Environmental Conflict Resolution Conference

A working conference bringing global insights to controversies related to water justice and hydro-diplomacy in San Diego –Tijuana border region.

We will:   

• Learn about hydro-diplomacy and trans-border water management approaches from around the world;
• Apply new knowledge in thinking about water security and regional trans-border environmental cooperation between San Diego-Tijuana in face-to-face discussions and deliberation;
• Network and collaborate with the binational community of governmental, civic, tribal, and private-sector people dedicated to binational water management;
• Acquire skills for improved conflict management and resolution.

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Conferencia sobre Resolución de conflictos ambientales

Dirigida a aportar ideas para las controversias relacionadas con la justicia en material de agua e “hidro-diplomacia” en la región fronteriza San Diego-Tijuana.

Además:

• Aprenderemos sobre “hidro-diplomacia” y avances en gestión transfronteriza de aguas al rededor del mundo;
• Aplicaremos los nuevos conocimientos en la reflexión sobre la seguridad del agua y cooperación transfronteriza regional entre San Diego y Tijuana en discusiones y deliberaciones vis-á-vis;
• Haremos relaciones y colaboraremos con la comunidad binacional de personas del sector gubernamental, civil, autóctono, y privado, dedicadas a la gestión binacional del agua;
• Adquiriremos habilidades para mejorar la gestión y solución de conflictos

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Panel Sessions and Workshops

Panel sessions will discuss global water security; linkages between national and environmental security; conflict resolution over transborder water issues; and the importance of a broad collaborative approach for sustainable transboundary water management. Each panel is followed by interactive working sessions that enhance conflict analysis and conflict resolution skills, build consensus around priorities, and work towards securing political support and funding for future work.

Confirmed Speakers and Facilitators

Keynote address on Wednesday, November 18 at 7 p.m.
From the Boardroom to the Border: Negotiating for Sustainable Agreements
William Ury, Ph.D., co-founder and senior fellow of the Harvard Negotiation Project and co-author of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Presented by Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series

• Ami Carpenter, Ph.D., Conference Co-chair, Assistant professor of Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
• Bharat H. Desai, Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law School of International Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• Carlos Pena, Division Engineer, Environmental Management Division, U.S. Section of International Boundary and Water Commission
• Charles B. Wiggins, Professor of Law
• Daniel R. Cayan, Ph.D., Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California
• Exequiel Ezcurra, Ph.D., Director and Professor of Plant Ecology UC- Mexus, University of California, Riverside
• Gabriel Eckstein, Ph.D., Director, Center for Water Law and Policy Texas Tech University
• Jacques Ganoulis, Ph.D., UNESCO Chair and Network INWEB, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Léna Salamé, Programme Specialist, UNESCO’S International Hydrological Programme – PCCP
• Lori Saldaña, Assembly Member, Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Legislature
• Michael Connolly Miskwish, Environmental Consultant, Adjunct Professor at San Diego State University
• Michel Boudrias, Ph.D., Conference Co-chair, Chair of the Marine Science and Environmental Studies department and Academic Director of the Sustainability at the University of San Diego
• Oscar Romo, Ph.D., Watershed Coordinator, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Polioptro Martínez Austria, Director, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua
• Rick Gersberg, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health at the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University
• Rick Van Schoik, Director, North American Center for Transboundary Studies, Arizona State University
• Roberto Espinoza, Project manager, Tijuana Office, Mexico Section of International Boundary and Water Commission
• Saleem Ali, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
• Serge Dedina, Ph.D., Executive Director Wildcoast
• Stephen P. Mumme, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Colorado State University
• Todd Jarvis, Ph.D., Associate Director Institute for Water and Watersheds, Oregon State University
• William R. Headley, C.S.Sp., Ph.D., Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies

Convened by: Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies

With Support from:

• Trans-Border Institute
• Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
• Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
• The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
• USD International Center and the 2009 International Education Week Committee
• University of California, San Diego - Superfund Research Program
• University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources
• Lintilhac Foundation
• Northern American Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University

In collaboration with:

• UNESCO’S International Hydrological Programme – PCCP
• San Diego State University
• National Latino Research Center at California State University, San Marcos
• El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
• Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC)