BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180430T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180430T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20190510T210738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T190001Z UID:10423-1525111200-1525118400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:California Goes Green DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION IS AT CAPACITY\nJoin the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation in welcoming Michael Peevey and Diane Wittenberg to discuss their book California Goes Green.\nThe evening event will include a reception\, presentation\, panel discussion\, author Q&A\, and book signing.\nFeatured speakers: \nMichael Peevey\, former president of the California Public Utilities Commission \nDiane Wittenberg\, former founding executive director of the Climate Registry and former executive director of the Plug-in Electric Vehicles Collaborative \nPanelists: \nAnn Carlson\, UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment \nJ.R. DeShazo\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (moderator); \nFran Pavley\, Former CA State Senator; \nMark Pisano\, USC Price School of Public Policy \nABOUT THE BOOK\nCalifornia is leading the way on climate change policy\, forging a path towards a low carbon future. In this debut policy book\, authors Michael Peevey and Diane Wittenberg draw on their time overseeing state agencies to offer an inside perspective on the development of environmental regulations under both Democratic and Republican leadership. The book explores California’s unique experience with smog and resulting efforts to clean the air\, solar energy subsidies\, climate policies and “subnational” climate agreements as well as the broader impact the state’s regulations have because of the size of its economy. \nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nMichael R. Peevey has played a pivotal role in California’s energy revolution providing dynamic leadership as a corporate officer in a Fortune 500 company\, an entrepreneur and president of California’s most powerful energy regulatory agency\, the California Public Utilities Commission. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics at the University of California\, Berkeley\, before starting his career as an economist in Washington\, D.C. In 1973 he helped found the California Council of Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB)\, serving as president until 1984. Peevey then joined Southern California Edison Company\, rising to president in 1990. \nIn 1995\, he co-founded New Energy Ventures later sold to AES for $92 million. In 2001\, Peevey became chief advisor to California\, Governor Gray Davis. In 2002 Davis appointed him to the PUC and named him president. Peevey continued in that role until retiring at the end of 2014. \nDiane O. Wittenberg is an influential leader in California environmental and energy policy. As the founding president of California Climate Action Registry\, she led the development of the first-ever greenhouse gas accounting and inventory reporting standards and advocated their adoption by 41 U.S. states\, the 12 Canadian provinces and six Mexican states. In 2011\, Wittenberg became the first executive director of the PEV Collaborative\, a public-private partnership to promote sales of electric vehicles in California. \nWittenberg started her career at Southern California Edison in 1985\, rising to vice president of corporate communications for the electric utility and its holding company\, Edison International (EIX). She also was president of a non-regulated EIX subsidiary\, Edison EV and currently she is chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission appointed by Governor Jerry Brown. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/california-goes-green/ LOCATION:UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355\n \n 337 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CA-GOES-GREEN.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T210000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T190001Z UID:4574-1477418400-1477429200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators Speaker Series Double Feature: Benjamin Barber and Andrew Revkin DESCRIPTION:6:00pm – 7:20pm Benjamin BarberDemocratic political theoristBenjamin Barber has written in books like Strong Democracy and Jihad\nvs McWorld about the crisis in liberal democracy and the nation-state. In\nrecent years\, he has focused on the extraordinary role cities are playing in\nboth local and global governance and in the revival of democracy. Coming from\nhis book If Mayors Ruled the World\, the idea for a Global Parliament of\nMayors (GPM) has taken root. Last month in The Hague\, the GPM was formally\ninaugurated with 70 cities and 25 urban networks participating. The voice of\ncities now has a global megaphone and a platform for common action\, and offers\na powerful response to the paralysis of gridlock nation-states and national\npolitical parties. 7:30pm – 8:50pm Andrew Revkin \nSurviving the\nAnthropocene – An insider’s view of the emergence of humanity’s planet-scale\npower surge and the many prescriptions for avoiding calamity. \nThrough an odd set of circumstances\, Andrew Revkin is both\none of the leading chroniclers of Earth’s human- dominated age and\, as one of 35\nmembers of the Anthropocene Working Group\, one of those tasked with assessing\nwhether it deserves status as a geological epoch.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-double-feature-benjamin-barber-and-andrew-revkin-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/environment_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T220000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T190001Z UID:4573-1476900000-1477000800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Earth Now: Earth 2050 Symposium DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE for this Luskin College Endowment Inaugural SymposiumFrom public policy to installation art\, this event explores all facets of modern environmental challenges and highlights efforts to make lives and businesses more sustainable. The program includes talks from top experts\, workshops\, local and national nonprofit organizations\, art\, a student film contest—and much more. We will highlight UCLA campus-wide sustainability while showcasing the new Luskin Conference Center and honoring the generosity of Meyer and Renee Luskin.October 18 – Keynote AddressKathryn D. Sullivan will deliver the symposium’s keynote address at 6 p.m. Sullivan is Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere\, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—and the first American woman to walk in space. Prior to her current appointment\, Sullivan played a central role in directing Administration and NOAA priority work in the areas of weather and water services\, climate science and services\, integrated mapping services and Earth-observing capabilities. She also provided agency-wide direction with regard to satellites\, space weather\, water\, and ocean observations and forecasts to best serve American communities and businesses.October 19 – Next Generation Policies for a Sustainable FutureVisions for a Sustainable Los Angeles in 2050: The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge has goals of 100% renewables\, 100% local water\, and enhanced ecosystem and human health by 2050.  Esteemed architect and faculty member\, Thom Mayne\, Professor Eui-Sung Yi and The Now Institute have mapped out potential scenarios for Los Angeles County in 2050. A round table of city and county leaders will join Mayne in a discussion on potential visions for a sustainable future for Los Angeles. Panelists will discuss how a decarbonized transportation and energy network will enable a projected 11.5 million people to thrive in a hotter Los Angeles.U.S. Climate Regulation—Beyond First Steps: The U.S. will need to make aggressive reductions in its emissions to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and limit global warming. But while deep decarbonization is technically feasible\, no one yet knows what mix of laws and policies it will take to achieve the required\, long-term emission cuts. The Emmett Institute will host a discussion of the laws and policy tools needed to make progress on this issue\, both in the mid- and long-term. Do existing tools like the Clean Air Act get us far enough? How do the trade-offs between market-based and regulatory policies change as the environmental goals grow more demanding and look further ahead? Can the states do much more\, or is stronger federal action required? What role will international negotiations play in stimulating innovation? The discussion will feature:Congressman Ted Lieu (invited)David Roberts\, energy and climate change writer\, Vox Media\, Inc.Dr. Jim Williams\, Chief Scientist\, Energy + Environmental Economics (E3)Ann E. Carlson\, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law\, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, UCLA School of LawEdward A. Parson\, Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law\, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, UCLA School of LawPhilip S. Barnett\, Managing Director\, Schiliro Barnett LLCThe Future of Environmental Policy in CaliforniaCalifornia has long been at the forefront of environmental policy in the U.S. and globally. This includes pioneering leadership on climate action\, sustainable energy\, clean transportation\, and land conservation. We are now at a turning point and have opportunities to set new goals and innovative strategies for the coming decades. This session\, organized by the Luskin Center for Innovation\, will feature prominent leaders who will provide their visions for a sustainable future\, and discuss what specific policies and innovative strategies are needed to achieve these inspiring visions. This session will cut across agencies and domains to discuss common goals\, visions\, and actions that the public can be a part of to advance environmental health and sustainability in California for the long term.   