Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World: April 30, 2009

The University of California Washington Center Cordially invites you to:

"Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World: EU, US, California and Comparative Perspectives”


April 30, 2009
University of California Washington Center
1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Please RVSP click: conference@ucdc.edu by Tuesday, April 28th , 2009
For more information, please visit: http://igov.berkeley.edu/

This workshop is the culmination of a two-year project examining the roles that California and the European Union play in defining the forefront of domestic and international environmental policy solutions. The goal of the project is to produce concrete, actionable policy recommendations to further regulatory cooperation between the EU, California and the US on transatlantic environmental issues, including climate change, chemicals policy, biosafety, water regulation, and biodiversity protection. As socioeconomic and environmental issues become increasingly integrated, innovative policy solutions are required to identify and address the complex nexus between society and environment. The project has developed a network of representatives from the US and the EU in academia, industry, the NGO-sector, and government.

Sponsored by
UC Berkeley IGS Center on Institutions and Governance (http://igov.berkeley.edu)
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
University of California Washington Center
The project is funded by the European Commission (DG External Relations) within the framework of the pilot-program on Transatlantic Methods for Handling Global Challenges


Program

9:00-9:20Introductory Remarks
John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the US

Heddy Riss, Director for the IGS Center on Institutions and Governance, UC Berkeley
David Vogel, Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professorship in Business Ethics, UC Berkeley
Jo Swinnen, Professor of Development Economics, KU Leuven, director of LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance

9:20-10:40Christina Hioureas
Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-Making: Co-Strengthening Cooperation between California and the European Union
Authors: Bruce Cain and Christina Hioureas

Chair: Jan Wouters, Leuven Professor of International law, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven
Discussants:
Dan Pellissier, CAL EPA, Deputy Secretary for Energy Policy Coordination
Andrew Manale, EPA, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation
George Orbelian, San Francisco Global Trade Council


10:40-11:00Break

11:00-12:20Chris Ansell
Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Authors: Chris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger

Chair: David Widawsky, Acting Director
National Center for Environmental Innovation
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation EPA
Discussants:
Joan E. Denton, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Wally Baker, President Greentech Foundation
Nicholas Hanley, EU Commission DG Environment

12:20-1:20Lunch

1:20-2:40David Zilberman
US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and Trade
Authors: Gal Hochman, Gordon Rausser, and David Zilberman
Chair: Dr. Sarahelen Thompson, Director, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS

Discussants:
Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety
Daniel Karanja, Senior Fellow, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Christiane Gerstetter, Researcher Ecologic Legal Ecologic Institute, Berlin

2:40-4:00Gabrielle Bouleau
Rivers of Diversity: Evolving Water Regulation in California and the European Union
Authors: Gabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf

Discussants:
Tam M. Doduc, Chair State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento
Robert C. Wilkinson, Director of the Water Policy Program, UC Santa Barbara
Gerald Secundy, President of the California Council for Environmental & Economic Balance


4:00-4:20Break

4:20-5:40Panel: David Roland-Holst , Michael Hanneman, and Holmes Hummel
Future Areas of Cooperation between EU-California and the US on Climate Change and Adaptation, Energy, Cap-and-Trade
Chair: Steve Decanio, UC Santa Barbara TBC
Discussant:
Jim Gollub, Economy-Energy-Environment Equity

5:40-6:00Closing Remarks