Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

16th Section Fall Meeting - Meeting Schedule

September 17-20, 2008
Phoenix, AZ

16th Fall Meeting Schedule-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.		Public Service Project (Offsite, non-CLE)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.		Council Meeting
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.		Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 18, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Joint Meeting of the Service Groups
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Breakfast Panel: A Greening of the White House? (non-CLE, Ticketed Event)
8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.		Welcome
8:10 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.		Keynote Address
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.		Plenary Session: There Will Be Water–Or Will There?
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.		Networking Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Concurrent CLE Breakout Sessions
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.		Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.		Technical Roundtables
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.		Concurrent CLE Breakout Sessions
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.		Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.		Concurrent CLE Breakout Sessions
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.		Committee Vice Chair Leadership Training
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.		Committee Chairs Meeting
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.		Heard Museum Dinner

Friday, September 19, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Committee Vice Chair Working Groups (committee newsletters, membership, programs public service, technology, and The Year in Review)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Breakfast Panel: China and the Environment (non-CLE, Ticketed Event)
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.		Plenary Session: Key Climate Change Initiatives That Are Occuring Now
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.		*The Basic Practice Series–An Introduction to the Practice of Environmental Law
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.		Natural Resources & Environment (NR&E) Board Meeting
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.		Section Spotlight: Stewardship Award, Committees and Public Service Project
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.		Networking Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Concurrent CLE Breakout Sessions
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.		Committee Get-Together Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.		Concurrent CLE Breakout Sessions
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.		Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.		Ethics Presentation: Honor and Respect: A Professional Responsibility?
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.		State Bar Idea Exchange (non-CLE)
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.		Young Lawyers Forum
6:00 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.		Local Flair Reception
8:00 p.m.		Dining Together

Saturday, September 20, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.		Environmental Litigation Program: Part 1**
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		The Other Renewables: Exploring New Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Environmental Legal Challenges (Offsite, Ticketed Event)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Natural Resources & Environment (NR&E) Board Meeting
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Environmental Litigation Program: Part 2**
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.		Lunch with the Client (Ticketed Event)
1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.		Council Meeting
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.		Section Chair's Wine and Cheese Farewell Reception

* The Basic Practice Series is not included in the registration fee for the Section Fall Meeting. For details on registration for The Basic Practice Series, please visit http://www.abanet.org/environ/fallmeet/2008/bps.shtml
** Saturday’s Environmental Litigation Program (Part 1 and 2) is included in the registration fee for The Basic Practice Series.

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Local Flair Reception



Public Service Project




Wine and Cheese Farewell Reception