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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Magali Delmas
DESCRIPTION:“The who\, the when and thehow of energy conservation: New insights from real time\, appliance level energy\nfeedback.” 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 at the national and international level. She seeks to understand how environmental policies influences firms’ strategies and performance and in turn how firms help shape environmental policy. Magali Delmas’ current work includes the analysis of the effectiveness of firms’ voluntary actions to mitigate climate change. She is involved in several projects related to firms’ voluntary strategies to reduce greenhouse gases in the electric utility sector. She is also engaged in refining current methodologies to measure and communicate firm’s and products’ environmental performance. Previous to embarking on an academic career she worked at the European Commission as the economic advisor of the Director for Industry.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-magali-delmas-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131115T100000
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SUMMARY:2013 NWRI Clarke Prize Conference and Award Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:More information & registration here.RegisterNow for the 2013 Clarke Prize Conference & Award Ceremony \nResearch\nand Innovations in Urban Water SustainabilityRhodes\nTrussell on Southern California WaterEarly\nRegistration Ends November 8 Professors\,\nBring Your Students for Free!Student\nVolunteers Needed Gold\nSponsors Receive 8 Complimentary RegistrationsThank\nYou to Our Member Agencies and Corporate AssociatesWatch\nUs on YouTube \nResearch and Innovations in Urban Water\nSustainability \nManaging\,\nplanning\, and advancing treatment technologies for sustainable water supplies\nwill be the three main session themes for the 2013 NWRI Clarke Prize Conference\nand Award Ceremony\, to be held on November 15\, 2013\, at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach\,\nCalifornia. \nAn\nexample of our conference program includes: \nManaging\nsustainable water supplies and water resources:  \nDr. Pedro Alvarez\, Rice University\, on “Biofouling and\nMicrobial Control: Insights from Nanotechnology”Dr. Jerry Schnoor\, University of Iowa\, on “The Effects of\nClimate Change and Energy Development on Water Supplies and Water Resources”Mr. Jim McDaniel\, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power\,\non “The City of Los Angeles’ Local Water Supply Initiative” \nAdvances\nin treatment technologies for sustainable water supply development: \nDr. Vernon Snoeyink\, University of Illinois at\nUrbana-Champaign\, on “Municipal Water Treatment: Recent Advances and Drivers\nfor Change”Dr. Mark Wiesner\, Duke University\, on “Nanoparticle-Enabled\nAdvances in Membranes for Water Treatment” Dr. Amy Childress\, University of Southern California\, on \n“Advanced Treatment Innovations” \nPlanning\nfor sustainable water resources: \nDr. J.R. DeShazo\, University of California Los Angeles\, on\n“Water Resources Economics and the Value of Water Reliability” Mr. Jim Herberg\, Orange County Sanitation District\, on\n“Innovative and Sustainable Projects for Wastewater” \nRhodes Trussell on Southern California Water \nImmediately\nfollowing the conference\, we will hold the Twentieth Annual NWRI Clarke Prize\nAward Ceremony and Dinner\, where we will honor Dr. R. Rhodes Trussell of\nTrussell Technologies (Pasadena\, CA) for his extraordinary accomplishments\nin using fundamental scientific principles and current research findings to\nsolve the most challenging water quality problems and improve the designs of\nnew water treatment plants and technologies. \nDuring\nthe Award Ceremony and Dinner\, Dr. Trussell will receive the Clarke Medallion\nand $50\,000 award\, as well as present the 2013 Clarke Lecture on “Southern\nCalifornia Water: Past\, Present and Future.” \nEarly Registration Ends November 8 \nYou\ncan register online through our new conference website at www.clarkeprize.com.  The following early\nregistration rates are available until November 8\, 2013: \nConference Only  \nPublic Agencies ……………………….. $125   \nNWRI Corporate Associates ………… \n$125     \nUniversity/College Professors\n………. $125     \nStudents …………………………………  $50   \nAll Others ……………………………….. $175  \nAward Ceremony and Dinner  \nAll Conference Registrants\n………………………..   $50 (plus conference registration)   \nDinner Only (Not attending the Conference)\n……  $100     \nProfessors\, Bring Your Students for Free! \nProfessors\nwho register for the Clarke Prize Conference (with or without attending the\nAward Dinner) may register up to three (3) students free of charge for the\nconference. \nThe\nthree free student registrations are only for the Conference and do not include\nthe Award Dinner. Please note: Students are required to be full-time\nundergraduates or graduates currently enrolled at your university. \nStudent Volunteers Needed \nStudents\,\nwould you be interested in volunteering in exchange for attending the\nconference and dinner for free?  We would also seat you at lunch with a Clarke Prize Laureate so you\nhave the opportunity to engage one-on-one with a leading researcher in the\nwater industry. \nVolunteers\nwould be requested to assist our staff all day at both the conference and\ndinner; however\, there will be plenty of free time to watch the presentations\nand network with your peers.  Visit our conference website at www.clarkeprize.com to download the\nvolunteer application.  The deadline for applications is October 31\, 2013.\nPlease note that we will be selecting between two to four volunteers to assist\nus. \nWatch videos from last year’s Clarke Prize Conference and Award\nCeremony at http://www.youtube.com/user/NWRIwater. \nRegister Now! \nVisit our conference\nregistration website by clicking here! 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/2013-nwri-clarke-prize-conference-and-award-ceremony/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131107T130000
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SUMMARY:Gilbert "Gib" Metcalf on the Political Economy of Carbon Taxes
