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Program Schedule
Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program 2015
June 26 - July 18 2015
Blum Hall
University of California, Berkeley
3 week program
$8,000
Program Description
Thursday, June 25
3:00 PM
Early Arrivals Check-In
Friday, June 26
7:00 AM-9:00 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Registration
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Registration continues
Saturday, June 27
7:00 AM-8:45 AM
Breakfast
8:45 AM
Meet at Foothill Circle
9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Welcome
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Orientation
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Campus Tour
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Ice Breakers
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Sunday, June 28
7:00 AM-8:45 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Three Bridges Tour of San Francisco
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Monday, June 29
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Environmental Policy
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Environmental Policy (cont'd)
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Student Presentations, Part 1
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Faculty Fair
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, June 30
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Climate Change
David Roland-Holst
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Climate Change (cont'd)
David Roland-Holst
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Communications
David Riemer
Executive-in-Residence
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Biotechnology for Food Production
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Special Evening Session
Nathan Brostrom
Executive Vice President
University of California
Wednesday, July 1
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Pesticides and Farm Worker Safety
Asa Bradman
Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Fundraising
Tegan Hoffmann
Principal and Founder
Blue Earth Consultants
Sarah Eminhizer
Assistant Director, Coastal Science & Policy Program
UC Santa Cruz
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Gender and Health in Policy Making
Angela Gallegos-Castillo
Educator
‎Instituto Familiar de la Raza
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Student Presentation, Part 2
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Thursday, July 2
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Food Security and Agroecology
Miguel Altieri
Professor of Agroecology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
10:45 AM-1:15 PM
Urban Agriculture Field Trip
Miguel Altieri
Professor of Agroecology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Diversified Farming
Claire Kremen
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Debate: Feed the World
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Claire Kremen
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
Miguel Altieri
Professor of Agroecology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Friday, July 3
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Forest Economics
J. Keith Gilless
Dean Emeritus
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM-12:15 PM
Forest and Carbon
J. Keith Gilless
Dean Emeritus
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-6:30 PM
Silicon Valley Field Trip
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Monday, July 6
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Rural Development
Kihwan Kim
Deputy Director
Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Urban Planning for Sustainability
Karen Chapple
Professor
College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Enterprise Facilitation
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
Founder
The Sirolli Institute
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Biodiversity
Sarah Sawyer
Assistant Regional Ecologist
US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Tuesday, July 7
7:00 AM-7:15 AM
Breakfast
7:30 AM
Meet at Foothill Circle
7:30 AM-11:00 AM
Muir Woods
11:00 AM-11:45 AM
Lunch
12:00 PM-6:30 PM
Point Reyes
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Wednesday, July 8
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
5:00 PM-7:30 PM
CNR Reception
Thursday, July 9
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
Friday, July 10
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Collaborative Leadership for Sustainable Change (cont'd)
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Saturday, July 11
7:00 AM-7:15 AM
Breakfast
7:15 AM
Meet at Foothill Circle
7:15 AM-12:00 PM
Salinas Valley Agricultural Education
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Santa Cruz
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Monday, July 13
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Biofuels
Nadav Sorek
Researcher
Energy Biosciences Institute
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Energy
Dan Kammen
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy
UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Nuclear Safety
Alex Belyakov
Consultant to UN agencies
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Nuclear Safety (cont'd)
Alex Belyakov
Consultant to UN agencies
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Peace and the Environment Panel: Ukraine's crisis and challenges in Eastern Europe
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Associate Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Gordon Rausser
Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Alex Belyakov
Consultant to UN agencies
J. Keith Gilless
Dean Emeritus
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
Tuesday, July 14
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Impact Assessment
Max Auffhammer
George Pardee Jr. Professor of Sustainable Development
UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Impact Assessment (cont'd)
Max Auffhammer
George Pardee Jr. Professor of Sustainable Development
UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Forests and Land Use
Matthew Potts
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Tech Tools for Surveys
Moon Parks
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Panel: The California Drought
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
David Sunding
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
John Andrew
Assistant Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources
Wednesday, July 15
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Marketing
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Marketing Exercises
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Water
Vince Resh
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Smallholder Cocoa Production
Scott Kaplan
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Marketing Exercises Pizza Night
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Thursday, July 16
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Corporate Social Responsibility
Mike Cheng
Advisor to the Dean and Executive-In-Residence
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
GIS
Jenny Palomino
PhD Candidate
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Session: The Sahel
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
The Value of Project Management and Leadership
Zachary Wong
Adjunct Professor
Department of Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
The Value of Project Management and Leadership (cont'd)
Zachary Wong
Adjunct Professor
Department of Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Dinner
Friday, July 17
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Marketing Exercises
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Synthesis
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Evaluation and Feedback
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
Certificate Ceremony
Saturday, July 18
7:00 AM-9:00 AM
Breakfast
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Good-Bye Brunch