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

See our list of Exhibitors below.

 

8:00–9:00 am    
Registration / Exhibitor Hall Open / Coffee, Breakfast Pastries
Registration will be in Whitaker Campus Center. Exhibitor Hall will also be open from 8 am to 9 am.

All presentations will be in the Hodson Auditorium adjacent to the Whitaker Campus Center.

9:00–9:05 am    
Welcome    
Mobilize Frederick Board President Barb Trader and Executive Director Karen Cannon    
   
9:05–9:45 am    
Opening Remarks
Hood College President Andrea Chapdelaine    
   

Keynote Speaker

County Executive Jessica Fitzwater    
 

Keynote Speaker

City of Frederick Mayor Michael O’Connor   
 

Keynote Speaker

Maryland Climate Change Commissioner Michael C. Powell

The Status of Maryland Climate Change Initiatives: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

9:45–10:30 am    
Conserve as Much as Possible Panel Discussion     
Moderator: Karl Kidd, Hood College   
Panelists:

Dr. Gene Ollinger: Circular Economy: Paving the Path to Prosperity in the Future of American Business   
Audi Nagi: Frederick Social Self-Pour Taphouse & Eatery

Dr. Kerri Hesley: What We Can All Do to Reduce Consumption and Waste

10:30–10:45 am    
Break / Exhibitor Hall Open
                   
10:45–11:30 am    
Electrify Everything Panel Discussion    
Moderator: Dr. Scott Pincikowski, Hood College        
Panelists:

Doug Siglin: What is Electrify Everything, Why is it Important, and Are There Resources to Help?

Dawn Ashbacher: Local Energy Toolkit
Karen Cannon: Electrify Everything — One Resident’s Story

11:30 am–12:00 noon
Special Presentation    
Faith Klareich: Accelerating Green Investment in Frederick County: Would a Green Bank Work?

12:00–1:00 pm    
Lunch / Exhibitor Hall Open
                   
1:00–1:30 pm    
Special Presentation    
Carey Murphy: Growing Green Schools

1:30–2:15 pm    
Preserve & Restore Nature Panel Discussion   

Moderator: Bob Schwartz, Hood College    
Panelists:

Shannon Moore: Green Infrastructure in Frederick County    
Anna Twigg: Maryland’s 5 Million Trees Initiative    
Amy Rembold: Environmentally Sustainable Landscapes: Because Our Future Depends On It    

2:15–2:30 pm    
Break
                   
2:30–3:15 pm    
Build for the Future Panel Discussion    
Moderator: Dr. Eric Annis, Hood College    
Panelists:

Dr. Drew Ferrier: Local Climate Change Effects and Impacts — Setting the Stage to Build for the Future    
Tracy Coleman: BUILD for the FUTURE: Flood Resiliency in Frederick
Joel Rensberger: Buildings for the Future — the One You Live in Now and the One that is Coming

3:15–3:30 pm    
Discussion: Day in Review   
Moderator: Dr. Eric Annis, Hood College

Barb Trader, Karen Cannon
   
3:30–3:50 pm    
Where We Go From Here        
Mike Koob: Reflections on the Day and Where We Go From Here  
Davin Faris: Finding Hope in Action

3:50–4:00 pm    
Closing Remarks       
Barb Trader, Karen Cannon