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Adapt Oakland: Climate Change, Community Resilience and Green Infrastructure Workshop: April 16th

Schedule

8:30-9:00 Coffee, Bagels, Registration
9:00-9:45 Welome & Introduction
Environmental Justice and Green InfrastructureBuilding Community Resilience to Climate Change		 Margaret Gordon
Co-Director, West OaklandEnvironmental Indicators ProjectCatalina Garzon
Program Director, Pacific Institute
9:45-10:30 Adapt Oakland:
a Green Infrastructure Plan for West Oakland		 Brent Bucknum
Director, Urban BiofilterMarisha Farnsworth
Co-founder, Urban Biofilter
10:30-11:00 Breakout Group 1:
Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services
for a Resilient Oakland
11:00-12:00 Resilient Initiatives from the
Community and Economic Development Agency		 David Ralston
Planner and Project Manager
City of Oakland Community and Economic Development Agency
Implementing ECAP Heather Klein
Planner, City of Oakland Planning Department
Integrating Health into Land Use Decision Making Anna Lee
Policy Coordinator, Alameda County Public Health Department
Policy Q&A
12:00-12:30 Breakout Group 2:
Addressing Community Impacts for Healthy Adaptation
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Finanacing Green Infrastructure Ricardo Bayon
Co-founder & Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners
Financing Adapt Oakland John Katovich
President, Cutting Edge Capital
Financing Q&A
2:15-2:45 Breakout Group 3:
Funding Opportunities for Green Infrastructure inOakland
2:45-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 Panel Discussion:
Implementing Green Infrastructure
Lessons Learned		 Nile Malloy
Northern CA Program Director, Communities for a Better EnvironmentWill Dominie
Community Education, Contra Costa Health ServicesWendy Goodfriend
Senior Planner, BCDCRichard Sinkoff
Director of Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland
4:00-4:30 Wrap-up and Conclusions Brian Beveridge
Co-Director, West OaklandEnvironmental Indicators Project
4:30 on Happy Hour Continue the Coversation at Faz