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Full Conference Agenda
Priority Focus Areas/Topics:
Science and Diplomacy and Multilateral Mechanisms
Water and Resilience
Disproportionality and Policy
Climate Technology, Solutions, and Innovations
The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Conference Time Zone: EDT
9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT
GCSE Office Hours
No appointment necessary | GCSE Director of Programs and Membership, Pam Mendelson will be available to talk with you for one hour each morning of the Conference. This is an opportunity to share your priorities for the coming year and dialogue directly in an open forum.
10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT
GCSE Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Keynote
Michelle Wyman | GCSE Executive Director
GCSE 2022 Focus and Objectives
Simran Sethi | Journalist and Emcee Lead for Content Synthesis at GCSE 2022 (USA)
Keynote Armchair Discussion
In Pursuit of Planetary Balance and the Fight to Protect What’s LeftDiscussion Leader: Prof. Jim Buizer | Founding Director the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies, University of Arizona (USA)
Dr. A. Karim Ahmed | Adjunct Professor, Occupational Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, GCSE Co-Founder (USA)
Dr. Sharon K. Collinge | Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado-Boulder (USA)
Dr. Pablo A. Marquet | Ecologist, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
11:00 - 12:00 PM EDT
Plenary 1
Science, Society, and the Challenges of Conservation Science
Discussion Leader: Simran Sethi
Dr. Sally Archibald | Associate Professor, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Dr. Raman Sukumar | Professor, Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (India)
Sherri Mitchell, Esq. | Founding Director, Land Peace Foundation (USA)
Watch Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Plenary session recording here.
12:00 - 12:30 PM EDT
Break
12:30 - 1:30 PM EDT
Flash Talks Session 1
1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT
Concurrent Panel Sessions
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT
GCSE Office Hours
No appointment necessary | GCSE Director of Programs and Membership, Pam Mendelson will be available to talk with you for one hour each morning of the Conference. This is an opportunity to share your priorities for the coming year and dialogue directly in an open forum.
10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT
GCSE 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards
The GCSE Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual or group of individuals in recognition of their exceptionally meritorious contribution to science and the environment. The award honors those who have made a significant impact to our community through research, education, diplomacy, and/or innovative technologies.
Introduced by Michelle Wyman | GCSE Executive Director
Dr. Carlos Nobre | National Institute for Amazonian Research (Brazil)
Award presented by: Marina Hirota
Dr. José Sarukhán | Emeritus Professor, National University of Mexico, and National Coordinator of Mexico’s National Commission of Biodiversity (CONABIO) (Mexico)
Award presented by: Dr. Alicia Mastretta-Yanes
Dr. Rita Mesquita | Ecology Department, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
Award presented by: Ana Catarina Jakovac
11:00 - 12:00 PM EDT
Concurrent Panel Sessions
12:00 - 12:30 PM EDT
Break
12:30 - 1:30 PM EDT
Concurrent Panel Sessions
1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT
Plenary 2
Harnessing the Power of Global Data for Local Conservation Education and Biodiverse Actions
Moderator: Simran Sethi
Lynda Hopkins | Supervisor, Fifth District of Sonoma County (USA)
Clara Rowe | Chief Executive Officer, Restor (Switzerland)
Limbi Blessing Tata | Founder and Executive Director, Ecological Balance Cameroon (Cameroon)
Thursday, June 23, 2022
9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT
GCSE Office Hours
No appointment necessary | GCSE Director of Programs and Membership, Pam Mendelson will be available to talk with you for one hour each morning of the Conference. This is an opportunity to share your priorities for the coming year and dialogue directly in an open forum.
10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT
Keynote Address
Keynote Armchair Discussion
Indigenous Initiatives to Avert Tipping Points of No Return
Discussion Leader: Chad Frischmann | Global Solutions Alliance (USA)
Atossa Soltani | Founder and President, Amazon Watch (Brazil)
Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai | Territories Coordinator for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative for the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE)
Nawashahu Yawanawa-Bergin (Sara) | Caceque (Chief), Aldeia Shukuvana Yawanawa
Sachem Wushouwunan Kesikbesek Maxé Rua (Sanchem HawkStorm) | Hereditary sachem (chief) of the Schaghticoke People
11:00 - 12:00 PM EDT
Plenary 3
Intergenerational Ways of Knowing to Engage and Protect Biodiversity During Times of Planetary Stress
Discussion led by Simran Sethi
Harrison Watson | Princeton University (USA)
Saleemul Huq OBE | International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Bangladesh)
Alexandria Villaseñor | Founder, Earth Uprising (USA)
12:00 - 12:30 PM EDT
Break
12:30 - 1:30 PM EDT
Flash Talks Session 2
Extreme Climate Events: Relation Between Water Scarcity and Governance's Instability
LEED for Heat Equity: Research and Case Studies
Human Well-Being Focused Transitions to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions
Heat Abatement Technology: a Rapid Solution to Reduce Energy Demand and Mitigate Climate Change
1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT
Keynote Armchair Discussion
Conservation Policies Today: Engaging Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Science to Protect the Biosphere
Discussion led by: Simran Sethi
Dr. Gretchen Goldman | Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy & Justice White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (USA)
Representative Melanie Stansbury | U.S. Representative for New Mexico, U.S. House of Representatives (USA)
Wahleah Johns | Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (USA)
Friday, June 24, 2022
9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT
GCSE Office Hours
No appointment necessary | GCSE Director of Programs and Membership, Pam Mendelson will be available to talk with you for one hour each morning of the Conference. This is an opportunity to share your priorities for the coming year and dialogue directly in an open forum.
10:00 - 10:45 AM EDT
John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture On Science, Policy and The Environment
The Chafee Memorial Lecture is dedicated in the memory of the Honorable Senator John H. Chafee who, in his 23 years representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, was a leader in promoting a bipartisan, science-based approach to environmental issues.
Sir Partha Dasgupta | Economics of Biodiversity Author, Emeritus Professor/Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge
Introduced by Aisha Dasgupta
Spoken Essay
10:45 - 11:00 AM EDT
11:00 - 12:00 PM EDT
Concurrent Panel Sessions
12:00 - 12:30 PM EDT
Break
12:30 - 1:15 PM EDT
Plenary 4
Advancing Equity and Inclusion in the Research Community
Dr. Steward Pickett | Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Dr. Christopher Schell | Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
1:15 - 2:30 PM EDT
Closing Session
Ibrahim Thiaw | Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema | Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
Closing Keynote: Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Closing Remarks: Dr. Valerie Luzadis | GCSE Board of Directors, Interim Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York and Dr. Angela Bednarek | Vice Chair, GCSE Board of Directors and Project Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts
