Climate & Environmental Data Day

Overview

Climate and environmental data underpins trillions of dollars in decisions. But the systems that produce and sustain the data are more fragile than they appear. The ecosystem has long been fragmented, and current pressures are now disrupting the decades of specialized expertise, investments, and networks that hold it together.  

Experts joined the Data Foundation's Climate Data Collaborative during DC Climate Week for Climate & Environmental Data Day, which will explore how organizations are responding to these disruptions, building new coordination mechanisms, and reimagining what a climate and environmental data ecosystem can look like. Co-organized by the Data Foundation, the Impact Project, Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP), the Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP), the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), this full-day event features leaders from academia, government, the private sector and civil society at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Keck Building. 

​Attendees will have the chance to connect with others working at the frontier of climate and environmental data, and learn how a community of likeminded organizations are coordinating to move the field forward.

​DC Climate Week is not responsible for this event. It is organized by the organizing group, and being listed on the DCCW calendar is not an endorsement of content or partners.

Agenda​

9:30 AM | Plenary Speaker

• Amanda Staudt, Executive Director, American Meteorological Society

​9:45 AM | Rapid Response in Action: How Organizations Are Keeping Critical Information Flowing

• ​Brittany Janis, Executive Director, Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP)
• ​Gretchen Gehrke, Cofounder and Web Governance Program Leader, Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)
• ​University of Maryland, Center for Global Sustainability
• ​Tom DiLiberto, Media Director, Climate Central
• ​Melanie Klein, Senior Associate for Federal Data Policy, Federation of American Scientists
• ​Aparna Shrivastava, Executive Director, The Strengthening Human Infrastructure Project, Aspen Global Change Institute

​10:45 AM | Building More Resilient, Interconnected Systems Across Networks, Scales, and Sectors

• ​Sonia Wang, Senior Advisor, Data Foundation
• ​Kasey White, Director, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and Polar Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• ​Katie Hoeberling, Deputy Director, Open Environmental Data Project
• ​Megha Mehdiratta, Senior Innovation Associate, The New York Climate Exchange
• ​Liz Crocker, Director, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

​11:30 AM | Former Federal Leaders on Implementation Realities, Success Stories, and the Challenges You Don't See

• ​Steve Volz, Former Assistant Administrator, NOAA Satellite and Information Service
• ​Bill Hohenstein, Former Director, USDA Office of Energy and Environmental Policy
• ​Christa Peters-Lidard, Former Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• ​Tim Stryker, Former Director, U.S. Group on Earth Observations, OSTP; Former Chief, Outreach and Collaboration Branch, USGS National Land Imaging Program

​1:15 PM | How Political Leaders Connect Climate and Environmental Data to Action

• ​Daniel Bresette, President, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
• ​Hannah Safford, Associate Director for Climate and Environment, Federation of American Scientists
• ​Kate Konschnik, Democratic Chief Counsel, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

​2:00 PM | Building Resilient Data Systems Beyond Federal Government

• ​Leanne Spaulding, Resilience and Data Lead, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
• ​Suzanne Dorsey, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
• ​Puneet Kollipara, Data Translation and Outreach Lead for HIFLD Next, Fulton Ring
• ​Mikel Maron, Product and Operations Lead, Earth Genome; Vice Board Chair, The Commons
• ​Betsy Hnath, Deputy Executive Director, RISE Resilience Innovations

​3:00 PM | Building Toward Connectivity: The Technical Choices That Get Us There

• ​Jonathan Gilmour, Co-Executive Director, The Impact Project
• ​Annmarie Eldering, Senior Fellow, Data Foundation
• ​Sarah Craft, COO & Head of Partnerships, JustAir
• John Dawes, Executive Director and Co-founder, The Commons
• Sarah Cooley, Executive Director, Earth Science Information Partners

Co-organizers