DESCRIPTION:“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 System level\, with a special focus on firms that would be presumptively eligible for competitiveness relief using the criteria in the Waxman–Markey bill (H.R. 2454). The paper has a number of findings. First\, determination of eligibility for relief analogous to the free allowance allocation in H.R. 2454 is sensitive to energy intensity. Second\, providing compensation to EITE sectors through the corporate income tax—analogous to the output-based allowance allocation in Waxman–Markey—is certainly feasible\, but tax appetite within the EITE sectors is insufficient to fully use any credits that attempted to offset more than about one-quarter of their carbon tax liability. Third\, certain reforms do better than others at providing disproportionate relief to EITE sectors. Finally\, economic theory predicts a substantial cost to diverting carbon tax revenue toward compensation of specific sectors. Theory also suggests that firms should treat policy risk no differently from the way they treat the other risks they face as they do business. But politics may dictate otherwise; if so\, the analysis here suggests that certain approaches may work better than others to ensure that relief is appropriately targeted at minimal cost.http://rff.org/Publications/Pages/PublicationDetails.aspx?PublicationID=22284About the Speaker:Gilbert E. Metcalf is a Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Metcalf has taught at Princeton University\, the Kennedy School of Government\, and MIT. He has frequently testified before Congress\, served on expert panels including a recent National Academies of Sciences panel on energy externalities\, and served as a consultant to various organizations. During 2011 and 2012\, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of Treasury.Metcalf’s primary research area is applied public finance with particular interests in taxation\, energy\, and environmental economics. His current research focuses on policy evaluation and design in the area of energy and climate change. He has published papers in numerous academic journals\, has edited three books\, and has contributed chapters to several books on energy and tax policy. Metcalf received a B.A. in Mathematics from Amherst College\, an M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.For more information on Gib please see his webpage. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/gilbert-gib-metcalf-on-the-political-economy-of-carbon-taxes/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131105T120000
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SUMMARY:Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age: The Demise of Ownership: Digital Content in the Age of Licensing
DESCRIPTION: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 Scholarly Communication and Licensing\, UCLA Library Traditionally\, sales of music\, books\, and movies involved the purchase of works embodied in material objects such as a CD\, printed book\, or DVD. Today\, however\, what are often called content “purchases” are in fact generally licenses that can leave consumers with significantly less control over content than in the past. This significantly alters the dynamics of markets\, which have long benefited from the circulation of used works. This event will address whether ownership of content is a vanishing concept\, whether there should be a “digital first sale doctrine\,” the rights of consumers of licensed content vs. the rights of copyright holders\, and the policy implications of these and other questions.Key questions:Is ownership of content a vanishing concept?Should there be a “digital first sale doctrine”\, or is that question moot in light of the move towards licensing?If there is a digital first sale doctrine\, how can content owners be protected form proliferation of unauthorized copies of work?Should consumers be able to do with licensed content (e.g. loan it\, resell it\, etc.) what they have long been able to do with owned content?(Converse of the above quesitons) Should copyright holders be able to exert significant downstream control of content use?Are there differences across different media types (movies\, music\, books\, etc.) that justify different approaches to the sale/license distinction -or\, if licenses are used\, to different licensing approaches?All Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age panels are free. Registration is required. Seating will be first come\, first served. Lunch will be served. Daily parking pass is $12. Pay-by-space parking is also available in Parking Structure SV.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/public-policy-for-innovation-in-the-digital-age-the-demise-of-ownership-digital-content-in-the-age-of-licensing/
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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Stephanie Pincetl
DESCRIPTION:“Addressing Climate Change: Regional Collaboratives”California has a history of attempt to deal withenvironmental and governance issues at the regional level.  Fragmented\ngovernance\, siloed decision making\, layers of accretionary authority have been\nthe result.  SB 375\, one could argue\,  is yet another bite at the\napple.  Where do the emerging Regional Climate Collaboratives fit into\nthis picture?  What do they look like?  What are they doing?\n This is a preliminary discussion of the rise of climate collaboratives in\nthe major urban areas of the state\, and their diverse organizational structures\nand concerns. About the speaker:Dr. Pincetl has a Ph.D from UCLA’s former Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. She has published extensively on issues of environmental policies and regulation. The content of her research is land use\, land use change\, with a focus on urban environments and the transformation of their natural environments. The theoretical core of her research is environmental politics\, policies and governance and specifically\, the ways that rules and rulemaking impact the participants in decisionmaking and the content of decisions. Rules can be formal or informal\, hard or soft\, but they form the boundaries of what is perceived of as possible. Dr. Pincetl has studied land use\, infrastructure\, and environmental preservation or services. Dr. Pincetl teaches courses on land use and the environment\, environmental policies and politics in the US\, and sustainable cities. She also teaches in Europe\, including the Institut d’Etudes Politiques International Masters of Public Administration in Paris\, and has on-going research collaborations with European collaborators. Dr Pincetl has ongoing research funded by the California state Energy Commission developing an urban metabolism framework for state energy analysis\, and funded by the National Science Foundation on coupled human natural urban systems.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-stephanie-pincetl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131027T170000
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles Sustainability Collaboratives' 4th Annual Awards Social
DESCRIPTION:Check out:https://lascsocial.eventbrite.com/
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/los-angeles-sustainability-collaboratives-4th-annual-awards-social/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131016T180000
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SUMMARY:Water and Energy Efficiency for a Hotter\, Drier Climate: Sustainable Local Water and Energy Resources in Cities
DESCRIPTION: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\, based on the best world renewable energy and water practices. This plan will see the city’s electricity\, heating\, cooling\, and water needs met by local renewable and sustainable sources by 2030.  He will tell us why the Los Angeles Region\, with a similar climate and similar climate change risks as Sydney\, can also take this remarkable course. Co-sponsored by: The Energy Coalition and Australian Consulate General\, Los AngelesCo-hosted by: UCLA’s Law School Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and Luskin Center for InnovationMetered parking available in Lot 4. Public transportation stops at UCLA.For Inquiries: LSevents@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038.Photo credit: Sydney Theatre Company Solar Project\, photograph by Sue Murray 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/water-and-energy-efficiency-for-a-hotter-drier-climate-sustainable-local-water-and-energy-resources-in-cities/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131015T133000
