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SUMMARY:2025 Rising Together: The Bay Adapt Summit
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Tickets for the afternoon summit sold out quickly. Grab the last tickets to attend the evening reception where we will honor the three Bay Adapt Award winners! \nCelebrate sea level adaptation at the 2025 Rising Together: The Bay Adapt Summit\, a unique climate change adaptation conference\, presented by BCDC\, in partnership with the Exploratorium and Greenbelt. \nGRAB LAST TICKETS \nFor the second consecutive year\, this dynamic and immersive gathering brings together climate practitioners\, scientists\, advocates\, and community members to celebrate regional progress on sea level rise adaptation and highlight the latest on-the-ground actions taking place across our neighborhoods. From unique field trips at iconic shoreline locations to engaging sessions and panels\, the Bay Adapt Summit combines cutting-edge knowledge with the latest stories about what’s happening on the ground. \nAs part of the Summit\, the Bay Adapt Awards recognize individuals who are leading the way with exemplary contributions and innovations addressing the critical challenges of sea level rise. These awards aim not only to celebrate outstanding contributions but also to inspire broader community action in response to the most pressing challenges of our time. \nLearn more about the inspiring awardees by checking our exclusive interviews on the blog: \n\nMeet 2025 Bay Adapt Winner: Jeremy Lowe\nMeet 2025 Bay Adapt Winner: Keta Price\nMeet 2025 Bay Adapt Winner: Luiz Barata\n\n \n\n2025 Rising Together: The Bay Adapt Summit\nFirst\, we will kick off the summit with three different field trip options\, with limited availability\, on Sunday (September 14 ) and Monday (September 15) mornings! Check out more details on the agenda* and make sure you add a field trip to your ticket when you sign up (while tickets last)! \nOn Monday\, we will gather at the iconic Exploratorium for a day of inspiration\, learning\, and collaboration. In the morning\, you can choose between two optional\, simultaneous activities at 10 a.m.: the Solutions Room Speed Dating or Mycelium Youth’s Gaming for Shoreline Justice Workshop. \nFull Program*\n*Program and schedule are subject to change at any given time without prior notice. \nSunday\, September 14\, 2025\nMORNING (SIMULTANEOUS FIELD TRIPS\, OPTIONAL) \n10:00 A.M. –  Field Trip 1: Rising Waters\, Resilient City: Exploring Suisun City’s Shoreline with Sustainable Solano \nExplore how sea level rise\, flooding\, and stormwater shape Suisun City on this interactive waterfront walking tour led by Sustainable Solano. As we walk together along the shoreline\, we’ll discuss the climate challenges facing this unique waterfront community and explore a range of adaptation strategies that could help protect both people and the environment. Participants will learn how the slough interacts with the built landscape\, contributing to both ecological richness and flood risk\, and discover how nature-based solutions can play a vital role in building long-term resilience. \n10:00 A.M. –  Field Trip 2: At the Water’s Edge: The Future of the Canal District with Canal Alliance \nJoin us for a powerful walking tour through the Canal neighborhood in San Rafael\, co-led by community leaders and the Canal Alliance team. We’ll begin at the Canal Alliance headquarters\, where you’ll have the chance to understand and visualize the area’s vulnerabilities and opportunities. From there\, we’ll walk to key locations to witness the threats to homes\, businesses\, evacuation routes\, and other critical infrastructure\, and visit a waterfront site the City is working to transform into a public park and possible pedestrian bridge over the creek. This experience offers not only a look at the challenges facing the community but a window into Canal Alliance’s model of meaningful community engagement and capacity building in action. \nMonday\, September 15\, 2025\nMORNING (SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS\, OPTIONAL) \n10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. – Pre-Summit | Solutions Room Speed Dating (Optional)\n(Fisher Bay Observatory) The Solutions Room is an optional interactive session where cities and community-based organizations can present real-world challenges they’re facing—from technical hurdles to community engagement roadblocks—and receive rapid-fire insights and tailored advice from a panel of expert practitioners. Whether you’re looking for funding strategies\, nature-based design input\, or inclusive planning tools\, this is your chance to get unstuck and move toward solutions. Advance registration is required; if you sign up\, event organizers will reach out to you in advance to learn about the challenge you would like to bring to the session and ensure that the right experts will be there. \n10:00 AM – 12:00 P.M. – Pre-Summit | Mycelium Youth’s Gaming for Shoreline Justice