Program Agenda and Videos
November 9, 2012
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 a.m. Welcome by Joseph F.C. DiMento, Professor of Law and Planning, Board Member-Newkirk Center for Science and Society, UCI
CLEANR Disaster Law Lecture Series Keynote Speaker:
The Role of Trusts in Disaster Response: Lessons from the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
9:15 a.m. - Kent Syverud, Dean, Washington University School of Law (View Video)
10:00 a.m.- Coffee Break
Offshore Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Alejandro Camacho, Moderator, Professor, UCI School of Law, Director-UCI Law Center for Land, Environment, & Natural Resources
10:15 a.m.- The Role of Private Litigation in Addressing Offshore Drilling
James Dragna, Bingham, (View Video)
10:55 a.m.- Potential Ecological Effects of Offshore Drilling
Robert Haddad, Chief, Assessment & Restoration Division, Office of Response & Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (View Video)
11:30 a.m.- The Role of Law in Disaster Planning, Management and Response
Mark Templeton, Professor and Director of Environmental Law Clinic, University of Chicago Law School (View Video)
12:15 p.m.-Lunch
Offshore Drilling in the Arctic and Beyond
Michael Robinson-Dorn, Moderator, Clinical Professor, UCI School of Law, Director-Environmental Law Clinic
1:15 p.m.- The Status of Arctic Environmental Governance
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Professor, UCI School of Law (View Video)
1:35 p.m.- The Regulatory Process of Offshore Drilling
Jaron Ming, Regional Director at Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (View Video)
2:15 p.m. Coffee Break
2:35 p.m.- Moving Forward: Science, Preparedness, and Private Extraction of Public Resources
Michael LeVine, Pacific Senior Counsel, OCEANA (View Video)
Panel Discussion of The Challenges of Understanding Scientific Certainty and Uncertainty in the Science of Glacier Melt, Early Snowmelt, and Sea Level Rise.
3:15 p.m. - Open Policy Forum on The Future of Offshore Drilling Joseph F.C. DiMento, Panel Moderator, Professor of Law and Planning, Board Member-Newkirk Center for Science and Society (View Video)