2023 Conference Agenda

Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 12:00pm to Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 3:30pm

All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC -05:00)

Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 1:00pm to 7:00pm
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Registration/Check-in

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

Snacks & coffee provided

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Panel I - Feedback System in the Tropics

Format: Hybrid
Location: Watson Center, Room A53

Panelists
Grizelle González

Director
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
US Forest Service

Deborah Lawrence

Professor of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia;
Chief Scientist, Calyx Global

Simon Lewis

Professor of Global Change Science,
University of Leeds &
University College London

Yadvinder Malhi

Professor of Ecosystem Science,
University of Oxford;
Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College

Moderator
Paulo Brando

Associate Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture, Yale School of the Environment

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Poster Session

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

View poster presentations here

3:30pm to 4:45pm

Breakout Session No.1

Format: In-person only
Location: Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Room 160

Practicing what one is preaching: An ELTI (Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative) Alumnus’ Strategy of Proliferating Rainforestation (Native Tree Forest Restoration) in Negros Island, Philippines

Guiraldo C. Fernandez Jr. (Visayas State University)

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Building Partnerships for Forest Restoration Panel

Format: Hybrid
Location: Sage Hall, Bowers Auditorium

Introduction
Laura Toro

Postdoctoral Fellow Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program

Speakers
Kerry Cesareo

Senior Vice President – Forests, WWF

Gamma Galudra

Director, RECOFTC Indonesia

Ivone Namikawa

Forest Sustainability Senior Consultant, Klabin

Sara Price

Sustainability Manager, Sappi

Moderator
Lyndall Bull

Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

6:00pm to 7:00pm

The Forests School & Yale ISTF Conversation Tables + Reception

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

Friday, February 3, 2023 - 9:00am to 8:00pm
8:30am to 9:00am

Registration/Check-in

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

Breakfast & coffee provided

9:00am to 10:30am

Opening Plenary: Introductory Remarks and Keynote Addresses

Format: Hybrid
Location: Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Introduction
Emma Grover

Conference Co-chair, MESc Candidate

Angela Xue

Conference Co-chair, MEM Candidate

Introduction
Liza Comita

Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology

Keynote Speakers
Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo

Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat

Influential Women leadership in Forestry: Lessons learned in view of promoting Sustainable Forest Management through the UNFF

Pablo Pacheco

Global Forests Lead Scientist at World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

The fate of the tropical forests in an interconnected world

10:30am to 11:15am

Coffee Break

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

11:15am to 12:15pm

Innovation Prize Presentations

Format: Hybrid
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

Innovation Prize Finalists:
 

ProEco Azuero
Sandra Vásquez de Zambrano, Executive Director

Rainforest Biodiversity of Phalee
Rinchui Raman, Representative

 
12:15pm to 1:15pm

Lunch

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

1:15pm to 2:45pm

Panel II - Forest Dependent Livelihoods: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations

Format: Hybrid
Location: Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

Panelists
Andrea Azevedo

Director of Programs and Projects,
JBS Fund for the Amazon

Agni (Intu) Boedhihartono

Associate Professor of Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods,
The University of British Columbia

Brendan Fisher

Gund Fellow & Professor, University of Vermont
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Moderator
Eva Garen

Program Director
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)

2:45pm to 3:30pm

Poster Session

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

View poster presentations here

3:30pm to 4:30pm

Keynote Breakout Sessions

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, Room 321

Keynote discussion group with Juliette Biao
Thokozile Changufu MF ‘22, moderator

Location: Kroon G01

Keynote discussion group with Pablo Pacheco
Ryan Smith MF ‘22, moderator

4:45pm to 6:00pm

Breakout Session No.2

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, Room 321

A closed-loop conservation strategy to advance the protection of critically at-risk biomes in the Amazon Rainforest
Jeff C. Carlson and Joshua Ortiz-Guzman
(RioRaiz)

Location: Kroon Hall, Room 319

An assessment of life within the African tropics: The case of AFR100
Mamadou Diakhite and Teko Nhlapo
(African Union Development Agency – NEPAD)

Location: Kroon Hall, Room G01

Cities4Forests Partner Forest Workshop
Scott Francisco and Sarah Jane Wilson
(Pilot Projects and Conservation International)

6:00pm to 8:00pm

TGIF (Thank Goodness I’m a Forester): The Forestry Club * Yale ISTF

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

Food & drinks provided

Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 9:00am to 3:30pm
8:45am to 9:30am

Registration

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd Floor

Breakfast & coffee provided

9:30am to 11:00am

Panel III - Sustainable Development and Tropical Forests

Format: Hybrid
Location: Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium 

Panelists
Milagre Nuvunga

Executive Director, MICAIA Foundation

Andika Putraditama

Head of Rimba Collective, Lestari Capital

Fabíola Zerbini

Director of Forestry, Land Use and Agriculture,
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Moderator
Gary Dunning

Executive Director, The Forest School;
Executive Director, The Forests Dialogue

11:00am to 11:30am

Poster Session

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd Floor

View poster presentations here

11:30am to 12:45pm

Breakout Session No. 3

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, Room G01

Community-based perspectives on the interaction between expanding agricultural frontiers and the conservation of tropical forests
Sheila Ward, Nicholas Brokaw, and Gamma Galudra (ISTF Global and RECOFTC)

Location: Kroon Hall, Room 319

Fantastic restoration monitoring tools and where to find them
Melaina Dyck and Darby Levin (Climate Focus)

Location: Kroon Hall, Room 321

Harnessing the power of nature: Three (Conservation International) guides to restoring forests at scale
Sarah Jane Wilson (University of Michigan)

12:45pm to 1:45pm

Lunch

Format: In-person only
Location: Kroon Hall, 3rd floor

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Closing Plenary & Announcing Innovation Prize Award

Format: Hybrid
Location: Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium

* Innovation Prize Award Presentation
* Closing Remarks
 
Closing Remarks
Mark Ashton

Senior Associate Dean of The Forest School;
Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology;
Director of Yale Forests

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