UCLA Sustainability

Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030
2018-10-17 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | CA
Electrifying Transportation in Southern California: Opportunities & Challenges for 2030

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – 9:00am – 3:00pm

Start Time: 9:00 am
End Time: 3:00 pm
Location:

Board Room of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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River of Gold Screening
2018-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
On Monday, Oct 22nd, the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law is hosting the first film screening in our series. The documentary, River of Gold, is about extractive industries in the Amazon and the impact on human rights and the environment. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, which will include two of the filmmakers and a researcher from human rights watch. The flyer is attached: 20181022__River_of_Gold.pdf.
Please RSVP to attend
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Technologies for a Sustainable Future
2018-10-30 15:30 - 19:00 | UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, , Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Technologies for a Sustainable Future is hosted by UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) and provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors, and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation. The program will be followed by a wine and cheese networking reception.

Event Agenda

The UCLA Innovations Technologies for a Sustainable Future event provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation.
This one-day event will be hosted at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Event Agenda [PDF]
Full list of Bios and Headshots [PDF]

TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – UCLA INNOVATIONS
3:00pm – REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN
3:30pm – WELCOME
Emily Loughran, UCLA Technology Development Group
3:35pm – KEYNOTE
Eric Hoek, Water Planet
3:50pm – EARLY STAGE INVESTOR PANEL
Jim McDermott, US Renewables
Anil Tamineedi, Angeleno Group
Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital
Pulakesh Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America
Taj Eldridge, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
4:20pm – SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES PANEL
Gary Gero, Los Angeles County
Nurit Katz, UCLA
Mark Gold, UCLA Environment and Sustainability
Danny Hayes, Borealis Engineering
Eui-Sung Yi, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
4:50pm – CNSI – MAGNIFY INCUBATOR OVERVIEW
Brian Benson, UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
4:55pm – FACULTY QUICK PITCHES
Gaurav Sant—Carbon Sequestering Cement/X-Prize nominee
Rajit Gadh—Smart Vehicle Charging
CJ Kim — Drag Reduction Technology
Richie Wirz — Biplane Wind Energy
5:15pm – CLOSING KEYNOTE
Thom Mayne, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis
5:30pm – RECEPTION

Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
2018-10-31 12:15 - 13:30 | CA
Suing Monsanto: How a Team of Lawyers Won a Verdict Linking the Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
At a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law, attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC will discuss their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup.

Date: 10/31/2018
Time: 12:15 PM – 01:30 PM
Location: UCLA Law Building, Room TBA

​Co-sponsored by the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, a lunchtime event on October 31 at UCLA Law will feature attorneys Michael Baum, Pedram Esfandiary and Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC discussing their lawsuits against Monsanto Company over its herbicide Roundup. In August 2018, a San Francisco Superior Court jury orderedMonsanto Co. to pay $289.2 million in damages to one individual for failing to warn consumers that Roundup causes cancer. Other related cases are pending.
Michael Roberts, Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, will provide opening remarks and Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment will moderate the discussion.
DATE/TIME/LOCATION:
October 31, 2018
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room 1347
UCLA Law Building
385 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Lunch will be provided for all registered guests.
RSVP:
Please register here by October 26, 2018.
SPEAKERS:
Opening remarks: Michael Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law

Michael Baum (UCLA J.D. ’85), Attorney, Managing Partner, President, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Brent Wisner, Attorney, Partner, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Pedram Esfandiary, Attorney, Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, PC;
Moderator: Cara Horowitz, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law

Farmers for America Screening
2018-11-01 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Come join UCLA Farmers Market to watch Farmers for America! **Dinner will be provided!**
This documentary showcases the importance of farmers and farming in America as we move into the future. Most farmers are aging, and agriculture is becoming increasingly industrialized, so it is important to consider how we must change our existing food and farming system in order to ensure that America will be able to have sufficient levels of healthy food to feed the country in the future.
Film info and trailer: https://www.leaveitbetter.com/farmers-for-america/

Fourth Climate Change Assessment Symposium - Los Angeles Region
2018-11-02 09:30 - 15:30 | CA
OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE OF SYMPOSIUM
The State of California has released the Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Fourth Assessment) which provides the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability at the local scale and informing resilience actions. The Fourth Assessment includes a report on the Los Angeles region that was put together by University of California, Los Angeles researchers and affiliates. This symposium will:

disseminate relevant summary information on the Fourth Assessment’s Los Angeles Region Report;
convene stakeholders that can use information in the report (policymakers, local government staff, environmental organizations, etc.);
provide highlights and local stories for media;
uplift community narratives of climate change impacts;
demonstrate tools and resources for practitioners; and
host a space where climate experts are available for deeper conversations and stakeholders can network with peers.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED AND LATE GUESTS WILL NOT BE LET IN AFTER 10:30 AM

AGENDA
9:00 AM — Check-In and Morning Coffee
Location: Aquarium Side Entrance and Ocean Theater Hallway
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM — Welcome
Location: Ocean Theater
Welcome Remarks
– Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Laurel Hunt, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)
– Councilmember Jeannine Pearce, Long Beach, District 2