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SUMMARY:Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age: The Future of Digital Music Delivery
DESCRIPTION:PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESThe Future of Digital Music DeliveryVIEW EVENT HIGHLIGHTS\, PHOTOS\, AND VIDEOModeratorAlex Pham Contributing Editor\, Billboard MagazinePanelistsChris Harrison Assistant General Counsel\, PandoraDavid Oxenford Partner\, Wilkinson Barker Knauer\, LLPJeff Price CEO\, AudiamSteve Rennie President\, REN ManagementMusic distribution is undergoing a fundamental shift with great societal and policy implications. In the pre-Internet era\, consumers accessed music primarily through the radio and purchases of physical media such as records. Today an increasing amount of music is delivered digitally. Consumers now have access to a far wider range of choices. Some artists are benefiting from digital distribution\, to reach larger audiences while interacting with those audiences in novel ways. However\, other artists are struggling. This event will explore what is happening\, what could happen\, and what policy innovations are needed to ensure a sustainable and vibrant music industry.Key questions:How will people consume music five years from now?What are the sustainable business models that can maximize consumer choice and access to music?How will artists engage with their audiences five years from now?What is the role of record labels in light of technologies that make it much easier for recording artists to directly engage with audiences?Should the royalty frameworks for different music delivery mechanisms be technologically agnostic?All Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age panels are free. Registration is required. Seating will be first come\, first served. Lunch will be served. Daily parking pass is $12. Pay-by-space parking is also available in Parking Structure SV.   
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/public-policy-for-innovation-in-the-digital-age-the-future-of-digital-music-delivery/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131014T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131014T130000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Economics\, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series: Jason Synder
DESCRIPTION:Jason Snyder\, UCLA Anderson School of Management”Human Capital Strategy and Socially Responsible Business Practices”Jason Snyder is an assistant professor in the Policy group at UCLA Anderson School of Management. His research interests include firm strategy\, socially responsible business\,and political economy. His research focuses on how ethics are transmitted withinfirms\, how competition influences socially responsible behavior\, and on how politicalpower is passed along within families.Lunch will be served. Limited space. More details soon.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-economics-policy-and-management-monthly-seminar-series-jason-synder/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131008T193000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Graduate Student Networking Event
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.TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT – CLICK HERESPEAKERS INCLUDE:J.R. DeShazo\, Director\, Luskin Center for InnovationMark Gold\, IoES Associate Director\, Coastal Center Director\, Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityMagali Delmas\, Co-director\, Leaders in SustainabilityTimothy Malloy\, Faculty Director\, UCLA Sustainable Technology and Policy ProgramMegan Herzog\, Emmett/Frankel Fellow\, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment\, UCLA School of LawFelicia Federico\, Program Manager for Partnerships and Translational Science\, Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityLaurel Hunt\, GSA Sustainable Resource CenterSharona Sokolow\, Water Resources Student Group\n              \n             
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-graduate-student-networking-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131007T130000
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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Matt Kahn: "Why Should Environmental Scientists Talk to Economists?"
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability embraces an interdisciplinary research strategy.  What do economists bring to the table?  Two examples will be introduced to facilitate an open discussion.  This meeting kicks off our annual seminar series. Lunch will be provided. First come\, first served. About the speaker:Matthew E. Kahn is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\, the Department of Economics\, and the Department of Public Policy. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007\, he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and Stanford. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment (Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press 2009). His research focuses on environmental\, urban\, real estate and energy economics.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-matt-kahn-why-should-environmental-scientists-talk-to-economists/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130921T170000
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SUMMARY:2013 AltCar  Expo & Conference
DESCRIPTION:A new era for alternative-fueled vehicles has arrived. By the endof May\, the U.S. surpassed 100\,000 in plug-in electric vehicle sales\,\nrepresenting $4 billion in gross revenues over a two-and-a-half-year period.\nCo-presented by the City of Santa Monica and the UCLA Luskin Center for\nInnovation\, Friday’s lineup will bring together distinguished speakers from\nleading automakers\, policymakers\, alternative-fuel infrastructure planners\, and\nfleets to investigate the latest developments\, focusing on California’s\naggressive activities. Come to explore with these experts what it all means\,\nfor the state and the nation\, and where we go from here. Attendees will also be\ntreated to high-level keynote sessions\, networking opportunities\, and a large\nride-n-drive\, complete with prizes.We invite you to join us at the ALTCAR CONFERENCE & EXPO. J.R. DeShazo\, Director of the Luskin Center\, will be speaking on the “Infrastructure – New Priorities in Planning” panel. We are offering complimentary conference registration.Please use Promo Code : LUSKIN1302For more information and to register\, please go to the AltCar Expo website.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/2013-altcar-expo-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130828T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130828T180000
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SUMMARY:Women in Green Forum
