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Symposium Overview

Monday, March 16, 2015
Venue: The Wilson Cen
ter, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle)

(9-11:45 a.m.) Opening Plenary  Advancing Climate-Resilient Development 
Roger-Mark De Souza, Wilson Center (opening remarks and moderator)
Kit Batten, USAID (opening plenary)
Lawrence Buja, National Center for Atmospheric Research (lead rapporteur)
Speakers:
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation
Peter Schultz, ICF International
John Furlow, USAID

(Noon-1:15 p.m.) Interactive Lunch Keynote 
Pablo Suarez, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre

(1:30-4:30 p.m.) Panels – Lessons Learned from the Climate-Resilient Development Framework and its Annexes I and II
Jenny Frankel-Reed, USAID (moderator)
Lawrence Buja, National Center for Atmospheric Research (lead rapporteur)
Speakers:
Mary A. Ackley, USAID
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation
Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute
Edward R. Carr, University of South Carolina
Jonathan Cook, USAID
Michael Cote, Engility Corporation
Charlotte Mack, ICF International
Joanne Potter, ICF International
Joel Smith, Stratus Consulting
Jason Vogel, Stratus Consulting

(4:30 p.m.) Reception – Celebrating Four Years of the Climate-Resilient Development Project
Rolf Anderson, USAID (opening remarks)


Tuesday, March 17, 2015
AM Venue: U.S. Department of State, 320 21st Street NW (Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom GWU)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Identification required for all upon checking in. Anyone who is not a U.S. Government employee, must go through security at the visitor's entrance, where a badge will be provided at the front desk. All non-USG participants must be escorted by a State Department employee throughout the entire event; there will be assigned escorts available for this Symposium session.

PM Venue: Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue NW (Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle)


(9-10:30 a.m.) The Adaptation Partnership: A Model for Sustainable Program Design
Christina Chan, U.S. Department of State (opening remarks and rapporteur)
John Furlow, USAID (moderator)
Speakers:
Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute
Alex Guerra Noriega, Climate Change Research Institute, Guatemala
Joyce-Lynn Njinga, Engility Corporation
Joanne Potter, ICF International
Peter Schultz, ICF International
Stephen Zebiak, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

(3-5 p.m.) Lessons Learned from the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP)
John Furlow, USAID (moderator)
Lawrence Buja
, National Center for Atmospheric Research (lead rapporteur)
Speakers:
Alton Byers, The Mountain Institute
Jonathan Cook, USAID
Ulyana Horodyskyj, University of Colorado
Gregory Leonard, University of Arizona
Cesar Portocarrero, The Mountain Institute


Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW (Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle)

(9-10:30 a.m.) Panel – Urban Day: Adaptation Planning in Developing Cities
John Furlow, USAID (opening remarks)
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation (opening remarks)
Charles Cadwell, The Urban Institute (opening remarks and moderator)
Heather McGray, World Resources Institute
(lead rapporteur)
Speakers:
Sierra Bainbridge, MASS Design Group
Monica Bansal, USAID
Maria Sofia Dunin-Borkowski, Independent Consultant
Joanne Potter, ICF International

(10:30-Noon) Panel – Urban Day: Applying Technical Research and Tools in 
Developing Cities
Charles Cadwell, The Urban Institute (moderator)
Heather McGray, World Resources Institute (lead rapporteur)
Speakers:
Luu Duc Cuong, Viet Nam Institute for Urban-Rural Planning
Ammar Malik, Urban Institute
Andrea Martin, Cascadia Consulting Group
Joanne Potter, ICF International

(Noon-1:30 p.m.) Panel and Lunch – USAID Adaptation Community Meeting – Mainstreaming the CRD Framework into Development Planning in Macedonia
John Furlow, USAID (opening remarks)
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation (moderator)
Speakers:
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation
Aleksandar Karaev, Milieukontakt Macedonia
Vladimir Ognjanovski, Milieukontakt Macedonia
Igor Slavkoski, Milieukontakt Macedonia

(1:30-2:30 p.m.) USAID Demo Session – Institutional Capacity Assessment
Speakers:
Rebecca Nicodemus, USAID
Kathryn Stratos, USAID


Thursday, March 19, 2015
Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
,
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW (Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle)

(9-10:30 a.m.) Panel – Leadership Perspectives of Climate Services
Walter Baethgen, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (opening keynote and moderator)
James Buizer, University of Arizona (rapporteur)
Speakers:
Glenroy Brown, Jamaica Meteorological Service
Jenny Frankel-Reed, USAID
Lisa Goddard, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Stephen Zebiak, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

(10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.) Panel – Technical and Economic Assessments of Climate Services
Walter Baethgen, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (moderator)
James Buizer, University of Arizona (rapporteur)
Speakers:
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation
Edward Carr, University of South Carolina
Sheila Onzere, University of South Carolina
Catherine Vaughan, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

(12:15-1:45 p.m.) Rapporteur’s Report and Lunch – A Look Back at the Week
Advancing Climate-Resilient Development
Lawrence Buja, National Center for Atmospheric Research (lead rapporteur)

(2-3:30 p.m.) Panel – New Directions for USAID on Climate Change Adaptation
Speakers:
Glen Anderson, Engility Corporation
Becky Chacko, USAID
Jonathan Cook, USAID
Amy Daniels, USAID
Rick Driggers, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
John Furlow, USAID
Fabien Laurier, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
André Mershon, USAID