Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Check-In & Breakfast at Maritime Conference Center

9:00 AM - 9:55 AM

Welcome and Plenary 

The Work Ahead Using the Power of Partnership

 Location: Auditorium

 Speakers: McKay Jenkins, Paul Kazyack, Ashley Triplett-Peltzman, Ashley Traut

10:00 AM - 11:10 AM

Concurrent Sessions 1

1A: Urban Land Trusts + Community Place Keeping (30 Min)

 Location: Auditorium

 Speakers: Heidi Thomas

1B:  Cultivating Community: Bringing Residents into the Urban Forest (30 Min)

  Location: Auditorium

  Speakers: Tyrah Cobb Davis

1C: Climate Change is Killing Our Trees in Maryland: Let's Fight Back (1 Hr)

Location: Bridge Room

Speakers: Mike Tidwell

11:10 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions 2

2A: Planting Change: A Guide to Equitable and Relevant Community Action through Engagement (1 Hr)

Location: Auditorium

Speakers: Brianna Amingwa 

2B: Cultivating Canopies Through Creative Storytelling: How We Are Using Art-Based Engagement as a Tool for Community Forestry (1 Hr)

Location: Bridge Room

Speakers: Andrea Van Wyk, Jaline Mcpherson, Dr. Michele Romolini

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Networking Break

1:50 PM - 2:50 PM

Concurrent Sessions 3

3A: Green Infrastructure & Hospitals: A Decade of Lessons (1 Hr)

  Location: Auditorium

  Speakers: Joan Plisko

3B: Stronger Together: A Collaborative Model for Green Workforce Development (1 Hr)

Location: Bridge Room

      Speakers: Colin Lyman, Sebastian Flister, Matthew Hemler, J. Abraham López Trejo, Nyshae Cheatham, Erick Deleon, Michael Dorsey, Rachel Martin, Emily Morrow

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

Networking Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Workshop

Sowing Seeds: An Interactive Problem-Solving Workshop (1 Hr)

       Location: Auditorium

       Speakers: Briana Yancy, Allison Gost, Ashley Traut, Rachel Martin, Emily Morrow 

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Closing

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Happy Hour at Guinness Brewery

Location: 5001 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227