8:30 am
Hosting Agencies Opening Plenary:
Secretary Matt Rodriquez, California Environmental Protection Agency
Deputy Secretary Louise Bedsworth, Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Secretary John Laird, California National Resources Agency
9:30 am
In
Camellia/Gardenia room:
Drought & Water Management
Wade Crowfoot, Water Foundation
Noah Diffenbaugh, Stanford University
Alex Hall, UCLA
Kris Tjernell, California Natural Resources Agency
Nancy Sutley, Water Education for Latino Leaders
Susana de Anda, Community Water Center
In Magnolia room:
Adaptation on Natural and Working Lands
Louis Blumberg, The Nature Conservancy
John Battles, UC Berkeley
Lorraine Flint, US Geological Survey
Kealii Bright, California Natural Resources Agency
Ellie Cohen, Point Blue Conservation Science
Rey Leon, Valley Leap
10:40 am
In Camellia/Gardenia room:
Extreme Heat: Vulnerabilities and Responses
Elizabeth Baca, Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Haley Gilbert, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rupa Basu, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Ashley Conrad-Saydah, California Environmental Protection Agency
Elizabeth Rhoades, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Veronica Garibay, Leadership Council
In Magnolia room:
Science and Policy: Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, and California’s Ocean Future
Lauren Sommer, KQED
Steve Weisberg, SoCal Coastal Water Research
Kristy Kroeker, UC Santa Cruz
Jennifer Philips, California Ocean Protection Council
George Leonard, Ocean Conservancy
Terry Sawyer, Hogg Island Oyster Company
12:00
Lunch panel: Communicating Science to California Public & Policymakers
Bob Perkowitz, ecoAmerica
David Lewis, Save the Bay
Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University
Tom Bowman, Bowman Change
Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
1:20 pm
In Camellia/Gardenia room:
Wildfires
Lorenzo Kristov, California Independent Systems Operators
LeRoy Westerling, UC Merced
Yufang Jin, UC Davis
Ken Pimlott, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Kerri Timmer, Sierra Business Council
Kevin Hamilton, Central CA Asthma Collaborative
In Magnolia room:
Sea Level Rise
Louise Bedsworth, Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research
Patrick Barnard, US Geological Survey
Paige Berube, Ocean Protection Council
Zach Wasserman, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Tom Butt, Mayor of Richmond
2:30 pm
In Camellia/Gardenia room:
Fuel System Vulnerabilities
Laurie ten Hope, California Energy Commission
Jayant Sathaye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John Radke, UC Berkeley
Liane Randolph, California Public Utilities Commission
Nancy Sutley, LA Department of Water and Power
Madeline Stano, Center on Race, Poverty & The Environment
In Magnolia room:
Tools to Advance Adaptation
Michael McCormick, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Kif Scheuer, Local Government Commission
Aleka Seville, Four Twenty Seven
JR DeLaRosa, California Natural Resources Agency
Phoebe Seaton, Leadership Council
4:00 pm
Closing panel: Addressing Climate Resilience Through Local Leadership
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
City of Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia
Jena Price, California League of Conservation Voters
5:00 pm
Fourth Assessment Poster Session
Opening remarks by:
Edie Chang, Deputy Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
George Minter, SoCalGas
Kit Batten, Pacific Gas & Electric
8:30 am
Plenary: California Leadership on Climate Action
Secretary John Laird, California National Resources Agency
Secretary Matt Rodriquez, California Environmental Protection Agency
Secretary Karen Ross, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Director Mark Ghilarducci, California Office of Emergency Services
Chair Robert Weisenmiller, California Energy Commission
9:30 am
Remarks: Betty Yee, California Controller
10:20 am
In Gardenia room:
Biodiversity and Coastal Ecosystems in the Bay Area and Delta: Taking Decisive Action
Mary Small, Coastal Conservancy
Carl Wilcox, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
John Bourgeois, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
Matt Gerhart, San Francisco Bay Conservancy
Larry Goldzband, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Jeremy Lowe, San Francisco Estuary Institute
In Magnolia room:
Public Health, Transportation, and Community Development in Los Angeles: New Ideas and Collaboration
Randall Winston, Strategic Growth Council
Linda Helland, California Department of Public Health
Elizabeth Rhoades, LA County Department of Public Health
Steve Baule, LA Department of Water and Power
Susana Reyes, Office of Sustainability
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Denny Zane, Move LA
In Hendricks / Kamilos / Baker room:
Agriculture, Water, and Land Use in the Central Valley: Adapting to New Extremes
Amrith Gunasekara, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Russ Lester, Dixon Farms
David Bunn, California Department of Conservation
Carolyn Cook, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Daniel Sumner, UC Davis
12:00 pm
Lunch panel: Environmental Justice and Tribal Sovereignty in Climate Adaptation
Arsenio Mataka, California Environmental Protection Agency
Heather Hostler, Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Karen Andrade, UC Davis
Matt Armsby, Resources Legacy Fund
1:20 pm
In
Gardenia room:
Resilience in Southern California: Bold Responses to Vulnerability
Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Jeff Morales, High-Speed Rail Authority
Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission
Brian D’Agostino, San Diego Gas & Electric
Judsen Bruzgul, ICF International
Juliette Hart, United States Geological Survey
In Beavis room:
Forestry and Emergency Management in the Sierra: Investing in a Safe Future
Christina Curry, Cal Office of Emergency Services
Chris Keithley, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Jim Branham, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Kim Zagaris, Cal Office of Emergency Services
John Exline, US Forestry Service
In
Magnolia room:
Paradigm Shift: Moving Toward Collaborative Research for Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Equity
Nile Malloy, Neighborhood Funders Group
Anne Neville, California Research Bureau
Robert Weisenmiller, California Energy Commission
Janea Scott, California Energy Commission
Nuin-Tara Key, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
In Camellia room:
Fourth Assessment Projects
Jamie Anderson, Department of Water Resources
Sintana Vergara, UC Berkeley
Jeff Greenblatt, Lawrence Berkekeley National Laboratory
Robert Kay, ICF International
Sarah Newkirk, The Nature Conservancy
3:10 pm
Closing Keynote: Global Climate Collaboration through the Under2 Coalition
Director Ken Alex, Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Glen Murray, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Ontario, Canada
Montserrat Regalado, Coordinator of Sister Cities and International Cooperation, State of Jalisco, Mexico
