Program Agenda and Videos
October 9, 2009
Morning Session
9:00 a.m. -Welcome by Michael R. Gottfredson, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Irvine
9:05 a.m. - Opening Remarks by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, School of Law, University of California, Irvine
9:10 a.m. - "The Program in Context: A Brief Word on the Origin and Evolution of Environmental Law" by Professor Joseph F.C. DiMento, School of Law and Planning, Policy and Design, Director, The Newkirk Center for Science and Society, University of California, Irvine
Environmental Law: Strategies Over the First 50 Years
9:25 a.m. - "Redefining Nature Through Assisted Migration: Natural Resources Law and Ethics Under Climate Change" by Professor Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of California, Irvine
9:50 a.m. - "Climate Change and the Evolution of Property Rights" by Professor Holly Doremus, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (View Video)
10:15 a.m. - Coffee Break
10:35 a.m. - "Protecting California'S Wildlands: Contrasting Advocacy Strategies at San Onofre and Tejon Ranch" by Joel Reynolds, Senior Attorney, Director, Urban Program
Natural Resources Defense Council (View Video)
11:00 a.m. - "Working Landscapes and Seascapes: Transitioning to Ecobusiness" by Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Jr., Robert E. Paradise, Professor in Natural Resources Law, Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford Law School (View Video)
11:30 a.m. - Respondents (View Video)
- Professor Michael J. Prather
Fred Kavli Chair, Department of Earth System Science
Director, Environment Institute: Global Change, Energy, and Sustainable Resources
University of California, Irvine
- Professor Michael Robinson-Dorn
School of Law
Director, Berman Environmental Law Clinic
University of Washington
- Paul N. Singarella, J.D.
Partner and Department Chair, Environment, Land & Resources
Latham & Watkins LLP
Orange County Office, California
12:15 p.m. - Lunch
Moving from Knowledge to Action
(View Video)
1:00 p.m. -
- "Introduction: Challenges and Opportunities for Insuring Global Sustainability" by Professor Helen Ingram
Warmington Chair Emerita
University of California, Irvine
- Chancellor's Professor Daniel Stokols
School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine
- "From Personal Angst to Collective Action" by Professor Guoliang Yu
Institute of Psychology
Renmin University of China, Beijing
- "Realizing Water Transitions Toward Sustainability: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs" by Professor Sander Meijerink
Nijmegen School of Management
Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
China Case Study
2:15 p.m. -
- Introduction by Professor Rufus Edwards
Department of Epidemiology
University of California, Irvine
- "Environmental Health of Women and Children in China" by Professor Kirk R. Smith (View Video)
Global Environmental Health
University of California, Berkeley
Member of The National Academy of Sciences
- "Environmental Endocrine Disruptors-Challenges for China and the World" by Professor Naijun Tang (View Video)
Tian Jin Medical University
3:45 p.m. - Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. -
- "Childhood Blood Lead Levels in China" by Professor Jinliang Zhang (View Video)
Department of Environmental Health
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
5:00 p.m. -
- "The Olympic Effect: Improvements in Cardio-Respiratory Health in Beijing" by Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang (View Video)
Chairman, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- "Air Pollution and Lung-Cancer Risk in China" by Professor Shu Tao (View Video)
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Peking University
6:00 - Closing Reception
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