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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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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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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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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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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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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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