2011: Program

 FRIDAY, MARCH 25

9:00-10:00:      REGISTRATION

10:00-10:15:   WELCOME & THE POWER OF LAW STUDENTS


Dan Worth
Executive Director, NAELS 

   
10:15-12:30:   CUTTING EDGE RENEWABLE ENERGY ROUNDTABLE


Steven Ferrey
Professor of Law
Suffolk University School of Law

 


David Cash
Assistant Secretary for Policy
Massachusetts EOEEA
 

Seth Kaplan
VP, Policy & Climate Advocacy
Conservation Law Foundation
 

Robert A Rio
Senior VP for Government Affairs
Associated Industries of MA

Brad Swing
Director of Energy Policy
City of Boston

Jamie Tosches DeMello
Assistant Attorney General
Energy Division
 
12:30-2:30: LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN)
2:30-3:15: OIL SPILLS & THE POWER OF LAW STUDENTS

Zygmunt Plater
Professor of Law
Boston College Law School


Greg O'Brien 
President
Boston College ELS


Greg Bradford
3L
Boston College ELS 
3:15-4:00: HYDROFRACKING ACTION TEAM

Stephanie Brauer
Co-President
Boalt Hall School of Law ELS

 
Jared B. Fish
President
UC-Berkeley Boalt Hall Democrats


Nell Green Nylen
VP, Internal Programming
Boalt Hall School of Law ELS 
4:00-5:00: THE ART & PERILS OF GETTING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY TO POLITICIANS & THE PUBLIC 


Erin Ailworth (invited)
Business Department
Boston Globe


Praveen Amar
Director, Science & Policy
NESCAUM

Dan Worth
Executive Director
NAELS
5:30-CLOSING TIME: ALUMNI & NETWORKING RECEPTION
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
9:00-9:30: REGISTRATION
9:30-9:45: WELCOME


Lee Breckenridge
Professor of Law
Northeastern University School of Law

   
9:45-10:45: WATER & THE PUBLIC TRUST


Vivien Li
Executive Director
Boston Harbor Association


Peter Shelley
Vice President
Conservation Law Foundation
Dennis Ducsik
Public Trust Policies Coordinator
Mass Coastal Zone Management Office
10:45-11:00: BREAK
 11:00-12:00: INTERSECTION OF ENERGY, CLIMATE, AND WATER

 
Dennis Duffy (invited)
General Counsel
Cape Wind


Ann Brewster Weeks
Senior Counsel & Legal Director
Clean Air Task Force


John Miller
Operations Manager
Marine Renewable Energy Center

12:00-1:00: LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN): WORKING SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
1:00-2:00: CLEAN WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES

Staci Rubin
Staff Attorney
ACE

Mike Walker
Senior Enforcement Counsel
OECA, EPA

Mary Ann Nelson
Owner, Black & Green Consultants
Executive Committee, MA Sierra Club
2:00-3:00: THE ROLE OF CAMPUSES & STUDENT ACTIVISM IN SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS


Mark Orlowski
Excecutive Director
Sustainable Endowments Institute


Craig Altemose
Executive Director
Better Future Project

Josh Lynch
Co-Founder
Energy Action
3:00-4:00: HYDROFRACKING ADVOCACY SESSION


Stephanie Brauer
Co-President
Boalt Hall School of Law ELS

 
Jared B. Fish
President
UC-Berkeley Boalt Hall Democrats


Nell Green Nylen
VP, Internal Programming
Boalt Hall School of Law ELS

4:00-5:00: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: A CLIMATE OF POSSIBILITIES

Daniel Knudsen
YELA Conference Organizer
Yale Environmental Law Association

Eric Merrill
Co-President
Yale Environmental Law Association

Stephanie Safdi
Co-President
Yale Environmental Law Association
5:00-6:00: NAELS CONFERENCE BID PRESENTATIONS/GOVERNING BOARD ELECTIONS/STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
6:00-10:00: WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS CARBON NATION (NOT PART OF CONFERENCE - $30 FOR TICKET)
 SUNDAY, MARCH 27


NAELS 25TH ANNIVERSARY & GOVERNING BOARD PLANNING SESSION
OVER COFFEE & BAGELS