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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160125T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160125T190000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160112T131500
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160108T160000
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CREATED:20180801T215318Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T193000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151007T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151007T190000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150818T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150818T200000
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UID:4531-1439920800-1439928000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lower LA River: From Gray to Green
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/lower-la-river-from-gray-to-green-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150817T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150817T160000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150604T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150607T203000
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CREATED:20180801T215254Z
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UID:4524-1433404800-1433709000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/seizing-an-alternative-toward-an-ecological-civilization-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150521T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150521T140000
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UID:4523-1432211400-1432216800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Effects of Commercial Revitalization and REtail Gentrification for Retailers and Community Identity
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-effects-of-commercial-revitalization-and-retail-gentrification-for-retailers-and-community-identity-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T140000
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UID:4522-1431606600-1431612000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:New Strategies for Youth Employment: Rebuilding Community Jobs in the Face of Globalization
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/new-strategies-for-youth-employment-rebuilding-community-jobs-in-the-face-of-globalization-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150501T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150501T170000
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UID:4521-1430467200-1430499600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Energy Innovation Conference: Transforming an Industry
DESCRIPTION:What does the utility of the future look like with the uprising of distributed solar electricity generation? When will battery storage become affordable enough and what impact will its mass adoption on our daily life? Where is the oil & gas market going? How will California continue its leadership position in the adoption of innovation energy generation and distribution?Hosted by the UCLA Anderson Energy Management Group and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy\, with support from the students at USC Marshall\, the 2nd annual Energy Innovation Conference is the premier energy convention that brings together the leading executives\, industry experts\, and scholars from the southern California energy community in fields including solar\, utility\, battery storage\, oil & gas\, and energy policy to answer these questions and more.Join us for a day of panel discussions\, an innovation showcase and numerous networking opportunities. Formore information\, registration and update and updates on the conference\, please\nvisit us at http://www.energyinnovationconference.comFor Sponsorship Opportunities or General Questions\,Please Contact: robert.shen.2015@anderson.ucla.edu      
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/energy-innovation-conference-transforming-an-industry-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150430T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150430T140000
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UID:4520-1430397000-1430402400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Community Participation and Gentrification: Innovative Approaches
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/community-participation-and-gentrification-innovative-approaches-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150430T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150430T170000
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UID:4514-1430380800-1430413200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:What are we Missing? Rethinking Strategies to Advance Women in Technology
DESCRIPTION:*REGISTRATION REQUIRED. PLEASE CONTACT REBECCA SADWICK RSADWICK@LUSKIN.UCLA.EDU FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION.  Event SummaryWhat Are We Missing? Rethinking\nStrategies to Advance Women in Technology (Conference to Advance Women in Tech) will explore effective\nways to advance women of all races\, backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses in\nthe tech sector.    \nStrategies to reduce gender inequality in the tech\nsector fall into three main categories: personal\, private and public. Rather\nthan focusing on personal strategies that place the onus of cultural change on\nindividuals\, this conference will focus on private and public strategies that\nfoster systemic change. Specifically we will address private strategies at the\nentrepreneurial and corporate levels as well as public strategies—such as non-profit\ninitiatives\, public-private partnerships and public policies—to result in\nmeasurable advancements for women in tech. \nThis one-day conference at UCLA will\nbe held on April 30\, 2015\, and will\ninclude two concurrent tracks of breakout sessions. Participants will be asked\nto choose one track to attend for both morning and afternoon sessions\, and will\nleave the event with specific\, actionable takeaways. \nTrack 1. Fostering Women as Tech Entrepreneurs in Startups\nand Small Tech FirmsWhat are effective strategies to foster female leadership in\nstartups and small businesses? The panels and discussion in this track will\nexplore government\, private\, and nonprofit strategies to foster female\nentrepreneurship. This will include a focus on funding as well as accelerators\,\nstartup\, and resource initiatives. \nTrack 2.  Attracting and Retaining\nWomen in Medium and Large CompaniesWhat are the public policies\,\ncorporate policies\, and workforce culture issues that affect the attraction and\nretention of women in tech? The panels and discussion in this track will\ndiscuss effective ways to create sustainable environments in which women and\ntheir employers prosper. \nIntended\nAudienceThis event aims to bring together:  \n●	Corporate leaders and employees●	Entrepreneurs\, and startup support institutions (incubators\, accelerators\, etc.)●	Non-profit leaders and advocates●	Academics\, STEM educators\, students\, and parents●	Policymakers and legislators●	Journalists and the mediaAgenda8:00 		Registration & Breakfast8:30		Welcome8:40		Morning Keynote Plenary9:45		First Breakout Session Panels	Track 1: Accelerators\, Incubators\, and other Startup Resources	Track 2: Corporate & Public Policies to Attract Women to Tech Companies11:00	Networking Break11:15	Second Breakout Session Panels	Track 1: Startup Funding Pipeline	Track 2: Policies for Building Retention12:30	Lunch1:15		Lunch Keynote1:45 		Breakout Discussions3:00		Presentation of Solutions: Summary of Breakout Tracks3:30		Afternoon Keynote3:50 		Closing Remarks4:00		Reception
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/what-are-we-missing-rethinking-strategies-to-advance-women-in-technology-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150424T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150424T140000
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UID:4513-1429860600-1429884000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2015 Sustainability Summit
