Event Schedule

 

Evening Welcome Reception:

Join us for a tour of the latest IAS exhibit Weather and the Whale and short film screening.

Refreshments will be provided. 

 

Symposium Schedule:

8:00 am: Registration & Breakfast Provided

9:00 am: Welcome remarks, Chancellor Cynthia Larive 

9:30 am: Keynote address 

10:30 am: Break 

10:40 am: Panel Session 1: Fighting Climate News Fatigue

A panel of experienced journalists and science communicators will discuss how they connect with their audience and keep them interested and engaged. Speakers will also talk about how they effectively communicate climate adaptation and solutions outside of disasters. 

Moderator: Danielle Venton, KQED science reporter

11:40 am: Break (10 min.)

11:50 am: Panel Session 2: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Communication

A panel of indigenous leaders speaks about communicating indigenous knowledge about climate change.

Moderator: Alexii Sigona, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center for Reimagining Leadership, UCSC

12:50 pm: Lunch

1:50 pm: Panel Session 3A: Climate Communications Training

Speakers will share tools, classes, and other resources available to science communicators, journalists, scientists, community leaders, and others who want to learn how to communicate climate solutions.

Moderator: Tom Hayden, Director of the Master of Arts in Earth Systems, Environmental Communication Program at Stanford University

Panel Session 3B: Community-based Climate Communications

On-the-ground communicators will discuss how they efficiently communicate with the communities they represent. They will also discuss ways outside of traditional journalism to share climate solutions.

Moderator: Sikina Jinnah, Professor of Environmental Studies and Associate Director, Center for Reimagining Leadership

2:50 pm: Break 

3:00 pm: Panel Session 4: The Future of Climate Communications

This session will examine how we can improve and expand upon climate communications. What avenues or methods of communication need more focus and how can communicators engage people with different viewpoints? 

Moderator: Erika Check Hayden, Director, UCSC Science Communication Program

4:00 pm: Break

4:10 pm: Session 5: Novel Ways to Communicate Climate Solutions 

This session will be a series of lightning talks presenting novel and creative means of climate communication, such as Virtual Reality, card games, videos, and more. After the talks, presenters will be available for personal demonstrations during the social hour in the aquarium. 

Moderator: Emily Cerf, Engineering Writer and Media Relations Officer, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering

5:00 pm: Summary and Wrap-up (15 min)

5:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Social hour reception and demonstrations. Heavy appetizers and beverages will be provided. 

 

Funders Fireside Chat:

Hear from the folks funding projects and programs dedicated to communicating climate solutions.

Continental breakfast and coffee will be provided. 

12:00 am - 2:00 pm Student Workshop: Community-Informed Climate Journalism

This interactive workshop explores community-informed and trauma-informed approaches to covering climate narratives, with a focus on storytelling rooted in place, identity, and justice. Open to undergraduate and graduate students; sign up via the meeting registration page. Lunch will be provided.

Led by: Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Journalist and Director of the Pacific Islands and Climate Change New Narratives

Please register if you are attending any of the above referenced events. 

*We will continue updating this website as the schedule evolves. Please check back soon for more!