2nd Annual Increasing Human Potential Symposium

Departments: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Time: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 4:00pm - 7:30pm
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Davies Auditorium
15 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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2nd Annual Increasing Human Potential Symposium

Planetary Solutions driving Sustainability
Yale University + Friends of Yale from Industry (FYI)

April 11, 2023, Davies Auditorium (draft as of 3/27/23)

4:00-4:15 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Paul Turner – Co-Chair
Scott Strobel, Provost

4:15-5:15
Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Sustainability
- Manish Bapna, President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - James Green, NASA Chief Scientist (retired)
- Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund, Yale Trustee

5:15–6:00 pm
Foundations Catalyzing Sustainability
- Bezos Earth Fund, Kelly Levin, Chief Scientist
- Three Cairns Group
- moderated by Stuart DeCew, Executive Director Yale Center for Business & the Environment

6:00-6:15 pm
Increasing Human Potential – Our Purpose at Yale
Lynn Cooley, Dean Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

6:15– 7:30 pm
Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (CITY)

Student, Faculty, Speakers networking and 'gallery walk' on Planetary Solutions

Emcee: Vincent Wilczynski, Deputy Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Reception with Policy and Industry leaders: Cross-sector leaders representing industrial (Schneider Electric), healthcare (Humana) and government (NASA)
Reception, light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres

Yale Faculty and Leadership
- Indy Burke, Dean, School of the Environment
- Lynn Cooley, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Scott Strobel, Provost
- Paul Turner, Rachel Carson Prof. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Director QBIO
- Vincent Wilczynski, Deputy Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science
- Friends of Yale from Industry - Vishal Agrawal, Richard Kayne, Shah Karim