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 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
11:45am CLIMATE ACTION AWARDS Businesses Leading by Example
Lunch - Lunch will be served immediately following the awards ceremony. Take this time to talk with our exhibitors in the arena, explore the EVs on display outside the Civic Center, and connect with colleagues and friends.
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
Hannah Pingree - Hannah Pingree, Director, Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
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
Jacalyn Gorczynski, LG, PG - Project Manager and 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 NETWORKING RECEPTION
