AGENDA

8:00 am REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN

9:00 am WELCOME

Lydia Covert – Corporate Sustainability Director, Unum

Jeff Marks – Executive Director, ClimateWork Maine

Alex Pine – Consultant, VEIC

Emily Wood – Program Director, CEI

9:10 am HOW CAN WE TACKLE THE BIG ISSUES TOGETHER? ClimateWork Maine’s Founder Alan Caron

9:20 am   MORNING KEYNOTE Dr. Joseph Romm – Author, Physicist, & Senior Research Fellow, Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media, Author of Climate Change: What We All Need to Know.

10:15 am      Break

10:30 am    FINDING COMMON GROUND How can we move forward more quickly and minimize delays, referendums, and lawsuits?

Joe Purington– President & CEO, Central Maine Power

Patrick Woodcock – President, Maine State Chamber of Commerce

Celina Cunningham - Deputy Director, Maine Governor’s Energy Office

Jack Shapiro – Clean Energy & Climate Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine

Rolf Nordstrom, President & CEO, Great Plains Institute - Moderator

 11:30 am     Break

Noon          CLIMATE ACTION AWARDS Businesses Leading by Example

 12:15 pm     LUNCH KEYNOTE

 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm     AN AFTERNOON OF CONVERSATIONS

THE CRYSTAL BALL - WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE MAINE WE LOVE? How will climate change reshape the future of Maine’s weather, tourism, health, and natural resources?

Sean Birkel – Maine State Climatologist and developer of the data visualization website ClimateReanalyzer.org

Keith Carson – Weather Czar, NEWS CENTER Maine

Lucas St. Clair – National Board Chair, Trust For Public Land

Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH – Chief Health Improvement Officer, MaineHealth

Moderator: Tom Landry - Founder/Owner, Benchmark Real Estate

 1:00 pm     Choose One

CAN MAINE BECOME A CLIMATE-FRIENDLY LEADER? What could that mean for attracting and growing businesses and tourists?

Tony Cameron –Executive Director, Maine Tourism Association

Daniel Kleban - Owner, Maine Beer Company

Tanya Emery –Economic Development Director, Maine Connectivity Authority

CLIMATE MIGRATION It’s already begun, but what’s ahead, and are we ready?

Kristina Egan – Executive Director, Greater Portland Council of Governments

Rebecca Hatfield – President/CEO, Avesta Housing

David Reidmiller – Director, Climate Change Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Moderator: Kate Cough - Editor, The Maine Monitor

 2:15 pm       Break

2:45 pm      Choose One

MAINE’S WORKFORCE What skills do we need for a sustainable, low-carbon economy?

Yellow Light Breen – President, Maine Development Foundation

Libby DeLucia-Harting - Founder & Consultant, Empowering Work Advisors

Tagwongo Obomsawin - Clean Energy Partnership Program Manager, Governor’s Energy Office

Francis Eanes –Executive Director, Maine Labor Climate Council

Moderator: Laney Brown – Sustainability Director, AVANGRID

BECOMING THE SUSTAINABILITY LEADER IN YOUR COMPANY   A conversation for sustainability directors and influencers

Jen Boothroyd – Manager of Sustainability

Zoe Malia – Sustainability Director, Allagash Brewing Co.

Nova Tower – Broker & Partner, Waypoint Brokers Collective

Travis Noyes –Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, Haley Ward

Moderator: Sandra Klausmeyer, Senior Vice President, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Bangor Savings Bank

BUILDING THE GRID WE NEED    Is it possible to expand and modernize the electricity grid and electrify everything beyond a snail’s pace?

Eliza Donoghue – Executive Director, Maine Renewable Energy Association

John Flynn - President, Versant Power

Tom Welch – Former Chair, Maine Public Utilities Commission

Carolyn Gilbert – Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Moderator: Henry Clauson – Northeast US Regional Director, Ramboll

4:00 pm     FUN IS GOOD:  NETWORKING RECEPTION