Agenda

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Welcome Remarks

Miranda Massie, MA ‘92 , Director, The Climate Museum

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Carlos Pineda (MEM and MBA ‘00) Memorial YESS Opening Keynote Address

Jon Shenk, BA ‘91, Partner at Actual Films, Director and Cinematographer, The Island President; Co-Director, An Inconvenient Sequel

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Pathways to Decarbonization

This TED-talk style plenary features presentations on how to decarbonize carbon-intensive industries with a focus on scalable solutions that can have a transformative impact on curbing global emissions.  The presentations will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion.

Panelists

• Decarbonizing Electricity Production: Brian Bartholomew, U.S. Power Analyst, Bloomberg NEF
• Decarbonizing Transportation: Judi Greenwald, Principal, Greenwald Consulting; Former Senior Climate Advisor to Energy Secretary Moniz
• Decarbonizing Agriculture: Darcy Shiber-Knowles, MBA ‘13, Senior Quality, Sustainability & Innovation Manager, Dr. Bronner’s
• Decarbonizing Yale: John Bollier, Vice President, Facilities and Campus Development, Yale University

Moderator

• Julie Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale F&ES; Professor of Green Engineering, Yale SEAS; Assistant Director for Research, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall

Environmental Storytelling for the Digital Age

Panelists

• Ben Grant, BA ‘11, Founder, Daily Overview
• Miranda Massie, MA ‘92 , Director, The Climate Museum
• Sarah Sax, MESc ‘17, Environmental Researcher and Reporter, formerly of VICE Media
• Jon Shenk, BA ‘91, Partner at Actual Films, Director and Cinematographer, The Island President; Co-Director, An Inconvenient Sequel

Moderator

• Sean Bogle, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Yale F&ES

Youth Leadership and Activism for Climate Solutions

Panelists

• Alexander Cohen, BA ‘21, Member, Fossil Free Yale and Endowment Justice Coalition
• Cary Krosinsky, Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management
• Alex Posner, BA ‘19, Founding President, Students for Carbon Dividends (S4CD)

Moderator

• Marly Isler, BA ‘16, Masters Candidate in Sustainability Management, Columbia University

From CO₂ Removal Commodity Trading to C-PACE Financing to Confront Climate Change - A Role for a National Bank?

Panelists

• Jessica Bailey, MA ‘04, CEO and Co-Founder, Greenworks Lending
• Bryan Garcia, MEM ‘00, President and CEO, Connecticut Green Bank
• Jonathan Goldberg, BA ‘03, CIO, BBL Commodities
• Jeffrey Schub, MBA ‘13, Executive Director, Coalition for Green Capital

Moderator

• Bryan Garcia, MEM ‘00, President and CEO, Connecticut Green Bank

Rebooting Recycling

Panelists

• Lindsay Crum, MEM ‘15, Sustainability Metrics & Program Manager, Yale Office of Sustainability
• Alexandra Golden, BA ‘17, MEM ‘19, Business Development Associate, Loop
• Julie Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale F&ES; Professor of Green Engineering, Yale SEAS; Assistant Director for Research, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

Moderator

• Agustin Carbo, MEM ‘12, Senior Manager and Attorney, Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Workshop: Climate Change in the American Mind - Communicating to Diverse Audiences

• Eric Fine, MESc ‘16, Project Manager, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
• Lisa Fernandez, MES/MPPM ‘95, Associate Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

On the Frontlines of Biodiversity Conservation

Panelists

• Gator Halpern, MEM ‘15, Co-Founder, Coral Vita
• Walter Jetz, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale
• Emily May, Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Xerces Society
• Clara Pregitzer, PhD Candidate ‘20, Conservation Scientist, Natural Areas Conservancy, NYC

Moderator

• David Skelly, Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology, Yale F&ES; Director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Hurricanes and Human Health in a Changing Climate: Recovery and Resilience

Panelists

• Gary Barrett, MF ‘96, Senior Program Advisor, USAID
• Marcella Nunez-Smith, MHS ‘06, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale School of Medicine
• Steve Whittaker, BA ‘08, PhD ‘18, Global Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Law School

Moderator

• Laura Bozzi, BA ‘03, MEM ‘04, PhD ‘13, Director of Programs, Yale Climate change and Health Initiative; Lecturer, Epidemiology

