UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Luskin/IOE Lunch Speaker Series with Jason Snyder: "What Drives Discretion in Vehicle Emissions Testing Outcomes?'
2010-12-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
UCLA Anderson School professor Jason Snyder will present a talk discussing vehicle emissions at the monthly research seminar. Professor Snyder researches competitive strategies and socially responsible business. Most specifically, he seeks to understand the influence of competition on socially responsible behavior.
The Faculty Research Seminar meets on the first Monday of every month to present the latest from UCLA’s scholars. A different faculty member presents their research and publications at every meeting, making the FRS a source of diverse perspectives on some of the most important issues of today. This year’s speakers come from departments across UCLA, including the Institute of the Environment, the Anderson School of Management and the UCLA Law School.
A light lunch will be provided at the event. Please RSVP before the date of the event.

LABC Annual Mayoral Sustainable Housing and Transportation Summit
2010-11-17 07:30 - 14:00
Are lenders ready to aggressively re-invest in housing?How can we reduce the energy costs and provide new revenue streams for affordable housing developers and low income tenants?How will an increase in public investment benefit LA’s transit and housing communities? Will new transit corridors connect workforce housing and job centers?Will California find a permanent source of funding for affordable housing? These questions will be addressed at the LABC’s annual Mayoral Sustainable Housing and Transportation Summit. Keynote speakers include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The UCLA Luskin Center’s Director J.R. DeShazo will be among the featured speakers at this event.Click here to register now.For more info contact Anthony Annatone at aannatone@labusinesscouncil.org or 3102267460

Energy 101 – Session 2: Policy Issues
2010-11-16 18:00 - 21:00
The second Energy 101 session is on Policy Issues in energy and will be presented by Ryan Matulka. Ryan is an alum of Anderson, Class of 2009 and is currently working with UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation as a Project Manager.

The Future of the Electric Car
2010-11-15 19:00 - 21:00
The future of energy efficient vehicle industry is ripe with potentially disruptive breakthroughs which include radically new materials, components and forms. The total market for electric vehicles is about double that for cars and will remain so as the total market almost quintuples in the next ten years. Panelists include: • Jordan Ramer, Chief Executive Officer, EVConnect • Chris Vournakis, PEV Readiness, External Engagement, Southern California Edison • Russell Vare, EV Regional Manager for Nissan USA • James Provenzano, President of CleanAirNow

Luskin/IOE Lunch Speaker Series with Jared Diamond: "Modern lifestyle + old bodies = new diseases"
2010-11-01 12:00 - 13:00
Dr. Jared Diamond, UCLA professor, distinguished researcher and best selling author will present a talk at the monthly research seminar. Lunch will be provided. Registration is now closed.

Author Talk: Matt Kahn on "CLIMATOPOLIS: How Cities will Thrive in the Hotter Future"
2010-10-26 19:00 - 21:00
Over the next 20 years, hundreds of millions of people will move to cities, demanding the economic opportunities and material comforts of urban life: air conditioning, personal computers, rich diets, cars, cell phones. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas; by 2030, that figure will rise to 60 percent. While cities have long propelled economic growth and brought prosperity to their residents, how will they fare as populations increase, temperatures rise, natural disasters threaten, and resources grow scarce? UCLA Luskin Scholar and professor at the School of Public Affairs Matthew Kahn, author of Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, visits Zócalo to explain how we can best prepare for the urban future.Thanks to our media sponsor: KCRWFor more information visit: http://zocalopublicsquare.org/upcoming.php?event_id=441

Fran Pavley, chair of the California Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and AB32 Implementation, hosts an open forum
2010-10-18 10:00 - 12:00
http://senweb03.senate.ca.gov/focus/outreach/sd23/sd23-climatechange-201…

Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative Networking and Fundraising Event, Co-sponsored by the Luskin Center
2010-10-14 19:00 - 21:00
The Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative (www.lasustainability.org) is a new non-profit organization founded by Luskin Center Deputy Director Colleen Callahan and her colleagues. The LASC invites you to participate in their first fund raising event at La Cachette Bistro in Santa Monica. The event will introduce the LASC, and its board members and the work that they have done, as well as offer a great opportunity for networking between members of the environmental community. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and happy hour specials all evening.Suggested Donation is $20.