Overview of Statewide Fourth Climate Change Assessment
– Joey Wraithwall, CA Natural Resources Agency
Overview of Fourth Assessment Los Angeles Report
– Dr. Alex Hall, UCLA
– Dr. Neil Berg, UCLA
– Katharine Reich, UCLA
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM — Morning Breakout Sessions
(1) Energy – Building Resilient Systems [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Guido Franco, California Energy Commission
– Dr. Eric Fournier, UCLA
– Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA
– Hannah Gustafson, UCLA
– Dr. Omid Mazdiyasni, UCI
(2) Adaptation Planning – Resources, Guides, and Tools [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve
– Nuin-Tara Key, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
– Nancy Thomas, UC Berkeley
– Sarah Risher, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM — Lunch
Location: Veranda Upstairs
1:30 PM – 2:45 — Afternoon Breakout Session
(1) Public Health – Preparing for Extreme Heat and Impacts on Air Quality [Location: Ocean Theater]
Moderator: Dr. Gisele Fong, The California Endowment
– Dr. Elizabeth Rhoades, LA County Department of Public Health
– Dr. George Ban-Weiss, USC
– Kelly Trainor Gamino, South Coast Air Quality Management District
– Edith de Guzman, TreePeople
(2) Oceans & Coasts – Addressing Sea Level Rise [Location: Watershed Classroom]
Moderator: Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific
– Dan Cayan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
– Juliette Finzi-Hart, USGS
– Heather Tomley, Port of Long Beach
– Christopher Koontz, City of Long Beach
3:00 PM — Closing
Location: Ocean Theater
Keynote Speaker – California State Senator Ricardo Lara, District 33 (Long Beach and Gateway Cities)
Thank You – Climate Resolve and LARC
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Half a mile from the Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach which makes for a 10 minute downhill walk to the Aquarium from the Blue line and major bus lines.
PARKING: Parking structure is on south side of Shoreline Drive between Chestnut Place and Aquarium Way. $8 Flat Rate with Aquarium Validation.

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Farmers Market at UCLA
2018-11-07 14:30 - 18:00, 2018-11-28 14:30 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza
Farmers’ Market at UCLA is a registered student organization in UCLA that supervises the biweekly market and designs educational events. Thanks to the support from TGIF, SWC, ASUCLA, and E3. Choose fresh produce and support local & responsible farmers. We’ll keep you updated with information about upcoming markets, fun recipes to try out, and local food news!
Biweekly newsletter: subscribe to stay updated with our market events, workshop, field trips, selected events!
Follow us on Instagram @uclafarmersmarket and use #uclafarmersmarket to share your photos! We also have a blog with all things food and agriculture related–check us out at https://uclafarmersmarket.wordpress.com

Hammer Museum Future LA series: Hot! Hot! Hot!
2018-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Hammer Museum
Part of the series Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity

Hot! Hot! Hot!

WEDNESDAY NOV 14, 2018 7:30PM

Hotter, drier summers and winters, which mean longer fire seasons and increasingly poor air quality, are already a stark reality for Angelenos. By 2050, Los Angeles will only become hotter. Researchers at UCLA as well as the city and county of Los Angeles are taking steps toward designing healthier communities by setting ambitious sustainability targets. Moderated by Mark Gold.

ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM?
Ticketing: Free tickets are required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program. One ticket per person; first come, first served.
Member Benefit: Members receive priority ticketing until 15 minutes before the program. Learn more about membership.
Parking: Parking is available under the museum. Rates are $6 for the first three hours with museum validation, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes, with a $20 daily maximum. There is a $6 flat rate after 6 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends. Cash only.