DESCRIPTION:Register here for the premier network and conference series highlighting women’s impact on the environmental industry and encouraging more women into the field. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/women-in-green-forum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130813T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130813T120000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change: Its Impact on California’s Cities and Economy (Accessible Online- Webcast)
DESCRIPTION:California’s unique urbanquality of\nlife entices millions to live and work here.  But how will\nclimate\nchange impact our quality of life — and how could it impact\nCalifornia’s economy?\nWhat new business\nopportunities do these anticipated challenges create? Could\ncapitalism help us to cope with many of the new problems we have\nunleashed? How does California’s path breaking AB32 carbon\nmitigation legislation help the state to adapt to changing\nconditions? Could California’s willingness to be the “green\nguinea pig” help to identify cost-effective policies that can be\nenacted all around the world?  And will California benefit\nfrom being a ‘first-mover’?\nAdditional Reading/Links:\nClimatopolis:\n How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter FutureDr. Kahn’s Environmental Economic VideoWebcast viewers: Please send your questions during broadcast\nto: coastalrm@calepa.ca.govView the Presentation HereSpeaker Biography\nMatthew E. Kahn\,\nPh.D.\, is\na Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment\, the Department of\nEconomics\, the Department of Public Policy\, the UCLA Anderson School of\nManagement and the UCLA School of Law.  He is a research\nassociate\nat the National Bureau of Economic Research and the\nIZA. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007\,\nhe taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts\nUniversity. He has served as a Visiting Professor at\nHarvard and Stanford University and the National University of\nSingapore. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the\nEnvironment (Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of\nHeroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press\n2008). Professor Kahn is the author of Climatopolis: How\nOur Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter World (Basic Books 2010). His\nresearch areas include; environmental\, urban\, energy and real\nestate economics.  He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the\nUniversity of Chicago.Information taken from: California Air Resource Board Chair Lecture Series Webpage \nFor information on this Lecture and Series please contact:\nPeter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or send email to: pmathews@arb.ca.gov
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/climate-change-its-impact-on-californias-cities-and-economy-accessible-online-webcast/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130812T133000
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SUMMARY:Webcast: Trends in Residential Energy Consumption  and Potential Opportunities for Reduction
DESCRIPTION:Luskin Center Scholars will present cutting edge energy research.Magali A. Delmas Ph.D. and Matthew E. Kahn\, Ph.D.\,  UC Los Angeles Alan Meier\, Ph.D.\,  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/UC Davis and Reuben Deumling\, Ph.D.Monday\, August 12\, 2013 1:30 pm\, PDT (WEBCAST) Coastal Hearing Room\, 2nd Floor\, Cal/EPA Building1001 I Street\, Sacramento\, CaliforniaCoastal Hearing Room\, Second Floor\, Cal EPA Headquarters\, 1001 “I” Street\, Sacramento\, CA   Save to OutlookWEBCASTWhile viewing the webcast\, presentations can be downloadedat:   http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/seminars.htmFor “external” users please check the external webcast calendarat:   http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1For “internal” users please check the internal webcast calendarat:   http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1Your e-mail questions will be aired during the Q&A period following the presentations.Please send your-e-mail your questionsto:   coastalrm@calepa.ca.govFor more information on this seminar presentation pleasecontact:   Sarah Pittiglio\, Ph.D.     at (916) 324-0627 or spittigl@arb.ca.gov
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/webcast-trends-in-residential-energy-consumption-and-potential-opportunities-for-reduction/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130610T120000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Economics\, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series: Deepak Rajagopal
DESCRIPTION:“Emissionstandards with trading: Evidence from Alberta’s GHG regulation”Dr. Deepak Rajagopal is assistant professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment in Los Angeles. His special research interests include energy markets and policy\, environmental economics and policy\, and lifecycle assessment for policy design\, as well as  biofuels\, renewable energy systems\, and economics of food and agriculture. His major focus is on the challenges and implications of biofuels. The mission of the Institute of the Environment is to generate knowledge and provide solutions for regional and global environmental problems and to educate the next generation of professional leadership committed to the health of our planet. Dr. Deepak Rajagopal has an inter-disciplinary background having received his PhD in Energy and Resources (UC Berkeley) and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering (Indian Institute Technology\, Madras) and also in Agricultural and Resource Economics (UC Berkeley). Abstract:Emission intensity standards (EIS) represent a third alternative to policies that target emissions directly\, say\, emission fees or tradable emission permits and policies that target emissions indirectly by promoting renewable energy\, say\, renewable energy mandates and subsidies. Emerging economies such as China and India appear agreeable to EIS(s) to meet international commitments to reducing GHG emissions and such an approach is being considered for the electricity sector in the US. A prominent example of an EIS is the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard\, which mandates reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of transportation fuels consumed in California. An advantage of an EIS relative to a renewable energy policy is that it encourages substitution from more pollution-intensive fuels to less pollution intensive fuels and not force substitution from fossil fuels to renewable fuels.  When there exist multiple renewable energy substitutes with differing pollution intensity\, an emission standard will lead to adoption of the more cost-effective renewable fuels. Although policies such as emission fees or tradable emission permits that target emissions directly are the cost-effective approach to reducing pollution\, they have been shown to lead to less output\, higher prices and less employment  relative to an emission standard. Emissions may however increase under an EIS. In this presentation\, I will present preliminary results from an ex post assessment of Alberta’s Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER) which is one of the first multi-sector GHG emission intensity regulation.  
