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SUMMARY:7th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit
DESCRIPTION: Monroe County and the City of Key West hosted the 7th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit on December 1-3\, 2015. The annual summit is coordinated by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact\, a partnership between Miami-Dade\, Broward\, Monroe and Palm Beach counties\, their municipalities and other partners.\n\n\n\n\nThe Climate Leadership Summit is a major regional event focused on facilitating climate-related collaboration and knowledge sharing. The summit attracts innovative thinkers and leaders from business\, government\, academia and the non-profit community to exchange ideas and dialogue at panel discussions and networking breaks. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1 – December 1\, 2015: Workshop Sessions and Opening Keynote\n\n\n\n1:00 pm – 1:15 pm      Welcome to the Florida Keys – Keys Ballroom\n\nRoman Gastesi\, County Administrator\, Monroe County\n\n1:15 pm – 2:30 pm      Workshop: A Deep Dive into Modeling the Future – Flagler Ballroom\nOvercoming sea level rise data challenges\, navigating evaluation tools\, and presenting modeling results. \n\nModerator: Michael Sukop\, Professor\, Department of Earth and Environment\, Florida International University \nJayantha Obeysekera\, Director\, Hydrologic and Environmental Systems Modeling Department\, South Florida Water Management District\nJason Evans\, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Studies\, Stetson University\nMark Trewartha\, Water Resources Manager\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County\nDorothy F. Sifuentes\, Supervisory Hydrologist\, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center\, United States Geological Survey\n\n1:15 pm – 2:30 pm      Innovation Showcase – Keys Ballroom\nSummit sponsors highlight their greenhouse gas reduction\, climate adaptation\, and sustainability projects. \n\nModerator: Jason Liechty\, Environmental Projects Coordinator\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County \n\n2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Workshop: “Shipshape and Sustainable” – Flagler Ballroom\nLearn how communities and individuals use the Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating Communities (STAR) and Sustainable Floridians frameworks.\n \n\nModerator: Natalie Schneider\, Climate Change and Sustainability Coordinator\, Palm Beach County \nAlicia Betancourt\, Monroe County Extension Director\, University of Florida – Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences – Sustainable Floridians\nHilari Varnadore\, Executive Director\, STAR Community Rating System\nJill Horwitz\, Natural Resource Specialist\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County – Implementing STAR in a 4-STAR Community\n\n2:45 pm – 4:45 pm      Innovation Showcase – Keys Ballroom\nSummit sponsors highlight their greenhouse gas reduction\, climate adaptation\, and sustainability projects. \n\nModerator: Nichole Hefty\, Chief\, Office of Sustainability\, Miami-Dade County\n\n4:45 pm – 5:45 pm      Keynote Speaker – Keys Ballroom\nA Living Time Machine: Cuba’s Natural Environment and the Hope It Offers Florida and the World \n\nDavid E. Guggenheim\, President and Founder\, Ocean Doctor\, and Director\, Cuba Conservancy Program\n\n5:45 pm – 7:30 pm      Opening Cocktail Reception / Poster Session – Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Patio\nNetworking opportunity\, time to visit sponsor booths and meet poster creators \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2 – December 2\, 2015: Regional Climate Summit\n\n\n\n8:15 am – 8:30 am      Welcome \n\nThe Honorable Heather Carruthers\, Mayor Pro Tem\, Monroe County\nThe Honorable Craig Cates\, Mayor\, City of Key West\, Florida\n\n8:30 am – 9:15 am      Keynote Speakers – Rough Seas Ahead: National Security in a Century of Change\n\nIntroductions by Jim Scholl\, City Manager\, City of Key West\, Florida\nRear Admiral Jonathan W. White\, USN\, Retired\, Former Oceanographer and Navigator of the United States Navy\nCaptain Steven P. McAlearney\, Commanding Officer\, Naval Air Station Key West\n\n9:15 am – 9:30 am      The Compact: Year in Review \n\nSteve Adams\, Director of Strategic Initiatives\, Institute for Sustainable Communities\n\n9:45 am – 9:50 am       Video Remarks by the Honorable Carlos Curbelo\, United States House of Representatives \n9:50 am – 11:00 am   Preparing for Rough Seas: Lessons from Adaptation in Coastal Communities\nCoastal communities share their experiences in early efforts to adapt to sea level rise and climate challenges.