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Waste Awareness Week: Environmental Art Show
2019-01-14 18:00 - 21:00 | CA
wasteawarenessweek.com
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Waste Awareness Week is a week-long sustainability event that specifically tackles the impact of waste mismanagement on the environment. The Renewable Energy Association at UCLA, along with a number of sustainability, environmental justice, food insecurity, and artistic organizations, are collaborating to create a number of events that:
1. Expose students to the gravity and scale of the global waste crisis
2. Discuss the various social, economic infrastructural and environmental causes and consequences of the crisis
3. Empowers students to make informed decisions and lifestyle changes that can mitigate this crisis.
The week will consist of a large variety of events that will appeal to all corners of our diverse campus. From interactive games, workshops and panels, to collaborative art shows, movie screenings and a gala dinner, Waste Awareness Week hopes to engage all students and push them to think more critically about their waste generation habits, the single-use culture and linear economic systems that enable them, and the out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality that blinds them to the true consequences of this global crisis. By collaborating with a large number of student groups, we also hope to plug UCLA students into the community of organizers who are working relentlessly on this issue, and tackling it from every possible facet. As the university approaches the deadline of our zero waste by 2020 goal, we hope that this event will be the final catalyst that empowers our community to meet this goal, and allows us all to live more sustainably at UCLA and beyond.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
MONDAY JAN. 14
Play World Waste Quiz and Decomposition Game on Bruin Walk from 10AM-4PM! Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies!
Learn about commonly found single-use disposables and easy alternatives!
Bring Your Own Cup for free coffee & cookies at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery from 6-9PM for the environmental justice photo exhibition and poetry night!
TUESDAY JAN. 15
Talk to Athens Services, a local, waste collection and recycling company in the greater Los Angeles community for the past 60 years to learn about how they divert resources from landfills through reuse, recycling, and composting. Stop by to talk to the UCLA Zero Waste Coordinator, Kikei Wong, to learn more about UCLA’s Zero Waste to landfill by 2020 initiative! Both representatives will be available on Bruin Plaza from 10AM-4PM.
Play the Waste Stream Game on Bruin Walk to learn about which materials can be diverted from landfill! BYOCup for free coffee!
WEDNESDAY JAN. 16
Prizes will be given out at the Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops from 10AM-4PM at the Court of Sciences so stop by! Learn about ocean plastic pollution, alternatives to single use items, zero waste, sustainable brands & companies, packageless products, & sustainable shopping.
Unravel will also be hosting No More Trashion: How to Combat Textile Waste to discuss the environmental impact of the textile industry.
Trashed and STRAWS Movie Screenings at 7PM on The Hill! Trashed follows actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity’s modern wasteful consumerism and pollution. It was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival where it had its premiere in 2012 and has won 8 awards. Watch the trailer here: www.trashedfilm.com/trailer/
STRAWS is a 32 minute documentary released Spring 2017 about the half a billion non-recyclable plastic straws that get used every day in the U.S., ending up in landfills and on streets and beaches. Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins narrates and turtle researchers, community activists and business owners discuss a sea of change happening, one straw at a time. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/220521917
THURSDAY JAN. 17
Participate in the SWAP Meet from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza to reduce your waste and carbon footprint in your shopping!
E3 (Ecology, Economy, Equity) will be hosting a DIY Day and
Unravel will be a hosting a clothing upcycling workshop from 10AM-5PM on Bruin Plaza!
Albatross Movie Screening at 7PM on The Hill! Albatross is a powerfully moving love story about birds on Midway Island in the Pacific whose bodies are filled with ocean plastic. This award-winning 97-minute film is offered as a free public artwork. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/218502282
FRIDAY JAN. 18
Listen to representatives for LA Sanitation, Athens Services, Plastic Pollution Coalition, My Last Plastic Straw, and Bonny Bentzin, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer in the Tennis Club House from 5-8PM. Raffle winners will be announced at the end of the event! Appetizers will also be served.
ALL WEEK:
Appreciate artwork made by UCLA artists and learn about waste awareness in Kerckhoff Art Gallery starting Monday at 6PM!
Check in at each event to be entered to win prizes at the end of the week!
Collect & Carry
See how much trash you produce by carrying your waste throughout the week!

Waste Awareness Week: Talk to Athens Services and UCLA's Zero Waste Coordinator
2019-01-15 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Waste Reduction and Awareness Workshops
2019-01-16 10:00 - 16:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Trashed and Straws Movie Screening
2019-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | CA

Waste Awareness Week: Swap Meet & DIY Waste Reduction Workshop
2019-01-17 10:00 - 17:00 | CA

Street Plants: Wild Flora of Los Angeles Discussion
2019-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden and LENS (Laboratory for Environmental Narratives Strategies) invite you to Street Plants: Wild Flora of Los Angeles Discussion

Cities may seem to be solely the work of humans—right down to the urban landscape of street trees, ornamental plantings, and manicured lawns that were put in place by human hands. But wild plants spread through the landscape without any human help, forming a ubiquitous botanical backdrop that exists at the fringes of most concepts of nature. Join Evan Meyer, Assistant Director of the UCLA Botanical Garden, for a discussion of the wild flora of inner-city Los Angeles.
This event is free, but space is limited. RSVP at uclabotanical.eventbrite.com.

Waste Awareness Week: Zero Waste Panel
2019-01-18 17:00 - 20:00 | CA

Farmers Market at UCLA
2019-01-23 14:30 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza

2019 Cleantech Open Global Forum
2019-01-29 08:30 - 20:00 | La Kretz Innovation Campus, 525 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
Join us at the CTO Global Forum in Los Angeles, January 28-29. Meet nearly 100 startups driving innovation in environmental and sustainable technologies in areas ranging from energy, agriculture, water, transportation, and smart cities. We anticipate an audience of over 400 industry insiders. It will be a great opportunity to make new connections in the burgeoning Los Angeles cleantech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Finalists from our six US Regions will be pitching to win the Cleantech Open Grand Prize, as will winners from other countries in our Global Ideas Program.
As an attendee, you will:

Gain rich exposure to the startups from our 2018 cohort, more mature alumni companies graduated from the program since 2006, and LACI portfolio companies;
Network with entrepreneurs, mentors, peer judges, investors, and industry insiders; and,
Hear about the latest developments in the cleantech world from notable speakers on panels and keynotes – with plenty of opportunity for Q&A.

