Wednesday, May 28, 2014
The Marine Life Protection Act and California’s Marine Protected Areas: A Collaborative Approach for a Sustainable Future
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 a.m. Welcome by Kenneth Janda, Dean of the School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine and Howard Gillman, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California, Irvine
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California’s Marine Protected Areas: Policy, Partnerships & Participation
9:20 a.m. Implementing California’s Marine Life Protection Act: Challenges and Opportunities
Catherine Kuhlman, California Ocean Protection Council, California Natural Resources Agency
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Panel Discussion Part 1: California’s Marine Protected Area Collaboratives and The Marine Protected Area Partnership Plan
9:40 a.m. Calla Allison, Marine Protected Area Collaborative Implementation Project (Panel Moderator)
Panel:
Steve Wertz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jayson Smith, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Zachary Plopper, WiLDCOAST
Roberta Cordero, Member of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation
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10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Citizen Science in Action
10:45 a.m. Julius Su and James Maloney, California Institute of Technology and Harry Helling, Crystal Cove Alliance
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Panel Discussion Continued: California’s MPA Collaboratives and The MPA Partnership Plan
11:20 a.m.
Panel:
Kaitlin Gaffney, Resources Legacy Fund
Rebecca Johnson, California Academy of Sciences
Paul Hamdorf, Assistant Chief, Law Enforcement Division, Department of Fish and Wildlife
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12:00 p.m. Lunch
II. Partnership-Based Research and Monitoring
1:15 p.m. Science Integration and the Collaborative Approach
Skyli McAfee, California Ocean Science Trust
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Panel Discussion: Involving California’s Communities in MPA Research and Monitoring
1:40 p.m. Liz Whiteman, California Ocean Science Trust (Panel Moderator)
Panel:
Michael Quill, Los Angeles Waterkeeper
Kelly Sayce, Strategic Earth Consulting
Brice Semmens, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ryan Meyer, California Ocean Science Trust
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3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Citizen Science: A Collaborative Vision
3:20 p.m. Crystal Cove Alliance Citizen Science: Harry Helling and Sara Ludovise, Crystal Cove Alliance
Technology and Community Science: Bruce Hay, Julius Su, and James Maloney, California Institute of Technology
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Perspectives on the Day: Implementing the MLPA through Collaboration & Partnership
4:10 p.m. Introduction - Daniel G. Aldrich, III, University of California Office of the President
Fred Keeley, former member of the California Assembly, key author of the MLPA and important park and environmental protection bonds
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