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Please join the Arizona Institute for Resilience for an eye-opening afternoon of sharing, learning, and networking around the theme of resilience. Learn how UArizona faculty, researchers, and students approach resilience from their diverse backgrounds and disciplines, and find new ways to collaborate across campus on impactful, community-oriented projects in the future. This half-day hybrid occasion will include inspiring lightning talks, an interactive speaker panel, idea-sharing and networking activities, and will culminate with the unveiling of exciting new funding opportunities for future resilience-themed endeavors. A reception will follow.
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Agenda
1:00 PM Welcoming Remarks
| Sharon Collinge | Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience |
| Elizabeth (Betsy) Cantwell | Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation |
1:10 PM Lightning Talks
| Ellen McMahon | College of Fine Arts, School of Art | Intersections of Art, Climate, and Water |
| Derek Lemoine | Eller College of Management, Department of Economics; Arizona Institute for Resilience | Economic Consequences of Climate Change |
| Laura Meredith | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment; BIO5 Institute; Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences; Biosphere 2 | Environmental Microbiology and Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Michael Johnson | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment; Arizona Institute for Resilience, Indigenous Resilience Center | Agroecology and Indigenous Resilience |
| Halley Hughes | Senior Storytelling Correspondent, Arizona Institute for Resilience, Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation | Climate Resiliency and Environmental Justice |
| Bill Simmons | College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Gender & Women's Studies, Director, Human Rights Practice Graduate Program | Advancing Human Rights |
| Mackenzie Waller | College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning | Environmental and Spatial Justice |
| Tioni Collins | College of Fine Arts, Specialist, Student Diversity Programs | Predictable and Hidden Challenges of Higher Education |
| Hannah Friedrich | College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Carson Scholar | Satellite Imagery of Urban Damage |
2:00 PM Speed Networking (all attendees)
2:25 PM Interactive Panel Discussion
| Dave Breshears, Moderator | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment; Arizona Institute for Resilience, Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science | Forest Die-Off Events and Ecoclimate Teleconnections |
| Sabrina Helm | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Norton School of Human Ecology, Arizona Institute for Resilience Advisory Council | Climate Change and Consumer Behavior |
| Greg Barron-Gafford | College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Geography, Development and Environment | Interaction of Vegetation and Climate Change |
| Caitlyn Hall | W.A. Franke Honors College | Natural Hazard Resilience |
3:00 PM Lightning Talks
| Ladd Keith | College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning | Heat Policy and Governance |
| JoRee WClay LaFrance | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Environmental Science, Indigenous Correspondents Program | Pollutants and Seasonal River Flows |
| Gaby Parra | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Earth Grant | Environmental Contamination and Community Education |
| Greg Collins | Arizona Initiative for Resilience and International Development, Arizona Institute for Resilience | Resilience in International Development |
| Dave Moore | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Natural Resources and the Environment; Arizona Institute for Resilience | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
3:30 PM Reciprocity Ring (all attendees)
4:00 PM Culminating Discussion & Announcement of Funding Opportunities
4:30 PM Courtyard Reception