California's Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Renewables, Fuels, and MarketsREGISTRATION 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. WELCOME BY CHAIRS 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Scott Birkey, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP Amy Gaylord, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP KEYNOTE SPEAKER – MARY NICHOLS 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. AB 32 and California's Energy Future Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Ray Minjares of the International Council on Clean TransportationThe Climate Change and Health IdeaLab (CHIL) presents Ray Minjares, Climate and Health Lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Ray will discuss his climate, health, and transportation work at ICCT, including the latest publication in their Health and Climate Roadmap series, The Impact of Stringent Fuel and ...
Observation during the past 50 years at Point Reyes have shown that this location is rich in sea caves and associated features. The majority of sea caves have formed in the porcellanite of the Miocene Monterey Formation (~17.5–6 million years old [Ma]) with lesser numbers in the Cretaceous (96–82 Ma) ...
Speaker: Nancy Skinner, Assembly Member, 15th Districe, California State Assembly
Where: San JoseCost: Free
From Data Visualisation to Data ManifestationIs data visualization insufficient for apprehending and comprehending high volume, high-velocity, high-variety, and high-dimension data? This talk presents new approaches that go beyond mere two-dimensional visualization - whether screen-based or printed, static or dynamic - to encompass different forms, materials, and modes of experience. Data manifestation, data materiality, and data ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Free Lecture: Ethical and Effective Conservation in the AnthropoceneYou are invited to attend the November meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. Brent Plater, Executive Director of the Wild Equity Institute, will discuss Wild Equity's theory of change and contrast it to some of the ideas put forward by Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy, and ...
Art and science unite for a special edition of NightLife, curated by California College of the Arts. Explore over a dozen industrial, interaction, illustration, fashion, furniture and graphic designers from CCA as they showcase a transformative array of work, highlighting new technologies and innovative ideas that explore the concept of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The Science of SoundJoin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.What is sound? How high a pitch can you hear? Can you measure the speed of sound with a yardstick? Can two sounds add up to no sound? Explore these questions and more in this resonant presentation.
Join us for a conversation with Kathleen Merrigan, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under President Obama, and Michael Pollan, author and Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism, UC Berkeley. Emmy-award winning reporter Linda Schacht, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will moderate
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Probabilistic Color-by-Numbers: Suggesting Pattern Colorizations Using Factor GraphsColored pattern images appear everywhere; they are used as background and header images in web design, as decorations in games, in clothing and upholstery, and in personal arts and crafts. Choosing colors for a pattern is one way to personalize and enliven the design composition. However, it can be difficult ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost:
Tunguska, Steampunk, and Those Harvard WomenWhat would have happened if Harvard's women astronomers had discovered the comet that slammed into Russia in 1908? It's a perfect story for a steampunk-science novel, with Jules Verne et al trying to save St. Petersburg, and Lenin plotting against them! No need for magic, but bring your pith helmet and goggles.Here's more from astronomer ...
