9:00 – 9:30 am 

Check-in and Light Breakfast 

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9:30 – 9:45 am

Welcome and Introduction 

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9:45 – 10:45 am

Panel/ Dialogue – Water Conservation

• Daniel Gleiberman* (Falcon Water Technologies, SLOAN)

• Lawren Sack, Ph.D.* (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA)

• Delon Kwan* (Department of Water Resources, Los Angeles Department of Water

• & Power)

• Moderator: Cassie Rauser (Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, UCLA)

 

10:45 – 11:15 am

Coffee Break 

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11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Water Equity

• Gregory Pierce* (Department of Urban Planning and Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA)

• Jessica Cattelino, Ph.D.* (Department of Anthropology and the Center for the Study of Women, UCLA)

• Megan Baker (Department of Anthropology, UCLA), Courtney Cecale (Department of Anthropology, UCLA), Kelsey Kim (Department of Anthropology, UCLA)  Dalila Ozier (Department of Anthropology, UCLA), PwintPhyu Nandar (UCLA), Grace Fratello-Hakim (UCLA), William Lan (UCLA)

• J.R. DeShazo, Ph.D.*(Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA), Dr. Brad Franklin (School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside), Nicholas Chow (Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA), Gregory Pierce (Department of Urban Planning and Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA)

• Moderator: Maria Kennedy (Kennedy Communications)

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12:15 – 1:15 pm

Lunch 

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1:15 – 2:15 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Stormwater and Watersheds

• Naomi Goldenson, Ph.D.* (Center for Climate Science and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA)

• Alex Hall (Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Center for Climate Science, UCLA), Neil Berg (Center for Climate Science, UCLA), Katharine Reich (Center for Climate Science, UCLA), Xingying Huang (Center for Climate Science, UCLA), Jerry Huang (Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, UCLA)

• Ruth Engel* (Department of Geography, UCLA), Dennis Lettenmaier (Department of Geography, UCLA)

• Christine Lee, Ph.D.* (Earth Science/ Applied Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 

• Moderator: Mark Gold (Associate Vice Chancellor for the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA) 

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2:15 – 2:45 pm

Coffee Break

 

2:45 – 3:45 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Measure W

• Sanjay Mohanty, Ph.D.* (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA) 

• Mark Pestrella*  (Department of Public Works, County of Los Angeles)

• V. Kelly Turner, Ph.D.* (Department of Urban Planning, UCLA), Anne Jefferson (Department of Geology, Kent State University), David Costello (Department of Biology, Kent State University), Aditi Bhaskar (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado State)

• Moderator: Mark Gold (Associate Vice Chancellor for the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA) 

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3:45 – 4:45 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Water Treatment

• Traci Minamide* (LA Sanitation and Environment, City of Los Angeles)

• Eric Hoek, Ph.D.* (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA) 

• Cara Horowitz, J.D.* (Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA)

• Moderator: Mark Gold (Associate Vice Chancellor for the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA) 

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4:45 – 5:00 pm

Next Steps and Closing Remarks 

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