Archive for 'Briefings & Presentations' Category

Guest Lecture at UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy (2006)

In November 2006, Scott McCreary presented a guest lecture “Environmental Mediation: Perspectives from a Reflexive Practitioner” to graduate students in the Negotiation course at UC Berkeley’s Master in Public Policy Program. Among the top-ranked programs in the country, the Goldman School of Public Policy embraces the realms of both domestic and international policy and prepares [...]

Guest Lecture at Cal State University Monterey Bay, Graduate Seminar in Coastal Watershed Science and Policy (2006)

In October 2006, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary presented a guest lecture on his facilitation of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Central Coast Project at a graduate seminar at California State University Monterey Bay. His talk examined key process choices made and their relationships to outcomes achieved in the Central Coast study area, which culminated [...]

2006 Northern California ADR Faculty Conference at Stanford Law School On March 25, 2006

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary gave a presentation on Teaching Environmental Policy Mediation to The 2006 Northern California ADR Faculty Conference at Stanford Law School. Scott outlined a set of organizing questions for teachers of public policy mediation to consider, and shared his first-hand experience in mediating two complex environmental policy cases and potential implications for [...]

The Online Dialogue on Conflict/Situation Assessment (2003-2004)

CONCUR, working with Raab Associates and the USIECR, created a project to advance thinking in both the use of conflict/situation assessments and the applicability of online dialogue tools. The Online Dialogue on Conflict/Situation Assessment was supported by the Hewlett Foundation, US EPA, and DOI, and took place in the first half of 2003. The first [...]

Using Independent Scientific Review to Strengthen Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making in the Pacific Rim (2001)

Scott McCreary presented at the Third Conference on Participatory Design and Planning for the Pacific Rim Ching-Be, Matzu Island, Taiwan, May 28-30, 2001. This publication in the conference proceedings discusses how the rapid pace of economic growth and urbanization in the Pacific Rim has led to a growing strain upon ecological and cultural [...]

Israel Workshop on Environmental Dispute Resolution (1999)

In January 1999, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary joined a team of international experts as a presenter and facilitator at the first-ever national conference on Environmental Dispute Resolution in Israel. The workshop, sponsored by the Neiman Center at Technion University in Haiffa (Yona Shamir, Director) was convened at the Maale Hahamisha Kibbutz Guesthouse, just outside of [...]

Seminar on Public Participation in Democratic Design for the Pacific Rim (1999)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary participated as one of a group of 30 scholars and practitioners from the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong engaged in ongoing cross-cultural dialogue examining ways to strengthen democratic design making in the Pacific Rim. The second annual conference took place in Saitama, Japan. Participants included academics from UC Berkeley and [...]

Conference on Planning for the Future of the Tokyo Bay Wetlands (1999)

In June 1999, Dr. McCreary made the lead presentation at a public conference on the Future of the Wetlands of Tokyo Bay, sponsored by Chiba University in Chiba, Japan. His presentation examined the history of planning for the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. The one-day conference attracted about 150 people, mostly citizens and associates [...]

Briefings for USAID (1990-1991)

Principal John Gamman lead a series briefings for senior US AID officials, building on the work of his dissertation research examining the relationship between consensus building techniques and the support of sustainable development policies and natural resource policy reforms.   Results were tied to USAID projects on implementing policy change and environmental training programs.

Briefing to New Zealand Electrocorps (1990)

CONCUR Principals presented a briefing to senior officials of Electrocorps, New Zealand on the topics of using negotiating techniques to resolve disputes over hydropower development and sharing/privatizing of costs and benefits in the context of New Zealand’s emerging Resource Management Law Reform (RMLR).