Program Overview
Here’s the rundown of our program at a very high level.
The event takes place at CTO’s headquarters based at the La Kretz Innovation Campus, a 60,000 SF facility owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and managed by LACI, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. All under one roof, the campus houses co-working facilities, meeting rooms, event space, an Advanced Prototyping Center, as well as LADWP’s Emerging Tech team and Customer Engagement Lab.
Monday, January 28th – @ La Kretz Innovation Campus

Final US National Judging – Live Audience!
Workshops for 2018 CTO cohort entrepreneurs
Innovation Tours for 2018 CTO cohort entrepreneurs
Networking Reception

Tuesday, January 29th – @ La Kretz Innovation Campus

Innovation Showcase Expo
Final Global Judging – Live Audience!

Investor & Partner Connect – invitation only
Lunch and networking

Keynotes and panel
Awards Ceremony & Celebration

If you are a CTO alumnus and want to exhibit in the Expo and participate in Investor & Partner Connect – use this registration link instead!
What does my ticket include?
Your General Admission ticket includes all of the main event on Tuesday 1/29. If you have only one day, THIS is the day to attend!

Tuesday morning Innovation Showcase Expo
Tuesday lunch with networking and Live Global Companies pitching
Tuesday afternoon Keynotes, Panel, Awards Ceremony and Celebration

In addition, as an included bonus, you’re welcome to attend on Monday 1/28:

Monday morning US Finals Judging – 6 companies giving it their all!
Monday evening Networking Reception – everyone invited.

So please do join us in LA!

Beyond Getting From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Public Health Issue
2019-01-30 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Beyond Getting From Point A to Point B: Transportation as a Public Health Issue
Whether by car, train, bus, bike, e-scooter, or foot, transportation is more than a way to get from Point A to Point B; it is a critical public health issue. In this Health Forum, we explore how transportation policies affect health equity, the environment, as well as the health and safety of community members. Join us to learn about Los Angeles’ transportation landscape through a public health lens and to understand why sound transportation policies are crucial for ensuring healthy communities.
Panelists:
Muntu Davis, MD, MPH
Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Juan Matute
Deputy Director
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
Seleta J. Reynolds
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Moderator:
Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, HonAIA, HonASLA
Professor Emeritus
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
PLEASE NOTE: Attendees coming from off campus will need to purchase a parking permit ($12) from the kiosk on Westwood Plaza, just north of Charles E Young Drive South prior to proceeding to Parking Structure 9. In order to arrive promptly, we strongly recommend that you allow ample time for traffic, picking up your permit, and finding a parking space.
If you are joining the livestream, you do not need to RSVP. Just click HEREon January 30th. Please note that the program begins at 6:30pm PST.
The Paul Torrens Health Forum is recorded and available in our media archive HERE.

Impact Spotlight / Good Health and Well-being - Dr. Rishi Manchanda of HealthBegins
2019-01-31 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
This talk is brought to you as part of our Impact Spotlights on the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being.
Genetic makeup only determines thirty percent of health outcomes. Social, physical and economic environments determine the rest. Factors such as housing status, employment, walkability, air quality, socioeconomic status, and food security collectively make up what are known as the social determinants of health, and play a huge role in influencing our health.
Hear from the founder of HealthBegins on how the company is redefining clinical-community partnerships and investing in the social determinants of health to create positive outcomes for all.
About the speaker:
Dr. Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
Founder & CEO, HealthBegins
Dr. Rishi Manchanda is a physician, author, and health care leader who has spent more than a decade developing novel strategies to improve health in resource-poor communities. He has served as director of social medicine for a network of community health centers in South-Central Los Angeles, as the lead primary care physician for homeless veterans at the Greater Los Angeles VA, and as chief medical officer for a self-insured employer with a large rural immigrant workforce. In his 2013 TED Book, The Upstream Doctors, he introduced readers to the upstreamists, a new model of healthcare workers who improve care by addressing patients’ health-related social needs, such as food, financial, and housing insecurity. The book has become recommended reading in medical schools and universities across the world.

Night of Ideas (at the Natural History Museum)
2019-02-01 18:00 - 23:59 | CA
The Natural History Museum in collaboration with the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles, will present this year’s Los Angeles program for the Night of Ideas. This year’s theme, “Facing Our Time,” explores the challenges we face around ecological and climate change through the lenses of science, nature, and art.
Night of Ideas is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Sign up for our e-mail to be notified through event website. Link in the next column.

LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion
2019-02-06 17:30 - 19:30 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Nature Conservancy and UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) invite you to LA’s New Abnormal: Mega-Wildfires Reception and Discussion Seemingly every year, California breaks some record for devastation with a new wildfire. The Woolsey fire was the worst the Malibu area has ever seen, and it has been 100 years since there has been a wildfire anywhere in the US as deadly as Northern California’s Camp Fire. Is this new abnormal something we just have to learn to live with, or are there actions to be taken that could reduce wildfire hazard both immediately, and more profoundly over a 10 to 20-year span?

