BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140501T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140501T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215129Z UID:4471-1398952800-1398958200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Kyle Meng DESCRIPTION:“Forecasting theCost to Firms of Climate Policy using Prediction Markets and Lobbying\nRecords” AbstractForecasting the cost of proposed policies may\nbe difficult when prior experience is limited. This paper develops a novel\nforecasting method that combines prediction market prices with stock returns to\nestimate the expected cost to firms of the Waxman-Markey climate policy bill. I\nfind Waxman-Markey would have reduced the value of listed firms by $150 billion\nwith greater losses for carbon intensive sectors. A regression discontinuity\ndesign finds sectors entitled to free allowances under the bill experienced larger\ngains. Lobbying records are used to estimate a political influence function for\nlisted firms and to partially identify costs for unlisted firms.Link to paperAbout the Speaker:Kyle Meng is an\nenvironmental economist whose\nresearch examines the costs\, benefits\, and political economy of climate policy\nwith applications around the world. His research has been published in Nature and PNAS. Kyle is\ncurrently a Postdoctoral Fellow with joint appointment at the Woodrow Wilson\nSchool of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the\nEnvironmental Defense Fund. Beginning in the fall of 2014\, Kyle will be an\nAssistant Professor of Environmental Science and Management and Economics at\nthe University of California\, Santa Barbara. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-kyle-meng/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Meng.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140502T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140502T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215131Z UID:4472-1399017600-1399044600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Energy Innovation Conference DESCRIPTION:Our Deputy Director\, Colleen Callahan\, will be speaking at the Energy Innovation Conference!Tickets are on sale now!Industry price: $25 with 50% off discount code “Earlybird”Ticket price includes breakfast\, lunch\, and parkingThe Energy Innovation Conference seeks to:Showcase innovative technologies with the potential to reinvent the energy industry\,Enable entrepreneurs\, university researchers\, and corporate executives to demonstrate technology to investors\, corporations\, and industry veterans; andProvide an atmosphere of collaborative learning for all participants through a panel format.Speakers & Panelists:Keynote Speaker:MATT PETERSENChief Sustainability Officer of the City of Los AngelesFeatured Panel:IAN GARDNERChief Strategy & Investment Officer of the LA Cleantech IncubatorJIM MCDERMOTTManaging Partner\, US Renewables GroupANIL TAMMINEEDIVenture Capital\, Angeleno GroupPanel Topics Include*Panels subject to changeTransportation (EVs & Charging)StorageExploration & Production of Oil & GasEnergy Efficiency & IT / SoftwarePolicy\, Government\, & RegulationVC & EntrepreneurshipSolarUtility of the Future / Smart Grid110 Westwood PlazaLos Angeles\, CA 90095-1481anderson.ucla.edu     URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/energy-innovation-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/energy-innovation-conference-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140505T130000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215132Z UID:4473-1399291200-1399294800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Anthony Michaels DESCRIPTION:“Dare to be Trivial”Presented by Dr. Anthony Michaels\, Managing Director\, Proteus Environmental TechnologiesAbout the TalkUniversities are homes for extraordinary innovation and scholarship. Almost by definition\, environmental scholarship has the additional requirement of being relevant to one of the key challenges for the sustainability of life on this earth. Whose job is it to make that relevance real? What are the tools that we use to bring innovations in thought and technology to the lives of the broader public? Most importantly – what is the scale at which we strive to effect change? The problems are so vast and the route to scale so daunting. I propose that we “dare to be trivial”. Pick big challenges and go to the heart of what it takes to execute on a real change at scale. Then ask – what will it take to change 5% of that global environmental challenge through an innovation? That might be trivial\, but it is not irrelevant. How can we do it fast? I have chosen to stray from the academic path to look at “high-leverage” methods of changing society through innovation. My toolkit of choice is a combination of new approaches to investing\, a hybrid technology development path for innovations and a complex systems perspective. Using real examples that are as diverse as energy efficiency\, recycling\, waste-to-value and agriculture\, this toolkit shows promise for taking academic knowledge to scale – rapidly – and to creating alternate paths to sustainability that leverage the power of market forces. It is complementary to the more traditional toolkits for change such as policy\, innovation startups and education. I think that this niche – fairly unpopulated at this time\, is a wonderful new opportunity for clever research universities to magnify the relevance and value of scholarship on a path to a better planet.About the SpeakerTony Michaels has 21 years of leadership experience in environmental science\, systems thinking and entrepreneurship. He was the founder and Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California from 1996-2008 with combined research and operational budgets of over $15M per year and over 100 faculty\, staff and students. He has 27 years of experience in marine and environmental research including research on the global carbon cycle and the role of the oceans in absorbing carbon dioxide\, a major greenhouse gas. He co-created and managed a program on the value of climate forecasts in the management of hurricane-related risks by the international reinsurance industry. He was the founding President of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors\, a professional organization for leaders of academic environmental programs that now involves over 140 universities and colleges. He attended the University of California\, San Diego (1976-1979)\, the University of Arizona (B.S. 1982\, M.S. 1983) and the University of California\, Santa Cruz (Ph.D. in Biology\, 1988). He worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Bermuda Biological Station for Research before coming to USC in 1996.  URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-anthony-michaels/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/michaels.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140506T133000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215134Z UID:4474-1399377600-1399383000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age: Preventing Technology-Facilitated Exploitation DESCRIPTION:PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESPreventing Technology-Facilitated ExploitationModeratorJohn Villasenor Professor of Public Policy and Electrical Engineering\, UCLAPanelistsErnie Allen President & CEO\, International Centre for Missing & Exploited ChildrenAdrian Chandley PrincipalProgram Manager Lead\, MicrosoftAmanda Hess Staff Writer\, SlateCody Monk Special Agent\, Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe Internet technologies have brought new avenues for exploitation involving child pornography\, human trafficking\, sextortion\, cyberstalking and other forms of harassment. This panel will consider what can be done to provide local law enforcement agencies with better tools to combat these forms of exploitation. How can we more effectively combat crime\, including crimes of exploitation\, conducted using the “deep web” and digital currencies? Given the global nature of today’s communications systems\, what is the best response to combat exploitation in which the producers and consumers of illicit content are often in different countries?This panel session will explore the challenges associated with fostering the positive aspects of today’s technologies while also addressing their misuse for exploitation.In particular\, the panel will address questions including:What can be done to provide local law enforcement agencies with better tools to combat cyberstalking?Cyberstalking and harassment disproportionately target women. How does this chill online participation by women\, and what are some steps we could take to address this?To what extent should the government regulate digital currencies such as bitcoin\, which can be used for both lawful and unlawful transactions\, including transactions associated with exploitation?Given the global nature of today’s communications systems\, what is the best response to combat exploitation in which the producers and consumers of illicit content are often in different countries?How can we more effectively combat crime\, including crimes of exploitation\, conducted using the “deep web”?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 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-preventing-technology-facilitated-exploitation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DT20BANNER203-2_4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140508T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140508T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215149Z UID:4475-1399557600-1399563000@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Katrina Jessoe DESCRIPTION:“Commercial and Industrial Demand Response UnderMandatory Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing”AbstractThis paper is the first to evaluate the\nimpact of a large-scale field deployment of mandatory time of-use (TOU) pricing\non the energy use of commercial and industrial firms. The regulation imposes higher\nuser prices during hours when electricity is generally more expensive to\nproduce\, and is the most common way for time-varying incentives to be\ntransmitted to retail electricity customers. We exploit a natural experiment\nthat arises from the rules governing the program to present evidence that TOU\npricing induced negligible change in overall usage\, peak usage or peak load. As\nsuch\, economic efficiency was not increased by this regulation. Bill levels and\nvolatility exhibit only minor shifts\, suggesting that concerns from advocacy\ngroups about increased expenditure and customer risk exposure have been\noverstated.http://kkjessoe.ucdavis.edu/Research.htm.About the Speaker:Katrina\nJessoe is  an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and\nResource Economics at UC Davis\, where she specializes in environmental and\nenergy economics. Much of her research centers on the design and evaluation of\nwater regulations and time variant pricing in electricity markets. In her work\,\nshe often collaborates with electric and water utilities\, as well as state\nagencies. Some recent and ongoing projects include the design of a randomized\nfield experiment to test the role of information on the price elasticity for\nresidential electricity\, the analysis of time-variant pricing programs for\nresidential and commercial electricity customers\, and the collection of water quality data from public\nand state small systems to measure the impact of drinking water quality\nregulations in California. She received a BA from Princeton University in 2002\nand a PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics from Yale University if 2009.Please see Professor Jessoe’s website for more information. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-katrina-jessoe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/K20Jessoe_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T200000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215150Z UID:4476-1400002200-1400011200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Futures of Food and the Futures of Farmers DESCRIPTION:The Futures of Food and the the Futures of FarmersBy the time today’s UCLAundergraduates hit middle age\, the world will hold almost 10 billion people\,\nmost of them affluent by historical standards. Dinner for the 10 billion\,\nagronomists say\, will be a huge challenge: We are running out of arable land\,\nwater supplies are stretched\, and the advances of the “green revolution” are\nfading. \nResearchers have proposed two\nbroad solutions: maintaining the current system of large-scale industrial\nmonoculture or switching over\, at least in substantial part\, to a much more\nlocalized\, diverse system. The former involves extensive deployment of\ngenetically modified organisms (GMOs)\, heavy chemical use and even heavier\ncomputer monitoring. Meanwhile\, the small\, highly productive farms touted as a\nmodel require vastly more labor—that is\, vastly more people working on the\nland. The choice of system\, a key task of the next generation\, will have\nenormous impact on the kind of lives people lead tomorrow. \nCharles\nC. Mann is the author of 1493\, a New York Times\nbest-seller\, and 1491\,\nwhich won the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Keck award for the best book\nof the year. A correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly\, Science and Wired\, he\nhas covered the intersection of science\, technology and commerce for many\nnewspapers and magazines here and abroad\, including National Geographic\, the\nNew York Times\, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post. In addition to 1491 and 1493\, he is the co-author\nof five other books\, one of which is a young person’s version of 1491 called Before Columbus. \nEvent information \n When:  \n Tuesday\, May 13\, 2014\n 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception\n 6:30 – 8 p.m. Program \n Where:     \n UCLA Public Affairs Building\n Third Floor Terrace\n 337 Charles E Young Drive East \n Los Angeles\, California 90095 \nParking and transit informationRSVP by May 8 or contact us for more information:\ncharlesmannatuclaluskin.eventbrite.com   •   310-206-8034 \nSponsored by:\nUCLA\nLuskin Center for Innovation\nCotsen\nInstitute of Archaeology – UCLA\nUCLA\nAsia Institute – International Institute\nUCLA\nLatin American Institute\nGlobal\nPublic Affairs at Luskin\nUCLA\nCesar E. Chavez Dept. of Chicana/o Studies\nUCLA\nInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability\nUCLA\nCenter for Social Theory and Comparative History\nEmmett\nInstitute on Climate Change and the Environment URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-futures-of-food-and-the-futures-of-farmers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T200000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215152Z UID:4477-1400002200-1400011200@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Futures of Food and the Futures of Farmers with UCLA Regents' Lecturer Charles C. Mann DESCRIPTION:By the time today’s UCLAundergraduates hit middle age\, the world will hold almost 10 billion people\,\nmost of them affluent by historical standards. Dinner for the 10 billion\,\nagronomists say\, will be a huge challenge: We are running out of arable land\,\nwater supplies are stretched\, and the advances of the “green revolution” are\nfading. \nResearchers have proposed two\nbroad solutions: maintaining the current system of large-scale industrial\nmonoculture or switching over\, at least in substantial part\, to a much more\nlocalized\, diverse system. The former involves extensive deployment of\ngenetically modified organisms (GMOs)\, heavy chemical use and even heavier\ncomputer monitoring. Meanwhile\, the small\, highly productive farms touted as a\nmodel require vastly more labor—that is\, vastly more people working on the\nland. The choice of system\, a key task of the next generation\, will have\nenormous impact on the kind of lives people lead tomorrow. \nCharles\nC. Mann is the author of 1493\, a New York Times\nbest-seller\, and 1491\,\nwhich won the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Keck award for the best book\nof the year. A correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly\, Science and Wired\, he\nhas covered the intersection of science\, technology and commerce for many\nnewspapers and magazines here and abroad\, including National Geographic\, the\nNew York Times\, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post. In addition to 1491 and 1493\, he is the co-author\nof five other books\, one of which is a young person’s version of 1491 called Before Columbus.   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/the-futures-of-food-and-the-futures-of-farmers-with-ucla-regents-lecturer-charles-c-mann/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CCM-w-pig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215153Z UID:4478-1400162400-1400167800@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Tamara Sheldon DESCRIPTION:“Designing Effective Plug-in Electric VehicleRebates”About the Speaker:Tamara\nSheldon is a doctoral candidate in the economics department at University of\nCalifornia\, San Diego. She is interested in environmental\, energy\, and public\neconomics. Her research explores demand for plug-in electric vehicles and\ninfrastructure as well as how the business cycle affects carbon dioxide\nemissions.   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-tamara-sheldon/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Tamara.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215155Z UID:4479-1400767200-1400772600@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Junjie Zhang DESCRIPTION:’Effortless Perfection:’Do Chinese Cities Manipulate Air Pollution Data?Abstract:This paper uses unique data on daily air pollution concentrations over the period 2001-2010to test for manipulation in self-reported data by Chinese cities. First\, we employ a discontinuitytest to detect the cities that reported dubious pollution data around the cut-off for ”blue-skydays.” Then\, we propose a panel matching approach to identify the conditions under whichirregularities may occur. We find that about 50% of cities reported dubious PM10 pollutionlevels that led to a discontinuity at the cut-off. Suspicious data reporting tends to occur ondays when the anomaly is least detectable. Our findings indicate that the official daily airpollution data are not well behaved\, which provides suggestive evidence of manipulation.Link to paperAbout the Speaker:Junjie Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California\, San Diego. He is a Senior Advisor at the Asia Society and an Associate Editor at the journal of Marine Resource Economics. Zhang completed his Ph.D. in Environmental and Resource Economics from Duke University in 2008. He also holds a B.A. in Environmental Economics and Management from Renmin University of China\, a B.S. and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University.  Zhang’s research centers on empirical issues in environmental and resource economics. He is particularly interested in an interdisciplinary approach that integrates social sciences\, engineering and natural sciences to deal with environmental policy problems. His research topics cover air pollution\, water resources\, climate change\, and fisheries. His recent research has focused on the environmental and energy problems in China.   URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-junjie-zhang/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Zhang.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140529T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140529T153000 DTSTAMP:20260507T034055 CREATED:20180801T215158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T215158Z UID:4480-1401372000-1401377400@innovation.luskin.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Koichiro Ito DESCRIPTION:“The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation: Theory and Evidence from Fuel-Economy Standards”AbstractIn many countries\, fuel-economy standards mandate that vehicles meet a certain fuel economy\,but heavier or larger vehicles are allowed to meet a lower standard. This has the perverseimplication of allowing automakers to meet standards either by improving fuel economy or byincreasing weight\, which lowers fuel economy and increases externalities related to accidents.This is but one example of an attribute-based regulation\, in which the regulation imposed on aproduct depends on both the externality it creates and some other attribute. Attribute-basingpotentially motivates rms and individuals to strategically alter the attribute\, thereby endogenouslyaltering the stringency of the regulation. This paper develops a theory of attribute-basingto demonstrate the costs and benets of its use. The paper then empirically examines the consequencesof attribute-based fuel-economy standards in Japan\, where fuel-economy standardsare a notched attribute-based function of vehicle weight. We use cross-sectional and panel techniquesto demonstrate that attribute-based regulation has signicantly altered the distributionof vehicle weight in Japan\, where 10% of vehicles bunch at weight notches. For cars whoseweight is altered in response to the policy\, we estimate that the alteration generates a welfareloss from the exacerbation of weight-related externalities of $1525 per unit sold\, which translatesinto a $686 million annual loss across the Japanese auto market.http://people.bu.edu/ito/attributes.pdfAbout the Speaker:Koichiro Ito is an assistant professor at Boston University School of Management and a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Before joining BU\, he was a SIEPR Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. His research interests include environmental and energy economics\, industrial organization\, and public economics.See Professor Ito’s website for more information. URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-koichiro-ito/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ito.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR