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Bren School Corporate Partners Summit

May 7-8, 2009 

“Environmental Applications and Implications of Nanomaterials”

 

Summit Agenda

Thursday, May 7

2:00 PM

Bren School shuttle to Bren Hall; depart from Pacifica Suites Hotel lobby

2:30-3:30 PM

Speaker: John Herrick, Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

"Stimulus Financing of Renewable Projects: Opportunities within the Changing Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance"

3:30-5:30 PM

Cocktails and appetizers in Bren Hall Courtyard — Student Group Projects displayed —

Students, Faculty, Administration, Corporate Partners, and friends

6:00 PM

Welcome on Deckers Outdoor Corporation Terrace: John Melack, Acting Dean,
the
Bren School

6:15 PM        

Tim Cohen, Vice President, URS: Introduce speaker, welcome new Corporate Partners and acknowledge dinner sponsors Ceago Vinegardens, Robert Rudnick of Trifecta Global Infrastructure Solutions, and Irwin "Win" Overbach, President of Island View Nursery

6:30-8:00 PM

Dinner — Speaker: Trish Holden, Professor, the Bren School

An introduction to the Summit topic

Friday, May 8

7:00 AM

Bren School shuttle to Bren Hall; depart from Pacifica Suites Hotel lobby

7:15 AM

Parking (UCSB Lot 10)

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast in the Bren Hall Courtyard

8:00 AM

Welcome & Overview: Tim Cohen, Vice President, URS – Seminar Room

8:15 AM

First Speaker: Trish Holden, Professor, the Bren School

"Manufactured Nanomaterials, Organisms, and the Environment: Discerning the 'Nanoparticle Effect'"

8:45 AM

Second Speaker: Paul Smokler

"Nanotechnology in Consumer Products: Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Health and Safety"

9:15 AM

Third Speaker:Dr. Fredrich Klaessig

“Nanomaterials: The Shape of Future Regulatory Frameworks and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches”

9:45 AM

Break — Bren Hall Courtyard

10:00 AM

Open Discussion, facilitated by Bren Professor Arturo Keller and Tim Cohen, Vice President, URS

12:30 PM

Working Lunch, Bren Hall Courtyard

3:00 PM

Shuttle from Bren Hall to Pacifica Suites hotel lobby