Nanotechnology VI Symposium
2010-10-13 09:00 - 17:00
Join leading researchers in nanotechnology and nanomaterials manufacturers at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute for this exciting event on controlling environmental and workplace hazards.
This one-day workshop, on Thursday, October 13, is sponsored by the California Department of Toxic Substance Control and UCLA. Leading scientists will discuss the latest strategies in protecting workers in the research, development and manufacturing of nanomaterials, and define further research and developmental needs relating to occupational safety and health.
Nanotechnology is an expanding field that has the potential to create many new materials and products with a huge range of applications. It is already being used in cell phones, stain-resistant clothes, cosmetics, disease detection and in medicine. Business projections suggest that nanotechnology could be a $1 trillion industry in the US by 2015.
Registration for the conference and webcast is required. http://events.cnsi.ucla.edu/nano6/pages/
The program presenters are leaders in university research, manufacturing and industry. They include:
Maziar Movassaghi, Acting Director, California Department of Toxic Substance Control
Andr Nel, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Division of NanoMedicine, California NanoSystmes Institute; Director, UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Mark Methner, Ph.D., CIH, Team Leader NIOSH Nanotechnology Field Research Team
Hilary Godwin, Ph.D. Professor, UCLA School of Public Health – Environmental Health Sciences; Education Director, UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
Admission is free. Parking on the UCLA campus is $10.

Author Talk: Peter Fox-Penner on "SMART Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities"
2010-10-12 12:00 - 13:00
Lecture and lunch (provided) with author Peter Fox-Penner.

The Luskin Center at Solar Power International
2010-10-12 09:30 - 2010-10-14 18:00
The Luskin Center will be presenting with CleanTechnology Los Angeles at Solar Power International. For information on this event please visit the SPI website.

Solar Leadership Roundtable
2010-10-05 16:30 - 19:00
This is an invitation only event.
Moderator and Keynote Speakers:
The Honorable Eric Garcetti, President, Los Angeles City Council
The Honrable Jan Perry, President Pro Tempore, Los Angeles City Council
Featured and invited participants include*:
J.R. DeShazo, Director, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Romel Pascual, Deputy Mayor of Environment, City of Los Angeles
Michael Peevey, President, California Utilities Commission
* Partial list

Luskin/IOE Lunch Speaker Series with Deepak Rajagopal: "Regulating Lifecycle Emissions: Where Does the Buck Stop?"
2010-10-04 12:00 - 13:00
Dr. Deepak Rajagopal will present his talk entitled, “Regulating Lifecycle Emissions: Where Does the Buck Stop?” in October at that months faculty research symposium. Lunch will be served.

Luskin Center Sponsored Networking Event with Young Professionals in Energy - Los Angeles Chapter
2010-09-28 18:00 - 20:00
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served at this networking event, which will be highlighted by a talk from Luskin Center Director J.R. DeShazo. Dr. DeShazo’s recent solar policy report, “Designing an Effective Feed-in Tariff for Greater Los Angeles,” received notable media coverage from the Los Angeles Times, KCRW and other major outlets.
UCLA students will have the opportunity to network with members of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE), which includes executives in the renewable energy and sustainbaility fields, and professionals from Southern California Edison, LADWP, Honda. Students will also learn about opportunities to work with the Luskin Center, which funds graduate student research on issues of environmental sustainability.
RSVP is required.

An Evening with Eric Pooley of Bloomberg Businessweek
2010-09-23 18:00 - 19:00
Eric Pooley is the author of the book “The Climate War”, and the Deputy Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the former Managing Editor of Fortune, and Chief Political Correspondent for Time. His book “Climate War” examines the history of the climate change debate in Washington, focusing on answering the question of why, after all these years, we still haven’t developed a comprehensive policy.Book sales and signing will be available at the reception following the talk.Parking is $10 in UCLA Structure 2. The event is also available by public transit. Plan your trip using Metro or Big Blue Bus.Sponsors: UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation UCLA Law School-UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change on the Environment and the UCLA Evan Frankel Environmental Law & Policy Program UCLA Institute of the EnvironmentEvent Partners: Environmental Defense FundCoalition for Clean AirThe Nature Conservancy

Brown to Green: Turning Los Angeles' Brown Power Infrastructure Green through a Feed-in Tariff
2010-09-23 07:30 - 09:30
While the City of Los Angeles stumbles toward greening it’s power infrastructure with renewable sources, a proven method of quickly and affordably reaching this goal has been analyzed for use in Southern California; this method is a feed-in-tariff (FiT).
A proven concept in Germany, Spain and now Italy, feed-in-tariffs are a mechanism for a power utility company, such as the LADWP, to activate the public and private sector to install renewables in excess of their own power needs, selling the balance of power back to the utility. To make the adoption of a FiT even easier here in Los Angeles, Professor JR DeShazo of UCLA’s Luskin School for Innovation, has created a customized FiT for the City of Los Angeles. His study clearly shows that a well design FiT program would jump start the greening of LA’s power grid, would have limited near term costs, and would provide long term savings to the City.
Now all that remains is for leaders of the City of Los Angeles to have the courage to implement a FiT.
Our panel will discuss the general benefits of feed-in-tariffs, the specific plan to implement a FiT through the LADWP, the environmental benefits of distributed power generation, and the architectural implications of this shift from brown to green.
PANEL FRAMER:
Stuart Magruder, AIA LEED | Studio Nova A Architects, Inc.
PANELISTS:
Angie Brooks, AIA | Pugh + Scarpa Architects
Rhonda S. Mills | Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Technologies
J.R. DeShazo | UCLA’s Luskin School For Innovation
MODERATOR:
Craig Lewis | FiT Coalition

