presented by
Democrats of Napa Valley
October 12, 2019
Mission: Inspiring and empowering action on climate change.
8:30 – 9:30 Registration – Exhibitors – Test Rides* – Light Breakfast, Coffee
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks Barry Martin, MC
Johanna O’Kelley, President, Democrats of Napa Valley
9:45 – 10:15 Building Community Resilience
Carl Pope, Former CEO, Sierra Club; Sr. Climate Advisor-Bloomberg
10:15 – 10:35 Behind the Green New Deal
Giulianna di Lauro Velez, formerly Strategic Research for New Consensus (Green New Deal)
10:35 – 11:05 Extreme Weather Events
Dr. Paul Ullrich, Associate Professor of Regional and Global Climate Modeling in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
11:05 – 11:25 BREAK
11:25 – 11:35 Food waste is the world’s dumbest problem. (UC Climate Lab video)
11:35 – 12:45 Climate-Smart Food and Agriculture
Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt,
California Department of Food & Agriculture
Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp,
Sustainability Manager, Jackson Family Wines
Michelle Novi,
Associate Director of Industry Relations, Napa Valley Vintners
Chloe King,
Co-founder, Last Call
12:45 – 1:25 LUNCH – Exhibits – Test Rides*
1:25 – 1:30 The environmental cost of free two-day shipping. (UC Climate Lab video)
1:30 – 2:05 The Green Energy Revolution is Finally Here
Dr. Daniel Kammen,
Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley
2:05 – 2:25 Achieving Net Zero Emissions and Zero Waste
Tim Dewey-Mattia, Public Education Manager,
Napa Recycling & Waste Services
2:25 – 2:50 Healthy Green Hotels: The Sustainability, Human Health Connection
Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton, Astrapto
2:50 – 3:10 BREAK – Afternoon Snack
3:10 – 3:50 The Future of Mobility
Active Transportation & Planetary Health
Dr. Daniel Rodríguez,
Chancellor’s Professor of City and Regional
Planning, University of California, Berkeley
Bay Area Transportation & Climate Change
Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza,
Vice-Chair, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
3:50 – 4:10 Napa Students 4 Climate Change
Wrap – Exhibitors – Test Rides
Visit our exhibitor tables and take a test ride before the program,
at lunch, and following the event.
*Test Rides – Sponsored by Napa Valley Bikes & Pedego e-Bikes, GenZe e-Scooters
Exhibitor Tables
For more information and to purchase your ticket, click here: Ticket price includes breakfast snack, lunch, and afternoon snack
from Alexis Baking Company.