Speakers include:Senator Fran Pavley\, co-author of the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006Mary Nichols\, Chair of the California Air Resources BoardMary Luevano\, Commissioner\, California Coastal CommissionRobert Oglesby\, Executive Director\, California Energy CommissionRandall Winston\, Executive Director\, Strategic Growth CouncilJ.R. DeShazo\, Director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (Moderator)October 20 – Environmental Science\, Narratives\, Art and EducationEight Scientific Visions for a Sustainable Planet: Forget the old scary stories of planetary collapse—environmentalism today is about optimism and action. Join eight faculty from UCLA’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability  to explore their science-based visions for what a sustainable Earth could look like in 2050 and how to get there. We’re talking zero-carbon city-states\, supercharged African scientific networks to fight climate change\, and the Uber-ized transportation systems of the future. Maybe even a jetpack or two. Speakers include:Magali Delmas\, Director – Center for Corporate Environmental PerformanceAlex Hall\, Director – Center for Climate ScienceStephanie Pincetl\, Director – California Center for Sustainable CommunitiesDeepak Rajagopal\, Professor – IoESH. Bradley Shaffer\, Director – La Kretz CenterThomas B. Smith\, Director – Center for Tropical ResearchAradhna Tripati\, Professor – IoESRobert Eagle Tripati\, Professor – IoES Storiesfor a Changing Planet: LENS—the Laboratory for\nEnvironmental Narrative Strategies—will have its public launch at the Earth\nNow: Earth 2050 symposium. The program will include talks by novelist and\nbiodiversity expert Lydia\nMillet\, environmental photographer and writer Subhankar Banerjee\,\nand Outdoor\nAfro founder and CEO Rue Mapp. The session will also feature panel\ndiscussions with journalists and artists along with a dynamic showcase of UCLA\nfaculty and student projects that reflect LENS’s mission to conduct innovative\nresearch on environmental narrative in diverse contexts; to train the next\ngeneration of environmental thinkers\, scientists\, and leaders in multimedia\nstorytelling and strategic communications; and to collaborate with others to\nenhance real-world environmental communications. LENS is also curating public\ninstallations of immersive art projects at the conference site that address\ntimely environmental and ecological topics around campus\, including Marina Zurkow’s hand-drawn\,\nsoftware-driven animation Mesocosm (image\nbelow)\, a collaboration between photographer Adam Nadel and UCLA anthropology\nprofessor Jessica Cattelino on the cultural politics of water in the\nEverglades\, and Tree Lines\, an exhibit on ancient bristlecones by\nartist Valerie Cohen and writer Michael Cohen. LENS is also installing artworks\naround campus during the conference in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP\nUCLA). Inspiring projections of images of LA as an “Animal Land” by artists\nKendra Sollars and Lauren Strohacker will occupy the outdoor walls of student\nresidences on The Hill\, while the artists engage students in creating\ntheir own art. And an original video artwork\, Holoscenes/Anthropocene\n1 \, conceived\nby performance artist Lars\nJans about climate change\, sea-level rise\, and our everyday lives\nwill be unveiled at an after-party co-sponsored by LENS and CAP UCLA at the\nFowler Museum at the end of the symposium. ScheduleTuesday\, October 186:00pmKeynote address by Kathryn Sullivan: Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere\, NOAA Administrator (Centennial Hall) Wednesday\, October 198:30am – 10:00amSustainable L.A. Grand Challenge: “Visions for a Sustainable L.A. in 2050” (Centennial Hall)9:00am – 6:30pmPoster Session (Legacy A&B)10:00am – 10:30amBreak10:30am – 12:30pmEmmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment: “U.S. Climate Regulation – Beyond First Steps” (Centennial Hall)12:30pm – 2:00pmBreak1:00pm – 1:30pmScience Communications Lecture (Randy Olson\, Centennial Hall)2:00pm – 5:00pmScience Communications Training (Randy Olson) for pre-registered graduate students and faculty (Enlightenment)2:00pm – 5:00pmLuskin Center for Innovation: “The Future of Environmental Policy in California” (Centennial Hall)5:00pm – 6:30pmPoster Session Reception (Legacy A&B)Thursday\, October 209:00am – 5:00pmScreening of winning high-school student environmental short-films; LENS artist’s videos (Laureate Room)9:00am – 5:00pmHigh-school student mentoring (Legacy A&B\, Exploration\, and UCLA Campus Sustainability tour)10:30am – 12:30pm  Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES): “Eight Scientific Visons for A Sustainable Planet” (Centennial Hall)12:30pm – 2:00pmBreak2:00pm – 5:15pmLaboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS):  “Stories for a Changing Planet” (Centennial Hall)5:30pm – 6:30pmGreenShorts: screening of winning Los Angeles area high-school student environmental short-films and Awards Presentation (Centennial Hall)6:30pm – 7:30pm Closing reception (Centennial Terrace) 7:30pm – 10:00pm After-party and art exhibit at the Fowler Museum sponsored by LENS and CAP UCLA with music\, dancing\, food\, and drink.    URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/earth-now-earth-2050-symposium-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161013T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215401Z UID:4572-1476378000-1476385200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators Speaker Series: Featuring Jon Christensen DESCRIPTION:Environmental Bonds for Equitable Community BenefitsREGISTER HERE Walk-ins Welcome!Join renowned UCLA professor and journalist Jon Christensen todiscuss highlights from his new report “Environmental Bonds Should Equitably\nBenefit All Communities: Looking Forward Based on an Analysis of Prop 84.” His\ntalk–with critical importance during this election season–will be followed by\na panel with other leaders:Panel:Alf Brandt\, Senior\nCounsel for Assembly Speaker Anthony RendonAlina Bokde\, Executive Director\, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land TrustAlfredo Gonzalez\, Program Officer\, Resources Legacy Fund (moderator)There will be refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.Synopsis of paper \n“A systematic\nanalysis of spending under Proposition 84\, the last major environmental bond\napproved by California voters\, which in 2006 authorized $5.4 billion to improve\nparks\, natural resource protection\, and water quality\, supply and safety. Most\nof that money has been spent. And for the first time ever\, we have good enough\ndata to ask some crucial questions. \nWhere was that funding spent? Who benefited? And\nwas the spending prioritized as voters expected? The report  analyzed $2\nbillion spent on 2\,174 projects in California communities and found decidedly\nmixed results.”About the authorJon Christensen is an\nadjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and\nSustainability\, the Department of History\, and the Center for Digital\nHumanities at the University of California\, Los Angeles. He is a\njournalist-in-residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\,\na founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) in\nthe IoES\, and a senior fellow in UCLA’s cityLAB. He is a partner and strategic\nadviser atStamen Design\, an interactive design studio specializing in mapping\,\ndata visualization\, and strategic communications. And he is a regular columnist\nat LA Observed\, a contributor to other newspapers and magazines\, and a\ncommentator on radio and television. \nJon was executive director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West\, an\ninterdisciplinary center for research\, teaching\, new media\, and journalism at\nStanford University before coming to UCLA. He has been an environmental\njournalist and science writer for more than 30 years. His work has appeared in The\nNew York Times\, Nature\, High Country News\, and many other newspapers\,\nmagazines\, journals\, and radio and television shows. Jon was a Knight\nJournalism Fellow at Stanford in 2002-2003 and a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose\nState University in 2003-2004\, before returning to Stanford to work on a Ph.D.\nin environmental history and the history of science. He was editor of Boom:\nA Journal of California\, a quarterly magazine published by the University\nof California Press\, from 2013 to 2016. \nHe is currently finishing a book entitled Critical Habitat: A History of\nThinking with Things in Nature and is engaged in a multidisciplinary\ndigital environmental humanities research project on nature in cities. And he\nwas a co-coordinator of a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Environmental Humanities:\nEmergence and Impacts” at UCLA\, which resulted in A Companion to the\nEnvironmental Humanities\, an edited volume of essays forthcoming from\nRoutledge. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-featuring-jon-christensen-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/environment.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161011T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161011T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215400Z UID:4571-1476205200-1476212400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environmental Graduate Student Networking Event 2016 DESCRIPTION:All graduate students interested in environmental sustainability and energy are invited to a free\, cross-campus networking reception.Learn about campus environmental organizations\, student funding opportunities\, jobs and internships\, and other resources while you also meet your peers over hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. There is no dress code.*Registration is required. Register here.(Must have a valid UCLA ID. Graduate students/faculty/staff only)Agenda:5:00 Event begins with food\, drinks\, and networking5:30 Hear from the following UCLA entities that offer funding\, job\, fellowship\, and other opportunities for graduate students: Luskin Center for Innovation Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (invited) UCLA Sustainability Leaders in Sustainability Graduate Certificate Program GSA Sustainable Resource Center6:15 More time to socialize and connect7:00 Event ends URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-graduate-student-networking-event-2016-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215358Z UID:4570-1474567200-1474574400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Open House DESCRIPTION:UCLA Luskin hosts its annual open house for students\, faculty and alumni.Food and beverages will be provided. Complimentary parking will be available for UCLA Luskin alumni with RSVP by Monday 9/19.Click here for more information and to register.  Free to register before 9/19.  $10 registration at the door.We hope to see you there!Connect with UCLA Luskin at the 2016 Open House5:30 pm Registration Begins 6:00 pm Open HousePlease help us welcome the incoming students from all departments and reconnect with faculty and alumni at a reception in the scenic Dickson Court North (just south of Perloff Hall).You can:Meet new UCLA Luskin students and alumniTrade ideas with faculty and research scholarsLearn about exciting developments at UCLA LuskinEnjoy the flavors of LA with a variety of food booths and stationsGet connected to opportunities\, organizations\, and events through UCLA LuskinFood and beverages will be provided. Complimentary parking will be available for UCLA Luskin alumni with RSVP by Monday 9/19.We hope to see you there!On-site parking available for $12 (Lot 3\, Lot 2)Transit: Big Blue Bus\, Culver City Bus\, Metro*One registration per attendee.  All duplicates will be deleted.WHENThursday\, September 22\, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT) – Add to CalendarWHEREDickson Court North – 365 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-open-house-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/OpenHouse-845x321.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160910T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215348Z UID:4564-1473526800-1473537600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:A Night at the LA River DESCRIPTION:RSVP HERE URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/a-night-at-the-la-river-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160812T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215347Z UID:4563-1470988800-1471014000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2016 UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Tech DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HEREConference ObjectivesThe UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Technology taking place at UCLA on August 12\, 2016 will convene 250+ leaders and stakeholders for a collaborative conference reframing the discussion about the gender and diversity gap in the tech sector. The conference will explore ways to advance women of all races\, backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses in the tech sector focusing on Leadership and Innovation\, Diversity and Inclusion\, and Economic Advancement. We welcome full participation by both women and men in order to work together on this issue.This one-day conference will include two concurrent tracks of breakout sessions:Track 1. Fostering Women as Tech Entrepreneurs and Employees in Startups and Small Tech FirmsThe panels and discussions in this track will explore government\, private and nonprofit strategies to foster female entrepreneurship and small businesses. This will include a focus on funding as well as accelerators\, startup\, and resource initiatives.1.1 Navigating the Funding PipelineAccording to recent statistics\, only 3-5% of venture funding is given to startups with female founders. However\, VC-funded companies with at least one female founder perform 63% better than those with all male teams. This panel will address this gender gap by exploring different avenues to raising capital\, providing strategies to help prepare for pitching to investors\, and demystifying government funding and support programs.1.2 Success Factors for EntrepreneursAccording to an American Express survey\, women are twice as likely as men to run a company with annual revenue lower than $500\,000\, and the average pay for a female business owner is $63\,000 per year. Only 10% of the world’s billionaires are women. This panel will explore the strategies to help female and minority entrepreneurs not only survive\, but thrive.Track 2. Attracting and Retaining Women in Medium and Large CompaniesThe panels in this track will discuss effective ways to create sustainable environments in which women and their employers prosper\, focusing on the public policies\, corporate policies and workforce culture issues that affect the attraction and retention of women in tech.2.1 Creating an Inclusive and Diverse Workplace CultureAccording to Code.org\, computing jobs will more than double by 2020 to 1.4 million. However\, women and minorities are leaving the tech industry altogether\, citing problems with the corporate culture. This panel will explore effective strategies\, policies and best practices that foster an inclusive work environment conducive to success for women and minorities in tech. 2.2 Negotiating Strategies: Addressing Gender Disparities in Pay\, Promotion and FlexibilityAccording to the Institute for Women’s policy research\, on average\, women earn 79 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. In addition\, studies show that women are less likely to negotiate salaries or apply for career growth opportunities until they meet all defined qualifications. This panel will explore negotiation strategies and policies that address gender disparities in pay\, promotion\, career opportunities\, and work flexibility.Intended ParticipantsThe Conference to Advance Women in Technology is a collaborative setting to promote best practices to advance equitable work environments that take advantage of their full human capital potential. We welcome women and men who want to be part of solutions to create tech workplaces that foster diversity\, inclusion and innovation.This event brings together those most directly able to help female tech employees and entrepreneurs thrive. These include:Corporate leaders and employeesEntrepreneurs\, startups and startup support institutions (incubators\, accelerators\, etc.)Non-profit leaders and advocatesAcademics\, STEM educators\, students and parentsPolicymakers and legislatorsJournalists and the mediaClick here for more information about the conference. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/2016-ucla-conference-to-advance-women-in-tech-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Royce20Pano.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160615T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160615T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215346Z UID:4562-1465981200-1466008200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:LA’s Water Resource Future - Workshop 2: Understanding Local Groundwater Storage Potential DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to the public\, but space is limited. To RSVP\, contact Nikki Parrish\, Program Administrator\, UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.The goal of the LA’s Water Resource Future series is to bring togetherresearchers\, water resource managers\, and other stakeholders to investigate the\nquestion: How much stormwater can Los Angeles County capture and store as\ngroundwater by 2050 and beyond\, given climate change\, water quality concerns\,\necosystem concerns\, and economic and policy constraints? This discussion will inform the\nimplementation of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Work Plan by\nidentifying stakeholder information needs\, research capabilities and gaps\, and\nopportunities for collaboration. \nThis workshop is the second in a two-part\nseries. The first\, Understanding Local Stormwater Capture Potential\, explored\nrecent stormwater capture planning efforts and the modeling tools used therein;\nhow to achieve integrated climate\, surface hydrology\, and groundwater modeling;\necosystem considerations in stormwater capture; and policy barriers to\nincreased capture and potential solutions.  \nWe are now undertaking a research effort to couple\nexisting stormwater capture and groundwater models to get a better grasp of the\nquantities of captured stormwater that infiltrates to groundwater for projects\nthat don’t go into a spreading ground through a pipe. \nThis second workshop will focus on current\nand future groundwater basin conditions\, management\, and rights in the\ngroundwater basins serving Los Angeles County. The aims are to better\nunderstand: \nHow the basins were adjudicated\, how they are\ncurrently managed\, how ownership rights have changed since adjudication\, how\nreplenishment through spreading grounds is now financed\, and the implications\nfor efforts to increase stormwater capture and infiltrationThe current state of knowledge of hydrogeology in the\nregion\, how sea level rise due to climate change is expected to affect the\ngroundwater basins serving LA County\, and the implications for efforts to\nincrease stormwater capture and infiltrationFrom groundwater managers’ and stormwater capture\nagencies’ perspective\, what the challenges are for incentivizing infiltration\nof urban stormwater runoff\, and what information is needed to value infiltrated\nstormwater in groundwater  PROGRAM \n9:00 AM – 9:15 AM – Welcome and Opening Remarks \nCasandra\nRauser\, Director\,\nSustainable LA Grand Challenge \nMadelyn\nGlickfeld\, Director\nUCLA Water Resources Group \n9:15\nAM – 10:30 AM – Session 1  \nWater\nrights in adjudicated and unadjudicated basins in the Los Angeles County:\nHistory\, current status\, implications for stormwater capture and storage\, and\nlegal solutions \nHow were\nthe groundwater basins in Los Angeles County adjudicated? Who has\nthe right to store and extract groundwater in each basin in the region? How have\nthose rights changed over time? How does\nthis relate to the incredibly complex array of water entities who deliver water\nin the LA Basin? Are\ngovernance arrangements adequate for non–rights holders to obtain storage and\nextraction rights for water captured through new stormwater projects? What legal\nor administrative changes to adjudications or other institutional agreements\nwould need to happen to give value to stormwater replenishment projects? \nModerator:  J.R. DeShazo\, Professor and Director\,\nLuskin Center for Innovation \n[20\nminutes] Presentation by William\nBlomquist\, Indiana University\nHistory of basin adjudication in Southern California \n[20\nminutes] Presentation by Stephanie\nPincetl\, Professor and Director\, UCLA California Center for Sustainable\nCommunities\nThe evolution of water rights holders in the adjudicated basins\, discussion\nof the implications of these rights for increased stormwater storage in these\nareas. \n[20\nminutes] Alf Brandt\, Senior Counsel\,\nOffice of CA State Assembly Speaker Rendon\nIncreasing incentives for stormwater capture and storage in adjudicated\nbasins.  \n[20\nminutes] Eric L.