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The University of San Diego's Third Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium will examine emerging law and policy approaches to encourage clean energy. Clean energy refers to the diverse set of technologies that can help meet our needs for energy while limiting its impact on the environment. Shifting to cleaner energy is an essential task for mitigating climate change.

The symposium will bring together legal and policy experts from across the country to address a variety of key issues including the coordination of state and federal roles in the clean energy sector; the design of policies and markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency; and the balance between energy and environmental protection.

The symposium is co-hosted by the Energy Policy Initiatives Center and the San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law. Scholarly articles written for the symposium will be published in the journal's third volume.

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Keynote
Jon Wellinghoff
Chairman of the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Panel One
States in the Lead: What Role for Washington?
Michael Picker, Senior Advisor to the Governor for Renewable Energy Facilities, State of California
Jim Rossi, Harry M. Walborsky Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Florida State University College of Law
Joseph P. Tomain, Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Steven Weissman, Lecturer in Residence; Director of the Energy and Cleantech Program; Associate Director for the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, University of California Berkeley School of Law
Moderator: Jennifer Hein, General Counsel–West Region, NRG Energy

Panel Two
Policies and Markets for Renewables & Efficiency
Lincoln Davies, Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Kirsten Engel, Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Dian Grueneich, Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Partner, Morrison & Foerster
David Spence, Associate Professor, Law, Politics & Regulation; Co-Director of the Energy Management & Innovation Center, University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
Moderator: Sophie A. Akins, Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP

Panel Three
Striking the Energy/Environment Balance
Robert L. Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, George Washington University Law School
Alexandra B. Klass, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Michael Reed, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Nilmini Silva-Send, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Senior Policy Analyst for the Energy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law
Moderator:  Richard J. Lazarus, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Stanley Legro Professor of Environmental Law, University of San Diego School of Law