• Explore new opportunities • Learn from past projects • Engage with other movers and shakers
Agenda
8:30 Registration & Breakfast
9:00 Welcome
J.R.
DeShazo, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
9:10 Morning Keynote
Patt Morrison, journalist, author, and radio-television personality
9:30 Plenary
Panel: Visions and Opportunities for a River Greenway for All
Moderator: Beatriz Solis, The
California Endowment
Panelists: Omar
Brownson, River LA; Benjamin Feldmann, Mia Lehrer + Associates;
Peter Kareiva, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability;
Irma Muñoz, Mujeres de la Tierra
10:30 Networking Break
10:45 Community
Access to the LA River
Moderator:
Shelly Backlar, Friends of the Los Angeles River
Introduction: Jimmy Tran, UCLA Luskin Center
Panelists: Mark Kenyon, North East Trees; Daniel Sharp, LA County
Flood Control District;
Brian Baldauf, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
11:55 Lunch
12:30 Parks along the
LA River
Moderator:
Vaughan Davies, AECOM
Introduction: Cameron Robertson, UCLA Luskin Center
Panelists: Michael Allen, City of Cudahy; Laura Saltzman, Mountains
Recreation and Conservation Authority;
Robin Mark, Trust for Public Land
1:35 Pathways along the LA River
Moderator: Tom West, Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Introduction: Andrew Pasillas, UCLA Luskin Center
Panelists: Melanie Winter, The River Project; Adi Liberman, Community Conservation Solutions;
Neil Drucker, City of Los Angeles
2:40 Bridges across
the LA River
Moderator: Mara Elana Burstein, Natural Resource Strategies
Introduction: Kelsey Jessup, UCLA Luskin Center
Panelists: Robin Mark, Trust for Public Land; Kevin Carter, City of
Glendale; Jennifer Samson, River LA
3:30 Partnering
and Working with Key Agencies
Panelists: Eileen Takata, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Daniel Sharp, LA
County Flood
Control District; Michael Affeldt, LARiverWorks
3:55 Closing Remarks
J.R. DeShazo, UCLA Luskin Center for
Innovation
4:00 Reception
5:00 End
*Event includes breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon reception*
Participants
Supporters
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The David Bohnett Foundation
The California Endowment
AECOM
Carollo Engineers, Inc.