Public Values in Conflict with Animal Agribusiness Practices
2019-02-23 | CA

Housing, Neighborhood & Health #2 (Houston & Wu)
2019-02-27 11:30 - 12:30 | UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
A joint endeavor hosted by the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate’s Housing as Health Care Initiative, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
“Urban Green Space, Transit and Health Outcomes”
co-presented by Jun Wu, PhD and Doug Houston, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gold Hall, Room B-313
UCLA Anderson School of Management
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**Lunch will be provided.**
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Directions to UCLA Anderson School of Management:
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/maps-and-directions
PARKING ($12.00/car) at UCLA Lot 4:
UCLA Parking Lot 4 is located off the Westwood Plaza entrance of campus, right off Sunset Blvd. From Westwood Plaza, proceed straight ahead down the ramp leading underground to UCLA Parking Lot 4 and veer left towards the ‘Pay by Space’ area. After you exit Lot 4, walk towards the UCLA Anderson School Complex. Take the pathway between the Collins Center and Gold Hall, and take the stairs up to the Anderson courtyard. Enter Gold Hall (UCLA Anderson ‘B’ building), which is just across from the cafe. Take one flight of stairs to the 3rd floor and find classroom B-313.
View the Anderson School of Management’s location on the UCLA interactive campus map.
For questions, please contact Christina Green (christina.green@anderson.ucla.edu).
Location

UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza, Gold Hall
Room B-313
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Our Shared Solar Future: Expanding Access through Community Solar hosted by Grid Alternatives
2019-02-28 09:30 - 14:00 | CA
GRID Alternatives GLA is proud to announce the fourth event in our Los Angeles Energy and Equity Policy Series (LEEPS), “Our Shared Solar Future: Expanding Access through Community Solar.”
Community solar has emerged across the country as a powerful policy strategy to encourage clean energy equity. The event will introduce attendees to the concept of community solar and its potential to expand solar access to our most vulnerable communities, including those households who face the greatest adoption barriers such as renters. Our panel of experts and advocates will review successful community solar case studies from around the country, with specific focus on programs that deliver benefits to low-income customers. Panelists will then turn focus to California and discuss our state’s recent community solar policy developments, as well as additional steps that must be taken to ensure significant utility bill savings for the households that need it most.
We’re honored to announce our lunch keynote: Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves from the California Public Utilities Commissioner.
Agenda
Coffee and Registration (9:30am)
Light breakfast will be served.
Welcoming Comments (10:00am)
Jeannine Pearce, Councilwoman, City of Long Beach

PANEL 1 (10:20am) – Community Solar Successes from around the Country
Throughout the country, community solar has emerged as a viable policy option for the expansion of solar access and energy equity. This panel will review the community solar successes from around the country, particularly as they pertain to low-income communities, and discuss what lessons can be learned as community solar begins to take root in California.

Marta Tomic, Program Director, Vote Solar
Tom Figel, Director of Community Solar, GRID Alternatives

Juan Parra, Community Solar Program Manager, Solar One
Jaimes Valdez, Policy Manager, Spark Northwest
Jake Levine, Associate and Policy Adviser, Covington & Burling, LLP

PANEL 2 (11:40am) – California’s Community Solar Policy Landscape: Now and Into the Future
In 2018, community solar policy developments occurred on multiple fronts throughout California. The California Public Utilities Commission passed the “Green Tariff Community Solar” program to establish a new statewide community solar tariff, the California Department of Community Services and Development released $5 million in grant funding for the implementation of low-income community solar pilot projects, and investor-owned utilities such as Southern California Edison (SCE) submitted for approval a suite of shared solar programs including SCE’s Community Renewables Program. This panel will review the year’s policy developments and look forward to a future community solar policy landscape that ensures solar access to the most vulnerable Californians.

Ted Bardacke, Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance
Anthony Hernandez, Principal Manager, Energy Procurement and Management, Southern California Edison
Crystal Huang, CEO, People Power Solar Cooperative
Brandon Smithwood, Policy Director, Coalition for Community Solar Access
Elise Hunter, Policy & Regulatory Affairs Director, GRID Alternatives

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE DISCUSSION (1:00pm)
Martha Guzman Aceves, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
#LEEPS #sharedsolar #solar #communitysolar #renewableenergy #GRIDAlternatives #solarforall #energyjustice

About GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles is an affiliate of GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, bringing clean energy technology and job training to underserved communities. To date, GRID GLA has installed 1,862 solar electric systems for low-income households, creating $44 million in lifetime utility savings, preventing 83,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions and training 4,000 people along the way. For more information, visit www.gridalternatives.org/gla
*If you have any questions or qualify for a reduced ticket price (students, Veterans), please contact Briget Arndell at barndell@gridalternatives.org.
This event is made possible by The 11th Hour Project, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation.

AIA: 2°C: A COTE|LA SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE
2019-03-01 07:30 - 16:00 | CA
The 2°C Symposium is an opportunity to learn essential technologies, strategies and tools that address climate change at a critical time for our collective future.
Climate Change is a reality; it is imperative that we educate, develop innovative strategies, and implement changes to mitigate its advance.
Organized by COTE AIA|LA, 2 °C is a unifying platform for the public, the architectural design community and the building industry to discuss and address the sustainability issues challenging our society today. 2°C will embrace current innovations in the industry and advance the dialogue occurring within these communities.
The symposium’s name references the Paris Climate Agreement which called for holding the increase in global average temperature to below 2 °Celsius above pre-industrial levels in hopes of preventing irreversible and damaging climatic patterns.

