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2007 ELS Symposium Schedule

9:00am – 9:30am MCLE Sign-in/ Coffee
   
9:30am – 10:15am Keynote Introduction
Terry Tamminen, former Secretary to CalEPA and Chief Policy Consultant to Governor Schwarzenegger
   
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm Panel 1: Voluntary Partnerships to Reduce Emissions
Moderator: (law professor)
 
Speaker 1:
Rachel Tornek, California Climate Action Registry (CCAR)
-Introduce partnerships and CCAR (15min)
 
Speaker 2:
Wendy Pulling, Director of Environmental Policy, PG&E
- Why industry joins partnerships (15min)
 
Speaker 3:
Barbara Toole O’Neil, Tetra-Tech
-Stringency of compliance standards (15min)
   
12:00pm – 1:00pm Break
   
1:00pm – 1:30pm Book signing with Terry Tamminen, Lives per Gallon: The true cost of our oil addiction
   
1:30pm – 3:00pm Panel 2: California’s Emissions Reduction Regulation
Moderator: (law professor)
 
Speaker 1:
Karen Douglas, Environmental Defense
-NGO critique of Assembly Bills and efficacy (15min)
 
Speaker 2:
Professor Daniel Sperling, Energy Efficiency Center
- Discuss the challenges of members; UC Davis case study (15min)
 
Speaker 3:
Tom Jennings, California Air Resources Board (CARB)
-Government strategy to enforce compliance (15min)
   
3:00pm – 3:15pm Break
   
3:15pm – 3:45pm Closing Remarks
Peter Weiner, Paul Hastings law firm
   
MCLE Credits: Keynote = 1, Panel 1 = 1.5, Panel 2= 1.5, Closing Remarks = 0.5