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California Water Law Symposium

Navigating the Labyrinth: Managing Conflict in the Bay-Delta
Date: January 31, 2009
Contact: Josh Maltzer
Location: U.C. Hastings, Mary Kay Kane Hall, 200 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA
Cost: General Admission ($40); MCLE Credit (8 hours) ($125); Student ($0).
Seminar Symposium
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time Papers Activity/Topic
08:00 AM   Registration
08:30 AM   Welcome Address
08:45 AM   Opening Remarks: State of the Delta
Richard M. Frank, CA Center for Environmental Law & Policy
09:15 AM A New Vision For the Delta
    Moderator
Brian E. Gray, UC Hastings College of the Law
    Panelist
Richard M. Frank, CA Center for Environmental Law & Policy
    Panelist
Barry Nelson, Natural Resources Defense Council
    Panelist
Judith E. Innes, University of California, Berkeley
    Panelist
Tom Birmingham, Westlands Water District
10:45 AM   BREAK
11:00 AM Supply. Growth & Reliability: Is California's Water Future Sustainable?
    Moderator
David Sandino, California Department of Water Resources, University of San Francisco School of Law
    Panelist
Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California
    Panelist
Adam Kear, Metropolitan Water District
    Panelist
Tom Birmingham, Westlands Water District
12:30 PM   LUNCH
01:00 PM Keynote Address
Justice Ronald B. Robie, Calfornia State Court of Appeal, Third District
02:00 PM   BREAK
02:15 PM Bay-Delta and Water Policy and Emerging Science: Potential Changes at NMFS and Reclamation
    Moderator
Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law
    Panelist
Joseph Schofield, Downey Brand
    Panelist
Doug Obegi, Natural Resources Defense Council
    panelist
Christina Swanson, Bay Institute
    panelist
Christian Marsh, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP
03:45 PM   BREAK
04:00 PM Legal, Scientific and Political Solutions: Mapping Our Way Forward
    Moderator
Tony Rossmann, Boalt Hall
    Panelist
Jay R. Lund, University of California, Davis
    Panelist
Cliff Lee, California Deputy Attorney General
    Panelist
Dan Kelly, Somach, Simmons & Dunn
05:30 PM Closing Remarks
05:45 PM Wine & Cheese Reception
 


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