The Endangered Species Act is one of the United States' most enduring federal environmental laws and has long been one of the most controversial.  As the Act matures, it continues to face increasingly complex challenges.  This year's symposium will focus on the present and future challenges of the Act, exploring them from scientific, legal, and policy perspectives. 

SCHEDULE:

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.   
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Key Note Address

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Panel 1: Identifying Protectable Entities: The Taxonomy Problem

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Panel 2: Beyond Charismatic Megafauna: Science within the Legal Framework of the ESA

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Panel 3: Climate Change and the Endangered Species Act

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Panel 4: Seeing the Future of the ESA

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks

4:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Afternoon Reception

SPEAKERS: 

Keynote:
William H. Rodgers, University of Washington

Panel 1: 
Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity
Holly Doremus, UC Davis School of Law
UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology

Panel 2:
Eric Biber, Boalt Hall School of Law
Peter Epanchin, UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology
Pat Mock, URS Corporation

Panel 3:
William H. Rodgers, University of Washington
Kassie Siegal, Center for Biological Diversity
Chandra Ferrari, California Department of Fish and Game
Melanie Rowland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Panel 4 :
Damien Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation
Mark Schwartz, UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology
Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity

Closing Remarks:
Holly Doremus, UC Davis School of Law

Please RSVP by February 15th, 2009, via e-mail to ELS.Symposium@gmail.com

Directions to the University Club can be found at http://uclub.ucdavis.edu/Uclub/index.cfm?sect=con

The Symposium is free and open to the public. 

MCLE Credits available. 

For more information, contact the Environmental Law Society Chairs:
Elizabeth Tedsen
Erica Morehouse
Ellen Howard