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Water and Growth: The Imperative for Sustainable Approaches to Uncertainty
Date:
Saturday, January 21, 2012 (All day)
Duration:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
| Symposium Program | ||
| Saturday, January 21, 2012 | ||
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| 08:00 AM | Sign-in and Continental Breakfast |
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| 08:15 AM |  |
Student Session: Water Law 101 Thomas Hicks, Founder, California Water Law Symposium |
| 09:00 AM AUDIO | Welcome Holly Doremus, UC Berkeley School of Law |
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| 09:30 AM AUDIO | Keynote Address (~30 minutes) Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice-Chair, State Water Resources Control Board |
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| 10:15 AM | SESSION 1A: The Central Valley Project – Subsidized Water for California Farmers? (description) | |
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Moderator
John Leshy, UC Hastings College of the Law
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Panelists
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| Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law | ||
| Jason Peltier, Westlands Water District | ||
| Renee Sharp, Environmental Working Group | ||
| David Sunding, Berkeley Water Center, UC Berkeley |
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| 10:15 AM | SESSION 1B: California Water Management Success Stories: The Portfolio Management Approach and Other Advances in Sustainability (description) | |
| VIDEO | |
Moderator Susan Leal, Former General Manger, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission |
| Panelists | ||
| Celeste Cantú, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority | ||
| Jay Lund, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis | ||
| Andrew Sawyer, State Water Resources Control Board |
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| 11:30 AM | Break |
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| 11:45 AM | SESSION 2A: The Water-Energy Nexus: Integrated Water Resource Management (description) | |
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Moderator Steven Weissman, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Panelists | ||
| Martha Davis, Inland Empire Utilities Agency | ||
| Cynthia Truelove, California Public Utilities Commission | ||
| Lorraine White, GEI Consultants |
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| 11:45 AM | SESSION 2B: Achieving Water Sustainability in a Changing Climate (description) | |
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Moderator Richard Frank, California Environmental Law and Policy Center, UC Davis School of Law |
| Panelists | ||
| John Andrew, California Department of Water Resources | ||
| Jay Lund, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis; Public Policy Institute of California | ||
| Michael Tognolini, East Bay Municipal Utility District |
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| 01:00 PM VIDEO | Lunch Special 30-Minute Presentation on the Past, Present, and Future of the Public Trust Doctrine in California by Joseph Sax, UC Berkeley School of Law |
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| 02:00 PM | SESSION 3A: Smart Water Planning for Development and Growth (description) | |
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Moderator David Sandino, Texas Tech University School of Law |
| Panelists | ||
| Sam Brown, Environmental Protection Agency | ||
| James Moose, Remy, Thomas, Moose & Manley LLP | ||
| Christian Marsh, Downey Brand LLP |
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| 02:00 PM | SESSION 3B: Best Practices for Managing California’s Water Banks in the Future: Saving for a (Non)Rainy Day (description) | |
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Moderator Lloyd Carter, California Save Our Streams Council |
| Panelists | ||
| Adam Lazar, Center for Biological Diversity | ||
| Stan Powell, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard | ||
| Frank Wolak, Stanford University |
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| 03:15 PM | Break |
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| 03:30 PM | SESSION 4A: Can California Afford to Declare a Human Right to Clean Drinking Water? (description) | |
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Moderator Tony Rossmann, UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Panelists | ||
| Laurel Firestone, Community Water Center | ||
| Rose Francis, Community Water Center | ||
| Vern Goehring, Food and Water Watch | ||
| Whitnie Henderson, Association of California Water Agencies |
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| 03:30 PM | SESSION 4B: Effective Groundwater Monitoring and Management in California: SBX7-6 as the First Step in the Long Road Ahead (description) | |
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Moderator Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law |
| Panelists | ||
| Nick Jacobs, Somach Simmons & Dunn | ||
| Barry Nelson, Natural Resources Defense Council | ||
| Mary Scruggs, Department of Water Resources |
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| 4:45 PM | Conclusion |
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| 5:00 PM | Reception |
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Costs:
$100 for MCLE Registration (6.75 hours, from UC Berkeley School of Law, an approved State Bar of California MCLE Provider)
$40 for General Registration
$0 for Students w/ current I.D.
Status:
Current
Location:
UC Berkeley School of Law
Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA United States
See map: Google Maps
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