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-economics-policy-and-management-monthly-seminar-series-deepak-rajagopal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130603T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130603T130000
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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Lunch Research Seminar - Matthew Kahn
DESCRIPTION:“Using Information to Improve the Effectiveness of Nonlinear Pricing:Evidence from a Field Experiment.”Matthew Kahn\, Professor University of California\, Los AngelesDepartment of Public Policy\, Department of Economics\, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability  Matthew E. Kahn is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment\, the Department of Economics\, and the Department of Public Policy. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007\, he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and Stanford. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment(Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press 2009). His research focuses on environmental\, urban\, real estate and energy economics. More information on Matthew Kahn.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-lunch-research-seminar-matthew-kahn/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130531T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130531T113000
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SUMMARY:What Climate Change Means for LA: Likely Impacts and Proactive Policies
DESCRIPTION:The Lecture is full. No more registrations are being accepted.WHAT: A half-day seminar featuring groundbreaking climate prediction research by Alex Hall\, UCLA climate scientist and professor\, followed by a panel discussion with climate policy experts. WHY: The climate studies provide critical new information for the Los Angeles region\, and could help inform potential mitigation and adaption plans and actions. Results from the climate studies include temperature\, precipitation\, and snow fall predictions for the Los Angeles region at a much higher resolution level than ever before. WHO: This event is designed for government\, non-profit and business stakeholders who will be making and informing decisions related to climate changes in Los Angeles. Registration is required to attend. FOR DIRECTIONS AND PARKING INFORMATIONCLICK HERE FEATURED SPEAKER  Alex\nHall\, Professor\, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic\nSciences and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability \nHOST/MODERATOR Glen\nMacDonald\, Director\, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability\n CLIMATE POLICY PANELISTS \nJ.R.\nDeShazo\, Director\, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation; Professor\, Luskin School of Public Affairs \nCara\nHorowitz\, Executive Director\, Emmett Center on Climate Change and the\nEnvironment\, UCLA Law School \nJonathan Parfrey\, Executive Director\, Climate Resolve; Commissioner\, Department\nof Water and Power; Steering Committee Member\, Los Angeles Regional\nCollaborative on Climate Change and SustainabilityAGENDA9:00 a.m.		Registration and continental breakfast9:30 a.m.		Welcome and Introductions9:40 a.m.		Lecture10:30 a.m.	Panel discussion11:10 a.m.	Audience Q&A11:30 a.m.	Adjourn 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/what-climate-change-means-for-la-likely-impacts-and-proactive-policies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130520T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130521T140000
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SUMMARY:First Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law\, Policy & Ethics
DESCRIPTION:The Luskin Center’s Elizabeth Beryt has been invited to speak atthe First Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law\,\nPolicy & Ethics\, to be held May 20-21\, 2013. This\nconference will feature top experts in a fascinating and crucial exploration of\nthe overlapping regulatory\, governance\, legal\, policy\, social and ethical\nissues of GRINN technologies (genetics\, robotics\, information technology\,\nnanotechnology\, neuroscience). The presentation is based on a\nworking article and is titled Leveraging the New Predictive Toxicology Paradigm\nin Evaluating Emerging Technology and focuses on the role that a new predictive paradigm could play in\nregulatory decision-making in regards to emerging technologies\, such as\nnanomaterials. For more information and to register\, please visit their WEBSITE  
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/first-annual-conference-on-governance-of-emerging-technologies-law-policy-ethics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130515T210000
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CREATED:20180801T212435Z
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SUMMARY:Oppenheim Lecture: Mid-Century Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region
DESCRIPTION:An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Alex Hall\, Professor\, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityFor more information and to register CLICK HEREThe Oppenheim Lecture Series has been established at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability through a generous gift by Patricia Oppenheim and her family in memory of Rudi Oppenheim. This evening lecture series presents world class speakers to educate\, inform and build community discourse about the diverse environmental problems of our time. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/oppenheim-lecture-mid-century-climate-change-in-the-los-angeles-region/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T113848
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SUMMARY:Environmental Economics\, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series: Rui Wang
DESCRIPTION:Topic: “Restricting Driving for Better Traffic and Cleaner Sky: Did It Work inBeijing?”Abstract:\nDriving restrictions have been implemented in a number of cities across the\nworld. However\, limited by data gaps and the potential problems in the\nprevailing research methodology of regression discontinuity\, few studies have\nquantitatively proven driving restrictions’ effects on traffic and researchers\ndisagree on the air quality consequences of driving restrictions. For the first\ntime in similar studies\, we introduce data measuring traffic conditions\, which\nprovide insights on the complicated policy process from driving restrictions to\nchanges in traffic\, emissions\, and air quality. To more reliably identify\ndriving restriction’s marginal effects than the existing studies\, we take advantage\nof the Chinese cultural resentment toward the number “four” and use\nthe unequal stringency of alternative restriction numbers as repeated exogenous\ntreatments. We find that Beijing’s “one-day-per-week” driving\nrestrictions reduced city-wide traffic delays but showed little effect on the concentration\nof inhalable particulates. We proposed and examined four possible explanations.