11th Occasional
California Workshop on
Environmental and Resource
Economics
October 9-10, 2009
Organized by
Bob Deacon, Paulina Oliva and Julian Neira
Made possible, in
part, by a grant from the US EPA.
Sponsored by the University of California Center
for Energy and Environmental Economics (UCE3),
the UCSB Department of Economics
the Bren School of Environmental Science
and Management
and Ivory Tower Winery
The
first California Workshop on Environmental and Resource Economics was held in
May 1993 at Centennial House at UCSB, organized by Bob Deacon and Charlie
Kolstad. Since then, every 12-24 months (i.e., occasionally), UCSB has
hosted this California workshop. On October 9-10 the 11th such Occasional Workshop
will be held at UCSB.
The primary focus of the workshop is on graduate students, faculty and
researchers at universities, public or private institutes, or government
agencies involved in research in environmental and natural resource economics.
The program provides researchers the opportunity to share their work and/or
ideas in a relaxed, workshop environment.
As in
the past all sessions will be plenary and we will attempt to accommodate a
large number of papers, implying that individual presentations will be
relatively short (~10-12 minutes). The conference venue is Corwin Pavilion on
the UCSB campus.
The Program can be accessed by clicking HERE
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The
final travel grant amounts are $179 for presenters/discussants/chairs and $89
for non-active participants.
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Funding
There will be no registration
fee for attending the conference. Travel block grants will be available
for all presenting participants (including session chairs and discussants), and
smaller grants will be available for all non-UCSB students attending the
workshop. These grants will be processed and mailed after the Workshop. We
currently estimate that $230 will be available for presenters, and $105 will be
available to attendees not presenting. (See
Note) These amounts may change, depending on the
number of participants. Transportation and lodging will be arranged and
paid for by the participants, but a shuttle will be provided between the
suggested hotels (scroll down) and UCSB. In addition, meals at the
workshop will be provided.
*Note: As the number of
registrants has exceeded our expectations we now anticipate that stipends will
be lower than estimated earlier. Our revised estimates are $180 for those presenting, discussing or serving as session chairs
and $90 for non-active attendees.*
Registration
The
registration is closed.
Hotel Details
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the following hotels in Goleta:
Hampton Inn ($149 per night). Reservations can be created by calling
the hotel directly (805) 681-9800 and referring to the Occasional
Workshop in October, or by calling 1-800-HAMPTON and referring to
the “OCW” group for the desired
dates, or by going online to www.goleta.hamptoninn.com
and entering “OCW” in the “GROUP/CONVENTION” code
field. Rooms must be booked by September 2 for this discount.
Best Western South Coast Inn ($120/$125 for
Thursday night, $135 for Friday). To book, call 800-350-3614. Be
sure to mention “Occasional Workshop” to get the group
rate. Rooms must be booked by September 8 to use the group
rate. * The deadline for booking with
the Best Western South Coast Inn to get the group rate has been extended to September 18.*
Holiday Inn ($125.00 per night).
Reservations must be for the 2-nights to receive the group rate. Reservation
may be made by phone calling (805) 964-6241 and referring the “UCSB
Occasional Workshop, ” or you may book online at
www.holidayinn.com/santabarbara. When making online reservations, guests must
add the group code “UOW” in order to receive this
special rate for the dates specified. Rooms must be booked by September
10 to use the UCSB rate. * The deadline for
booking with the Holiday Inn to get the group rate has been extended to September 18.*
***These hotels are near UCSB, and
we will provide a van shuttle to and from the conference at these hotels
only. If you will be providing your own ground transportation, you may
wish to stay closer to downtown Santa Barbara or the waterfront.
Information and reviews on other hotels can be found at http://www.santabarbara.com/lodging/directory/.
Workshop Transportation and
Around
- Approximately
every 15 minutes from 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 9.
- After
dinner on Friday evening, vans will return to these hotels.
- Saturday
morning, vans will run every 15 minutes from 7:00-9:00.
- Beginning around noon
on Saturday, vans will be leaving periodically to the airport and the 3
hotels listed above.
If you are staying in a
different hotel, you are responsible for your own ground transportation.
All events will be at Corwin
Pavilion, near the
Parking
Information
If you are driving to
the meeting place, Corwin Pavilion is located right next to the University Center,
in the center of the UCSB campus. Please take into account walking
distance (~5-10 minutes) from the parking lot to Corwin Pavilion. Signs will be
posted directing visitors to appropriate parking lots. Signs will also be
posted to direct those walking from the parking lot to the conference venue.
Parking
permits are required on both Friday and Saturday. The closest parking lots
are lots 22 and 23 (open to visitor parking all day on Friday and Saturday) and
lots 3, 7 and 9 (only open to visitor parking on Friday after 5 pm and all day
Saturday). An interactive parking lot and building locator can be accessed by
clicking HERE.
If you can show your parking permit from
another UC campus, you may be able to get a free parking permit.
Printable UCSB/Goleta Area Map
For more information, view the UCSB Transportation and Parking Services page.
Information
about Santa Barbara
For a
general guide to Santa Barbara attractions, click HERE
Restaurants
Here
is a general restaurant guide to Santa Barbara
Questions?
Contact
Julian Neira at neira@econ.ucsb.edu
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