PREVIOUS YEARS

2°C in 2018

Keynotes include:
+ Kevin de León – Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus
+ Eric Corey Freed, RA, LEED Fellow – Sustainability Disruptor, Morrison Hershfield
+ David Hertz, FAIA LEED AP – Architect/Founder, S.E.A. – Studio of Environmental Architecture / Skysource.org
+ Dr. Chris Luebkeman – Fellow and Director of Global Foresight + Research + Innovation, Arup
+ Anthony Brower, AIA, LEED Fellow – Director of Sustainability, Gensler
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UCLA ITS Downtown Forum: From Public Transit to Public Mobility
2019-03-01 08:30 - 19:00 | CA
DATE: Friday, March 1, 2019
LOCATION: Japanese American National Museum (Aratani Central Hall)
100 N. Central Ave., LA, CA 90012
REGISTRATION: 8:30AM – 9:00AM
EVENT PROGRAM: 9:00AM – 5:00PM
RECEPTION: 5:00PM – 7:00PM (Hirasaki Family Garden)

Grappling with the dual trends of emerging new mobility services & declining public transit ridership

Ryan Russo will discuss how one of the nation’s newest DOTs has been leading the way with progressive policies that formally recognize and aim to redress past injutices within its diverse city.
Seattle and King County Metro have put equity at the center of community engagement programs. Learn how Terry White has been creating more community participation and increasing transit service and ridership.

What does the increasing role of private mobility options in cities mean for transportation agencies, public transit providers, cities, and the traveling public?
Should innovation be encouraged, quashed, or managed?
Many regions in California are making big investments in public transit to create a viable alternative to driving. Are these burgeoning new services a threat or opportunity for these investments?
The 12th Annual Downtown Forum is a transit-accessible, implementation-focused follow-up to the highly successful 2018 Arrowhead Symposium on pulbic sector strategies for evolving mobilty. The March 1 forum will focus on four key areas:

Successful models of public-private partnerships providing public mobility services
How public agencies can effectively obtain and use data to manage public mobility
Identifying and implementing the most impactful changes to streets and transit service to double public transit ridership in the next decade
Coordinating implementation of new technologies and mobility services to enhance equity and quality of life

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The mission of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, one of the leading transportation policy research centers in the United States, is to support and advance cutting-edge research, the highest-quality education, and meaningful and influential civic engagement on the many pressing transportation issues facing our cities, state, nation, and world today. UCLA ITS is a non-endowed research center housed in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and ITS faculty, staff, and students regularly collaborate with and receive support from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. ITS is a proud partner in the Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center, a federally-funded research network with seven other universities.
The transportation planning program at UCLA has been ranked second in the nation by Planetizen, due in no small part to ITS support of transportation faculty and students. Since its inception in 1992, ITS has supported hundreds of UCLA Luskin students with more than $2 million in scholarship funds, which is relatively unique among UCLA research centers in both scope and scale. ITS also has enhanced the SPA curriculum by regularly funding special topics courses in transportation studies. This support has helped the Departments of Public Policy and Urban Planning (each of which offers specializations in transportation) attract many of the best and brightest transportation students to UCLA. Not surprisingly, transportation policy and planning faculty and students have garnered an inordinate number of prestigious grants and awards, many of which can be found on the ITS awards page.
ITS also actively links transportation research with policy and planning practice. Each fall since 1991, ITS researchers co-host the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, which brings leading transportation, land use, and environmental scholars together with top policy and planning practitioners from around the globe for a three-day retreat in the San Bernardino Mountains. In addition, ITS regularly hosts conferences and events in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C., along with dozens of public lectures on a wide variety of topics.

UCLA ITS Downtown Forum: From Public Transit to Public Mobility
2019-03-01 09:00 - 17:00 | CA
From Public Transit to Public Mobility
The 12th Annual UCLA Downtown Los Angeles Forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment
Friday, March 1
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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The 12th UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Downtown Forum grapples with the public sector’s response to the dual trends of emerging new mobility services and declining public transit ridership.
What does the increasing role of private mobility options in cities mean for transportation agencies, public transit providers, cities, and the traveling public? Should innovation be encouraged, quashed, or managed? Many regions in California are making big investments in public transit to create a viable alternative to driving; are these burgeoning new services a threat or opportunity for these investments?
The 12th Annual Downtown Forum will explore implementation of the strategies discussed at the October 2018 Arrowhead Symposium, a 3-day in-depth examination of what’s happening in urban mobility amidst an inundation of new options, to how public agencies are adapting to accommodate, manage, and incorporate, and compete with new options while continuing to serve the public interest. The Downtown Forum advances strategies to implementation in four areas seen as critical to the public sector’s response to new mobility:

Successful models for the public sector to partner with private companies providing public mobility service
How public agencies can effectively obtain and use data to manage public mobility
Identifying and implementing the most impactful, cost-effective incremental changes to streets and transit service in order to double public transit ridership in the next decade
Coordinating implementation of new technologies and mobility services to enhance equity and quality of life

No Time to Waste Exhibition by Counterforce Labs
2019-03-04 10:00 - 17:00 | CA
NO TIME TO WASTE
Counterforce Lab and UCLA’s Zero Waste Initiative are excited to present the work of ‘Word & Image’ W19 class No time to waste! In this course, students designed meaningful messages through compelling sculptures using only UCLA’s institutional waste. Projects will be presented outside of Broad Art Center to bring awareness of the impacts of our trash on the environment.
Come check out the students’ work and join us for a mixer to learn about UCLA’s Zero Waste Initiative.
March 4th
Pop-up Exhibition: 10:00am-5:00pm
Mixer + Zero Waste Initiative Presentation: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Broad Art Center Lawn
Directions to Broad Art Center
Free and open to the public.