\nGarner\, Partner\nBest\, Best and Kreiger\nIncreasing stormwater incentives for non–rights holders in adjudicated basins\,\nand in unadjudicated basins subject to SGMA: \nWhat are the legal avenues for stormwater agencies and groundwater basin\nmanagers to do this? \n[15\nminutes] Audience Q&A \nBREAK: 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM \n10:45 AM – 12:15 PM – Session 2 \nThe current physical state and\nmanagement of LA County’s major groundwater basins: \nHow\nmuch storage capacity do these groundwater basins have? How\nmuch of this capacity is not currently used\, representing extra storage\npotential for captured stormwater? Where\ndoes hydrogeology make increased infiltration/injection of stormwater to groundwater\nbasins feasible? Which\nbasins have pollution issues\, and how is this accounted for in management of\nthe basin? What\nare current arrangements for compensating entities supplying groundwater\nreplenishment including reclaimed and imported water? \nModerator\,\nErik Porse\, Post Doctoral Researcher\nUCLA California Center for Sustainable Communities \n[20\nminutes] Ted Johnson\, Hydrogeologist\, Water Replenishment District of\nSouthern California\, Central and West Coast Basins \n[20\nminutes] Richard Slade\, Watermaster\, Upper Los Angeles River Area\nBasin (ULARA) \n[20\nminutes] Steven Johnson or Kevin Smead\, Stetson Engineers\, San Gabriel and Raymond Basin \n[15 minutes] Greg\nReed\, Water Resources\, Los Angeles\nDepartment of Water and Power will discuss the status of unadjudicated basins\nin Los Angeles County under SGMA and who is involved in responded to SGMA for\nthose basins  \n[15\nminutes] Audience Q&A \nLUNCH:\n12:15 PM – 1:30 PM \n1:30 PM – 2:40 PM – Session 3 \nClimate change and the Potential\nImpact of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Groundwater Basins: \nWhich\ngroundwater basins are vulnerable to sea level rise with climate change?  Can we model\nthe extent of intrusion? Will the existing salt water intrusion barriers work\nto stem the impacts of sea level on saltwater intrusion?  Are new\nsaltwater intrusion barriers going to be needed or feasible?   \nModerator\,\nAlex Hall\, Professor and Director\nUCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions \nCurrent Management of the\nSeawater Intrusion Barriers: \n[15\nminutes]  Eric Batman\, Los Angeles County Department\nof Public Works \n[15\nminutes] Ted Johnson\, Southern\nCalifornia Water Replenishment District \nProjecting the impact of sea\nlevel rise on coastal groundwater basins:  \n[20\nminutes]  Tracy Nishikawa\, USGS Water Science Center – How can we estimate\nhow projected sea level rise will affect the coastal groundwater basins and the\nsalt water intrusion barriers?  \nAudience\nQ&A 15 minutes \nBREAK:  2:40 – 2:55 \n2:55 PM – 4:15 PM   Session 4: \nIncreasing\nConjunctive Use and Storage through More Stormwater Capture: Moderated Panel\nand Audience Discussions \nWhat\nwould make a coupled stormwater and groundwater model useful to you in\ndetermining the water supply quantification of any given stormwater capture\nproject?How\ncan we improve the incentives for stormwater capture and storage in groundwater\nbasins? Could\nstorage and extraction rights be granted to those who do projects to infiltrate\nwater? Or\, are there easier or better ways to do this? What\nare the concerns about stormwater infiltration into groundwater? Is there a\nmaximum that can be infiltrated and a maximum that can be drawn out? What\nare the legal and physical basin constraints to allowing additional stormwater\nproject infiltration to be extracted? \nModerator\, Madelyn Glickfeld\, Director\, UCLA\nWater Resources Group \nAngela George\,  Los Angeles\nCounty Flood Control District  Richard Slade\, Watermaster Upper Los Angeles River Area Basin Rafael Villegas\, Los  Angeles\nDepartment of Water and Power Robb Whitaker\, General Manager Water Replenishment District of\nSouthern California\, Staff for Central and West Basin Watermaster Tony Zampiello\, Watermaster\, Raymond and Main San Gabriel Basin Debra Man (invited)\, Metropolitan Water District of Southern CaliforniaAlf Brandt\, Senior\nCounsel\, Office of CA State Assembly Speaker RendonEric Garner\, Partner\nBest\, Best and Kreiger \n4:15 PM – 4:30 PM \nSummary and Next Steps  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/las-water-resource-future-workshop-2-understanding-local-groundwater-storage-potential-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160520T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215345Z UID:4561-1463733000-1463763600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Creating a Complete LA River Greenway for All DESCRIPTION:REGISTER TODAY!• Explore new opportunities  • Learn from past projects • Engage with other movers and shakers  Agenda8:30              Registration & Breakfast\n9:00              Welcome J.R.\nDeShazo\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation \n9:10              Morning Keynote Patt Morrison\, journalist\, author\, and radio-television personality \n9:30              Plenary\nPanel: Visions and Opportunities for a River Greenway for All Moderator: Beatriz Solis\, The\nCalifornia Endowment Panelists: Omar\nBrownson\, River LA; Benjamin Feldmann\, Mia Lehrer + Associates;   Peter Kareiva\, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability;   Irma Muñoz\, Mujeres de la Tierra  \n10:30            Networking Break\n10:45            Community\nAccess to the LA River Moderator:\nShelly Backlar\, Friends of the Los Angeles River Introduction: Jimmy Tran\, UCLA Luskin Center Panelists: Mark Kenyon\, North East Trees; Daniel Sharp\, LA County\nFlood Control District; Brian Baldauf\, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority \n11:55            Lunch  \n12:30            Parks along the\nLA River Moderator:\nVaughan Davies\, AECOM Introduction: Cameron Robertson\, UCLA Luskin Center Panelists: Michael Allen\, City of Cudahy; Laura Saltzman\, Mountains\nRecreation and Conservation Authority; Robin Mark\, Trust for Public Land\n1:35              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 \n2:40              Bridges across\nthe 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\nGlendale; Jennifer Samson\, River LA \n3:30              Partnering\nand Working with Key Agencies Panelists: Eileen Takata\, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Daniel Sharp\, LA County Flood\nControl District; Michael Affeldt\, LARiverWorks \n3:55              Closing Remarks J.R. DeShazo\, UCLA Luskin Center for\nInnovation \n4:00              Reception \n5:00                 End*Event includes breakfast\, lunch\, and an afternoon reception* \nParticipants \nCommunity members\, advocates\, and\nleadersNon-profit leaders and advocatesGovernment agency staffElected officials and policymakersBusinesses and business\nassociations Academics\, researchers\, teachers\, and\nstudentsJournalists\nand the mediaSupportersThe Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert FoundationThe David Bohnett FoundationThe California EndowmentAECOMCarollo Engineers\, Inc.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/creating-a-complete-la-river-greenway-for-all-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160519T074500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160519T180000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215344Z UID:4560-1463643900-1463680800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Smart & Sustainable Cities DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE CONFERENCEOnce regarded as sources of environmental degradation\, cities are now widely recognized as part of the solution to living within “planetary boundaries.” But what makes a sustainable city? How can cities function in a way that enables residents to enjoy urban life to the fullest without imposing unreasonable burdens on limited resources?The Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference will provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience between the US – especially California – and Israel\, which share many of the same environmental challenges. With a focus on “what’s new\,” leading academics and practitioners from both countries will present the most innovative models for urban sustainability. They will address the policy\, design and technology experiments being implemented today; consider what holds the most promise; and propose future directions for city management and development to move us toward a more sustainable future.Panel sessions will cover the key areas of energy\, water\, transportation\, the built environment (sustainable architecture\, affordable housing and public spaces)\, and the digital city & sharing economy\, exploring the evolving values and lifestyles made possible by digital communications. A closing session will pull together key ideas from the preceding panels and discuss “how to make it happen”: the new forms of organization and citizen involvement that may be needed for the innovative technologies and policies to take hold.WHO SHOULD ATTEND?Environmental researchers\, professionals from industry and non-profit organizations\, government officials\, educators\, students\, and members of the general public who wish to learn about the latest developments in urban sustainability.Click here to register and for additional details.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/smart-sustainable-cities-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160517T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215335Z UID:4554-1463508000-1463515200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Evolution of Human Transportation DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we bring together car enthusiasts and environmentalists to explore the history and future of automobiles and transportation.OUR HISTORY – Lecture Peter Kareiva\, Director of UCLA Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityOUR FUTURE – Panel DiscussionModerated by JR DeShazo\, Director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation\nMark Girard\, Director of Global Automotive Design\, BMW Group designworksUSA\nBarry Carr\, eco-mobility specialist and Director of Business Development for Landi Renzo USA\nMagali Delmas\, UCLA Professor focusing on environmental policy and business strategyRSVP here. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-evolution-of-human-transportation/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160504T210000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215334Z UID:4553-1462388400-1462395600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:FuturizeX Forum on The Future of Transportation DESCRIPTION:TimeTech Showcase & Mixer at 7 p.m.