L.A. Region Green Economy Think-Tank Day
2010-08-24 08:30 - 16:00
THE GREEN ECONOMY THINK-TANK DAY will convene leaders and decision makers from various private and public sectors to build a more green and sustainable Los Angeles economy. The Luskin Center will help facilitate a break-out session that will help unite scholarship with society to advance the Los Angeles region a clean tech capital. The Luskin Center will also release its recent Clean Technology in Los Angeles report and provide its findings to key stakeholders. UCLA School of Public Affairs students Kristina Bedrossian, Sarah Locher, Frank Lopez and Matthew O’Keef have compiled a report on L.A.’s current status as a city in the clean technology industry. Comparing Los Angeles to other leading cities, the authors make a number of astute observations about LA’s strengths and weaknesses and offer a number of key suggestions for how LA can change its policies to become the nation’s leader in “green” technology. Click here to view the report.

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2010-07-15 21:30
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Luskin Water Event
2010-07-01 17:30
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Matthew Kahn speaks on "Residential Electricity Consumption"
2009-11-23 14:00 - 16:00
UCLA Professor and author of the 2006 BrookingsInstitution book Green Cities Matthew Kahn will share his latest
research on how we use energy at home.

GloSho'15
2026-05-10 14:23
LACI’s Cleantech Global Showcase (GloSho) isan annual summit held in Downtown Los Angeles that convenes an international
group of entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, utility executives, and
policymakers focused on the acceleration of clean technology and the funding of
early stage cleantech entrepreneurs. Join us at GloSho’15 to hear from thought-leaders
including Steve Westly and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Tickets
still available!Recieve 10% off your registration by using the Luskin Center’s discount code: partnerUCLARegistration and more information available here: http://glosho.la/

TransportationCamp Los Angeles
2026-05-10 14:23
UCLA Hosts
Meeting of Transportation Professionals and Technologists
Register Now for TransportationCamp Los Angeles 2015
When:
Saturday,October 3rd
Where:
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Registration:
$25 at Eventbrite
More Info: UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
2015 is an exciting time for
transportation innovation in Los Angeles. We have a rapidly-expanding
frequent transit and bicycle network. Technological innovation has
already brought us reliable point-to-point mobility for passengers, real-time
transit arrival and traffic incident information, and even “feeding the
meter” from a phone.
We see more promise on the horizon as
local governments in the Los Angeles area continue to innovate
mobility. The City of Los Angeles and Google currently share traffic
information, and Google’s Waze recently announced a pilot program to allow
app users to ride with each other. Cities and Metro will soon launch
bikeshare on the westside and in downtown, which promises to augment the
transit network and and encourage more people to try our expanding bicycle
network. The City of Los Angeles’s Taxicab Commission is restructuring
regulations to enable innovation in a long-stagnant industry.
We also have innovative plans that seek
to make the transportation system safer and more reliable for those who
aren’t in the driver’s seat while striving to lessen the impacts that traffic
congestion, auto-dependence, and emissions have on public health and quality
of life for all Los Angelenos.
While
the focus of transportation innovation is often on technology, it’s people
who are envisioning, developing and implementing this technology. TransportationCamp brings
together thinkers and doers from the intersection of transportation and
technology: transportation professionals, technologists, and
enthusiasts. As an unconference, the session topics and activities are
proposed by the attendees; every attendee is a participant in shaping and
leading the event.
Come
to TransportationCamp Los Angeles 2015 if
you’re a technologist who aspires to analyze and visualize public open data
or build apps that connect people with mobility options. Come if you’re
a transportation professional with a thorough awareness of the multimodal
transportation system’s shortcomings and a desire to work collaboratively and
creatively to improve it.
We can be low-tech while embracing
high-tech. Technologists and transportation professionals have been
tweeting at each other, but it’s also important for people to come together
in the same room to explore creative new approaches to addressing Los
Angeles’s transportation issues.
Register now

Sustainability and Corporate Leadership: Informed Green Strategies for Your Firm
2026-05-10 14:23
How are changing perceptions, policies and management practices regarding environmental and resource issues such as climate change, green technologies, and sustainability likely to impact your firm and how can you best plan for these changes? This intensive program is designed for professionals who are leaders in their organizations and seek to understand the long-term value of incorporating sustainability and green innovations into their strategy, products, operations, and brand management. This program is not credit-bearing – Each participant will receive a Certificate of Participation

UCLA Institute of the Environment/ Luskin Lunch Research Seminar
2026-05-10 14:23
Matt Kahn, Luskin Scholar
