2024 Annual Florida Climate Conference: Climate & Human Health
November 14, 2024 @ 8:15AM — November 15, 2024 @ 1:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
University of South Florida - Sarasota-Manatee Campus in the Selby Auditorium: 8350 N Tamiami Trail Sarasota, Florida 34243 Get Directions
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Thu, Nov 14, 8:15am-2:30pm - Fri. Nov 15, 8:00am-12:30pm
Join us as the Climate Adaptation Center's CEO Bob Bunting and 21 world class speakers, including Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Adviser of the US Federal Reserve Bank, CEO of the CDC Foundation and the President, American Board of Pediatrics, as they take the stage for an interactive experience to equip attendees with the knowledge and tools to tackle the growing challenges of climate warming’s impact on health AND what to do about it! This conference is for people who want to increase their knowledge so they can use it to make better decisions. It matters if you're deciding for your family, your company, your government or your own philanthropy. Better decisions means better results. Human health impacts from a warming climate will be one of our area's largest challenges. The more we know, the more we can prepare. The more we prepare, the lower the negative impact.
Come join our all-star speakers to understand how climate warming is and will continue to affect the human BODY and the MIND and what we need to do about it!
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DAY 1 – Thursday, November 14: Climate Warming and the Human Body
8:15 a.m. Check-in and coffee/refreshments
8:35 a.m. Welcome - Bob Bunting, CEO and Chairman, CAC and Dr. Karen Holbrook, Chancellor, University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee
8:40 a.m. Introduction of sponsors, dignitaries, guests and Day 1 moderator - Bob Bunting
8:50 a.m. Opening Framing Comments - Moderator Day 1, David Kotok, Chief Investment Officer, Cumberland Advisors
9:00 a.m. SESSION 1: “The Heat Is On!” - Moderator Bob Bunting
9:05 a.m. Presentation 1/Keynote: The Science of Heat - Bob Bunting
9:25 a.m. Presentation 2: A Medical Perspective on Increasing Heat Health Issues - Dr. Eugene Fu, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
9:50 a.m. Presentation 3: Preemptive Planning to Thwart Excessive Impacts from A Warming Climate - Ankush K. Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM, DipABLM, MCFLC, Internal and Lifestyle Medicine Certified Physician
10:15 a.m. Audience Q & A
10:25 a.m. Break/Refreshments
10:40 a.m. SESSION 2: Climate and Diseases - Moderator, Teri Hansen, President and CEO, Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
10:45 a.m. Presentation 4: Climate and Infectious Disease - Ric Kearbey, Senior Scientist, CAC
11:10 a.m. Presentation 5: A Medical Perspective of Infectious Disease Impacts
Part 1: Effect of Climate on Human Health, specifically in the field of Head & Neck (ENT) - Dr. Jack Wazen, Director of Research, Ear Research Foundation and Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Florida State University
Part 2: Emphasis on Infectious Disease - Dr. Kathryn Lago, Board Certified Physician, Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease
Noon Audience Q & A
12:10 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Presentation 6: The Ultimate Adaptation, The Climate Doctors Are Coming - Madison Miracle, Emergency Medicine Physician, Orlando, Florida
1:25 p.m. Audience Q & A
1:30 p.m. SESSION 3: Climate and Air Quality – Moderator, Dr. Kirk Voelker,
Assistant Clinical Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine and Medical Director, Clinical Research, Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1:35 p.m. Presentation 7/Keynote: Climate and Air Quality: The Science - Dr. Stu Waterman, Senior Scientist and Chief Technology Officer, CAC
2:00 p.m. Presentation 8: How Medical Impacts from Air Quality May Evolve
In the Decades Ahead – Dr. Kirk Voelker
2:25 p.m. Presentation 9: Preemptive Planning to Thwart Air Quality Impacts from a Warming Climate – Dr. Cheryl Holder - Executive Director, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action
2:50 p.m. Audience Q & A
3:00 p.m. Daily Wrap-up - David Kotok and Bob Bunting
3:10 p.m. Adjourn
DAY 2 – November 15, 2024: Climate Warming and the Human Mind
8:00 a.m. Check-in & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions - Bob Bunting
Introduction of Day 2 Moderator - Anand Pallegar, Founder, DreamLarge and CEO/Owner, Sarasota Magazine
8:35 a.m. SESSION 4: Climate and Mental Health - Moderator, Jennifer Rominiecki, President and CEO, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
8:40 a.m. Presentation 1: The Evolving Impacts from Climate Warming on Mental Health - Ric Kearbey, Senior Scientist, CAC
9:05 a.m. Presentation 2/Keynote: Psychological/Psychiatric Issues from Climate Heating - Dr. Robinder Bhangoo, Medical Director, Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program, Cornell Behavioral Health Pavilion, Sarasota Memorial Hospital
9:30 a.m. Panel: The Needed Evolution of Health and Mental Health Infrastructure to Meet Patient Needs in the Age of Climate Warming - Dr. Jack Wazen, Dr. Robinder Bhangoo, Dr. Cheryl Holder
9:55 a.m. Audience Q & A
10:05 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. Introduction of Keynote speaker, Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO, CDC Foundation – Bob Bunting
10:25 a.m. Special Presentation 3/Keynote: Preparing for Expected Medical Impacts from a Warming Climate, National to Local - Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO, CDC Foundation
10:50 a.m. Audience Q & A
11:00 a.m. SESSION 5:Climate and Migration - Moderator Elizabeth Moore, Director and Founding Member, CAC
11:05 a.m. Presentation 4: Perspectives from a Climate Scientist, Businessman and Academic - Bob Bunting
11:30 a.m. Presentation 5: Climate Driven Migration, The Medical Impacts - Dr. Jody McBrien, Professor, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
11:55 a.m. Presentation 6/Keynote: Thoughts on How the Southeast US Must Prepare for Climate Migration Shifts – David Altig, Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Adviser, US Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta
12:25 p.m. Audience Q & A
12:35 p.m. Wrap-up Day 2 and Closing Remarks - Anand Pallegar,
Dr. Karen Holbrook and Bob Bunting
12: 50 p.m. Adjourn
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