DRIVING CHANGE, IMPROVING PRACTICE:

Effective Strategies for Climate Management and City Resilience

8:00am    Registration/Breakfast

8:15am    Tour of the historic LEED Platinum Friends Center 

9:00am     Welcome
 
9:05am    Is climate change making cities wealthier and healthier?
Presentation of CDP 2013 Report ‘Wealthier, Healthier Cities’
Gary Lawrence, Chief Sustainability Officer, AECOM

9:15am     Learn from your Peers: Innovations in Climate Measurement and Action
Alex Dews, Policy Manager, City of Philadelphia, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
Alice Kennedy, Sustainability Planner, City of Baltimore, Office of Sustainability
Matt Gray, Director, City of Cleveland, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability 

10:00am     2014 CDP Questionnaire Overview and Tips

10:45am     Break

11:15am     Climate Risk and Resiliency Planning
Naomi G. Richman, Managing Director, Public Finance, Moody’s
Gary Lawrence, Chief Sustainability Officer, AECOM
Pankaj Bhatia, Deputy Program Director, Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute

12:00pm     Lunch

12:45pm    Keynote – Philadelphia’s “Green City, Clean Waters” Plan
Howard Neukrug, Water Commissioner, City of Philadelphia

2:00pm     Tour at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - the Energy Efficiency Building Hub, ICON Lab, Center for Building Energy Science & Engineering and GridStar Center
Laurie Actman, Deputy Director, Energy Efficient Buildings Hub

4:30pm     Close of workshop