\nWe find that likely due to the nonmonotonic relationship between network-level\ntraffic speed and total traffic volume\, marginal improvements in traffic\nconditions may have little or even negative effects on air quality\, given\nBeijing’s extremely congested roads. This implies that positive traffic and environmental\neffects of a policy may not always go hand in hand. To significantly reduce\nautomobile emissions and improve air quality in a heavily congested city like\nBeijing\, measures other than the one-day-per-week driving restriction are\nnecessary.Professor Rui Wang’s research focuses on the policy analysis of sustainable urban development\, particularly green transportation\, climate change\, air quality\, public health\, and environmental economic geography in the U.S. and/or China. His work appears in academic outlets such asAtmospheric Environment\, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy\, Journal of Economic Geography\, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics\, Transport Policy\, and Urban Affairs Review. Professor Wang teaches “Introduction to Environmental Policy” and “Transportation and the Environment” in the Departments of Public Policy and Urban Planning\, directs the UCLA Chinese Planning Professional Training Program\, and serves on the Editorial Board of U.S. DOT’sJournal of Transportation and Statistics.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-economics-policy-and-management-monthly-seminar-series-rui-wang/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130508T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130511T170000
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SUMMARY:UC CEIN Nano EH&S Forum: Scientific Advances Towards Reducing Complexity in Decision Making
DESCRIPTION:UC CEIN NanoEH&S Forum: \nScientific\nAdvances Towards Reducing Complexity in Decision Making \nWednesday\, May 8\,\n2013 \nUCLA California\nNanoSystems Institute \nMeeting\nAnnouncement \n  \nThe University of California Center for Environmental\nImplications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN) is pleased to announce a one-day\nconference on recent advances in environmental health and safety of Engineered\nNanomaterials (ENMs).    \nTarget audience: Participants from industry\,\nregulators\, policy makers\, nano EH&S professionals\, and academics from the\nstate of California\, nationally\, and internationallyFocus: Developing alternative testing strategies\nfor ENMs and how ENMs can be used for decision making in industrial\,\nregulatory\, policy\, and academic settings Discussion: How the advances in safety\nassessment research for ENMs impact daily operations and decision-making\nprocesses Half-day interactive workshops: Participants may\nchoose to participate in one of the following workshops: 1) High-throughput\ntechniques/approaches; 2) Nanoinformatics/Prediction making tools; or\, 3) Safe\nhandling of nanomaterials \n  \nAgenda (Speakers to be confirmed): \nNationally known morning plenary speaker sharing\ntheir approach to the science of nanomaterialsState of the Science – a brief introduction to\nUC CEIN research to include presentations on: Nanomaterial synthesis and\ncharacterization; Cellular High Throughput Screening studies; and Ecological\nstudies               \nNano-industry Perspectives Panel – a moderated\ndiscussion of industry’s perspectives on “real world” challenges for ENM worker\nsafety\, nano EH&S\, testing methods for “safer design” and other issues.Legal Aspects/Regulatory Considerations –\nincludes a primer on the development of Nano Policy and deeper discussion of\nthe California Nano Regulatory Action under AB 1879/SB 509.Nationally known afternoon keynote speaker  \n  \nThe conference is free to attend\, but registration is\nrequired. Register at: \n               \nhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NanoEHS2013 \n  \nFor more information and a detailed agenda\, visit:  \n               \nhttp://www.cein.ucla.edu/nanoehs2013.html \n  \nTwo meetings\, one location:  \nThe conference is funded by the National Science Foundation\n(NSF) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The conference is\nbeing held in conjunction with the UC CEIN/iPlant-hosted Cyberinfrastructure\nfor Environmental Nanoinformatics workshop to be held on Tuesday\, May\n7th.  You must register to attend each workshop separately.  For more\ninformation on the Nanoinformatics Workshop\, please visit the meeting\nsite:   http://nanoinfo.cein.ucla.edu/public/ceiniplant2013/default.aspx \n  \nPoster Session:  \nGraduate students and postdoctoral researchers are invited to\nsubmit an abstract for the poster session highlighting their current\nresearch.  Travel grants are available for CEIN-affiliated\nstudents/postdocs.  A number of non CEIN-affiliated researchers whose\nposters are selected will also receive a travel grant of $500.  Travel\ngrant recipients must attend one of the afternoon workshops on May 8th and be\npresent at the poster session to receive their award.  Submit abstracts by\nMarch 15\, 2013:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CEIN2013Posters  \nLuskin Center is a partner of CEIN.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/uc-cein-nano-ehs-forum-scientific-advances-towards-reducing-complexity-in-decision-making/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130506T130000
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SUMMARY:IOES/Luskin Research Seminar- Rich Ambrose
DESCRIPTION:Topic: “Mitigating climate change by sequesteringcarbon in wetlands: scientific and policy issues”Rich Ambrose\, ProfessorUCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public HealthDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences\, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Dr. Ambrose’s research focuses on ways to protect and maintain the ecology of coastal areas. Current research focuses on (1) restoration of degraded habitats\, especially for coastal marine environments\, and (2) assessment of the health of coastal ecosystems. He is current working on several tidal wetland restoration projects in California. He and his students have studied the cumulative effects of impacts to riparian systems and the success of wetland/riparian mitigation required under Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water Act. Dr. Ambrose’s research on ecosystem health includes a program to monitor rocky intertidal habitats (with a particular focus on being able to detect short-term effects\, such as caused by oil spills\, as well as long-term effects of global climate change) using a network of sites throughout southern California. In a related project\, he is assessing the nature of human activities in rocky intertidal habitats and determining ways to restore degraded intertidal communities in Santa Monica Bay. Dr. Ambrose’s research in coastal watersheds focuses on establishing a link between land use and aquatic community health. Additional research projects focus on assessing the impacts of contaminants on coastal wetland species\, developing performance standards for determining the success of habitat restoration projects\, and evaluating how coastal wetlands influence the delivery of fecal indicator bacteria to the ocean. All of these projects provide information on the status of important coastal ecological communities\, including the nature and extent of anthropogenic impacts to them\, which serves as the foundation for their management and protection.Bio: Richard F. Ambrose is Director of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program and Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from