Breakout Sessions

Please register for breakout sessions here.

*The location of these talks may change without prior notice.

31 January, Thursday

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch Talk with Leila Salazar-Lopez and Yale Forest Forum

Workshop leader: Leila Salazar-Lopez, Amazon Watch
Location: Rotunda, Marsh Hall, 360 Prospect Street (Google Maps)
No advanced registration required

Leila Salazar-Lopez’ work is focused on protecting the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest by advancing indigenous peoples’ rights, territories, and solutions, including solar for energy, communications and transport in the Amazon. 

 

3:30 - 5:30 pm

Recent Advances of the International Society of Tropical Foresters: A Strategic Planning Session for the Resurgence of a Decades-Old Institution

Workshop leader: Ruth Metzel, Azuero Earth Project (Panama)
Location: Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street (Google Maps)
Registration link above

 

3:30 - 5:30 pm

The Globalized Agricultural Market Versus the Brazilian Amazon Socio-ecological System

Workshop leader: Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes, Visiting Fellow on Yale University (USA) and Deputy Dean of Graduate Program on Veiga de Almeida University (Brazil) and Research Coordinator of Superior Studies Institute of Rondonia (Brazil)
Location: Meeting Room, 301 Prospect Street (Google Maps)
Registration link above

 

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Forest Disturbance in Costa Rica as Compared to Kenya - Challenges and Solutions Growing Community and Forest Resilience 

Workshop leader: Jennifer Smith, Community Carbon Trees Costa Rica
Location: Classroom, 380 Edwards Street (Google Maps)
Registration link above

 

1 February, Friday

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Keynote Discussion Group: with Frances Seymour

Workshop leaders: Frances Seymour, Keynote; Dr. Liza Comita, Yale Faculty
Location: Room 321, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
No advance registration required

This discussion group will dive deeper into the keynote’s remarks, engaging in conversation around the issues raised by the speech. The discussion will be led by each keynote presenter and facilitated by a Yale Faculty member. Participants are encouraged to shift between keynote sessions.
 

Keynote Discussion Group: with Leila Salazar-Lopez

Workshop leaders: Leila Salazar-Lopez, Keynote; Dr. Amity Doolittle, Yale Faculty
Location: Room 319, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
No advance registration required

This discussion group will dive deeper into the keynote’s remarks, engaging in conversation around the issues raised by the speech. The discussion will be led by each keynote presenter and facilitated by a Yale Faculty member. Participants are encouraged to shift between keynote sessions.
 

Keynote Discussion Group: with Taufiq Alimi

Workshop leaders: Taufiq Alimi, Keynote; Dr. Eva Garen, ELTI
Location: Room G01, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
No advance registration required

This discussion group will dive deeper into the keynote’s remarks, engaging in conversation around the issues raised by the speech. The discussion will be led by each keynote presenter and facilitated by a Yale Faculty member. Participants are encouraged to shift between keynote sessions.
 
 

3 February, Saturday

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Cultivating Diversity, Cultivating Resiliency: Examining the role of design in forest restoration projects and agroecosystems

Workshop leader: Christine Facella, Parsons School of Design (USA)
Location: Room G01, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
​Registration link above

The Future of Forest Work and Communities: A Co-design Methodology for Youth Visioning Workshops

Workshop leader: Scott Francisco, Pilot Projects Design Collective (USA, Canada)
Location: Room 321, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
Registration link above

Creating a People-Centered Sustainable Forest Movement: Restoring Degraded Landscapes, Facilitating Private Investment, Monitoring, and Promoting Forest Legality

Workshop leader: Ruth Nogueron and Sabin Ray, World Resources Institute
Location: Room 319, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
Registration link above