First Annual Emerging Issues in Environmental Law Policy and Practice Symposium
Sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
The Collision of Energy Development and Environmental Laws
Thursday, October 3, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
UC Irvine School of Law
401 East Peltason Drive
Room EDU 1111 and Crystal Cove Auditorium
Irvine, CA
Includes a special opportunity to attend a town hall featuring
United States Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
Presented by University of California, Irvine
Appointed in May, Secretary Moniz will share his perspectives on the clean energy revolution and the new initiatives he brings to the office.
1:30 - 2:30pm - Crystal Cove Auditorium, UC Irvine Student Center
Details on Attached Announcement
Separate Registration Not Required for Conference Registrants
Rapidly changing around the world, energy development poses new economic and environmental challenges on a daily basis. Companies have made long-term investment and supply chain decisions based upon climate change models. "Zero" emission vehicles have changed the point of emissions from the tailpipe to the power plant, but those emissions are only as "clean" as the manufacturing process and the source that generates the power. Laws and regulations are adapting to the changing world of energy development and this year's symposium discusses the law, the politics and the policies influencing these changes.
Panelists
Ken Alex, Executive Director, California Office of Planning and Research
Lisa Belenky, Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity
Scott Birkey, Partner, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Chris Costanzo, Legal Director, SolarReserve LLC
Angela Mooney D'Arcy (Acjachemen Nation, Juaneno Band of Mission Indians), Co-Director of the United Coalition to Protect Pahne, Executive Director of the Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, and Co- Coordinator for the United Nations North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus
Julie Falkner, Senior Director Renewable Energy, Defenders of Wildlife
Evan Johnson, Senior Advisor, REDD Offset Working Group
Jared Ficker, Principal, California Strategies, LLC
Susan Lee, Vice President, Aspen Environmental Group
Mark Massara, General Counsel and Vice President of Sustainability, O'Neil Wetsuits LLC
Peter Miller, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Tim O’Connor, Director of California Climate and Energy Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund
Ellen Peter, Chief Counsel, California Air Resources Board
Tony Toranto, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Peter Weiner, Head of Energy and Environmental Group, Paul Hastings LLP
Geoff Willis, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Continuing Education
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