California Water Law Symposium

Seminar Symposium
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Time		Activity/Topic
08:00 AM		Registration
08:30 AM		Welcome
08:45 AM	California Water Management: Subject to change John Andrew, DWR
09:15 AM	Peripheral Canal Debate
		Moderator Tony Rossmann, Boalt
		Speaker Tom Birmingham, Westlands Water District
		Speaker Gary Patton, Planning and Conservation League
		Speaker Jerry Meral
		Speaker Kevin O'Brien, Downey Brand
11:00 AM		Break
11:15 AM		Concurrent Panels Session 1
	Panel A: The Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta: Visioning the Delta's Future
		Moderator Prof. Alice Kaswan, USF School of Law
		Panelist Richard M. Frank, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law
		Panelist Tom Birmingham, Westlands Water District
		Panelist Barry Nelson, Natural Resources Defense Council
	Panel B: California's Water Storage Dilemmas: Instream use, supply & flood prevention
		Moderator Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law
		Panelist Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
		Panelist Stephanie Osler Hastings, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
		Panelist Jay R. Lund, University of California, Davis
12:30 PM		Lunch
01:00 PM	Keynote: Justice Gregory Hobbs Jr.; Colorado Supreme Court Gregory Hobbs Jr., Supreme Court of Colorado
01:45 PM		Break
		Concurrent Panels Series I: The Colorado River
02:00 PM	Panel A: Reforming the Law of the River: part I--presentations
		Moderator John D. Leshy, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
		Panelist Bill Hasencamp, Metropolitan Water District
		Panelist James Lochhead, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
		Panelist Pat Mulroy, Las Vegas Valley Water District
		Panelist Jayne Harkin, Bureau of Reclamation
		Panelist Larry Dozier, Central Arizona Project
03:30 PM		Break
03:45 PM	Panel B: Reforming the Law of the River: part 2--discussion
		Same participants as above

		Concurrent Panels Series II: California Water: Law, Policy, and Management
02:00 PM	Panel A: Adjudicating Water Rights: The Reasonable Use doctrine and climate change adaptation
		Moderator Brian E. Gray, UC Hastings College of the Law
		Panelist Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
		Panelist Dave Sunding, UC Berkeley
		Panelist David Osias, Allen Matkins, LLP for Imperial Irrigation District
		Panelist Thomas Berliner, Duane Morris
03:30 PM		Break
03:45 PM	Panel B: Climate Change and Water Law: Can Californias legal institutions withstand the coming uncertainties?
		Moderator Robert Wilkinson, Bren School of Policy, UCSB
		Panelist Tim Brick, Metropolitan Water District
		Panelist Greg Zlotnick, Santa Clara Valley Water District
		Panelist Gregory Hobbs Jr., Supreme Court of Colorado
		Panelist Tony Rossmann, Rossmann & Moore
05:15 PM		Break
05:30 PM	Closing Remarks: Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata
06:00 PM		Reception