University of California\, Irvine and his Ph.D. in Marine Ecology from University of California\, Los Angeles. After conducting postdoctoral research at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, he spent seven years at the Marine Science Institute at University of California\, Santa Barbara before returning to UCLA in 1992. Professor Ambrose is a member of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment’s Executive Committee and serves on the university’s Campus Sustainability Committee. He teaches graduate courses covering environmental assessment\, restoration ecology and conservation biology. Professor Ambrose serves on a variety of different advisory boards and committees. He chairs the Scientific Advisory Panel of the California Coastal Commission overseeing a large mitigation project\, the Ballona Restoration Project’s Science Advisory Committee (co-chair)\, and the Technical Advisory Committee for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC)\, and serves on the Southern California Wetland Recovery Project’s Science Advisory Panel and the SMBRC Marine Protected Area Technical Advisory Committee. He was recently appointed to the Environmental Advisory Board (EAB) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has provided advice about environmental restoration issues to a wide variety of government and private organizations\, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\, California State Water Resources Control Board\, California Coastal Commission\, California State Lands Commission\, California Coastal Conservancy\, California Department of Transportation\, City of Malibu\, Pacific Gas and Electric\, Aspen Environmental Group and Geosyntec Consultants. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-rich-ambrose/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T140000
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles Business Council Annual Sustainability Summit
DESCRIPTION:Click Here to Register 	labusinesscouncil.org
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/los-angeles-business-council-annual-sustainability-summit/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T130000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Economics\, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series: Ted Parson
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Climate Engineering: Implications for global versuspartial climate cooperation.  Dan and Rae\nEmmett Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Co-Director\, Emmett Center on\nClimate Change and the Environment Edward (Ted) Parson comes to UCLA School of Law from the University of Michigan\, where he was the Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law\, as well as a Professor of Natural Resources & Environment\, and a Professor of Public Policy. His research examines international environmental policy\, the role of science and technology in public policy\, and the political economy of regulation. His recent articles have appeared in Science\, Climatic Change\, Issues in Science and Technology\, the Journal of Economic Literature\, and the Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. His most recent books are The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change (Cambridge\, 2006\, with Andrew Dessler)\, and Protecting the Ozone Layer: Science and Strategy (Oxford\, 2003)\, which won the 2004 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award of the International Studies Association. Parson has chaired and served on several senior advisory committees for the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Government Global Change Research Program\, including the Synthesis Team for the US National Assessment of Climate Impacts. In 2005\, he was appointed to the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists. He has worked and consulted for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis\, the United Nations Environment Program\, the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress\, the Privy Council Office of the Government of Canada\, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, and spent twelve years on the faculty of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He holds degrees in Physics from the University of Toronto and in Management Science from the University of British Columbia\, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard. In former lives\, he was a professional classical musician and an organizer of grass-roots environmental groups. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-economics-policy-and-management-monthly-seminar-series-ted-parson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T130000
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SUMMARY:IOES/Luskin Research Seminar- Yoram Cohen
DESCRIPTION:“Smartwater systems for water sustainability: Incentives and Impediments” Yoram Cohen\, Professor UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied ScienceUCLA Institute of the EnvironmentDirector\, Water Technology Research CenterProfessor Yoram Cohen has been on the faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 1981. He is the founder and director of the Water Technology Research Center and the Center for Environmental Risk Reduction and a founding member of the UCLA/NSF Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN). Dr. Cohen is an adjunct professor at Ben-Gurion University and a member of the International Advisory Committee to the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute at the Technion. He was a visiting professor at the Technion (1987-1988)\, at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2006) and a distinguished visiting professor at Victoria University (2006). Dr. Cohen is a UCLA Luskin Scholar and a recipient of the 2008 Ann C. Rosenfield Community Partnership Prize in recognition of his environmental research. He received the 2003 Lawrence K. Cecil award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from the AIChE\, as well as the AIChE Separations Division Outstanding Paper Award (1997). Dr. Cohen has published over one hundred fifty research papers and book chapters in water technology\, separations processes\, transport phenomena\, polymer science\, and environmental engineering\, in addition to three environmental volumes.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-yoram-cohen/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130311T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130311T130000
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SUMMARY:Environmental Economics\, Policy and Management Monthly Seminar Series: Dennis Aigner
