Program Agenda
May 8, 2009
Morning Session
8:45 a.m. – Arrival and Coffee
9:00 a.m. – Opening Remarks Chancellor Michael V. Drake
9:15 a.m. – Introduction of Morning Keynote Speaker Wallace Broecker by Susan Trumbore, Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Plenary I
“Using the Past to Predict Future Impacts of Climate Change” Wallace Broecker, Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (View Video)
(bio attached)
10:15 a.m. – Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – Panel & Questions Moderated by Professor Susan Trumbore
"Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Life in the Ocean”
Victoria Fabry, Professor of Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos (View Video)
“Ocean Microbes and Climate Change”
Adam Martiny, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
“Ocean Conveyor and Climate Change”
Francois Primeau, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
“Ice and Sea Level Rise”
Isabella Velicogna Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
12:30 p.m – Hosted Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:30 p.m. – Introduction of Afternoon Keynote Speaker Marcia McNutt by Ellen Druffel, Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Plenary II
“Climate Change: It’s All About the Ocean!”
Marcia McNutt President and Chief Executive Officer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
(View Video)
2:45 p.m. – Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. – Introduction of Joseph L. Sax by Joseph DiMento, Professor of Law and of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine
Plenary III
"The Fate of Shorelands As The Sea Rises: How To Do It Right"
Joseph L. Sax, James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd, Professor of Environmental Regulation, Emeritus University of California, Berkeley (View Video)
3:45 p.m. Panel: Law and Policy
“Can Law Change the Climate?”
Joseph DiMento Professor of Law and of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine
(View Video)
“Climate Change Law: The Practice”
James Dragna, Partner, Bingham, Los Angeles (View Video)
“Science to Action”
Helen Ingram, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine and University of Arizona (View Video)
5:30 p.m. – Wine Reception