Adapting to a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: Friday, January 25, 2019
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Sarasota, FL
GIC returns to Sarasota on Friday, January 25, 2019 for a conference on adaptive climate change.
Presentation Documents
- Welcome to our Conversations about Adapting to a Changing Climate: A Florida Reality | Robert Corell
- Florida Hurricanes: Is A Warming Climate Having An Impact? | Bob Bunting
- Is Climate Change Impacting RED TIDE? An Engineering Assessment | Lenny Landau
- Local Impacts of Sea Level Rise | Tom Harmer
- Climate, Municipal Bonds, and Infrastructure | Patricia Healy
- Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning | Stevie Freeman-Montes
- Local Solutions | David McMahon
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Event Detail
Adapting to a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
Join the Global Interdependence Center, Cumberland Advisors, and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee for a conference on adaptive climate change on Friday, January 25, 2019. This day-long conference agenda is brimming with top professionals and will take place in the Selby Auditorium on the USFSM campus. Click here to register through USFSM.
Click here to view a map of USFSM’s campus.
GIC is delighted to share an update on a recent outcome from this conference, held on January 25, 2019.
Bob Bunting, co-chair of the program and Climate Adaptation Center (CAC), is pioneering the effort to establish the Climate Adaptation Center in Florida. The CAC seeks to be a resource for government, academe and the private sector to better understand the climate problem and to take reasonable steps to mitigate its worst impacts as Florida is ground zero for climate impacts from seal level rise, Red Tide, the changing characteristics of hurricanes and climate related human health issues. A comprehensive outline of the CAC is available here.
Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Coffee
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome
- Introduction
- Greg Smogard, Innovation & Business Development Officer, USF Sarasota-Manatee
- Welcome
- David R. Kotok, CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
- Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee
- Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies
Session I: A Florida Centric Perspective of A Changing Climate
Moderator: Bob Bunting
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: Implications for Florida & the Region
- Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment Technology Foundation/Professor
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Break
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. | Climate Warming & Hurricanes: Impacts for Florida May Be Changing For the Worse
- Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Is Climate Warming Increasing Red Tide?
- Lenny Landau, Database Analyst/Engineer
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Panel: Florida & Climate Change
- Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment Technology Foundation/Professor
- Bob Bunting, Scientist/ Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies
- Moderator: David Kotok, CIO Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: USFSM Patio
Session II: Local Impacts & Adaptive Strategies an Optimistic View
Moderator: Greg Smogard
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. | Perspectives from a Florida Town Manger
- Tom Harmer, Town Manager, Longboat Key and former Administrator Sarasota County Manager
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. | Climate, Municipal Bonds and Infrastructure
- Patricia Healy, Senior Vice President of Research and Portfolio Manager, Cumberland Advisors
2:15 – 2:40 p.m. | Panel: Local Solutions
- Ed Chiles, Chiles Restaurant Group: Topic: – “Oyster Farms Inc.” – Adapting to rising sea temperatures
- Moderator: David & Jennifer Shafer, Principals, Shafer Consulting Inc.
2:40 p.m. | Concluding Remarks
- David Kotok, CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
- Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee
- Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies
Event Location
Address: Selby Auditorium, 8350 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243
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Bob Bunting
CEO, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Center - CACRobert (Bob) Bunting is a scientist and serial entrepreneur, high technology start up expert and educator. He is CEO of the new Climate Adaptation & Mitigations Center, CAC, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to providing a curated data-base and situational analysis in four topical areas impacted by a warming climate. They are: seal level rise, Red Tide, hurricane changing characteristics, and human health.
Robert W. Corell
Dr. Robert W. Corell is a Principal at the Global Environment Technology Foundation, Professor II at both the University of the Arctic’s new Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry and the University of Tromso, Head of the U.S. Office for the Global Energy Assessment.Dr. Robert W. Corell is a Principal at the Global Environment Technology Foundation, Professor II at both the University of the Arctic’s new Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry and the University of Tromso, Head of the U.S. Office for the Global Energy Assessment. In 2010, Dr. Corell founded the non-profit Global Science Associates, an interdisciplinary nucleus for the world’s best science experts and collaboratories.
Tom Harmer
Town Manager Longboat Key and former Sarasota County AdministratorTom Harmer has more than 33 years of experience in local government, including nearly eight years as city manager of Titusville, Florida. He also served as Titusville’s fire chief, emergency manager and the executive director of the Community Development Agency. He previously served as deputy fire chief and emergency manager in Tallahassee, Florida.
Karen Holbrook, Ph.D.
Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-ManateeKaren A. Holbrook, Ph.D., is the Regional Chancellor at USF Sarasota-Manatee, following a year as the Interim President for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Before assuming the position at Embry-Riddle she worked as a higher education consultant and the Senior Advisor to the President at the University of South Florida, where she was, until recently, the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation then Senior Vice President for Global Affairs and International Research.
David Kotok
Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland AdvisorsDavid Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. David’s articles and financial market commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo Finance TV, and other media.
Lenny Landau
Database Analyst/EngineerMr. Landau graduated from West Virginia University in 1963 with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for General Electric Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati Ohio for 39 years. Following retirement in 2002 he consulted for GE for 11 years.
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