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We welcome the following speakers at the 2016 ELS Symposium. 
Aric Bickel, Program Manager, Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)

Briannon Fraley, Self-Governance Director, Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation

Cheyenne Sanders, Associate General Counsel, Yurok Tribe

Darcie Houck, Partner, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP

Dr. John Largier, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory; West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel

Dr. Phil King, Economics Department, San Francisco State University

Emily Jeffers, Staff Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity

Jennifer Phillips, Program Manager, California Ocean Protection Council

Joe Milton, Senior Counsel, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

John Hansen, West Coast Regional Planning Body Coordinator

Kelsey Ducklow, Climate Change Analyst, California Coastal Commission

Megan Herzog, Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Michael Sutton Chair, Ocean Champions; Chair, COMPASS; Summer Faculty, Vermont Law School

Nate Mantua, Landscape Ecology Leader, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Sarah Newkirk, Attorney and Coastal Program Director, The Nature Conservancy

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice

Moderators:
Dr. Beth Rose Middleton, UC Davis Department of Native American Studies, Yocha Dehe Endowed Chair in California Indian Studies

Kaitlyn Kalua, UC Davis School of Law (‘16) 

Michael Weber, Resources Legacy Fund

Victoria Bogdan Tejeda, UC Davis School of Law (‘17)