues related to Aquatic Invasive
Species and the ecological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. TNC has
lent our scientific expertise to MWRD’s engineering expertise with outcomes that we hope will
significantly contribute to proactive interim solutions to combat Asian carp and invasive species in
general.
Additional tour information:
1. Each person will need to present a photo ID on the day of the tour
2. For safety, long pants and sturdy shoes are required (no shorts, dresses, sandals or heels)
3. The tour will be both indoors and outdoors and involve a considerable amount of
walking, including stairs
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