2021 State of the West Symposium: Energy & Water in the West

The State of the West Symposium is a gathering at Stanford to take stock of the economic and fiscal health of the Western region. Since 2011, the symposium has featured academic researchers, business and investment practitioners, and other stakeholders concerned with the well-being of the millions of Americans who dwell on the sunset side of the hundredth meridian. In 2021, the symposium will take place virtually and in three parts. The final session will take place on Thursday, May 13 from 10am - noon PT with a focus on energy and water. 
 

Energy Panel

Panelists

• Sally Benson
  Precourt Family Professor, Energy Resources Engineering Department in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
• Marshall Burke
  Associate Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
  Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University
• Kate Gordon
  Director, California Governor's Office of Planning & Research

Moderator

• Bruce Cain
  Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  Spence and Cleone Eccles Family Director, Bill Lane Center for the American West

Water Panel

Panelists

• Felicia Marcus
  William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
• Kathryn Sorensen
  Director of Research, Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute
• Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson, Jr.
  Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Stanford University
  Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University

Moderator

• Ashley Boren
  Executive Director, Sustainable Conservation

This event is co-hosted by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Hoover Institution, and The Bill Lane Center for the American West.