Changing Environments: The Future of Natural Resource Law 

March 29, 2019

8:00 - 9:00 am              Breakfast & Registration
                                        Jamail Pavilion

9:00 - 9:15 am              Opening Remarks            

9:15 - 10:00 am            Keynote – Natural Resource Development: Future Trends and Influences 
                                        Professor Carol Rose, Yale Law School

10:00 - 10:15 am          Break

10:15 - 11:45 am          Panel 1 – Land Use
                                        Professor Sarah Krakoff, Colorado Law
                                        Professor Jonathan Z. Cannon, Virginia Law
                                        David Braun, Land Use/Land Conservation Attorney, Braun & Gresham (Austin, TX)

11:45 am - 1:15 pm     Lunch

1:15 - 2:45 pm              Panel 2 – Energy
                                        Professor Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark Law School
                                        Susan Sloan, Vice President, State Affairs, American Wind Energy Association
                                        Professor Bruce Kramer, Texas Tech University School of Law; Of Counsel, McGinnis, Lochridge (Houston, TX)

2:45 - 3:00 pm              Break

3:00 - 4:15 pm              Panel 3 – Coastal & Ocean Resources
                                       Professor Katrina Wyman, NYU School of Law
                                       David P. Smith, Environmental Attorney, Law Office of David Smith (Austin, TX)
                                       Bob Stokes, Attorney and President of the Galveston Bay Foundation  

4:15 - 4:30 pm             Break

4:30 - 5:30 pm             Ethics Panel – Environmental Justice
                                       Professor Kelly Haragan, Clinical Professor and Director of the Environmental Law Clinic at Texas Law
                                       Kevin Healy, Environmental and Real Estate Attorney, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (New York, NY)