The COUNTERFORCE LAB is a research and fieldwork studio based at Design Media Arts and the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA, dedicated to using art and design to develop creative collaborations, new fields of study and methods to research, create and execute projects around the ecological impacts of Anthropocene climate change. The Counterforce Lab is an initiative of Design Media Arts Professor Rebeca Méndez.

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UCLA CAEV (CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC VEHICLE) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2019-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Electric and Autonomous Transportation
UCLA CAEV (Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle) Annual Conference
The trillion dollar a year automotive industry, after a century of its existence, is undergoing a radical and transformative change as a result of technologies that enable a vehicle to be fueled by electricity, be driven autonomously, to be Internet connected and be precisely located and tracked as it transports people or assets to its destination. This is resulting in the transportation sector being turned upside down with car owners, especially from the millennial generation, often opting to use shared transportation network services such as Uber or Lyft in lieu of vehicle ownership. Transportation companies such as Fair are looking into the future of on-demand leasing whereby an environment conscious passenger may in-fact request a specific electric vehicle for a short lease. With the aim of getting passengers to and from their last mile of destination, transportation sector is seeing yet a further level of innovation with the advent of micro-ride network services such as Bird, whose riders can connect to another Transit service for their longer range travel needs. Buses themselves are now becoming increasingly electrified especially in densely populated urban areas – which society is demanding by way of their regulators for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases.
In addition to people movement, the fundamentals of transporting assets and goods are also being upended. Services such as Uber eats are delivering fully prepared meals economically to consumers as and when they want them. On the other hand, transportation of goods such as those shipped from China into the LA/Long Beach ports and from there on in 40 foot containers will in the future be performed by electric trucks instead of diesel-based trucks. We are seeing several electric truck startup companies offering products to the market – and these have the potential to soon become autonomous and be able to deliver goods to their destination without the need for a driver, use Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to reduce road congestion, and reduce green-house gases.
Fueling this change in the transportation sector is new technology in the Electric Vehicle (EV)/ Autonomous Vehicle (AV) space. A host of new companies such as Tesla, Uber, Google’s Waymo, and others, are innovating via advanced technology at a rate that has not been seen before in the field of transportation. Coupled with such innovations is the change in society’s demands towards clean and sustainable transportation by way of electricity as a fuel to reduce pollution (EVs such as Tesla), ride-sharing to reduce road congestion (Uber), and, autonomous vehicles to improve traffic safety and manage traffic more effectively (Waymo by Google, Cruise by GM). The optimized convergence of these three transportation demands coupled with advances in the relevant technologies such as communications, GPS and sensors have the potential to result in exponentially compounded progress in the automotive field.
While there is rapid innovation in automotive technologies, the infrastructure to support the above vision of sustainable transportation including automatic traffic light sensing by the vehicle, instantaneous traffic data, Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Communications, Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communications, managing and delivering electric power wirelessly to EVs (including shuttles and people movers) while in motion, managing traffic dynamically based on real-time and historical data, detecting and avoiding pedestrians, and others, are in their early stages at best. This makes it challenging for vehicle manufacturers to innovate towards fully autonomous and all electric vehicles beyond a point. Innovations in the areas of communications, sensors, GPS, software, cloud computing, controls, energy storage, power management, battery technology, wireless EV charging during operation, cybersecurity, big data, AI, Machine Learning (ML), Data Science and Block Chains are paving the way to create the smart urban transportation infrastructure that would enable the above vision of a modern sustainable transportation future.
In UCLA, the Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle (CAEV) Consortium is working with its stakeholders towards creating thought leadership in the field of electric and autonomous vehicles. To support this leadership activity, UCLA held its first workshop in June 2017 and a Round Table discussion with industry and government leaders in September 2018. The outcome of these two key events has propelled the need to host a technology-centric workshop on the subject which is being scheduled for March 5, 2019. At the event, UCLA faculty/researchers along with Industry and Government leadership will discuss the issues facing this fledgling field as it transitions to an industry. Topics discussed will include but not limited to:

