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

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

 

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

Ariel Choinard – Desert Research Institute & Make the Road Nevada (?)

 

9:00 am | Presentation: Heat mitigation actions by local jurisdictions

Brian Beffort – Washoe County

 

9:15 am | Presentation: Public health and heat

Brendan Schnieder – Northern Nevada Public Health

 

9:30 am | Presentation: Modeling future heat landscapes

John Mejia, Juan Henao – Desert Research Institute

 

9:45 am | Panel discussion Q&A

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10:00 am | Coffee break / Networking / Poster display Q&A

Posters presented by University of Nevada, Reno graduate students

 

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

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

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11:00 am | Reporting from breakout teams

 

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​