DESCRIPTION:They keytheme of LABC’s 2015 Sustainability Summit is the “Path to Paris” and what the\nglobal conversation at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference means\nfor California and the Los Angeles region. \nThis\nyear’s Summit will also focus on: The global renewable energy market;\nsetting an interim target and standard for greenhouse gas emissions reductions\nto keep California on the path toward its 80% by 2050 goal; California’s cap\nand trade program; grid integration and planning for more distributed\ngeneration\, electric vehicles and advanced energy efficiency in Los Angeles;\nimplementation of the state water bond; and L.A.’s strategies to source 50% of\nour water locally.We want to offer you the special LABC Membership Price! \nFor more information and to register\, please visit:https://labusinesscouncil.nationbuilder.com/2015_sustainability_summit_registration
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/2015-sustainability-summit-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150401T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150401T130000
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UID:4512-1427889600-1427893200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Lunch Research Seminar: Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future
DESCRIPTION:Substantialreductions in global power sector emissions will be needed by midcentury to\navoid significant disruption of the climate system. Achieving these reductions\nwill require greatly increased levels of financing\, technological innovation\,\nand policy reform. In the United States\, the scale and complexity of the\noverall challenge have raised important questions regarding prevailing\nregulatory and business models\, with much scrutiny directed at the traditional\npractice of public utility regulation. Recognizing the many valid criticisms leveled\nagainst public utility regulation and the important questions raised about the\nviability of traditional utility business models\, particularly in the face of\nsubstantial growth in distributed energy resources\, this talk argues that a\nrevitalized and expanded notion of public utility has a critical role to play\nin efforts to decarbonize the power sector in the United States. The talk will\ntrace the history of public utility (in concept and practice) over the last\ncentury\, the problems embedded in current regulatory and business models\, and\nthe prospects for reforming such models in the face of rapid technological\nchange and growing decarbonization imperatives. The central claim is that the\noverall scale\, complexity\, and sequencing of investments needed to decarbonize\nthe power sector over the coming decades (however it comes to be organized)\ncalls for a broad notion of public utility that draws from earlier\nunderstandings of the concept and provides an important foundation for efforts\nto govern a power system that is increasingly complex\, participatory\, and\nintelligent\, and for managing the sustained\, collective effort to channel\ninvestment and behavior in ways necessary to realize a low-carbon future. \nThe\ntalk will draw from a recent paper and some ongoing work. The paper is here if\npeople are interested: Public Utility and the Low Carbon Future\, 61 UCLA L. Rev.1614 (2014). \n Lunch\nwill be provided. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-lunch-research-seminar-public-utility-and-the-low-carbon-future-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150327T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150327T094500
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UID:4511-1427441400-1427449500@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Rooftop Solar Energy Roundtable
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URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/rooftop-solar-energy-roundtable-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150311T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150311T200000
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SUMMARY:Leaders in Sustainability Alumni Panel and Reception
DESCRIPTION:HearCareer Insights from UCLA Alums Take a Finals Break with Sustainability Leaders and Free Food \nPanelists: \nNicholas\nNairn-Birch  \nNicholas Nairn-Birch\nis an Air Resources Engineer with the California Air Resources Board in the\nIncentives and Technology Advancement Branch. He recently returned to\nCalifornia after working in Washington D.C. as Environmental Protection\nSpecialist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\, where he advanced policy\nto manage risk from chemicals in commerce. Dr.\nNairn-Birch holds a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from\nUCLA.  \n  \nNurit Katz\nNurit Katz is UCLA’s first Chief Sustainability Officer and also Executive Officer\nof Facilities Management at UCLA. Previously\, she founded the\nUCLA Sustainable Resource Center and assisted in developing the Leaders in\nSustainability. Nurit holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management\nand a Master’s in Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.\nNurit was honored as one of 100 Inspirational Alumni for the 75th Anniversary\nof UCLA Anderson.  \nKristen Pawling\nKristen Pawling is a Regional Planner for the Southern California Association\nof Governments\, focusing on sustainability and comprehensive open space\nplanning. Previously she was an Executive Fellow with the California Air\nResources Board. Kristen holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography/Environmental\nStudies and a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning\, both from UCLA.  \nBrian\nYolles\nBrian Yolles manages the Corporate Partners Program (his LiS\nproject) affiliated with UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and\nSustainability. He is also founder and CEO of StockShield\, LLC\, a broker-dealer\nspecializing in investment portfolio risk management. Brian graduated from Yale\nand UCLA\, where he earned his MBA. \nHosted by the UCLA\nLeaders in Sustainability Program with Sponsorship by GSA Sustainable Resource Center 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/leaders-in-sustainability-alumni-panel-and-reception-2/
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SUMMARY:NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:NEXT:People | Science | Tomorrow explores the intersection of science\nand the human condition. These programs are informal conversations\, open to the\npublic on an RSVP basis. The host and moderator is Mat Kaplan\, who – in his day\njob – is the producer of Planetary Radio for The Planetary Society. \nIn Southern CA Public\nRadio/KPCC’s upcoming March program\, they are looking at the future of solar energy\,\nand have invited J.R. DeShazo\, Director of the Luskin Center to talk about the economic side of the\ndevelopment of solar energy – the accelerating growth of solar’s share of the\nU.S. and world energy market and how this will be reflected in the consumer\nbase and commercially. Other panelists will cover the areas of technology\ndevelopment and storage/sustainability. \nThe\nCFF is Southern California Public Radio’s live events platform and offers\ncommunity engagement and discussion-oriented programming that’s free and open\nto the public on an RSVP basis. Because the CFF is part of the newsroom here at\nSCPR\, programming is closely aligned with our on-air and online coverage. The\ntopics covered in the CFF throughout the year are widely varied\, from politics\nto immigrant issues\, education to law and order\, arts and culture and human\ninterest\, science and technology\, veterans’ issues\, business and the\neconomy.  Here’s the link to their web page\, where you can see past\nprograms\, including their NEXT events. www.scpr.org/crawfordfamilyforum.They seat 140 and the program is live-streamed at KPCC.org. The program will also be video recorded and archived on their web\nsite.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/next-people-science-tomorrow-2/
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