Workshop (Optional) \nLed by: Marcy Brown\, Lead Storyteller & Game Designer\, Mycelium Youth Network \n(Exploratorium Classroom 1) Discover how storytelling and role-playing games can become powerful tools for climate education and community empowerment. In this interactive session\, Mycelium Youth Network will share their groundbreaking Gaming for Justice workshop\, where participants can engage in custom Dungeons & Dragons–style adventures rooted in real-world environmental justice issues. Learn how this innovative program blends STEAM learning\, cultural storytelling\, and collective problem-solving to build climate resilience and inspire the next generation of changemakers. \n10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. – Field trip 3: Augmented Reality Walking Tour -Sea Level Rise at SF Waterfront with the Port of San Francisco \nThis tour is split into two parts: in the first half\, Cal Poly Assistant Professor of Architecture Gabriel Kaprielian will lead us to step into the past and see into the future with an augmented reality walking tour of San Francisco’s evolving waterfront. “Postcards from the Future\, San Francisco 2125” is a guided augmented reality tour along the historic downtown shoreline. It invites the public to explore the past\, present\, and potential future transformations of the city’s shoreline by visualizing place-based changes at six designated locations. In the second half\, Port of San Francisco Senior Planner Luiz Barata will lead a walk around the Ferry Building and discuss the history of the Embarcadero Seawall and how the Port of San Francisco’s Waterfront Resilience Program is planning for a safer and more resilient waterfront. We’ll explore the shoreline together\, spark conversation\, and imagine the future of San Francisco through a new lens. \nAFTERNOON \n1:15 – 1:30 P.M. – Welcome and Check-in\nWhere: Fisher Bay Observatory\n \n\nGregg Castro\, Culture Director\, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone\nLindsay Bierman\, Executive Director and CEO\, Exploratorium\nZack Wasserman\, Chair\, SF BCDC\n\n1:30 P.M. – Session 1: What We Have Accomplished\nWhere: Fisher Bay Observatory\n \nAcross the region\, communities are rising to the challenge of sea level rise with bold\, creative\, and community-centered solutions. This session shines a light on the climate adaptation successes taking root throughout the Bay Area — from shoreline restoration and flood protection projects to community-led planning efforts and innovative policy wins. Join us to celebrate the progress we’ve made\, hear inspiring stories from local leaders\, and recognize the partnerships and perseverance that make these accomplishments possible. It’s a moment to reflect\, uplift\, and recharge for the work ahead. With: \n\nDana Brechwald\, Assistant Planning Director for Climate Adaptation\, SF BCDC\nDr. Kris May\, PhD\, CEO\, Pathways Climate Institute (2024 Bay Adapt Awardee)\nViolet Saena\, Founder and Executive Director\, Climate Resilient Communities (2024 Bay Adapt Awardee)\n\n2:00 – 3:15 P.M. – Breakout Sessions \nChoose among simultaneous sessions happening around the Exploratorium: \n1. Engineering with Nature: Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Dense Urban Areas\nWhere: Fisher Bay Observatory\n \nNature-based solutions hold enormous promise for building climate resilience\, but how do they take root in dense\, urban environments like San Francisco? This panel brings together experts to explore the challenges and opportunities of designing\, permitting\, and implementing green infrastructure and ecological adaptation strategies in the built environment. Drawing from real-world examples across the Bay Area\, panelists will share lessons learned\, emerging best practices\, and what it takes to engineer with nature in cities where space is limited but the need for resilience is urgent.. With \n\nJulie Beagle\, Engineering with Nature Program Manager\, US Army Corps of Engineers\nEmily Corwin\, SF Bay Living Shorelines Collaborative\, San Francisco Estuary Institute\nAndrew Chang\, Ecologist\, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center\nDevyani Jain\, Deputy Program Manager – Environmental\, Port of San Francisco\n\n2. Community Engagement: Building Community Capacity for Meaningful Engagement in Adaptation Planning\nWhere: Classroom 2610\n \nEquitable climate adaptation starts with inclusive\, community-driven processes — but meaningful engagement doesn’t happen by accident. This session explores how local governments and community-based organizations are working together to build the capacity of frontline communities to shape adaptation planning. Through case studies\, conversation\, and interactive activities\, participants will learn strategies that go beyond outreach to foster leadership\, deepen trust\, and ensure that adaptation efforts reflect local priorities. With: \n\nNicole Aguilera\, Community Development Coordinator\, Canal Alliance\nEva Calderon\, Miembro del Consejo de Residentes\, Canal Alliance\nKamille Lang\, Resilient Leadership Manager\, Climate Resilient Communities\nVictorina Arvelo\, Resilience Manager\, Greenbelt Alliance\n\n3. Advancing Permitting for Adaptation Projects\nWhere: Classroom 2006 \nPermitting can be challenging for adaptation projects\, especially those that span jurisdictions\, involve nature-based solutions\, or sit at the edge of land and water. This session dives into efforts to streamline permitting for sea level rise and climate resilience projects\, featuring examples of cross-agency coordination\, regulatory innovation\, and lessons learned from pilot initiatives.  