“The Future of Transportation” panel at 8 p.m.AdmissionFree and open to the public. RSVP required; space is limited.RSVP to attend: http://futurizex.ucla.edu/speaker-series/ Our Distinguished Panelists Joshua SchankChief Innovation Officer\, L.A. Metro Richard KimHead of Global Design\, Faraday Future J.R. DeShazoDirector\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation Rob LloydCEO\, Hyperloop Technologies Laura NelsonTransportation writer\, Los Angeles Times  \n  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/futurizex-forum-on-the-future-of-transportation/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160429T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160429T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215334Z UID:4552-1461938400-1461945600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Effective Counter Human Trafficking Strategies: Exploring the Latest Research DESCRIPTION:Polaris is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on effective counter human trafficking strategies. Event speakers include Malika Saada Saar\, Google’s Senior Counsel for Civil and Human Rights\, as well as Vanessa Bouche and Amy Farrell\, authors of the recent report\, “Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislative\, Legal\, and Pulbic Opinion Strategies that Work.” Featured speakers include:Malika Saada Saar\, Senior Counsel\, Civil and Human Rights\, Google Amy Farrell\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice\, Northeastern UniversityVanessa Bouche\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Texas Christian UniversityDan Roisman\, Deputy District Attorney\, Alameda County\, CaliforniaBradley Myles\, CEO\, Polaris (moderator)We hope you can join us for this important event\, and encourage you to share this invitation with your networks.For inquiries regarding this event\, please contact emccartin@polarisproject.org.Light reception to follow the panel discussion.Register here!  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/effective-counter-human-trafficking-strategies-exploring-the-latest-research/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160429T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160429T173000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215332Z UID:4551-1461916800-1461951000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Behavioral Science & Policy Association's Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:Luskin Center Director J.R. DeShazo to speak on Choice Architectures for Making Environmental-Motivated Pricing Policies More ImpactfulOn April 29th\, over 250 leading behavioral scientists\, policymakers\, executives and press will gather together for the BSPA Annual Conference at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC.The Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) is a non-profit membership organization that promotes the application of rigorous behavioral science research to public- and private-sector policymaking\, and disseminates this work to a broad audience. BSPA’s annual conference will provide an opportunity for attendees to begin a dialogue about the future of behavioral science and policy.Please note: Space at the conference will be limited. Register here.ScheduleApril 29\, 2016  8:00am Coffee and Danishes8:30am Welcome and Agenda SettingHear from our co-founders and conference chair as they introduce the Behavioral Science & Policy Association’s annual conference – and how to get the most out of your experience in DC with us!Craig Fox\, Sim Sitkin\, & Nina Mažar8:50am Four Books\, Four Insights: Authors Shaping New PerspectivesChallenge your assumptions on how the behavioral sciences can be applied across multiple contexts as you hear from pre-eminent researchers and experts discussing their original publications. Spanning the gamut of criminal justice\, management\, financial decision making and back again\, these authors will give you a wider perspective as you aim to effectively harness behavioral science within the public and private sector domains.KeynotesAdam Benforado (Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Justice)Adam Grant (Originals\, Give & Take)Jim Manzi (Uncontrolled)Dilip Soman (The Last Mile)9:30am Putting Behavioral Insights to Work: Successes in the Private SectorEngage with our behavioral science practitioner experts as they highlight ‘what works’ in the private sector – and address how to increase collaborative opportunities between industry and researchers. The panel will also address the actions that policy makers inside and outside of government can take to improve their communities and work environments through the use of behavioral insights.PanelistsKeith Chen\, Uber TechnologiesSteve Wendel\, MorningstarChristopher Graves\, Ogilvy PRModeratorShankar Vedantam10:10am Break10:30am Policy-Focused Keynote AddressesHear from our community thought leaders as they present the behavioral science findings most relevant to private and public sector policy makers aiming to promote the application of rigorous behavioral science research to concrete policy solutions. BSPA has identified three policy areas of focus where we particularly seek to encourage an interchange between behavioral scientists and policy makers: management & labor\, energy & environment and education.Eric Johnson: Financial Decision MakingAllan Lind: Justice & EthicsRoger Martin: Management & Labor11:15am Transfer to Lightning Talk Session ISpeakers will focus on the ‘latest’ behavioral research findings in each of the three policy-focused areas: management & labor\, energy & environment and education. Participants can select one of three separate tracks to attend\, and will come away from each talk with novel\, actionable insights.11:20am Lightning Talk Session I12:00pm Luncheon1:15pm Keynote DiscussionRemarks from Dr. Jason Furman\, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers1:45pm Policy-Focused Keynote AddressesHear from our community thought leaders as they present the behavioral science findings most relevant to private and public sector policy makers aiming to promote the application of rigorous behavioral science research to concrete policy solutions. BSPA has identified three additional policy areas of focus where we particularly seek to encourage an interchange between behavioral scientists and policy makers: health\, financial decision making\, and justice & ethics.Tom D’Aunno: HealthJ.R. de Shazo: Energy & EnvironmentJon Schnur: Education2:30pm Transfer to Lightning Talk Session 2Speakers will focus on the ‘latest’ behavioral research findings in each of the three policy-focused areas: health\, financial decision making\, and justice & ethics. Participants can select one of three separate tracks to attend\, and will come away from each talk with novel\, actionable insights.2:35pm Lightning Talk Session 23:20pm Break3:40pm Lessons from the Field: Successes in the Development SectorEngage with the community who use behavioral science to help address inequality and poverty on a global basis\, as they highlight the successes – and failures – of behavioral interventions in the developing world. What key concepts and themes can you take-away as you think about\, and implement\, behavioral science in your own policy-making realm?PanelistsJulian JamisonDean KarlanFaisal NaruBetsy Levy Paluk4:20pm Putting Behavioral Insights to Work: Successes & Key Take-aways from the Public SectorEncounter practitioners and policymakers who tackle behavioral science interventions on both the federal and state levels – what are the benefits of this work\, as well as the challenges? Speakers will discuss: What are some of the areas where behavioral science has the biggest opportunity to influence policy now and in the future? What new behavioral science ideas and/or tools do you think policy makers should try to learn? What could/should researchers do to have a bigger impact on public policy?PanelistsJon BaronElizabeth LinosMaya Shankar5:20pm Concluding RemarksCraig Fox and Sim Sitkin5:30pm Cocktail Reception  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/behavioral-science-policy-associations-annual-conference/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BSPA-FULL-Logo-471.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T140000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215331Z UID:4550-1461326400-1461333600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators: Speaker Series featuring James Salzman DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Luskin Center in welcoming James Salzman\,Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law\, as he discusses his\nmost recent book\, Drinking Water: A\nHistory\, over refreshments and lunch.REGISTER HEREPanel:James Salzman\, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law\, UCLA LawJ.R. DeShazo\, Director and Professor\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation\, UCLA Luskin School of Public AffairsStephanie Pincetl\, Director and Professor-in-Residence\, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLANoah Garrison\, Environmental Science Practicum Director\, UCLA Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityChris Solek\, Programs Director and Senior Scientist\, Council for Watershed Health \nAbout the Book: \nWhen\nyou turn on the tap or twist the cap\, you might not give a second thought to\nwhere your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your\nglass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water?\nShould you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to\nterrorist attacks? Considering the water contamination disaster in Flint and\nwith springs running dry and reservoirs emptying\, where is your water going to\ncome from in the future? \nIn Drinking\nWater: A History\, professor James Salzman provides answers to these\nquestions. Bloody conflicts over control of water sources stretch as far back\nas the Bible yet are featured in front page headlines even today. Only fifty\nyears ago\, selling bottled water sounded as ludicrous as selling bottled air.\nSalzman weaves all of these issues together to show just how complex a simple\nglass of water can be. His book also highlights how drinking water relates to\nthe most pressing issues of our time- from globalization and social justice to\nterrorism and climate change- and how humans have been wrestling with these\nproblems for centuries. \nAbout the\nAuthor: \nJim\nSalzman is the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law with\njoint appointments at the environment school at UCSB and the law school at\nUCLA. In more than eight books and eighty articles\, his broad-ranging\nscholarship has addressed topics spanning drinking water\, trade and environment\nconflicts\, policy instrument design\, and the legal and institutional issues in\ncreating markets for ecosystem services.  