Migration and Displacement in the Age of Climate Change

Panelists

• Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Science Advisor, Climate Risk Management, Climate Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Bette Scott, Director of Program & Strategic Initiatives, UNHCR
• Tabitha Sookdeo, Development Specialist, Community Engagement, IRIS 

Moderator

• Saleem Ali, MESc ‘96, University of Delaware Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment

Decarbonization Workshop: Envisioning the Future - Cultivating Fresh Ideas for Sustainability at Yale

• Lindsay Crum, MEM ‘15, Sustainability Metrics & Program Manager, Yale Office of Sustainability
• Melissa Goodall, Associate Director, Yale Office of Sustainability

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Yale Environmental Dialogue - A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future

Panelists 

• Deborah Coen, MAH ‘17, Professor, History of Science and Medicine, Yale University - Science by and for Citizens: A Historical Perspective
• Marian Chertow, MPPM ‘81, PhD ‘00, Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management - Waste and Materials Management: From Harm Reduction to Value Creation
• Daniel Esty, JD ‘86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale F&ES and Yale Law School - Red Lights to Green Lights: Toward an Innovation-Oriented Sustainability Strategy
• Saleem Ali, MES ‘96, University of Delaware Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment - Reinventing Political Borders for Environmental and Social Harmony

Moderator

• Jean Thomson Black, MFS ‘75, Senior Executive Editor for Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Medicine at Yale University Press

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Eco-Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition in Partnership with Tsai CITY, Sponsored by Blue Ivy Ventures

Competitors

• Hannah Beinecke, MBA ‘18, Greater Good Solar | Greater Good Solar finances solar for low income communities through blended capital which allows them to send a portion of their profits back into the communities they work with to fund environmental education and green jobs training.
• Zoe Geller, MEM/MBA ‘17, Wildkind | Wildkind’s mission is to make it easy to eat delicious, plant-based foods made from clean simple ingredients. We aim to inspire and enable people to eat delicious vegetable dishes that are inspired by good cuisine from around the world. Unlike most frozen food, our meals not only put vegetables front and center, but our recipes are also authentic in origin and appeal to adventurous and aspirational palates - like our Braised Ethiopian Greens and our Chipotle Red Bean Pozole. 
• Patrick Reed, BA ‘16 and Gabe Rissman, BA ‘16, YourStake | YourStake.org is a platform for people to effect positive change through their investments. We make the impact of investments transparent with our YourImpact reports, and we make shareholder engagement as easy as signing an online petition.
• Ekaterina Danchencko, BA ‘21, Seila De Leon, BA ‘21, and Nat Irwin, BA ‘21, Agricore | The goal of this venture is to manufacture and distribute soil-sampling and soil-drying devices to simplify the analysis of soil carbon content in the field. This would allow for quick and effective results while bypassing expensive and time-consuming lab tests, making such analysis more accessible to workers in agricultural industries.
• Franz Hochstrasser, MEM ‘18 and Matthew Moroney, MEM ‘18, RaiseGreen | Raise Green is a financial technology platform that gives organizations and individuals the tools to create and invest directly in clean energy and climate solutions at the community-scale. This approach strengthens community resilience and individual agency to take climate action by enabling community-scale project development and investment opportunities that democratize the ownership and benefits of green infrastructure. 
• Melissa Mazzeo, MEM/MBA ‘20, Merry Go Rounds | Merry Go Rounds is a children’s resale marketplace that makes shopping for kids’ clothes more circular, sustainable, and fun. We sell through physical shops, an online store, Hand Me Up subscription boxes, and pop-up events.

Moderator

• Stuart DeCew, MEM/MBA ‘11, Executive Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment

Prize Presentation

• David Shapiro, BA ‘91, Founding Managing Partner, Blue Ivy Ventures

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First Day Closing Remarks

• Stuart DeCew, MEM/MBA ‘11, Executive Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment

EFFY Film Screening

Rodents of Unusual Size | Hard headed Louisiana fisherman Thomas Gonzales doesn’t know what will hit him next. After decades of hurricanes and oil spills he faces a new threat - hordes of monstrous 20 pound swamp rats. Known as “nutria”, these invasive South American rodents breed faster than the roving squads of hunters can control them. And with their orange teeth and voracious appetite they are eating up the coastal wetlands that protects Thomas and his town of Delacroix Island from hurricanes. But the people who have lived here for generations are not the type of folks who will give up without a fight. Thomas and a pack of lively bounty hunters are hellbent on saving Louisiana before it dissolves beneath their feet. It is man vs. rodent. May the best mammal win.

