8:00 am | Arrive / Coffee / Networking

• Parking is available at the Gateway Parking Complex for $2 / hour (5 minute walk)

  • Use maps.unr.edu to navigate from the Gateway Parking Complex to the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center​

• RTC Rapid Virginia Line @ College Drive Station (10 minute walk)​

• Bike racks are available outside the building

 

8:30 am | Welcome / Presentation: Mapping is just the first step! Reno-Sparks Heat Mapping Project

Baker Perry, Tom Albright – University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada State Climate Office

 

8:45 am | Presentation: Lessons learned from Southern Nevada

Ariel Choinard – Desert Research Institute

 

9:00 am | Presentation: Heat mitigation activities in Washoe County

Brian Beffort – Washoe County

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9:15 am | Presentation: Public health and heat

Brendan Schnieder – Northern Nevada Public Health

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9:30 am | Presentation: Modeling future heat landscapes

John Mejia, Juan Henao – Desert Research Institute

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9:45 am | Panel discussion Q&A

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10:00 am | Coffee break / Networking / Tabling and poster display Q&A

Tabling by various groups and posters by graduate students

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​10:20 am | Brainstorming session / Introduction and team breakouts

Breakout session topics will be determined by topics chosen during registration.

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10:50 am | Reporting from breakout teams

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11:30 am | Advisory board discussion

What are the needs, schedules and delegation of roles moving forward?

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12:00 pm | End of summit​