David Hill
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Company: University of Lethbridge
Position: Director, Centres and Institutes and Research Advocacy Presentation: Discovering the Possible: Tools for Collaborative Learning and Improved Outcomes |
| In September 2012 David Hill was appointed as the inaugural Director of Centres and Institutes and Research Advocacy for the University of Lethbridge. In his role within the office of Research and Innovation Services David assists university research institutes and centres to be successful in meeting their goals and objectives, in finding new opportunities for trans-disciplinary collaboration between centres and institutes and between the University of Lethbridge and other national and international research universities and organizations. He also seeks for opportunities to mobilize knowledge and expertise so as to increase the impact of research outcomes to the community, business and the province. Prior to joining the university, David was the Executive Director for Water Resources with Alberta Innovates-Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES). He has almost 40 years experience in water and natural resource management in Alberta, crossing the broadest spectrum of water issues and water companies. David has taken a lead role in the development of tools, policies and processes to promote increased water use efficiency in the agricultural sector, and has been a founding member of a number of regionally based water stakeholder organizations. He has led public-private sector research initiatives and collaborated on international water research and policy. David was a member of the Alberta Water Council from its inception in 2003 until joining the University of Lethbridge, representing first irrigated agriculture and has been representing the science and research community since the fall of 2007. David is the Water Policy Co-Chair for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, is a member of the Canadian Water Network’s Canadian Municipal Water Consortium, a member of the Board of Directors of Inside Education, a member of the Board of Directors of the TEC Fund Limited Partnership (Edmonton) and has been a participant of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy (University of California, Berkeley) since 2004. He is the Past-President of the Canadian Committee on Irrigation and Drainage and is a former member of national Board of Directors of the Canadian Water Resources Association. David has also served on Alberta’s Endangered Species Conservation Committee, the Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Council and was an advisory member of the Board of Directors for the Northwest Irrigation Operators Inc. in Boise, Idaho for 5 years. David is committed to finding proactive evidence-based solutions to priority issues in Alberta, with a focus on rapid step changes to allow Alberta to secure a world-leading position in the research, science and policy domains. | |
