8:00 - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast
(Santa Cruz Room)

8:30 - 8:45 am  

Welcome
Katherine E. Stone, Esq., Myers, Widders, Gibson & Long

8:45 - 9:30 am  

Panel #13 THE VALUE OF BEACHES
(Santa Cruz Room)

Moderator:
Brian Brennan, City Councilmember, San Buenaventura City Council

Speakers:
Kathy I. Long, Supervisor, Board of Supervisors, District 3

William Fulton, Editor & Publisher, California Planning & Development Report

Dr. Philip G. King,Associate Professor, Economics, San Francisco State University

9:30 - 10:30 am

Panel #14 HOW BEACHES ARE MADE AND LOST
(Santa Rosa Room)

Moderator:
Cornelia (Cory) Dean, Science Editor, New York Times

Speakers:
The Beach - A Pile of Sand
Dr.Douglas Sherman, University of Southern California

Bringing Back the Beaches: A Return to Basics
Gary B. Griggs, Director of Institute of Marine Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

10:30 - 10:45 pm

Break

10:45 - 12:00 pm

Panel #15 WHOSE BEACH IS IT?

Moderator:
Steven Stone, Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal (ret.)

Speakers:
Jamee Jordan Patterson, Deputy Attorney General

Francois D. "Bud" Uzes, Boundaries Unlimited

Dennis M. Eagan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General

12:00 - 1:30 am

Lunch
(Top of the Harbor)
Keynote Speaker: Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Panel #16 SOLUTIONS

Moderator:
Dana Whitson, Assistant City Manager, City of Oceanside

Speakers:
Artificial Surfing Reefs
David Skelly, P.E., President, Skelly Engineering

Mitigating the Impacts of Federal Civil Works Projects
Michael Walther, M.S., P.E., President, Coastal Tech

Solutions for Implementing Sand Rights: A View from the Bottom of the Food Chain
Jon Moore, P.E., Senior Engineer, Noble Consultants

3:00 - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 - 4:30 pm

Panel #17 FUNDING (TAX BREAKS - SPECIAL DISTRICTS)

Moderator:
Katherine E. Stone, Esq., Myers, Widders, Gibson & Long

Speakers:
Robert G. Dean, Ph.D., Professor, University of Florida

Steven Aceti, Executive Director, California Coastal Coalition

Bruce G. Ehrlich, Esq., AIA, Kosmont & Associates

4:30 - 5:00pm

Wrap-Up: Orville T. Magoon, Katherine E. Stone, Lesley Ewing, Brian Brennan

5:30pm

Beachscape
Tide Pool Walk