Workshop - Rationalizing the Allocation of California Water    

Time

Event

Speaker

8:15 - 8:55

Coffee and Refreshments

8:55 - 9:00

Linde Center Welcome

Paul Wennberg 

9:00 - 9:45

How California's Climate Shapes Water Resources

Alex Hall

9:45 - 10:30

Conjunctive Use of Water in the Central Valley: Past, Present, and Future

Claudia Faunt

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

CA Water Infrastructure

John Hall

11:45 - 12:30

Common-Pool Resources: Over Extraction and Allocation Mechanisms

James Walker

12:30 - 1:30

Walk to Keck Center for Registration and Lunch (for Workshop Participants only)

1:30 - 2:20

Workshop Logistics and Introductions

Michele Judd

2:20 - 2:50

Meeting Overview

John Hall, John Ledyard, Paul Wennberg

2:50 - 3:30

History of CA Water

Paul Rhode, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

3:30 - 3:50

Discussion

3:50 - 4:20

Coffee and Refreshments

4:20 - 4:45

Measurement of Land Subsidence Caused by Groundwater Pumping

Thomas Farr

4:45 - 5:10

Measurement of Water Levels

Thomas Painter

5:10 - 5:30

Discussion

5:30 - 6:00

Walk to the Athenaeum for a 6:00 PM dinner

Time

Event

Speaker

8:15 - 8:45

Coffee and Refreshments

8:45 - 9:00

Logistics, Goals for the Day

Michele Judd, John Hall, John Ledyard, Paul Wennberg 

9:00 - 9:25

Market Design

Charles Plott

9:25 - 9:50

A Centralized Smart Market Design for Water Resources

John Raffensperger

9:50 - 10:15

Market Design

Charles Holt

10:15 - 10:35

Discussion

10:35 - 11:05

Break

11:05 - 11:30

Reallocating California's Water: Establishing Workable Ground Rules, Protecting the Environment, and Encouraging Transfers

Buzz Thompson

11:30 - 11:55

The Politics of Local Water Management

Megan Mullin

11:55 - 12:15

Discussion

12:15 - 2:00

Lunch at the Atheneaum

2:00 - 2:25

Practical Aspects

Andy Sawyer

2:25 - 2:50

Key Observations From a California Water Market Practitioner

Steve Hirsch

2:50 - 3:15

Practical Aspects

Gary Bardini

3:15 - 3:35

Discussion

3:35 - 4:00

Walk to Sharp Lecture Hall

4:00 - 5:00

ESE Lecture: How did we get the Water System we have and what are the Implications for Conteporary Water Policy?

Gary Libecap

5:15 - 6:00

ESE Reception

6:00

ESE Dinner at the Athenaeum

Time

Event

Speaker

8:15 - 8:45

Coffee and Refreshments

8:45 -9:15

Logistics, Goals for the Day

Michele Judd, John Hall, John Ledyard, Paul Wennberg 

9:15 - 9:40

Lessons from Fishieries

Dan Holland

9:40 - 10:05

Lessons from Australia

Sarah Wheeler

10:05 - 10:30

Market Design: Watershed Markets with Lessons from Nebraska

David McAdams

10:30 - 10:50

Discussion

10:50 - 11:20

Break

11:20 - 11:45

Enviornmental Considerations

Tanja Srebotnjak

11:45 - 12:15

Discussion

12:15 - 1:15

Informal Lunch at Keck Center

1:15 - 2:30

Where to Next?

John Hall, John Ledyard, Paul Wennberg