EV and AV Technology and Policy considerations in the California and the United States
EV battery technologies and range considerations
Energy management in EV and EV charging
Advances in Autonomous Technologies
Role of AI, ML, and Blockchain in AV development
Advanced EV/AV product design paradigms
GPS and sensor technology for location tracking based services
EV charging infrastructure and relevant technologies
Vehicle-Grid integration technologies and applications and role of electric grid operators
Open Vehicle-Grid Communications and Controls Interface
New EV protocols such as ISO 15118 for mobility and payments
Using renewable energy for sustainable electric transportation
Variable transportation modalities such as e-scooter, e-bike, e-car, e-van, e-bus and e-truck
New models of car sharing in the context of EV and AV
Transportation policies, regulations and last mile services in urban settings
Technology advances and policy frameworks to keep up with such advances

In addition to creating Thought Leadership, CAEV is working to support pilot projects, proof-of-concepts, field studies and research and technology demonstrations in the California region. To support such activities, CAEV/SMERC has been developing a testbed in the campus and in the greater Los Angeles region. Plans for the development of this testbed will be shared with the event participants who will also be invited to provide input and feedback. The WINSmartEV (Wireless Internet Smart Electric Vehicle Network) testbed infrastructure developed by UCLA in the last decade with funding from U.S. Department of Energy and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (UCLA participated in the $120M DOE Smart Grid demonstration grant cooperative agreement that funded the city of Los Angeles) and deployed within the university campus and with subsequent funding outside of campus in the Port of Los Angeles, downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Pasadena, and Pomona, will be presented. This testbed infrastructure will be used as a foundation platform to expand into the Smart City infrastructure field testbed to support autonomous and electric vehicles as they become more ubiquitous with our Smart Cities vision. Rapid deployment of such infrastructure in California would depend in part on progress made by policy makers at the local, state and federal levels and therefore this event would bring them together with industry stakeholders at UCLA.
Sponsorship:
If you would like to become a sponsor for this conference, please email: info@smartgrid.ucla.edu

Bryan Hansel
CEO
Chanje

Clayton Schoeny
Data Scientist
Fair

Dakota Semler
CEO
Thor Trucks

Joseph Osha
Managing Director
JMP Securities LLC

Katie Sloan
Principal Manager
SCE

Leon Kaunitz
Director of Body and Structural Engineering
NIO USA, Inc.

Rajit Gadh
Director
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Stefan Krause
Founder
Evelozcity

Stella Li
Senior Vice President and President
BYD Company Limited and BYD Motors Inc.

Tsu-Chin Tsao
Professor
UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace

Waqar Hashim
VLE and VP of Global Program Management
Faraday Future

Alexander Keros
Manager, Advanced Vehicle and Infrastructure Policy
General Motors

Andrea Linder
Customer Experience Specialist
Porsche Motorsport

Angelina Galiteva
Board of Governors
California ISO

Bernard Soriano
Deputy Director
California Department of Motor Vehicles

Bill Williams
Commercial Sales Director
Proterra, Inc

Carley Markovitz
Transportation & Land Use Planning Manager
AECOM

Colton Ching
Vice President, Energy Delivery
Hawaiian Electric Company

Dakota Semler
CEO
Thor Trucks

Dale Thompson
Engineer
LADWP

Doug Kim
Director, Advanced Technology
Southern California Edison

Eric Mika
Government, and Corporate Affairs
EVELOZCITY

Henrik Fisker
Chairman
Fisker Inc.

João Torres
CEO
EDP Distribuição, Portuguese Distribution System Operator

Kevin Dasso
Senior Director of Smart Grid & Technology Integration
Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Lee Krevat
Director – Smart Grid
San Diego Gas & Electric

Leon Kaunitz
Director of Body, Structural Engineering and Advanced Technology
NextEV/NIO

Livio Gallo
Chief Executive Officer
Enel Distribuzione

Mani Srivastava
Professor
UCLA Electrical Engineering

Mario Gerla
Professor
UCLA Computer Science

Mark McGranaghan
Vice President
Electric Power Research Institute

Marvin Moon
Director of Power System Engineering
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Matt Mikio Miyasato
Assistant Deputy Executive Officer
Air Quality Management District

Michael Liu
Director, Energy Storage Business Development
BYD America

Michelle Bogen
Advanced Technology Engineer
BMW Group Technology Office

Nancy Ryan
Deputy Executive Director for Policy
CPUC

Nancy Sutley
Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer
LADWP

Pat Hoffman
Assistant Secretary
U.S. DOE

Rajit Gadh
Director
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Ramanath Ramakrishnan
EVP & Chief Technology Officer
Eaton

Robert Weisenmiller
Chair
California Energy Commission

Ryan Harty
Manager of Connected and Environmental Business Development
American Honda Motor Co.

Sharmila Ravula
CCO and VP of Business Development
Bosch Building Grid Technologies

Stephen B. Wemple
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Con Edison

Steve Pazol
GM, Wireless Charging
Qualcomm Incorporated

Todd Petersen
Mobility 2.0 Product Manager
LADOT

Tom Doughty
Vice President, Customer and State Affairs
California ISO

Tsu-Chin Tsao
Professor
UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace

Veronica Siranosian
Senior Project Manager
AECOM Ventures

Vibhu Kaushik
Director, Grid Technology and Modernization
Southern California Edison

Vijaya Ganugula
Manager, Demand Response Operations
NYISO

Vincent Poor
Professor of Electrical Engineering, & Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Princeton University