DESCRIPTION:Sustainabilityand Competitiveness in Mexico  \nDennis J. Aigner \nUniversity of California\, Irvine and EGADE Business School\,\nTecnológico de Monterrey \nand \nAntonio Lloret \nInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México \nJanuary 2013  \nABSTRACT \nThis paper summarizes\nthe findings of a research project aimed at benchmarking the environmental\nsustainability practices of the top 500 Mexican companies.  This was done\nby surveying firms with regard to various aspects of their adoption of environmental\nsustainability practices\, including who or what prompted adoption\, future\nadoption plans\, decision-making responsibility\, and internal/external\nchallenges.  The survey also explored how the adoption of environmental\nsustainability practices relates to the competitiveness of these firms. \nThe sample consisted\nof 103 self-selectedfirms representing the six primary business sectors in the\nMexican economy.  Because the Manufacturing sector is significantly\noverrepresented in the sample and because of its importance in addressing\nissues of environmental sustainability\, when appropriate\, specific results for\nthis sector are reported and contrasted to the overall sample. \nOur results suggest\nthat Mexican companies are very active in the various areas of business where\nenvironmental sustainability is relevant. Not surprisingly\, however\, the\nMexican companies are seen to be at an early stage of development along the\nsustainability “learning curve”. The vast majority of these firms see adopting\nenvironmental sustainability practices as being profitable and think this will\nbe even more important in the future. BIOGRAPHYDennis\nJ. Aigner\nis Emeritus Professor of Management & Economics in the Paul Merage School\nof Business at the University\n of California\, Irvine\n(UCI). From 2000-05\, he was Dean of\nthe Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. From 1988-97\nhe was Dean of the Graduate School of Management at UCI. Before that\, he was\nProfessor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at the\nUniversity of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. \nHe received his BS and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of California\,\nBerkeley and\nholds an MA in Applied Statistics from that same institution.  He was on the teaching faculties at the University of Illinois and the University of\nWisconsin-Madison prior to his appointment at USC in 1976. \nAigner’s publication record includes\nseveral books and numerous articles on statistical and econometric methodology\,\nand applied economics.  He was founding\neditor of the Journal of Econometrics\nand one of its co-editors for 20 years. His research interests include\ncorporate environmental management\, international trade\, and state and local\neconomic issues. \nAigner’s current research focuses on empirical and\ntheoretical work relating to the linkage between corporate environmental\nperformance and financial performance. For several years he organized a research\nworkshop on behalf of the EPA on “Capital Markets and Environmental\nPerformance” that explored the topic with academic researchers\, practitioners\,\nand members of the corporate sector. From 2003-09 he served as a member of the\nNational Advisory Committee to the U.S. EPA Administrator on the environmental\naspects of NAFTA. Most recently\, he completed a survey of the top 400 Mexican\nfirms with regard to their sustainability practices\, funded by a UC-MEXUS\ngrant. \nHe presently holds the position of Distinguished Visiting\nProfessor at the EGADE Business School of the Monterrey Institute of Technology\nin Mexico. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environmental-economics-policy-and-management-monthly-seminar-series-dennis-aigner/
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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Lunch Research Seminar - Elizabeth DeLoughrey
DESCRIPTION:“The Myth of Isolates: Ecosystem Ecologies in the Nuclear PacificElizabeth DeLoughrey\, Associate ProfessorUniversity of California\, Los AngelesDepartments of English\, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor DeLoughrey joined the English Department in 2008. Her scholarship has been supported by institutions such as the NEH\, Rockefeller\, UCLA Global Studies Program\, Fulbright\, and the Cornell Society for the Humanities. She recently co-edited a volume on postcolonial ecologies and is currently writing a manuscript on environmentalism\, energy\, militarism and waste. In 2011 she co-organized the Legacies of Pacific Island Militarization workshop and in 2010 the Globalized Islands: Contemporary Literature & the Transnational Encounter conference. In 2009 she was one of the departmental co-organizers of the Mellon Foundation’s Cultural Pre-history of Environmentalism Project. She teaches postcolonial literature courses on the environment\, globalization\, the politics of food\, women’s writing and migration\, and Pacific Island literature.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-lunch-research-seminar-elizabeth-deloughrey/
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SUMMARY:UCLA COMPLETE STREETS FOR CALIFORNIA 2013 CONFERENCE
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Complete Streets for California conference on Thursday\, February 28\, 2013\,will highlight recent accomplishments\, explore new research\, and presentimplementation examples and benchmarks to create multi-use street environmentsthat promote vibrant\, healthy and active communities.Featuring Keynote Address from:Janette Sadik-Khan\, Commissioner of the New York City Department of TransportationThe conference will provide information on Complete Streets issues forplanners\, elected and appointed public officials\, engineers\, non-profitorganizations\, advocates\, consultants\, students and others involved in the Complete Streets field.For more information and to register CLICK HERECo-hosts:UCLA Lewis CenterUCLA Institute of Transportation StudiesUCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs  
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ucla-complete-streets-for-california-2013-conference/
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SUMMARY:Social & Environmental Justice Through Spatial Lenses
DESCRIPTION:Social & Environmental Justice Through Spatial LensesApplying Knowledge of Space\, Place & Networks to Equitable SolutionsA UCLA Luskin Faculty Executive Committee SymposiumThe Luskin Faculty Executive Committee sponsors an annual inter-departmental symposium linking scholarship to real-world practice to address critical issues. This year\, UCLA and national experts will examine the use of spatial analysis to study how space and place produce and reproduce social\, economic and environmental inequality. Luskin scholars have been at the forefront of multi-disciplinary GIS-based research and the application of spatial knowledge to solution-oriented action.\nSpeakers:Dean Franklin D. Gilliam\, Jr.Robert Ross\, President & CEO\, California EndowmentEvy Blumenberg\, UCLA Luskin professor of Urban PlanningJ.R. DeShazo\, Director\, UCLA Luskin Center for InnovationPaul Ong\, UCLA Luskin professor of Urban Planning and Social WelfareManuel Pastor\, USC Program for Environmental and Regional EquityBridget Freisthler\, UCLA Luskin professor Social WelfarePaul J. Gruenewald\, Pacific Institute for Research and EvaluationIan Holloway\, UCLA Luskin professor of Social WelfareLois Takahashi\, UCLA Luskin professor of Urban PlanningLaura Abrams\, UCLA Luskin professor of Social WelfareTodd Franke\, UCLA Luskin professor of Social WelfareBridget Freisthler\, UCLA Luskin professor of Social WelfareMichael Stoll\, UCLA Luskin professor of Public PolicyLeo Estrada\, UCLA Luskin professor of Urban PlanningFor more information and to register CLICK HERE.
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/social-environmental-justice-through-spatial-lenses/
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