Tuesday, 26 June 2012
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7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Plenary Keynote
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, FAAP, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA
9:00 am Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Policy and Partnerships
The working groups will propose potential actions and processes needed to facilitate appropriate responses to climate change and to the increasing
need for integrated thinking, with an eye toward the relationship between the working group resource and the ecological, economic, and social
implications. These sessions will have fewer presentations and more time focused on participatory discussion among all working group members.
Water
David Ebersold, Management Consultant, CDM Smith
Energy
Jack Sahl, Ph.D., Director, Sustainability, Southern California Edison
Catherine Hollinger, Owner and President, Hollinger and Associates, Inc
William Steele, Area Manager, Southern California Office, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Office
Biodiversity & Open Space
Karen Wise, Vice President, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Ray Sauvajot,Ph.D., Natural Resource Program Chief, U.S. National Park Service, Pacific West Region
The Built Environment
Matthew G. Heberger, P.E., Research Associate, Water Program, The Pacific Institute
Claire Robinson ,Managing Director, Amigos de los Rios
Public Health
Aaron Katzenstein, Ph.D., Program Supervisor - Climate Change, South Coast AQMD
Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)-Air Pollution Epidemiology Section
Elena Xoplaki, PhD, Research Professor, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Governance
Pamela Bensoussan, Councilwoman, City of Chula Vista
Will Travis, Senior Advisor, Bay Area Joint Policy Committee
10:15 am Networking Break
11:00 am Adaptation Strategies Presentation
Workgroup co-chairs will present prioritized adaptation strategies developed during topical sessions to Consortium attendees.
Moderator: Mike Antos, Research Manager, Council for Watershed Health
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Thematic Reviews of Adaptation Strategies
Consortium attendees will break out of their working groups and reorganize into three groups that will concurrently address the strategies within the
framework of the three pillars of sustainability: Economic Health, Ecological Health, and Social Health. A blend of experts from each topic will sit in
each thematic group and will work together to prioritize the strategies according to the three themes.
Facilitators:
Robert C. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Lecturer,
Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
David Ebersold, Vice President, CDM Smith
Deborah S. Davis, Community & Rural Affairs Advisor, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
3:30 pm Networking Break
4:00 pm Adaptation Strategies Discussion
After working within the thematic groups, attendees will reconvene as a whole. The facilitators of each thematic session will present and discuss the
the results of the group prioritization exercise in a panel setting.
Moderator: Mike Antos, Research Manager, Council for Watershed Health
Panelists:
Robert C. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Lecturer,
Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
David Ebersold, Vice President, CDM Smith
Deborah S. Davis, Community & Rural Affairs Advisor, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
5:00 pm Adjourn for Free Evening
8:30 am Plenary Keynote
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, FAAP, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA
9:00 am Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Policy and Partnerships
The working groups will propose potential actions and processes needed to facilitate appropriate responses to climate change and to the increasing
need for integrated thinking, with an eye toward the relationship between the working group resource and the ecological, economic, and social
implications. These sessions will have fewer presentations and more time focused on participatory discussion among all working group members.
Water
David Ebersold, Management Consultant, CDM Smith
Energy
Jack Sahl, Ph.D., Director, Sustainability, Southern California Edison
Catherine Hollinger, Owner and President, Hollinger and Associates, Inc
William Steele, Area Manager, Southern California Office, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Office
Biodiversity & Open Space
Karen Wise, Vice President, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Ray Sauvajot,Ph.D., Natural Resource Program Chief, U.S. National Park Service, Pacific West Region
The Built Environment
Matthew G. Heberger, P.E., Research Associate, Water Program, The Pacific Institute
Claire Robinson ,Managing Director, Amigos de los Rios
Public Health
Aaron Katzenstein, Ph.D., Program Supervisor - Climate Change, South Coast AQMD
Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)-Air Pollution Epidemiology Section
Elena Xoplaki, PhD, Research Professor, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Governance
Pamela Bensoussan, Councilwoman, City of Chula Vista
Will Travis, Senior Advisor, Bay Area Joint Policy Committee
10:15 am Networking Break
11:00 am Adaptation Strategies Presentation
Workgroup co-chairs will present prioritized adaptation strategies developed during topical sessions to Consortium attendees.
Moderator: Mike Antos, Research Manager, Council for Watershed Health
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Thematic Reviews of Adaptation Strategies
Consortium attendees will break out of their working groups and reorganize into three groups that will concurrently address the strategies within the
framework of the three pillars of sustainability: Economic Health, Ecological Health, and Social Health. A blend of experts from each topic will sit in
each thematic group and will work together to prioritize the strategies according to the three themes.
Facilitators:
Robert C. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Lecturer,
Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
David Ebersold, Vice President, CDM Smith
Deborah S. Davis, Community & Rural Affairs Advisor, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
3:30 pm Networking Break
4:00 pm Adaptation Strategies Discussion
After working within the thematic groups, attendees will reconvene as a whole. The facilitators of each thematic session will present and discuss the
the results of the group prioritization exercise in a panel setting.
Moderator: Mike Antos, Research Manager, Council for Watershed Health
Panelists:
Robert C. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Lecturer,
Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
David Ebersold, Vice President, CDM Smith
Deborah S. Davis, Community & Rural Affairs Advisor, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
5:00 pm Adjourn for Free Evening