\n \n\nModerator: Katherine Hagemann\, Sustainability Initiatives Coordinator\, Office of Sustainability\, Miami-Dade County\nThe Honorable Paul Wolff\, Council Member\, City of Tybee Island\, Georgia [download presentation]\nElizabeth Fly\, Coastal Climate Extension Specialist\, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium [download presentation]\nPJ Hahn\, Former Coastal Director\, Plaquemines Parish\, Louisiana [download presentation]\nBrie Hensold\, Principal Planner\, Sasaki Associates [download presentation]\n\n11:00 am – 12:00pm        Is Florida Adrift? State Leaders Sound Off\nAre state and local officials taking climate change seriously\, or are we adrift without a plan and resources? State legislators and a local leader share their opinions.\n \nModerator: Steve Adams\, Director of Strategic Initiatives\, Institute for Sustainable Communities  \n\nThe Honorable Kristin Jacobs\, State Representative (District 96)\nThe Honorable Bobby Powell\, Jr.\, State Representative (District 88)\nThe Honorable Jose Rodriguez\, State Representative (District 112)\nThe Honorable Matt Surrency\, Mayor\, City of Hawthorne\, Florida\, and President\, Florida League of Cities\n\nKeynote Speaker – Keys Ballroom Rain: A History for Stormy Times \n\nCynthia Barnett\, Author and Award-Winning Environmental Journalist [download presentation]\n\n1:15 pm – 2:15 pm      Assemble the Fleet: Coordinating Federal Action in a Complex Environment\nSoutheast Florida enjoys natural systems of unparalleled value and complexity. How are federal agencies working together and with regional actors to preserve and improve these one-of-a-kind resources in the face of sea level rise and other threats?\n \n\nModerator: James F. Murley\, Chief Resilience Officer\, Miami-Dade County\nClarke Harlow\, Governing Board Member\, South Florida Water Management District\nColonel Jason A. Kirk\, Commander and District Engineer\, Jacksonville District\, US Army Corps of Engineers\nBilly Causey\, Regional Director\, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\nPedro Ramos\, Superintendent\, Everglades and Tortugas National Parks\, National Park Service\n\n2:15 pm – 3:15 pm      Batten Down the Hatches: Preparing Local Communities and the Nation for Climate Change and Extreme Events\nIn recent years\, the federal government has devoted significant resources to helping state and local governments prepare for extreme weather and climate impacts. Local practitioners and a White House official discuss how communities can reduce risk and what the federal government is doing to assist.\n \n\nModerator: The Honorable Heather Carruthers\, Mayor Pro Tem\, Monroe County \nSamantha Medlock\, Deputy Associate Director for Climate Preparedness\, White House Council on Environmental Quality\nLannie Smith\, Chief Building Official\, Floodplain Administrator\, and Emergency Management Director\, City of Orange Beach\, Alabama [download presentation]\nLourdes Rodriguez\, Building Department Manager\, Floodplain Manager\, and Community Rating System Coordinator\, Town of Miami Lakes\, Florida\n\n3:30 pm – 4:30 pm      Full Steam Ahead: Unleashing Clean Energy and Transportation\nRenewable energy and electric vehicles have taken much of the world by storm and progress in these fields continues to accelerate. A panel of experts   discusses the outlook for these technologies in Florida and the United States.\n \n\nModerator: Colin Polsky\, Ph.D.\, Director\, Center for Environmental Studies\, and Professor of Geosciences\, Florida Atlantic University \nCisco DeVries\, Chief Executive Officer\, Renew Financial [download presentation]\nKeith Kropf\, Director of Engineering\, Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Association\,\nSusan Glickman\, Florida Director\, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy\nBuck Martinez\, Senior Director\, Office of Clean Energy\, Florida Power and Light [download presentation]\n\n4:30 pm – 5:30 pm      Compact County Leaders Chart the Course Ahead\nAfter six years of highly successful collaboration under the Compact\, the four counties of southeast Florida and many other stakeholders are moving forward climate mitigation and adaptation efforts faster than ever. But the challenges remain great. What’s next for the Compact and its partners\n \n\nModerator: Roman Gastesi\, County