Join Grace Farms Foundation and Live Green Connecticut for the first annual Regional Convening for Sustainable Development (RCSD). Thought leaders from around the world will discuss wide-ranging strategies for sustainable development, with regional case studies demonstrating how some of those strategies have been implemented locally. Learn how we can come together to make Connecticut a leader in community-driven sustainable development.
Convening Schedule:
9:00 am
- Welcome: Adam Thatcher, Grace Farms Foundation Director of Operations, and Daphne Dixon, Co-founder and Executive Director of Live Green Connecticut
9:15 am
- Video message from Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Sustainable Development at Columbia University
- Introduction: Dr. David L. Downie, Fairfield University
9:35 am
- Keynote Address: Kanni Wignaraja, Director, UN Development Operations Coordination Office
- Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG Academy and Sustainable Development Solutions Network
10:05 am
- Panel 1: “Building Sustainability Into Our Cities,”; Introduction: Kevin Moynihan, First Selectman, New Canaan
10:30 am
- Coffee Break
10:45 am
- Catherine Smith, State of Connecticut Economic and Community Development
- Introduction: Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Conservation Biologist at Columbia University
11:15 am
- Panel 2: “The Condition of CT’s Sustainable Development Infrastructure”
11:40 am
- Panel 3: “The Critical Role Businesses Play in Sustainable Development”
12:15 p.m.
- Lunch
1:30 pm & 3 pm
- Breakout Sessions 1 and 2: Regional and Community Sustainable Development Presentations
4:20 pm
- Closing Remarks
4:45 – 6 pm
- Networking Reception