An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Allan Jones, Chief Development Officer, Energy and Climate Change, City of SydneyReservations are required. RSVP by Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Allan Jones led the London Climate Agency, Thameswey Limited in Great Britain, and now Sydney, Australia, towards sustainable self-sufficiency in local energy and water. He will explain the Sydney 2030 Green Infrastructure Plan, […]
"Addressing Climate Change: Regional Collaboratives"California has a history of attempt to deal withenvironmental and governance issues at the regional level. Fragmented governance, siloed decision making, layers of accretionary authority have been the result. SB 375, one could argue, is yet another bite at the apple. Where do the emerging Regional Climate Collaboratives fit into this […]
PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESThe Demise of Ownership: Digital Content in the Age of LicensingVIEW EVENT HIGHLIGHTS, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOModeratorJohn Villasenor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Public Policy, UCLAPanelistsLee Knife Executive Director, Digital Media Association (DiMA)Corynne McSherry Intellectual Property Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)Steven Metalitz Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (MS&K)Angela Riggio Head of […]
"Using the Tax System to Address Competition Issues with a Carbon Tax"Abstract:This paper considers how tax reductions financed by a carbon tax could be designed to mitigate the need for specific relief for firms in select energy-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) sectors. In particular, I consider impacts on manufacturing sectors at the six-digit North American Industry Classification […]
More information & registration here.RegisterNow for the 2013 Clarke Prize Conference & Award Ceremony Research and Innovations in Urban Water SustainabilityRhodes Trussell on Southern California WaterEarly Registration Ends November 8 Professors, Bring Your Students for Free!Student Volunteers Needed Gold Sponsors Receive 8 Complimentary RegistrationsThank You to Our Member Agencies and Corporate AssociatesWatch Us on YouTube […]
"The who, the when and thehow of energy conservation: New insights from real time, appliance level energy feedback." About the speaker:Magali Delmas is a Professor of management at the University of California Los Angeles. Standing at the crossroads of policy and management, Magali Delmas' research focuses on the various interactions between environmental policy and business strategy […]
PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESDigital Media in the Age of the CloudVIEW EVENT HIGHLIGHTS, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOModeratorRichard Wolpert Managing Director, Amplify.la; and Venture Advisor, Accel Partners Panelists Dean Marks Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Katherine Oyama Sr. Policy Counsel, Google Betsy Rosenblatt Assistant Professor of Law, Whittier Law School; and Director, Center […]
J.R. DeShazo, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs"Policy and Economic Lessons Learned from the Early Plug-in electric Vehicle Market"J.R. DeShazo is the Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at the University ofCalifornia at Los Angeles. He also is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department ofPublic Policy in the […]
"Forest Recovery" Forest dynamics in Latin America tropics now take directionsthat no one would have predicted a decade ago. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped by over 84%, and is down by a third in Central America if not more. Forest resurgence---increasing forest cover in inhabited landscapes or abandoned lands--- also is a highly […]
