The world of rainforest conservation is quickly changing. Technology’s exponential development is enabling a wide range of advances in conservation, while simultaneously showing the limitations of humanity’s knowledge. We know now more than ever about earth’s most diverse ecosystem, yet there is so much left to be understood.
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Day 2 - Friday, February 19
Speakers
Schedule
** Please note all times are in PST.**
Time | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
8:00am-8:30am | Opening Remarks | Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest Jonathan Baillie - President and CEO of Natural State; Former Chief Scientist of National Geographic |
8:30am-9:00am | Competing in an XPRIZE | Space IL - Alumni, Google Lunar XPRIZE, Winner $1M Moonshot Award Skysource - Alumni, Water Abundance XPRIZE, Grand Prize Winner Rainforest Quest – XPRIZE Rainforest Registered Team Blue Devil Rainforest Divers - XPRIZE Rainforest Registered Team |
9:00am-10:00am | Benefits to Competing in an XPRIZE | David Gadsden - Director of Conservation Solutions, Esri Jonah Wittkamper - Co-Founder and President, Global Governance Philanthropy Network and Nexus Michael Tucci - CEO, Microtech |
10:00am-11:00am | Innovating Conservation Technologies | Fabien Laurier - Ambassador, XPRIZE Rainforest; Former Vice President, National Geographic Labs Shah Selbe - Technical Consultant, XPRIZE Rainforest; Founder, Conservify Corey Jaskolski - Founder and CEO, Synthetaic; 2020 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year Dan Hammer - Co-Founder and Partner, Earthrise Media |
11:00am-11:30am | Break | Virtual Lobby | Matchmaking Session and Office Hours |
11:30am-11:45am | Introduction to Breakout Sessions | Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest |
11:45am-12:45pm | Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Pathways to Conservation | Margarita Mora - Managing Director, Partnerships, Nia Tero Kate Horner - Deputy Executive Director, Amazon Frontlines Emily Jacobi - Founder and Executive Director, Digital Democracy Dominique Goncalves - Elephant Ecology Project Manager, Gorongosa National Park |
12:45pm-1:45pm | Government Pathways to Conservation | Miguel Centeno - Princeton University, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs Colleen Scanlan Lyons - Project Director, GCF Task Force Tatiana Schor - Executive Secretary, Science, Technology, and Innovation Amazonas Shyla Raghav - Vice President of Climate Change, Global Strategy Group at Conservation International |
1:45pm-2:15pm | Break | Virtual Lobby | Matchmaking Session and Office Hours |
2:15pm-3:15pm | Business Pathways to Conservation | Marcelo Furtado - CSO, Block C/ZCO2; Chair of Board, WRI Brazil Bonnie Lei - Head of Global Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft AI for Earth Dr. Chris Jordan - Central America and Tropical Andes Coordinator, Global Wildlife Conservation Paul Bunje - Co-Founder and COO/CSO, Conservation X Labs |
3:15pm-4:15pm | NGO Pathways to Conservation | Andy Revkin - Founding Director, Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute Niyanta Spelman - CEO, Rainforest Partnership Dr. Dave Thau - Lead Scientist, World Wildlife Fund Global Data and Technology Atossa Soltani - Director of Global Strategy for Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative |
4:15pm-4:30pm | Closing Remarks | Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest |
Day 1 - Thursday, February 18
Speakers
Schedule
** Please note all times are in PST.**
Time | Session Title | Speaker(s) |
8:00am-8:15am | Welcome to XPRIZE Rainforest Summit | Anousheh Ansari - CEO, XPRIZE Foundation Ana Lucia Villela - President, Alana; Sponsor, XPRIZE Rainforest; XPRIZE Innovation Board Member Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest |
8:15am-9:00am | Opening Plenary | Dr. Lucas Joppa - Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft; Founder, Microsoft AI for Earth |
9:00am-10:00am | People, Climate & Policy: The Global Path Ahead | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim - Co-Chair, International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change; Policy Board United Nations: Indigenous Peoples Partnership Shyla Raghav - Vice President of Climate Change, Global Strategy Group at Conservation International |
10:00-11:00am | Biodiversity & the Future of the Amazon | Dr. Tom Lovejoy - Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University; United Nations Foundation; Board of Trustees, National Geographic Society Dr. Carlos Nobre - Chair of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change; International Secretary of the American Geophysical Union |
11:00am-11:30am | Break | |
11:30am-12:30pm | Conservation Communication Innovation and Impact | Andy Revkin - Founding Director, Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute |
12:30pm-1:30pm | Inclusive Rainforest Conservation | Nemonte Nenquimo - President of the Waorani of Pastaza; co-founder of the Ceibo Alliance; TIME Top 100 Most Influential People of 2020 Mitch Anderson - Founder and Executive Director, Amazon Frontlines |
1:30pm-2:30pm | Communicating Local Stories Globally | Adams Cassinga - CEO, Conserv Congo Tracy Rector - Managing Director, Storytelling, Nia Tero Luana Lobo - Founding Partner and Head of Distribution Strategy, Flow and Maria Farinha Films |
2:30pm-3:15pm | Closing Plenary | Megan Smith - CEO and Founder, shift7; Former United States Chief Technology Officer |
3:15pm-3:25pm | Closing Remarks | Peter Diamandis, Founder and Executive Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation> |