Administrator\, Monroe County \nThe Honorable Heathers Carruthers\, Mayor Pro Tem\, Monroe County\nThe Honorable Carlos A. Gimenez\, Mayor\, Miami-Dade County (invited)\nThe Honorable Beam Furr\, Commissioner\, Broward County\nThe Honorable Steven Abrams\, Commissioner\, Palm Beach County\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 3 – December 3\, 2015: Regional Climate Summit\n\n\n\n 8:00 am – 8:15 am      Welcome \n\nThe Honorable Mike Forster\, Mayor\, Islamorada\, Village of Islands\, Florida\nThe Honorable Mark Senmartin\, Vice Mayor\, City of Marathon\, Florida\n\n8:15 am – 9:25 am      Home Ports: Success Stories from Southeast Florida\nCompact counties and municipal partners highlight projects\, share lessons learned\, and offer guidance to help other communities to move forward.\n \n\nModerator: Suzanne Torriente\, Assistant City Manager/Chief Resilience Officer\, City of Miami Beach\, Florida \nRhonda Haag\, Sustainability Program Manager\, Monroe County [download presentation]\nCheryl Cioffari\, Planning Director\, Islamorada\, Village of Islands\, Florida [download presentation]\nNancy Gassman\, Assistant Public Works Director\, Sustainability Division\, City of Fort Lauderdale\, Florida [download presentation]\nBertha Goldenberg\, Assistant Director\, Regulatory Compliance & Planning\, Water and Sewer Department\, Miami-Dade County [download presentation]\nElizabeth Wheaton\, Assistant Building Director\, Environment and Sustainability Division\, City of Miami Beach\, Florida [download presentation]\nRobert Robbins\, Director\, Department of Environmental Resource Management\, Palm Beach County [download presentation]\n\n9:25 am – 9:55 am      Avoiding the Rocks: Sea Level Rise and Legal Issues for Local Governments\nLocal governments face legal risks in adapting to rising seas and risks in failing to take action. Two attorneys discuss this rapidly evolving legal landscape.\n \n\nModerator: Jennifer Jurado\, Director\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County \nThomas Ruppert\, Coastal Planning Specialist\, Florida Sea Grant\nErin Deady\, Erin L. Deady\, PA\n\n10:15 am – 11:15 am Riding the Waves: Working with Nature to Reduce Risk and Adapt to Climate Change\nCoastlines and ecosystems have adapted to changes in environmental conditions for eons. Instead of battling Mother Nature with massive infrastructure projects\, coastal experts are now working with her to project shorelines\, properties\, lives\, and natural areas.\n \n\nModerator: Chris Bergh\, South Florida Conservation Director\, The Nature Conservancy \nGreg Guannel\, Florida Urban Conservation Director\, The Nature Conservancy\nSamantha Danchuk\, Assistant Director\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County\nDiana Mitsova\, Associate Professor\, School of Urban & Regional Planning\, Florida Atlantic University\nJosh Mahoney\, Environmental Resources Project Supervisor\, Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources\, Miami-Dade County\n\n11:15 am – 1:00 pm    Resilient Redesign: Remaking a Region for Rising Waters\nFor the second year in a row\, experts from the worlds of local government\, academia\, design\, and engineering have come together to develop innovative approaches for dealing with the serious climate and sea level rise challenges facing southeast Florida. Representatives of the project teams for the three communities selected for this year’s Resilient Redesign will present their out- of-the-box ideas to prepare southeast Florida for the future.\n \n\nModerator and Presenter: Josh Sawislak\, Global Director of Resilience\, AECOM \n\nCity of Delray Beach\, Florida [download presentation]: \n\nAnthony Abbate\, Associate Provost for Broward Campuses and Professor\, School of Architecture\, Florida Atlantic University\nJohn Morgan\, Sustainability Officer\, City of Delray Beach\, Florida\n\nCity of Hollywood\, Florida [download presentation]: \n\nJennifer Jurado\, Director\, Environmental Planning and Community Resilience Division\, Broward County\nLeslie Del Monte\, Planning Manager\, City of Hollywood\, Florida\n\nCity of Key West\, Florida [download presentation]: \n\nAlison Higgins\, Sustainability Coordinator\, City of Key West\, Florida\nAndy Hayes\, Principal\, Hayes | Cumming Architects\, PA\n\n1:00 pm        Special Drawing and Announcement of 2016 Summit \n\nRhonda Haag\, Sustainability Program Manager\, Monroe County\nJon Van Arnam\, Deputy County Administrator\, Palm Beach County
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