Schedule

October 17, 2007, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Welcome and Introductions
Linda Rosenstock, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health

Greeting
A Special Message from Senator Barbara Boxer

Featured Speakers
Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
“California’s Response to Climate Change: New Carbon Emission Regulation”

Jonathan A. Patz, University of Wisconsin
“Climate Change and Health: Great Risks and Opportunities”

Break

Presentations and Discussion
“What Are the Biggest Public Health Challenges We Face Related to Global Climate Change?”

Moderated by
Hilary Godwin, Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
UCLA School of Public Health

“Preparing for Climate Change in California: Steps Toward Protecting Health”
Gina M. Solomon, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

“Deforestation, Hunting and the Emergence of Viral Infections”
Nathan Wolfe, UCLA School of Public Health

“Why Climate Change Will Slow Us Down: Impacts in the Workplace”
Tord Kjellstrom, Australia's National Centre for Epidemiology

“An Analysis of Federal Climate Change Regulations”
J.R. DeShazo, UCLA School of Public Affairs

Closing Remarks
Linda Rosenstock, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health

Reception Following, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Acknowledgments
The UCLA School of Public Health gratefully acknowledges the support of
Carol and David Richards and the Tides Foundation.

We also wish to thank the Save the Earth Foundation, Inc. for underwriting the
Internet feed for this event.