Agenda
8:00 am ​
Registration
8:30 am
Welcome
8:45 am
California Water Management: Subject to change
John Andrew, DWR
9:15 am
​Peripheral Canal Debate
11:00 am
​Break
11:15 am
​Concurrent Panels Session 1
Panel A: The Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta: Visioning the Delta's Future
Panel B: California's Water Storage Dilemmas: Instream use, supply & flood prevention
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Keynote: Justice Gregory Hobbs Jr.; Colorado Supreme Court
Gregory Hobbs Jr., Supreme Court of Colorado
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Concurrent Panels Series I: The Colorado River
Panel A: Reforming the Law of the River: part I--presentations
Concurrent Panels Series II: California Water: Law, Policy, and Management
Panel A: Adjudicating Water Rights: The Reasonable Use doctrine and climate change adaptation
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Panel B: Reforming the Law of the River: part 2--discussion
Panel B: Climate Change and Water Law: Can Californias legal institutions withstand the coming uncertainties?
5:15 pm
Break
5:30 pm
Closing Remarks: Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata
6:00 pm
Reception

Panel Description

Peripheral Canal Debate

Moderator

Tony Rossmann
Boalt​

Speakers

Tom Birmingham
Westlands Water District
Gary Patton
Planning and Conservation League
Jerry Meral
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Kevin O'Brien
Downey Brand

The Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta: Visioning the Delta's Future

Moderator

Prof. Alice Kaswan
USF School of Law

Panelists

Richard M. Frank
Center for Law, Energy & the Environment,
​UC Berkeley School of Law
Barry Nelson
Natural Resources Defense Council
Tom Birmingham
Westlands Water District

California's Water Storage Dilemmas: Instream use, supply & flood prevention

Moderator

Paul Kibel
Golden Gate University School of Law

Panelists

Timothy Quinn
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Stephanie Osler Hasting
Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
Jay R. Lund
University of California, Davis

Reforming the Law of the River: part I--presentations

Moderator

John D. Leshy
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Panelists

Bill Hasencamp
Metropolitan Water District
James Lochhead
Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
Pat Mulroy
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Jayne Harkin
 Bureau of Reclamation
Larry Dozier
Central Arizona Project

Reforming the Law of the River: part 2--discussion

Moderator

John D. Leshy
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Panelists

James Lochhead
Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
Bill Hasencamp
Metropolitan Water District
Pat Mulroy
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Jayne Harkin
 Bureau of Reclamation
Larry Dozier
Central Arizona Project

Adjudicating Water Rights: The Reasonable Use doctrine and climate change adaptation

Moderator

Brian E. Gray
UC Hastings College of the Law

Panelists

Peter Gleick
Pacific Institute
Dave Sunding
UC Berkeley
David Osias
Allen Matkins, LLP for Imperial Irrigation District
Thomas Berliner
Duane Morris

Adjudicating Water Rights: The Reasonable Use doctrine and climate change adaptation

Moderator

Robert Wilkinson
Bren School of Policy, UCSB

Panelists

Tim Brick
Metropolitan Water District
Greg Zlotnick
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Gregory Hobbs Jr.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Tony Rossmann
Rossmann & Moore

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Host Sponsor
  • University of San Francisco
Participant Schools
  • UC Berkeley School of Law
    ​Golden Gate University
  • University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • UC Davis School of Law
  • UC Hasting College of Law
Advertising Sponsor
  • Maven's Notebook
  • The Bar Association of San Francisco
  • McCarthy Center For Public Service and the
    ​Common Good
  • University of San Francisco
Keynote Sponsors
  • ​Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP
Symposium Sponsors
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  • Water and Power Law Group PC
Panel Sponsors
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  • Schneider & Harris LLP
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    ​in Environmental Management
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