About Registration Agenda Sponsorship
The Medical Promise of Climate Solutions:
Moving to Action for Health and Equity
AGENDA (Subject to updates)
Friday evening, May 21
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET | Keynote | ||
7:30 pm – 8:15 pm ET | Choice of Workshop: | ||
![]() Cooking Culinary Institute of America |
![]() Buy an EV Plug In America |
![]() Medical Practice My Green Doctor |
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Saturday, May 22
CME: (ACCME and ANCC accredited) | |||
11:00 am – 11:45 am ET | CME – Integrating Climate into Medical Education Holly Rosencranz and Japhia Ramkamur |
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11:45 am – 12:30 pm ET | CME – Dermatology and Climate Change Mary Williams and Misha Rosenbach |
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Afternoon: | |||
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET | Welcome and Introduction of 6 NMA Climate Health Equity Fellows | ||
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2:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET | Keynote – Outlook for Climate in the 117th Congress Senator Sheldon Whitehouse |
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3:00 pm – 3:50 pm ET | Climate, Health, Equity and Transportation | ||
Kathleen Theoharides MA. Secretary Energy/Environ, Transport Climate Initiative |
Sam Rockwell Move Minnesota |
Robert Kitchen Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action |
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm ET | The Medical Promise of Climate Solutions: Advancing Policy to Benefit Health Moderator: Dr. Jon Patz Director, Global Health Institute, U WI, IPCC author |
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Healthy Indoor Environments ![]() Tohn Environmental Strategies |
Healthy Food and Agriculture |
Healthy Outdoor Environments ![]() Dean Emeritus UW School of PH |
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Discussion Groups (30 min) How to realize the health promise of climate solutions. |
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Sunday, May 23
CME: (ACCME and ANCC accredited) | |||
11:00 am – 11:45 am ET | CME – Maternal Health and Climate Change Nathaniel DeNicola and Bruce Bekkar |
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11:45 am – 12:30 pm ET | CME – Climate Concerns in Urgent/Emergency Care Hanna Linstadt and Caitlin Rublee |
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Afternoon: | |||
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET | Keynote | ||
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm ET | Climate in Medical Education: Panel, Medical Students for a Sustainable Future | ||
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm ET | State Progress on Climate Policy in VA, MN, FL | ||
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm ET | Healthy Food and Regenerative Agriculture | ||
Cathleen Kling NASEM/RFF—Agriculture in the Mississippi Watershed |
James Skeet Covenant Pathways – Navajo Nation, New Mexico |
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Monday evening, May 24
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET | Orientation #1 for Congressional Meetings | ||
Tuesday all day, May 25
10:00 am – 5:00 pm ET | Orientation #2 for Congressional Meetings | ||
Virtual Meetings with Congress | |||