With: \n\nXavier Fernandez\, Planning and TMDL Division Manager\, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board\nMitsuko Grube; Senior Environmental Scientist\, California Department of Fish and Wildlife\nEthan Lavine\, Assistant Regulatory Director for Climate Adaptation\, SF BCDC\nHarriet Lai Ross\, Director of Regulatory Affairs\, SF BCDC\n\n4. Tides of Understanding: Advancing Public Education on Sea Level Rise\nWhere: Learning Commons\n \nAs climate impacts accelerate\, public understanding of sea level rise (SLR) is more urgent than ever. This session celebrates a key milestone: the upcoming adoption of a formal SLR education program by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) as part of the Bay Plan and Special Area Plan—an effort catalyzed in collaboration with the Exploratorium. \nJoin leaders from BCDC\, the Port of San Francisco\, Ninth Root\, and the Exploratorium to discuss how we can deepen awareness\, inspire action\, and ensure that communities across the Bay Area have access to accurate\, accessible\, and engaging climate science. Panelists will share lessons from successful public engagement initiatives\, including the Shoreline Leadership Academy\, and explore how the new initiative can support education efforts across the region. With: \n\nSusan Schwartzenberg\, Senior Artist\, Exploratorium\nEmma Greenbaum\, Project Director\, Exploratorium\nMulika Musyimi\, Civic Science Fellow\, Exploratorium\nPhoenix Armenta\, Senior Manager for Climate Equity and Community Engagement;\nLuiz Barata\, Senior planner and urban designer\, Waterfront Resilience Program at Port of San Francisco (2025 Bay Adapt Awardee)\nShy Walker\, Director of Ninth Root\n\n5. Financing Resilience: Models for Scalable\, Community-Centered Adaptation\nWhere: Kanbar\n \nWith an anticipated nearly $100B funding gap for Bay Area sea level rise adaptation\, and support from Washington at an all-time low\, innovative models for organizing\, funding\, and delivering adaptation are more important than ever. This session explores emerging approaches to funding and financing from across the Bay Area and beyond: resilience districts\, creative financing\, and public-private-community partnerships. Panelists will share real-world examples of how cities and partners are leveraging public\, private\, and philanthropic funds; aligning adaptation goals with infrastructure investments; and ensuring that frontline communities benefit from and help drive these efforts. With: \n\nLen Materman\, CEO\, OneShoreline (San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resilience District)\nNuin-Tara Key\, Executive Director of Programs\, California Forward\nLouise Bedsworth\, Executive Director at the Center for Law\, Energy\, and the Environment\, UC Berkeley\nZach Knight\, Co-founder and CEO\, Blue Forest\nJessica Fain\, Director of Planning\, BCDC\nEric Olson\, Co-founder & Managing Partner\, HeatWve LLC\n\n3:15 – 3:45 P.M. – Break \n3:45 – 4:00 P.M. – Session 2: Keynote Speaker: Alexis Madrigal\n\nHear inspiring words from Alexis Madrigal\, Journalist\, co-host of KQED’s current affairs show\, Forum\, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. \n4:05 – 5:00 P.M. – Session 3: Big Ideas: Where Do We Go From Here? \n(Fisher Bay Observatory) Featuring our Bay Adapt Award winners as judges\, this session is our “Shark Tank” big ideas moment — a chance to hear bold\, creative conceptual ideas for new projects\, campaigns\, or collaborations that could shape the Bay Area’s climate future. Read the ideas at bit.ly/RTBigIDeas \n5:30 – 7:30 P.M. – Bay Adapt Award Ceremony and Reception \nJoin us in honoring our 2025 Bay Adapt Awardees: Luiz Barata\, champion of inclusive waterfront resilience; Keta Price\, transformative leader in community-driven planning; and Jeremy Lowe\, longtime steward and innovator for the bay. Together\, they represent the community-centered leadership driving Bay Area climate resilience. Enjoy drinks\, appetizers\, and wines from Azizam\, our guest climate-adaptive winemaker. \nReception kindly sponsored by the Bay Area Regional Collaborative
URL:https://www.bayadapt.org/event/2025-rising-together-the-bay-adapt-summit/
LOCATION:The Expoloratorium\, Pier 15 Embarcadero at\, Green St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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