SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

 

PLEASE NOTE: Speaker biographies are available in our printed program.

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8:00 AM – 9:00 AM — LIBRARY
Registration & Exhibitor Hall Open; Coffee, Muffins, etc.

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM — ROSENSTOCK HALL

Welcome: Mobilize Frederick
Performance by Frederick Children’s Chorus

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM — ROSENSTOCK HALL
Panel Presentation 2: Data Centers in Frederick County — What’s Happening Now?

Moderator: Karen Cannon, Executive Director, Mobilize Frederick

Panelist: Kathy Kinsey, Chair of the Mobilize Frederick Government Affairs & Policy Committee

Panelist: Dave Arndt, Co-Chair of the Maryland Legislative Coalition Climate Justice Wing

Panelist: Steve Black, from the Data Center Referendum Committee

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM 
Break
Click here to see our list of Exhibitors

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Panel Presentation 3: Water and Climate

Moderator: Drew Ferrier

Panelist: Dr. Cherie Schultz, Director of Operations for the Section for Cooperative Water Supply Operations on the Potomac (CO-OP), Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin

Panelist: Dr. Karen Prestegaard, UMD Climate Resilience Network. Resilience - flood and drought

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM — LIBRARY
Lunch Break and Exhibitor Hall Open
Click here to see our list of Exhibitors

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1:30 PM – 2:00 PM 

Silent Raffle Awards

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2:00 PM – 3:30 PM — SMALLER ROOMS

Workshops/Roundtables 16–30

 

The Resilience Blueprint: From Planetary Insight to Local Action

Hosts: Ben Friton

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Sustainable Investing

Host: Ben Vivari

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How Frederick Congregations are Taking Climate Action, Faithfully

Hosts: Joelle Novey & Patricia Bodine

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iNaturalist, uNaturalist, we all can be Naturalists

Hosts: Carey Murphy & Jenny Woodall

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Learn, Share, Act: A Community Climate Justice Lab

Hosts: Robin Morris Collins & Lemir Teron

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Legislative Updates

Hosts: Dave Arndt and Kathy Kinsey 

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Cooking Up Cleaner Air

Hosts: Jess Schaefer & Manny Precht

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Cooler Neighborhoods: Trees For Everyone

Hosts: Kylie Baker

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Trees and Climate — The Good News

Hosts: Tim Zastrow

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3:30 PM – 3:45 PM — ROSENSTOCK HALL
Break — Return to Auditorium

 

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM — ROSENSTOCK HALL

Closing Activity: What will you do next??