Yale Blue Green Breakfast Session - Sustainability Initiative

Join members of Yale Blue Green, the alumni environment and sustainability interest group, for a discussion of the new YBG Sustainability Initiative, a plan to create new engagement opportunities for alumni and raise a new alumni fund to support student scholarships, interdisciplinary research, and campus-wide sustainability goals. We aim to promote Yale’s global leadership in sustainability among universities and around the world.  Sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association.

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Reimagining the Environmental Enterprise

Meeting our environmental and sustainability goals will require thousands of public and private organizations and individual citizens to apply their energy and passion with better focus. This panel will examine the future of the institutions that together comprise the “Environmental Enterprise” – federal/state/local governments, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, universities/research institutions, and so forth – and explore how they might stimulate large-scale, coordinated, collective action. In so doing, the panel will set the stage for the brainstorming session that follows.

Panelists

• Kerry Cesareo, MEM ‘01, Senior Vice President, Forests, WWF
• Thomas Emmons, BA ‘69, Co-Head, Infrastructure Investments, Voya Investment Management LLC
• Robert Klee, MEM ‘99, JD ‘04, PhD ‘05, Visiting Lecturer, F&ES and YLS; Former Commissioner, CT DEEP
• Lauren Graham, MEM ‘13, Founder, Velvet Frame; Chair, Yale Blue Green

Moderator

• Derry Allen, BA ‘69, Retired, US Environmental Protection Agency

Decarbonization Workshop: Electricity Production - Meeting the Challenge of Our Time - Pathways to a Clean Energy Future in the Northwest

Leaders

• Marc Daudon, MPPM ‘82, President, The Caspian Group; Co-Founder, Cascadia Consulting Group
• Bruce Phillips, MBA ‘94, Director, The Northbridge Group
• Eileen Quigley, BA ‘80, Executive Director, Clean Energy Transition Institute

Decarbonization Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture as a Climate Solution

Panelists

• Dan Morash, BA ‘77, Partner, California Safe Soil LLC
• Noah Walker, MEM and MBA ‘14, Director, Product and Business Development, Indigo

Moderators

• Kevin Lee, MEM ‘17, Environmental Impact and Compliance Specialist, Dr. Bronner’s
• Darcy Schiber-Knowles, MBA ‘13, Sustainability & Innovation Manager, Dr. Bronner’s

Earth Day at 50

Panelists

• Sara Goddard, MBA ‘95, Council Member, Rye City Council
• Jeff Gracer, Principal, Sive, Paget & Riesel
• Robert Perschel, BA ‘73, MFS ‘79, Executive Director, New England Forestry Foundation
• Rory Varrato, Co-Founder, NYC Chapter, Extinction Rebellion

Moderator

• Chip Spear, BA ‘74, Founder, Earth +30

How Far Can Smart City Technology Take Us Toward Environmental and Social Sustainability in Our Cities?

Panelists 

• Matthew Daly, ‘06, Principal, Energy & Utilities Practice, West Monroe Partners
• Nicole Licata Grant, BA ‘98, Director, Avangrid Foundation

Brainstorming Lunch Sessions: Taking Action

Reimagining the Environmental Enterprise 

• Derry Allen, BA ‘69, Retired, US Environmental Protection Agency

Yale Blue Green Sustainability Initiative

• Anne Crowley, BA ‘76
• Onaje Jackson, BA ‘77, President, Sustainable Systems & Design
• Bob Schloss, BA ‘73, Principal Consultant, Schloss Progressive Consulting

Closing Remarks and Reception

• Lauren Graham, MEM ‘13, Founder, Velvet Frame; Chair, Yale Blue Green
• Sara Smiley Smith, MESc/MPH ‘07, PhD ‘16, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Research, and Sustainability, Yale F&ES