Program Agenda and Videos
March 4, 2011
Morning Session (View Video)
9:00 a.m. Welcome by Chancellor Michael V. Drake, University of California, Irvine
9:05 a.m.-Protecting and Recovering the Mosaic of California's Marine Ecosystems: A Win-Win Approach for Conservation and Jobs
Elliot Norse, President, Marine Conservation Biology Institute
10:00 a.m.-The Legal Terrain of Coastal Protection
Michael Robinson-Dorn, Moderator, Professor, School of Law, University of California, Irvine
Richard Hildreth, Bernard B. Kliks Professor, Director, Ocean and Coastal Law Center, University of Oregon, Eugene (View Video)
10:45 a.m.-Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.- Policy Terrain for Ocean and Coastal Protection
Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary Ocean and Coastal Policy, Natural Resources Agency, State of California
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11:45 a.m.- Questions for Richard Hildreth and Brian Baird
12:00 p.m.-Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:00 p.m.-Future Visions of Law, Governance and Science for the California Coast
David L. Feldman,-Moderator, Chair, Department of Planning, Policy and Design, Professor, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Margaret Caldwell, Director, Environmental and Natural Resources, Law and Policy Program, Executive Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University Law School (View Video)
Deborah Ann Sivas, Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law, Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Stanford University Law School (View Video)
Gail Osherenko, Project Scientist and Lecturer, Marine Science Institute, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara (View Video)
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:00 p.m.-Citizen Empowerment of Sustainability for the Orange County Coast: Lessons Learned for Challenges Ahead (View Video)
Joseph F.C. DiMento-Moderator, Professor, Schools of Law and Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine
Sunny Jiang, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Toxicology Program, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Michael Mantell, Founder, Resources Law Group
Garry Brown, President and CEO of Orange County Coastkeeper
Paul Horgan, Legal Counsel, Bolsa Chica Land Trust
Chad Nelsen, Environemental Director, Surfrider Foundation
Harry Helling, CEO, Crystal Cove Alliance
Charles Lester-Commentary, Senior Deputy Director for the California Coastal Commission
5:00 p.m. Reception