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Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration (Campbell Hall)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Nature and the University (Campbell Hall 205)
Kelly Hare, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Craig Thomas, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona Jana Soderlund, CUSP Curtin University, Fremantle, Australia
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Green Wall Workshop (Second floor terrace)
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Biophilic Cities Exhibit Reception (Elmaleh Gallery) Partner Introductions at 5:30 pm
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Keynote Address: Dr. Jennifer Wolch (Campbell Hall 153)
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Friday, October 18, 2013 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration (Campbell Hall 153 Lobby)
8:30 am – 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction (Campbell Hall 153)
Tim Beatley, Ph.D.
9:00 am – 10:15 am Nature in the Compact City (Campbell Hall 153) Lena Chan, Director of the National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board of Singapore Matt Burlin, Environmental Program Coordinator, Portland, Oregon, USA Rebeca Dios Lema, Architect, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Urban Nature on the Edge (Campbell Hall 153) Amber Bill, Programme Manager, Our Living City, Wellington City Council, Wellington, New Zealand Cecilia Polacow Herzog, President of INVERDE Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Scott T. Edmondson, Principal-Founder, Strategic Sustainability Institute 2030, San Francisco, California, USA Peter Brastow, Senior Biodiversity Coordinator, San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco, California, USA
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
Dining options include Food Trucks in the Fralin Museum parking lot, Fine Arts Café (Campbell Hall), and restaurant options on the Corner
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Friday, October 18, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Keynote Address: Dr. Stephen R. Kellert (Campbell Hall 153)
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Book Signing with Dr. Stephen R. Kellert 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Nature Reinventing the City (Campbell Hall 153)
Nick Grayson, Climate Change + Sustainability Manager for City Council, Birmingham, United Kingdom Sabine Courcier, Planning Consultant, Montréal, Canada Matt Howard, Environmental Sustainability Director, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Concluding Thoughts and Preview of Saturday Activities Tim Beatley, Ph.D.
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Walking Tours (Choose one) Thomas Jefferson’s Historic Academical Village (with David Neuman) The University of Virginia Dell (with Kennon Williams)
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Film Screenings Film Shorts Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life Q&A with Filmmaker Stephen R. Kellert
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:30 am – 9:00 am Light Breakfast (CitySpace)
9:00 am – 10:00 am Introduction (CitySpace)
Tim Beatley, Ph.D.
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Work Session (CitySpace)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (CitySpace)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Next Steps for the Biophilic Cities Peer Network (CitySpace)
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Urban Ant Safari (with Amy Savage) Learn about the diversity and ecosystem services of ants and in particular what is known about the ants that live in cities
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Earthwalk: Meadow Creek Restoration Meet in Omni Hotel Lobby
5:00 pm Green Drinks Cocktail Hour (The Livery Stable)
7:00 pm Cities + Coyotes (with John Hadidian)
Strategies for Coexisting with Urban Wildlife
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Tours Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village
David Neuman Friday, Oct 18, 4:30pm
The Dell at the
University of Virginia Kennon Williams
Friday, Oct 18, 4:30pm
Meadow Creek Restoration Chris Gensic
Saturday, Oct 19 3:00pm
Special Events
Green Drinks The Livery Stable Saturday, Oct 19
5:00pm
Cities + Coyotes John Hadidian
Saturday, Oct 19 7:00pm
Urban Ant Safari!
Join Amy M. Savage, Post-Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Biology at North Carolina State University, for an Urban Ant Safari! Stop by her booth on the Downtown Pedestrian Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia anytime from 12pm-4pm on Saturday, October 19 to learn about the diversity and ecosystem services of ants and in particular what is known about the ants that live in cities.
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