A dedicated classroom teacher\,\nSalzman was twice selected as Professor of the Year by students at Duke. He\nfrequently appears as a media commentator and has lectured on environmental\npolicy on every continent except Antarctica. Active in government policy\ndebates\, he serves on both EPA’s National Drinking Water Advisory Council and\nthe Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee (reporting to EPA and\nUSTR). He has served as a visiting law professor at Columbia\, Harvard\,\nStanford\, and Yale as well as at universities in Australia\, China\, Israel\,\nItaly\, Portugal\, and Sweden. His most recent book\, Drinking Water: A History\, was\npraised as a “Recommended Read” by Scientific American and is in its third\nprinting.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-featuring-james-salzman/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Salzman20201620head20shot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215328Z UID:4549-1461312000-1461344400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2016 Annual Energy Innovation Conference DESCRIPTION:The Energy Innovation Conference is an annual event that brings together students\, academics and professionals and seeks to showcase innovative technologies with the potential to reinvent the energy industry\, enable entrepreneurs and researchers to demonstrate technology to investors and industry experts\, and provide an atmosphere of collaborative learning through a panel format. We have partnered this year with UCLA Luskin\, USC Marshall\, numerous on campus institutes and off campus companies. The day will offer ample opportunity for leaders throughout the campus communities to collaborate with industry leaders and form lasting relationships.Register today!AgendaTIMEEVENTLOCATION8:00 – 9:15 a.m.REGISTRATION & BREAKFASTAtrium9:15 – 10:15 a.m.WELCOME & OPENING REMARKSDaniel Abbott (’16) & David Penskar (’16)\, Energy Innovation Conference\, Co-DirectorsOPENING KEYNOTEBob Hemphill.\, CEO & Co-Founder\, AES Solar Power Ltd.Ballroom 110:15 – 10:45 a.m.NETWORKING and INNOVATION SHOWCASEAtrium10:45 – 11:30 a.m.PANEL 1: ENERGY STORAGEEric Clifton\, CEO and Founder\, OrisonMichael Liu\, North America Regional Manager\, BYDTerrence Mack\, Manager of Sales\, Southern California Region\, UniEnergy TechnologiesMODERATOR: Alex Pugh\, Development Manager\, Hecate EnergyBallroom 1 PANEL 2: EVs & SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATIONRajit Gadh\, Ph.D.\, Director\, Smart Grid Energy Research CenterCassie Cuaresma\,\, Charge Ready Program Manager\, Southern California EdisonPaul Glenney\,\, Director\, New Products and Services\, NRG EVgoMODERATOR: Kristian Jokinen\,Project Manager\, CALSTARTBallroom 211:30 am – 12:00 pmLUNCHBallroom 112:00 – 1:00 pmAFTERNOON KEYNOTEKEYNOTE: Stephen Mullenix\, Senior Vice President of Operations\, SolarReserveBallroom 11:00 – 1:30 p.m.COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKINGAtrium1:30 – 2:15 p.m.PANEL 3: ENERGY POLICY AND LA BUILDINGSSara Neff\, Senior Vice President of SustainabilityWalker Wells\,\, Vice President of Programs and Director of the Green Urbanism Program\, Global Green USABonny BentzinDeputy Chief Sustainability Officer\, UCLAMODERATOR: Joel Cesare\, Sustainable Building AdvisorBallroom 1 PANEL 4: UTILITIES & BEHIND-THE-METERCole Hershkowitz\, CEO\, Chai EnergyTom Kunhardt\, Corporate Trainer\, NRG Home SolarJanice Wang\, Contract Manager\, Southern California EdisonMODERATOR: Kelly Sanders Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor in Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringBallroom 22:15 – 2:45 p.m.COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKINGAtrium2:45 – 3:30 p.m.UTILITY-SCALE RENEWABLESPatrick McConnell\, Managing Director\, Cypress Creek RenewablesMarci Palmstrom\, Manager\, Energy Contracts\, Southern California EdisonWhitney Wilson\, Technical Manager of Wind & Solar Assets\, Brookfield RenewableMODERATOR: Garrett Wong\, Sustainability Analyst\, Office of Sustainability & the Environment\, City of Santa MonicaBallroom 1 PANEL 6: FUTURE OF GASMatt Gregori\, Technology Scout\, SoCalGasMatt Krueger\, Senior Associate\, PwC AdvisoryGeorge Minter\, Regional VP External Affairs\, Environmental Strategy\, SoCalGasMODERATOR: Makibi Takagi\, EVP Energy Management Group\, UCLA Anderson School of ManagementBallroom 23:30 – 5:00 p.m.INNOVATION SHOWCASE & NETWORKINGAtrium URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/2016-annual-energy-innovation-conference/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SaveTheDate.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160418T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160418T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215328Z UID:4548-1460993400-1460998800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:PPASS Seminar Series feat. Lucas Davis: Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive? DESCRIPTION:Abstract (joint with ChrisKnittel) \nDespite widespread agreement that a carbon tax\nwould be more efficient\, many countries use fuel economy standards to reduce\ntransportation-related carbon dioxide emissions. We pair a simple model of the\nautomobile manufacturers’ profit maximization problem with unusually-rich\nnationally representative data on vehicle registrations to estimate the\ndistributional impact of U.S. fuel economy standards. The key insight from our\nmodel is that fuel economy standards impose a constraint on manufacturers which\ncreates an implicit subsidy for fuel-efficient vehicles and an implicit tax for\nfuel-inefficient vehicles. Moreover\, when these obligations are tradable\,\npermit prices make it possible to quantify the exact magnitude of these\nimplicit subsidies and taxes. We use our model to determine which U.S. vehicles\nhave been most subsidized and taxed since 2012\, and we compare the pattern of\nownership of these vehicles between high- and low-income Census blocks.\nFinally\, we compare these distributional impacts with existing estimates in the\nliterature on the distributional impact of a carbon tax.Short Bio:Lucas Davis is an Associate Professor at the Haas School of Business and Faculty Director at the Energy Institute at Haas. Prior to joining Haas in 2009\, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on energy and environmental markets\, and in particular\, on electricity and natural gas regulation\, pricing in competitive and non-competitive markets\, and the economic and business impacts of environmental policy. His work appears in leading academic journals including the American Economic Review\, the RAND Journal of Economics\, and the Journal of Political Economy. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ppass-seminar-series-feat-lucas-davis-are-fuel-economy-standards-regressive/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160401T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160401T143000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215327Z UID:4547-1459508400-1459521000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Ensuring Climate Equity for Low Income Californians DESCRIPTION:Ensuring Climate Equity for Low IncomeCalifornians \nApril\n1\, 2016\nUCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs\, Room 2355Co-hosted by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation\, Liberty Hill Foundation\, and the SB 535 CoalitionREGISTER: https://www.regonline.com/ClimateEquity   \n Lunch Keynote Assembly Member Jimmy GomezThe event will also feature the latest:Report Overview: California Climate\nInvestments Using Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds\n Shelby Livingston\, Branch\nChief\, Climate Investments Branch\, California Air Resources Board \nResearch Highlights: \nInvestments for\nDisadvantaged Communities Before and Now with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund\n Colleen Callahan\, Deputy Director\, UCLA\nLuskin Center for Innovation \nProtecting the Most\nVulnerable: A Financial Analysis of Cap-and-Trade’s Impact on Households in\nDisadvantaged Communities  J.R. DeShazo\, Director\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation \nBenefits Achieved and\nNext Steps for Ensuring Equitable Investments in Disadvantaged Communities\n Bill Magavern\, Policy Director\, Coalition for Clean Air Ben Russak\, Policy Analyst\, Liberty Hill Foundation (Moderator) Alvaro Sanchez\, Environmental Equity Director\, The Greenlining Institute\n Chelsea H. Tu\, Staff Attorney\, Public Advocates\,\nInc.   \nDisadvantaged\nCommunity Outreach and Engagement Plans Ambreen Afshan\, Disadvantaged Communities Liaison for Low Carbon Transportation Projects\, California Air Resources Board Shelby Livingston\, Branch\nChief\, Climate Investments Branch\, California Air Resources Board Monica Palmeira\, Sustainable Communities Outreach Coordinator\, California\nStrategic Growth        Council   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ensuring-climate-equity-for-low-income-californians/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160317T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160318T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215327Z UID:4546-1458201600-1458320400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:1st International Conference on Grand Challenges in Construction Materials DESCRIPTION:Civil engineering infrastructure is aging and deteriorating\, an issue\, remediation of which involves huge maintenance and replacement costs. At the same time\, due to the growth of the population/transportation\, the need for infrastructure keeps increasing. These aspects need to be balances within the context of sustainability and reduction of CO2 emissions allocated to the construction community.The conference aims at identifying and discussing the “Grand Challenges” (of which there are many) in construction materials\, and potential solutions to these. Focus is placed on identifying groupings of challenges\, research directions for the academic community\, and industry to undertake towards solution of such anticipated challenges. As such\, in potential submissions\, authors\, and speakers are expected to identify a “grand challenge” with some level of specificity\, and discuss how the outcomes of their research present a part of\, or a complete solution to such challenge(s).Speakers are expected to motivate a challenge faced by the construction industries\, and detail how their research removes completely\, or in part\, such a challenge.Submit your abstract here.Register for the event here.Discounted hotel rate is available here. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/1st-international-conference-on-grand-challenges-in-construction-materials/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215326Z UID:4545-1454673600-1454684400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap (Screening) DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Luskin Center\, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women\, Creative Artists Agency\, and the UCLA Office of Information Technology for a free screening of CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap followed by a panel discussion with the renowned producers.REGISTER HEREDOCUMENTARY SYNOPSISCODE: DEBUGGING THEGENDER GAP exposes the dearth of American female and minority software\nengineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap and digital divide. \nTech jobs are growing\nthree times faster than our colleges are producing computer science graduates.\nBy 2020\, there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the\nUSA. Through compelling interviews\, artistic animation and clever flashpoints in\npopular culture\, CODE examines the reasons why more girls and people of color\nare not seeking out opportunities in computer science and explores how cultural\nmindsets\, stereotypes\, educational hurdles\, and sexism all play roles in this\nnational crisis. Expert voices from the worlds of tech\, psychology\, science\,\nand education are intercut with personal stories of women who are engaged in\nthe fight to challenge complacency in the tech industry and have their voices\nheard. CODE aims to inspire change in mindsets\, in the educational system\, in\nstartup culture and in the way women see themselves in the field of coding. \nComputer code forms\nthe foundation of modern society. Cell phones\, apps\, navigation systems\,\nmedical equipment\, banking\, movie animation… are all driven by code. The more\ndiverse a team of coders is\, the broader their perspective of society’s needs\,\nwhich can ultimately result in products that serve a greater breadth of\nhumanity. \nCODE takes a hard look\nat the pipeline question in technology: why aren’t there more women and\nminority graduates in computer science? What is stopping them from getting to\nthe threshold? CODE follows the various challenges faced by a new generation of\nwomen programmers and the ingenious ways they are using their skills\, drive\,\nintellect and vision to disrupt the traditional\, male-dominated tech world. \nCODE looks to the\npast\, delving into the history of computing to highlight women like Ada\nLovelace and Grace Hopper who set the stage for today’s technology. CODE acknowledges\nthat women have been an important part of computing since the genesis of\ncomputers\, but have since been written out of this history. \nCODE is not afraid to\nask the hard questions and does so with intelligence and a sense of humor\,\nexamining our culture from high (the views of former Harvard President Larry\nSummers on innate ability) to low (an app called “Titstare” presented\nto a room of tech heavyweights). \nA blend of personal\nstories\, expert voices\, innovative animation\, historic discoveries\, and moments\nfrom popular culture are complemented with a cutting edge musical score and\nbolstered by a strong sense of purpose. CODE reflects\, at its heart\, the\ninterconnectedness of the stories\, the web\, and by proxy\, the shared vision of\na new\, more democratic community made possible by the inclusion of more women\nin code.Directions and\nParking\n1. From Hilgard Ave. enter the east side of\ncampus at Wyton Dr.\n2. Make and immediate right turn onto Charles E.\nYoung Dr. East and signs will direct you to Parking Structure 3.\n3. From the ground level of Structure 3\, enter\nthe underpass (or from the street level cross Charles E. Young Dr. North and\nproceed down steps) and walk straight alongside Melnitz and Macgowan Halls.\n4. Turn left at the plaza and proceed to the\ncourtyard of theaters.   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/code-debugging-the-gender-gap-screening/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CODEposterClean.0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160202T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160202T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215323Z UID:4544-1454432400-1454432400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Briefing on the 2015 Paris Climate Conference DESCRIPTION:Join the Los Angeles Sustainability Collaboration\, the City of Los Angeles\, and the Luskin Center for a first-person account from the City of Los Angeles’ Delegation to the 21st annual Conference of Parties (COP21). Moderated by J.R. DeShazo\, director of the Luskin Center\, this event will highlight insights about the negotiations and discuss how the outcomes might affect Los Angeles\, California\, and our planet.Were the results of the conference meaningful?What were the meetings and negotiations like?How will the outcomes affect Los Angeles? California? Our planet?Delegation members speaking include:Matt Petersen – Chief Sustainability Officer of the City of Los AngelesHeather Repenning – Commissioner\, City of Los Angeles Board of Public WorksWilliam Funderburk – Vice-President of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Boardof CommissionersRSVP by January 25\, 2015 to Jennifer Peterman at jennifer@eoscal.com URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/briefing-on-the-2015-paris-climate-conference-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Paris.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160125T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215321Z UID:4543-1453743000-1453748400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators: Speaker Series featuring Richard W. Willson DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Luskin Center and Lewis Center in welcoming Island Press author\, Richard W. Willson\, as he discusses his new book\, Parking Management for Smart Growth\, over refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.REGISTER HEREAbout the book:The average parking space requires approximately 300 square feet of asphalt. That’s the size of a studio apartment in New York or enough room to hold 10 bicycles. Space devoted to parking in growing urban and suburban areas is highly contested—not only from other uses from housing to parklets\, but between drivers who feel entitled to easy access. Without parking management\, parking is a free-for-all—a competitive sport—with arbitrary winners and losers. Historically drivers have been the overall winners in having free or low-cost parking\, while an oversupply of parking has created a hostile environment for pedestrians.In the last 50 years\, parking management has grown from a minor aspect of local policy and regulation to a central position in the provision of transportation access. The higher densities\, tight land supplies\, mixed land uses\, environmental and social concerns\, and alternative transportation modes of Smart Growth demand a different approach—actively managed parking.This book offers a set of tools and a method for strategic parking management so that communities can better use parking resources and avoid overbuilding parking. It explores new opportunities for making the most from every parking space in a sharing economy and taking advantage of new digital parking tools to increase user interaction and satisfaction. Examples are provided of successful approaches for parking management—from Pasadena to London. At its essence\, the book provides a path forward for strategic parking management in a new era of tighter parking supplies.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-featuring-richard-w-willson-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Banner2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160112T131500 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215320Z UID:4542-1452600000-1452604500@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Lecture Series: A Conversation with Mary Robinson DESCRIPTION:As the world witnesses rising temperatures\, shrinking ice sheets\, and shifts in climate patterns\, the global community is facing an economic and environmental challenge that demands a course of action. Yet any truly sustainable solution will require a core commitment to equity.Mary Robinson\, UN Special Envoy for Climate Change and former President of Ireland\, is an international leader with a vision for an inclusive low carbon emission global economy. Named “a hero and an icon” by Time magazine and recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama\, Robinson has expanded access to sustainable energy and fostered green economies and equal rights initiatives worldwide.Join Robinson in this special Luskin Lecture that will present her unique perspective on climate change and social responsibility. \nRSVP by January 7 or contact us for more information:\nTo RSVP click here. • events@luskin.ucla.edu URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-lecture-series-a-conversation-with-mary-robinson-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/EVENT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160108T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215318Z UID:4541-1452186000-1452268800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Future of Environmental Engineering: Innovative Policies and Grand Challenges DESCRIPTION:J.R. DeShazo will offer the keynote address for the National Science Foundation’s and Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors’ Grand Challenge Workshop on Redefining Environmental Engineering and Science in the 21st Century. He will describe opportunities for environmental engineering as public policy seeks to tackle the emerging challenges of climate change and ecosystem services restoration. These new challenges are transforming the discipline’s traditional focus on water and waste water treatment as well as soil and groundwater remediation.Attendance is free\, but space is limited. Register here.ABOUT THE CONFERENCE\nMOTIVATION:\nThe emergence of Environmental Engineering and Science as an independent discipline can be largely tied to the nation’s first set of comprehensive environmental regulatory initiatives\, especially the Clean Air Act (1970)\, Clean Water Act (1972)\, Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response\, Compensation and Liability (“Superfund”) Act (1980). These Acts funded both research and infrastructure investments that transformed the treatment and provision of water and wastewater\, while contributing to dramatic improvements in the quality of the nation’s air and water. The discipline of Environmental Engineering and Science has played a critically important role in these monumental accomplishments.In