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Toward a Sustainable 21st Century Series:

Implementing and Scaling Resilient Solutions in Coastal California

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University of California Irvine is hosting its 6th annual Coastal Resilience Conference on March 2 and 3, 9am – 12:30pm PST. Join us for this free virtual 2-day event to learn about coastal resilience needs, priorities, and strategies being employed across California and the nation from some of the leading policy makers, scientists, and local government leaders working on the forefront of solving these issues.

Conference Themes Include:

  • State Priorities and Future Goals
  • Best Practices to Prepare and Scale Solutions
  • Approaches to Ensure Equity in Policy, Planning, and Implementation
  • Shoreline Management
  • Impacts from Wildfires
  • Funding for Planning and Adaptation

Conference Agenda

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Day 1, March 2nd 9am – 12:30pm PST

Day 1, March 2nd 9am – 12:30pm PST

 9:00am Welcome & Keynote

·         Christina Snider, California Governor’s Tribal Advisor

9:15am Institutionalizing Coastal Resilience: Policy and Regulation

·        Chris Ward, California State Assembly Member

·         Mark Gold, Executive Director, Ocean Protection Council; Deputy Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California Natural Resources Agency

·         Carey Batha, Climate Change Specialist, California Coastal Commission

9:55am Break
10:00am Preparing Coastal Communities, Ecosystems, and Assets for 3.5 ft. of Sea Level Rise

·         Justine Kimball, Senior Climate Change Program Manager, California Ocean Protection Council

·        Adam Canter, Tribal Botanist and GIS Specialist, Wiyot Tribe Natural Resources Department

·         Juliette Finzi Hart, Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program Manager, California Office of Planning and Research

10:40am Break
10:45am Ensuring Equity and Environmental Justice in Resiliency

·         Effie Turnbull-Sanders, Environmental Justice Commissioner, California Coastal Commission

·         Nahal Ghoghaie Ipakchi, Environmental Justice Manager, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

·        Alvaro Sanchez, Environmental Equity Director, The Greenlining Institute

11:25pm Break
11:30pm Financing Resiliency

·         Len Materman, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District

·         Nuin-Tara Key, Deputy Director, Climate, California Office of Planning and Research

·         Alison Kearns, Risk Analysis Branch Chief, Federal Emergency Management Agency

12:10pm Closing Remarks, Day 1

·         Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences

12:30pm End of Day 1

Day 2, March 3rd 9am – 12:30pm PST

Day 2, March 3rd 9am – 12:30pm PST

9:00am  Welcome & Keynote

·         Liz Williams Russell, Climate Justice Program Director, Foundation for Louisiana

9:15am Implementing Effective Sediment Management Solution

·         Kiki Patsch, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Resource Management, CSU Channel Islands

·         Philip King, Professor of Economics, San Francisco State University

·         Doug George, NERRS Science Collaborative Program Manager, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

9:55am Break
10:00am Living Shoreline Resiliency

·         Melis Ökter, National Estuarine Research Reserves Management Liaison, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

·         Evyan Sloane, Project Manager, South Coast Region at State Coastal Conservancy

·         Conor Shea, Fluvial Geomorphologist and Engineer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10:40am Break
10:45am Responding to Wildfire Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems

·         Newsha Ajami, Director of Urban Water Policy, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Water in the West program

·         Kyle Blount, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington State University

·         Eric Stein, Department Head, Biology Department, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

·        Chris Monary, Environmental Scientist, State Water Resources Control Board

11:25pm Break
11:30pm Scaling Coastal Resiliency Solutions

·         Marina Cazorla, Coastal Programs Manager, California State Parks

·         Jessica Fain, Director, Planning Program, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

·         Jennifer Jurado, Director and Chief Resilience Officer, Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department

12:10pm Closing Remarks, Day 2

·         Charles Lester, Director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Center in the Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Barbara

12:30pm End of Day 2

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