You are invited to virtually attend the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 1:00 – 3:30 pm ET

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This virtual event is open for all to attend. Please share this event with your community and on social media.

On March 8, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the University of Washington will convene U.S. Government officials with climate, sustainability, and resilience leaders and educators from colleges and universities across the country for a virtual forum. These stakeholders will showcase how innovative ideas and actions can advance climate change efforts on college campuses while benefiting the surrounding communities and beyond. The discussions will include:

• Making campuses more sustainable and resilient, including pathways to demonstrating net-zero emissions;
• Ensuring that students have the knowledge and skills to lead in the clean industries of tomorrow and to plan, deploy, and maintain the climate-smart infrastructure needed;
• Providing climate information services to states, municipalities, and indigenous communities; and
• Serving as proving grounds for new climate solutions and strategies to bring them into the innovation ecosystem.

Find more information and the full agenda here.

Speakers will include:

• Sally Benson – Deputy Director for Energy, OSTP
• Mary Frances Repko – Deputy National Climate Advisor, White House
• Alexandra Isern – Assistant Director for Geosciences, NSF
• Laura Petes – Chief of Staff for Climate & Environment and Assistant Director for Climate Resilience, OSTP
• Maya Tolstoy – Dean of the College of the Environment, University of Washington

College and University panelists will include:

• Matt St. Clair, University of California System (Moderator)
• Jennifer Haverkamp, University of Michigan
• Chris Caldwell, College of Menominee Nation
• Julie Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Randi Thomas, Miami University
• Peter Dorhout, Iowa State University
• Todd Crowl, Florida International University (Moderator)
• Erika Bailey-Johnson, Bemidji State University
• Robert Kopp, Rutgers University
• Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University
• Lara Skinner, Cornell University
• Erica Fleishman, Oregon State University

U.S. Government panelists will include:

• Costa Samaras, OSTP
• Caitlin Simpson, NOAA
• Julian Reyes, USDA
• David Nemtzow, DOE
• Anjuli Bamzai, NSF