recent years\, however\, research funding in many of the discipline’s traditional focus areas has been stagnant or declining. In the meantime\, there has been rapid expansion in regulatory interest and funding associated with environmental initiatives related to energy\, climate change and sustainability\, among other topics. Nonetheless\, to date\, there have been no community-wide initiatives to consider the broader implications of this changing landscape on our discipline’s research agenda\, curricula (undergraduate and graduate) and academic identity. Consequently\, a community dialogue is needed to proactively discuss how we might modify the scope and direction of our discipline in this dynamic environment. GOALS:\nThese three workshops build upon an NSF-sponsored workshop held at Yale University in summer 2015 and will serve as a way of jumpstarting this dialogue. Each will include invited speakers and open discussions that will begin a conversation intended to:Identify areas of environmental research currently experiencing high growth\, both those consistent with traditional Environmental Engineering and Science research themes\, as well as those that are currently outside the discipline’s traditional themes;Consider recommendations with respect to how the Environmental Engineering community can better position itself to more rapidly expand into high growth research areas;Develop suggestions regarding how curricula might be adapted to prepare students for research or work in these new areas.The final product will be a report that synthesizes the input obtained from workshop participants\, and provides recommendations that will be made available to both the Environmental Engineering and Science community (via the AEESP website)\, and the National Research Council Committee currently being formed by the Water Science Technology Board to identify Environmental Engineering’s Grand Challenges.Click here to see the agenda.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-future-of-environmental-engineering-innovative-policies-and-grand-challenges-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Grand-Challenge-Workshop-New4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T193000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215316Z UID:4540-1447956000-1447961400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Luskin Innovators: Speaker Series- Gabe Klein DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Luskin Center in welcoming Island Press author\, Gabe Klein\, as he discusses his new book\, Start-up City\, over refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.REGISTER HEREAbout the book:In Start-Up City\, Gabe Klein\, demonstrates how to effect big\, directional change in cities—and how to do it fast. Klein’s objective is to inspire what he calls “public entrepreneurship\,” a start-up-pace energy within the public sector\, brought about by leveraging the immense resources at its disposal. Klein offers guidance for cutting through the morass\, and a roadmap for getting real\, meaningful projects done quickly and having fun while doing it.This book is for anyone who wants to change the way that we live in cities without waiting for the glacial pace of change in government.About the author:Gabe Klein is the formerDOT director under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration in Chicago\nand former Director of the istrict DOT under Mayor Adrian M. Fenty.\nIn Washington he launched Capital Bikeshare\, the first large-scale\nbikeshare system in the US\, and in Chicago he later launched Divvy\,\nwhich is now the largest bikeshare system in the US. Before\nentering the public sphere\, Gabe honed his creativity and leadership skills\nworking for startups\, including Zipcar\, where he served as Vice\nPresident for four years. He also wrote a business model for the\nfirst point-to-point car sharing concept and co-founded the first all-natural multi-unit\nfood truck company in the US.\nIn 2015\,\nGabe joined Fontinalis Partners as a Special Venture Partner on their new fund.\nHe continues to advise a number of technology and mobility\ncompanies\, including Transit Screen and Phone2Action\, where he\nprovides leadership on strategy. He is on the boards of NACTO and Streetsblog.\nGabe and his work have been featured in many major news outlets\, including the\nNew York Times\, Washington Post\, Washington Business Journal\,\nBloomberg\, and many more. He is the author of Start-Up City:\nInspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship\, Getting Projects Done\, and Having\nFun published by Island Press.Panelists:Ashley Z. Hand\, AIA\, LEED AP BD+C was appointed to the Transportation Technology Strategist Fellow for the City of Los Angeles by Mayor Eric Garcetti in August 2015 and is charged with developing a multi-disciplinary strategy to address mobility and transportation policies and services in a rapidly changing environment. With the proliferation of emerging sharing economy technologies and the advent of autonomous vehicles\, it is anticipated that new urban forms and mobility options will greatly impact this region and Ashley developing a cross-jurisdictional strategy to ensure access and equity. Previously\, Ashley served Mayor Sylvester “Sly” James as the first Chief Innovation Officer of the City of Kansas City\, Missouri and the first female municipal CIO in the country. Working collaboratively across departments\, Ashley focused on process improvement through strategic planning\, staff involvement and the use of lean methodology and design thinking. In addition\, she championed an unprecedented public-private partnership to make Kansas City the most comprehensive smart city in North America by bringing digital infrastructure to a new streetcar line in the downtown core. Prior to joining the public sector\, Ashley was an architectural designer and planner for the global firm AECOM where she worked for both public and private sector clients across North America to adopt sustainable best practices and process improvement through community engagement\, policy\, and operational change management. Seleta Reynolds is General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)appointed by the Administration of Mayor Eric Garcetti. Ms. Reynolds is responsible for implementingGreat Streets for Los Angeles\, a plan to reduce traffic fatalities\, double the number of people ridingbikes\, and expand access to integrated transportation choices for Angelinos and the region.Ms. Reynolds has over 17 years of transportation experience throughout the United States. She hasadvised transportation technology companies like WalkScore\, contributed to the state‐of‐the‐practiceas an Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals Board Member\, mentored youngprofessionals through Women’s Transportation Seminar\, and nurtured research on TransportationResearch Board committees. Ms. Reynolds serves as the Vice President of the National Association forCity Transportation Officials. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/luskin-innovators-speaker-series-gabe-klein-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SPEAKERSERIES20BANNER.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151007T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151007T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215306Z UID:4533-1444237200-1444244400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environmental Graduate Student Networking Event 2015 DESCRIPTION:All graduate students interested in environmental sustainability and energy are invited to a free\, cross-campus networking reception.Learn more about campus environmental organizations\, student research opportunities\, internships\, and other events\, while you also meet your peers over hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. There is no dress code.*Registration is required. Register here.(Must have a valid UCLA ID. Graduate students/Faculty/Staff only)Agenda coming soon.Past presentations from:Luskin Center for InnovationInstitute of the Environment and SusatainabilityLeaders in sustainabilityEmmett Institute on Climate Change and the EnvironmentGSA Sustainable Resource CenterChief Sustainable Officer  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-graduate-student-networking-event-2015-2/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Student20Network20Event202013_0_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150818T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150818T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215304Z UID:4531-1439920800-1439928000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Lower LA River: From Gray to Green DESCRIPTION: URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/lower-la-river-from-gray-to-green-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150817T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150817T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215303Z UID:4530-1439800200-1439827200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Driving the Electrification Revolution with ANSYS Simulation DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, ANSYStechnical experts will present simulation solutions that help drive innovations\nin Transportation\, Aerospace\, Defense\, and Mobile Computing\, focusing on the\nfollowing: \n· Electric\, hybrid−electric and plug-in hybrid electric\ncars· Li-Ion Battery Modeling· Electrified power systems\, including motors and\npower electronics. · Wireless power transfer simulation & optimization· Automotive radar systems & V2V technology \nThis seminar is a great\nopportunity for live technical discussions with our technical leadership team\,\nas well as network with other local engineers in the industry.  \nAttendance will\nbe limited\, so please do register early. \nYou can use the\nfollowing link to register: \nRegistration\nLink: \nhttp://www.ansys.com/About+ANSYS/Events/driving-electrification-revolution-with-ansys-simulation-losangeles-8-17-15 URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/driving-the-electrification-revolution-with-ansys-simulation-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150604T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150607T203000 DTSTAMP:20260418T200341 CREATED:20180801T215254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215254Z UID:4524-1433404800-1433709000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization DESCRIPTION: URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/seizing-an-alternative-toward-an-ecological-civilization-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR