Schedule

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Schedule

8:30 am        Coffee & Pastries

9:00 am       Remarks by: Richard Whitman, Director of the Oregon DEQ                                                                                                                                                                              

9:45 am        A Conversation with Oregon Legislators
                     Sen. Michael Dembrow
Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
                     Rep. Ken Helm
Chair, Oregon House Committee on Energy and Environment

10:30 am      Break

10:45 am     States Working Together: Governor’s Advisors Panel
                    Aimee Barnes
Senior Advisor
California Governor Jerry Brown
                    Ruchi Sadhir
Energy Policy Advisor
Oregon Governor Kate Brown
                    Reed Schuler
Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and Sustainability
Washington Governor Jay Inslee

12:00 pm      Break

12:10 pm     Academic Perspective
                    David Adelman
Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law
University of Texas at Austin
                    Ann Carlson
Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law
UCLA Law
                    Greg  Dotson
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Oregon School of Law

1:15 pm       Networking Lunch

Featuring

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Richard Whitman
Director
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon State Senator Michael Dembrow                      
Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Oregon State Representative Ken Helm Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Aimee Barnes
Senior Advisor
California Governor Jerry Brown
Ruche Sadhir
Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor, Oregon Governor Kate Brown
Reed Schuler,                                            Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and Sustainability, Washington Governor Jay Inslee
David Adelman,
Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin
Ann Carlson,
Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, UCLA Law
Greg Dotson
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law

 

West Coast Cooperation on Climate Change

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As policy solutions to climate change hit roadblocks in Washington DC, state leaders claim the initiative. Join us in Portland for a fascinating discussion of how Oregon is tackling climate change and working with its neighbors in California and Washington.