Join us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment!

Opening with comments from Stanford President Jonathan Levin, the afternoon will feature panel discussions with students, scientists, artists, NGO practitioners and business leaders discussing topics ranging from the Institute’s evolution and impact to the forefront of science needed to address crucial knowledge gaps for sustainable solutions. Panelists will focus on how Woods-supported research has pivoted from making important contributions to climate science and the influence of anthropogenic drivers twenty years ago, to now producing leading research on climate attribution science; adaptation pathways for food, energy and water systems; win-wins for mitigation and adaptation through nature based solutions; building just and resilient communities, and linkages between climate impacts to human health and well-being.  Pre-registration is required to attend.

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Speakers and Schedule

1:30 p.m. - Welcome

Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies

Jonathan Levin, Stanford University President and Bing Presidential Professor

1:40 p.m. - A Look Back with the Woods Institute Founders

Jeff Koseff, William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Professor, Stanford School of Engineering; founding co-director of the Woods Institute for the Environment
Barton (Buzz) Thompson, Robert E. Paradise Professor, Stanford School of Law; founding co-director of the Woods Institute for the Environment
Ward Woods, Chair, Woods Institute for the Environment Advisory Council

2:00 p.m. - The progression (evolution) of climate science:  20 years of Woods research

Ines Azevedo, Professor, Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Noah Diffenbaugh, Kara J Foundation Professor (SDSS);  Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment (invited)
Elliott White, Jr., Assistant Professor, Earth System Science, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Sol Hsiang, Professor, Environmental Social Sciences, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Rob Dunbar, W.M. Keck Professor, Earth Sciences and Oceans, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

2:50 p.m.- Lightning round

James Kanoff, Founder and CEO, Terradot 
Jenna Forsyth, Research Scientist, Stanford School of Medicine
Rwaida Gharib, Graduate Student in Environment and Resources, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Charles Shi, Undergraduate student in Program in International Relations and Symbolic Systems, Stanford University

3:00 p.m. - Break

3:30 p.m. - The Woods Institute portfolio approach to impact 

Giulio De Leo, Professor of Oceans and Earth System Science (SDSS); Co-Faculty Director, Program on Disease Ecology and Health (DECO)
Tara Moran, Senior Advisor, California Water Data Consortium
Anja Brandon, Director, Plastics Policy, Ocean Conservancy
Mehana Blaich Vaughn, Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa; President and Co-Founder, Kīpuka Kuleana

4:30 p.m. - A look to the future – concluding remarks by 

Jane Lubchenco, Deputy Director for Climate and Environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; University Distinguished Professor, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology;  Marine Studies Advisor to the Provost and President of Oregon State University

This event is sponsored by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. If you have questions about the event, please contact woods-events@stanford.edu.