Agenda

Thursday, August 25

08/25

All times are subject to change

11:00am

Thursday August 25

Editorial

Opening Remarks

Travis Wolfe kicks off the inaugural GovExec Climate Summit and previews the day's programming.

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Travis Wolfe

Associate Director, Content

GovExec

Editorial

Climate Leader Keynote

USDA Climate Hubs Coordinator Julian Reyes provides the opening keynote.

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Julian Reyes

National Coordinator, USDA Climate Hubs program

USDA

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Taking Action at the Local Level

As the federal government continues to determine how it can create and implement climate change policy, state and local governments have moved to take action in their own time. From carbon footprint reductions to easing access to renewable energy, how are local governments working to take effective action against climate change? And how might the Inflation Reduction Act impact those plans?

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Bridget Herring

Sustainability Director

City of Asheville, NC

Kyle Spencer

Chief Resilience Officer

City of Norfolk, VA

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Alisha Powell Gillis

Senior Editor

Route Fifty

Editorial

Covering Climate Change

In this special interview, Government Executive sits down with filmmaker John D. Sutter to discuss his work documenting climate change and explore evolving views on the issue.

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John D. Sutter

Filmmaker

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Tanya Ballard Brown

Executive Editor

Government Executive

Editorial

Turning the Page: A New Age of Climate Policy

With recent decisions about climate regulation and policy, government leaders will have to adapt their approach to climate change. In this session we sit down with climate policy experts to discuss the next steps in creating legislation that will effectively attack climate change.

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Vickie Patton

General Counsel

Environmental Defense Fund

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Michael Gerrard

Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Columbia Law School

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Ross Gianfortune

Engagement Editor

Government Executive

Editorial

Agency Spotlight: NOAA

In this agency spotlight, leaders from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration join us to discuss how NOAA reports, research and tools can inform investments in resilience — and how NOAA works with other federal agencies and state, local and tribal partners to build out its suite of climate products and services.

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Deke Arndt

Chief, Climatic Science & Services Division

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

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Ellen Mecray

Regional Climate Services Director, Eastern Region

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

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Alisha Powell Gillis

Senior Editor

Route Fifty

Editorial

Climate Change as a Threat to National Security (D1)

Climate change poses a major threat to the United States’ national security, and while the Department of Defense has been working for years to adapt and prepare, there is still much work to do. In this session, Defense One sits down with top defense leaders to discuss the threats climate change poses to the military, and the Department’s response to those threats.

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Richard Kidd

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment & Energy Resilience

Department of Defense

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Patrick Tucker

Technology Editor

Defense One

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PREPAREing for Change: The Whole-of-Government Approach to Adapting the World to new Climates

Join USAID and their partners at the Department of State for a presentation on the agency's PREPARE initiative for fighting climate change and facilitating US involvement global climate adaptation work.

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Christina Chan

Senior Adaptation Advisor for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry

US Department of State

Ann Vaughan

Senior Advisor for Climate Change

USAID

Editorial

Climate for Change: Exploring Environmental Technology Innovations in Government (NG)

Join Nextgov editors as they close out the inaugural Climate Summit with a look to the future, hearing from leaders on how they’re developing the next generation of climate tools and technologies.

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Kevin Powell

Director, Green Proving Ground & Pilot to Portfolio

U.S. General Services Administration

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Aaron Boyd

Senior Editor, Technology & Events

Nextgov

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Closing Keynote

Senior Counsel for the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Samantha Medlock, provides the closing keynote to discuss the federal government's recent actions on climate change, as well as what still needs to be done.

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Samantha Medlock

Senior Counsel

House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

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Ross Gianfortune

Engagement Editor

Government Executive

3:30pm

Thursday August 25

Editorial

Closing Remarks

Travis Wolfe wraps up the inaugural GovExec Climate Summit.

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Travis Wolfe

Associate Director, Content

GovExec