LA's New Low Carbon Diet: what AB 32 means for Los Angeles

This day-long symposium at UCLA will focus on the response of actors in the L.A. region and identify the open questions faced by governments, industry, and communities. The goals of this event are to explore the specific responses of the region and to lay the groundwork for future collaborative initiatives and research that will help all of us in the Los Angeles region to meet our obligations.

Friday, March 06, 2009
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
De Neve Commons Auditorium
351 Charles E. Young Drive West

Admission Free. Register here.

Keynote Address by Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board

Keynote Address by Fran Pavley, State Senator & Author of AB 32

The California Air Resources Board recently adopted the proposed Scoping Plan for implementing AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act. We in Southern California are at a critical point in determining how businesses, government agencies, and community organizations will respond, and we face new and unprecedented challenges in making required greenhouse gas reductions.

Panel discussions will focus on

• Emissions reduction measures for key regulated sectors, highlighting regional challenges and opportunities
• Emissions reduction measures for key production sectors, highlighting regional challenges and opportunities
• Identifying the region’s key needs for improving AB 32 implementation
• Identifying ways for public, private, non-profit and academic sectors to work together to achieve carbon emission reductions, including what UCLA can do to help.

Confirmed panelists include

• David Abel, Chairman and Managing Partner, VerdeXchange
• Yoram Cohen, Professor of Chemical Engineering, UCLA
• Cecilia Estolano, CEO, Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
• William Fulton, Publisher, California Planning and Development Report & Principal, DCE Planning
  
• Mary Leslie, President, Los Angeles Business Council
• Mary Luevano, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director, Global Green USA
• Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza, Vice President, Port of LA Board of Harbor Commissioners & Policy Director, Environmental Defense Fund
• David Nahai, CEO and General Manager, LA Department of Water and Power
• Pamela O'Connor, METRO Board Member and Santa Monica City Councilmember
• Jonathan Parfrey, Director, Green LA & Commissioner, LA Department of Water and Power
• Rod Spackman, Manager, Chevron USA
• Sven Thesen, Operational Manager, Better Place