Event: Preparing for Rising Sea Levels in the Bay Area, April 16

[bkengland]

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: MetroCenter, 101 8th Street in Oakland, CA

Agenda: Sign Up Now - Space is Limited
Directions, map and parking information: http://www.abag.ca.gov/about_abag/map.html
Fee: $25.00 (includes morning refreshments and lunch)
Register by: Friday, April 10, 2008 (please register early)

Three registration options
Online
Fax registration coupon with credit card info to 510.464.7970
Mail coupon with a$25 check, payable to
ABAG/Sea Level,
ABAG
Dayle Farina
P. O. BOX 2050
Oakland, CA 94604-2050
Mail/Fax Registration Form
Is Your Community Prepared to Adapt to Sea Level Rise? Elected
officials; community leaders; city and county managers; and planning,
public works, park, flood control, and water agency directors are
invited to an interactive conference to address the consequences of
sea level rise in the Bay Area due to global climate change.

Attendees will learn how to assess their community's vulnerability to
the effects of sea level rise including the potential costs of
protecting against an increase in sea level. Response strategies for
protecting property in threatened areas will be explored. Participants
will hear from local governments who are confronting the challenges of
sea level rise on the strategies they are pursuing, and hear how they
can partner with other agencies and organizations to reduce sea level
rise by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Leading climate change experts, who will be presenting, include Dan
Cayan, Director, Climate Research Division, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, and Leader of the Governor's Climate Scenarios and
Coastal Research Teams; Peter Gleick, Executive Director, Pacific
Institute, co-author of Assessing The Costs Of Adapting To Sea-Level
Rise: A Case Study Of San Francisco Bay; and Will Travis, Executive
Director of BCDC.