Agenda

Exhibit & Poster Session Opening

Global Glacier Melt

• Alex Gardner, PhD, NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab  PDF

Sea-Level Rise Observations

• Gary Mitchum, PhD, University of South Florida

Arctic Ecosystem Impacts

• Nic Kinsman, PhD, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration PDF

Florida Ecosystem Impacts

• Steve Traxler, PhD, US Fish & Wildlife Service  PDF

Audience Q&A

EVENING RECEPTION

Registration & Continental Breakfast  (Provided)

Welcome

• Dan Flynn, PhD, Florida Atlantic University Vice President for Research

Setting the Stage: What's at Stake & Why We Should Care

• Colin Polsky, PhD, FAU Center for Environmental Studies & Geosciences PDF

Infrastructure: What's Happening to Our Buildings, Highways, Sewers & Water Supply

• Florida:
  • Fred Bloetscher, PhD, Florida Atlantic University Civil Engineering PDF
• Arctic:
  • Bill Schnabel, PhD, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Environmental Engineering  PDF

Health: New Illness Risks to Manage

• Florida
  • Roderick King, MD, Florida Institute for Health Innovation
• Arctic
  • Craig Stephen, PhD, University of Saskatchewan & Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative PDF

BREAK

Redesign: A New Vision for Parcels, Neighborhoods & Cities

• Setting the Stage:
  • Anthony J. Abbate, FAU Associate Provost for Broward Campuses & Professor of Architecture PDF
• Florida:
  • Jeff Huber, Florida Atlantic University Architecture  PDF
• Arctic:
  • Nathalie Olijslager, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Miami  PDF

Private Sector: Law, Finance & Insurance as Levers of Change

• Rowan Douglas, Willis Re
• Wayne Pathman, Pathman Lewis, LLC
• Mitch Chester, Law Office of Mitchell Chester, P. A. 
• Moderator: John Englander, Oceanographer, Author

LUNCH  (Provided)

Parallel Solutions Salons

• Health: Moderators - Hon. Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Commissioner, District 8 & Roderick King, MD, Florida Institute for Health Innovation          
• Business/Law/Finance: Moderators - Hon. Walter Duke, III, Walter Duke + Partners, Inc. & Nancy Scanlon, PhD, Florida International University
• Architecture/Redesign: Moderators - Ricardo Alvarez, Mitigat.com, Inc. & Jason Chandler, Florida International University

BREAK

Plenary Regroup & Synthesis

• Colin Polsky, PhD, FAU Center for Environmental Studies & Geosciences

Mitigation: recalling the long-term solution

• Ed Strobel, Sunshine Solar Services PDF
• Delaney Reynolds, Palmer Trinity School PDF

Closing Remarks

EVENING RECEPTION

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)

Adaptation as a Generational Imperative & Leadership Opportunity

• Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG (Ret.), U.S. State Department Special Representative for the Arctic VIDEO
• Dan Reifsnyder, PhD, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment 

Successful Responses & Indicators

• Florida
  • Hon. Kristin Jacobs, FL State Representative
  • Jennifer Jurado, PhD, Broward County Environmental Planning & Community Resilience Division PDF
  • Jayantha Obeysekera, PhD, South Florida Water Management District PDF
• Arctic
  • Jacquelyn Overbeck, Alaska Department of Natural Resources  PDF

BREAK

Home: Changes to Where We Live & What We Do

• Florida
  • Hon. Jim Cason, Mayor, Coral Gables  PDF
  • Captain Dan Kipnis, Miami Beach PDF
    
• Arctic
  • Steve Ivanoff, Bering Straits Villages PDF
  • Robin Bronen, JD, PhD, Alaska Institute for Justice PDF
  • Robert Corell, Global Environment and Technology Foundation & Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (US) 

LUNCH (Provided)

Parallel Solutions Salons

• Responses & Indicators: Moderators - David Prodger, British Consul General Miami & Katherine Hagemann, Miami-Dade County Sustainability Initiatives
• Infrastructure: Moderators - Fred Bloetscher, PhD, Florida Atlantic University & Bill Schnabel, PhD, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Plenary Regroup & Synthesis

• Colin Polsky, PhD, FAU Center for Environmental Studies & Geosciences

BREAK

Pivoting to Next Steps & CES' 4th Sea-Level Rise Summit

• Hon. Ted Deutch, U.S. Congressman for Florida's 21st District
• Caribbean and Latin America
• • Richard S. Olson, PhD, Florida International University Extreme Events Research PDF