Symposium

Schedule

7:30 – 8:30 am

Check-In and Breakfast

8:30 – 8:35 am

Welcoming Remarks

Hussam Mahmoud, Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate

8:35 – 9:45 am

Keynote Speaker

Katherine Evans, Director, Office of Institutional Strategic Planning Oak Ridge National Laboratory

9:45 - 10:30 am

Remarks

Cybele Raver, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Vanderbilt University)

Krishnendu Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering (Vanderbilt University)

Hussam Mahmoud, Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate

10:30 - 11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 pm

Panel:

Importance of External Partnerships to Advance Research on Sustainable Development

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch (Provided)

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Parallel sessions

1. An Overview of Climate Health in the Southeast

2. Risk Management and Climate Adaptation

2:30 – 3:00 pm 

Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Parallel sessions

1. Advancing Climate Mitigation and Health Equity

2. Energy and Technology

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Reception and Poster Presentations (Hors d’oeuvres and Beverages)