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Adirondack Climate Conference, Thursday March 6, 2025, 9:30am - 4:30pm EST, hosted by The Wild Center

Watch it live: https://www.wildcenter.org/live/

Livestream Agenda

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM - Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Jen Kretser - Director of Climate Initiatives, The Wild Center

  • Sunita Halasz - Project Coordinator, ACORN

  • Zoe Smith - VP Strategic Initiatives, Paul Smith's College

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM - Plenary Session 1: Climate Change: Where We Live

  • Amanda Stevens - Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA

  • Dr. Curt Stager - Author & Professor of Natural Sciences, Paul Smith's College

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM - Plenary Session 2: Getting to "Our" Solution

  • Tony David - Division Director, Akwesasne St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environmental Program

  • Alexandra Jacobs-Wilke - Mayor, Village of Potsdam  

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM - Plenary Session 3: New York Climate Initiatives

  • Kisha Santiago-Martinez - Deputy Secretary of State, NYS Department of State

  • Maureen Leddy - Director, Office of Climate Change, NYS DEC

  • Suzanna Randall - Chief Resiliency Officer, NYS DEC

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Plenary Session 4: North Country Rural Resilience Road Map

  • Jen Kretser - Director of Climate Initiatives, The Wild Center

  • Sunita Halasz - Project Coordinator, ACORN

  • Zoe Smith - VP Strategic Initiatives, Paul Smith's College

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM - Plenary Session 5: Where Do We Go From Here? a Media Panel

  • David Sommerstein (Moderator) - News Director, North Country Public Radio

  • Bridget Shirvell - Freelance Journalist, Author of Parenting in a Climate Crisis

  • Mike Lynch - Climate Reporter, Adirondack Explorer

  • Catherine Wheeler - St. Lawrence Valley Reporter, North Country Public Radio

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