February 27 - Day 1 - Sustainability Showcase

8 - 9 a.m. | Networking Breakfast

9 - 9:10 a.m. | Sustainability Showcase Welcome

• Jennifer Chirico, Associate Vice President, Sustainability, Georgia Tech
• Beril Toktay, Interim Director, BBISS, Georgia Tech

9:10 - 9:20 a.m. | Framing Resilience

• Susan Lozier, Dean, College of Sciences, Georgia Tech

Morning Session: Campus and City Resilience Planning

9:20 – 10 a.m. | Panel: Campus Innovation and Action - Georgia Tech's Resilience Plan

• Jennifer Chirico, Associate Vice President, Sustainability, Georgia Tech (moderator)
• Jairo Garcia, Full-time Lecturer, School of City & Regional Planning, Georgia Tech
• Sonia Alvarez-Robinson, Associate Vice President, Strategy and Organizational Effectiveness, Georgia Tech
• Will Smith, Director of Emergency Management and Communications, Georgia Tech
• Jermaine Clonts, Associate Director, Utilities Management, Georgia Tech

10 – 11 a.m. | Greater Atlanta Campus Resilience Roundtable

• Christopher Burke, Executive Director of Community Relations, Office of Institute Relations, Georgia Tech (moderator)
• Drew Cutright, Director of Sustainability Engagement, Office of Sustainability, Georgia Tech
• Maria del Mar Ceballos, Director of Sustainability, Kennesaw State University
• Kimberley Reeves, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainability, Agnes Scott
• Iesha Baldwin, Sustainability Coordinator, Spelman College

11 a.m. – Noon | Panel: Atlanta and Beyond: Building Regional Resilience across Communities

• Jairo Garcia, Full-time Lecturer, School of City & Regional Planning, Georgia Tech (moderator)
• Chandra Farley, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta
• Danny Johnson, Managing Director, Natural Resources Department, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Rev. Kevin W. Earley, D.Min., Senior Pastor, Community Church - Atlanta, GA

Noon - 1 p.m. | Networking Lunch

Afternoon Session: Ecosystem Resilience

1 - 2 p.m. | Alumni Keynote - Aquaculture and Education: Building a Resilient Future for Georgia

• Laura Solomon, Owner, Tybee Oyster Company; Director of Growth and Planning, Tybee Island Maritime Academy, Tybee Island, GA

2 - 2:45 p.m. | Lightning Talks

2:45 - 3 p.m. | Break

3 - 4 p.m. | Panel: Ecosystem Resilience Practitioners in Georgia

• Jenny McGuire, Associate Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech (moderator)
• Monica Thornton, The Nature Conservancy of Georgia Executive Director
• Alex Lamle, Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy Representative and US Fish & Wildlife Biologist
• Adam Betuel, Conservation Director for Birds Georgia (formerly GA Audubon) 
• Matt Elliott, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Conservation Director

4 – 4:30 p.m. | Lightning Talks

4:30 - 6 p.m. | Networking Reception

February 28 - Day 2 - Sustainability Showcase

8 - 9 a.m. | Networking Breakfast

9 - 9:10 a.m. | Day 2 Sustainability Showcase Welcome

• Julia Kubanek, Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research

Morning Session: Infrastructure Resilience

9:10 - 9:20 a.m. | Infrastructure Resilience Opening

• Iris Tien, Associate Professor and Williams Family Early-Career Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

9:20 – 10:30 a.m. | Infrastructure Resilience Panel

• Iris Tien, Associate Professor and Williams Family Early-Career Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech (moderator)
• Ria Aiken, Director, Federal Reserve Bank
• Donn Digamon, State Bridge Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation
• Tejas Kotak, Principal Planner, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Jason Stott, Storm Center Operations Manager, Georgia Power

10:30 – 11 a.m. | Lightning Talks

11 a.m. – Noon | Panel: Youth Education and Resilience Planning

• Allen Hyde, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (moderator)
• Meltem Alemdar, Associate Director for Educational Research & Evaluation and Principal Research Scientist, CEISMC, Georgia Tech
• Mustafa Shabazz, Lecturer, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
• Danielle Willkens, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Georgia Tech
• Iris Tien, Associate Professor and Williams Family Early-Career Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech

Noon - 1 p.m. | Lunch and Networking

1 - 2 p.m. | Lightning Talks

2 - 4 p.m. | Unconference and Visioning Conversations

*Speaker schedules subject to change.