Climate change is affecting everyone. And it will take everybody working together to develop meaningful solutions!
Come spend a day of active learning with climate change and health equity thought leaders, University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park faculty and students, and local climate nonprofit and community groups.
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Registration: 8:30 a.m., Conference: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
4 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 2nd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Why You Should Attend:
Learn: Gain insights from climate leaders working across disciplines.
Collaborate: Connect with university colleagues and community organizations dedicated to climate, health equity, and environmental justice.
Act: Engage in discussions that will lead to action-oriented solutions and join community groups making a difference now.
Lunchtime Keynote Speaker:
Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman, the 34th Comptroller of Maryland
Comptroller Lierman is the first woman to be independently elected to one of our state's constitutional offices. She is an attorney by training, practicing as a civil rights and disability rights lawyer for many years, and prior to her election as Comptroller, she served for eight years as a member of the House of Delegates representing part of Baltimore City. Her talk will focus a report that outlines the categories and types of costs associated with climate change, followed by an examination of the costs of both action and inaction on climate change and its impacts.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9 - 9:15 | Welcome Snehal Patel, MD, MHS |
| 9:15 -10:15 | Too Hot to Handle: Health, Heat, and Climate Standards Moderator: Karin Russ, JD, MS, RN
|
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Federal Climate Science and Law Update: Looking Ahead Moderator: Timothy Canty, PhD
|
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Break |
| 11:45 a.m. - noon | Patrick O’Shea, PhD, MS, Vice President for Research University of Maryland Baltimore and College Park |
| noon - 12:30 p.m. |
Keynote: “The Cost of Climate Change” Brooke Lierman, Esq., Comptroller of Maryland |
| 12:30 - 1 p.m. | Lunch and Visit with Community Organizations |
| 1 - 2 p.m. |
UMB Provost's Climate Health and Resilience Summer Student Interns' Project Presentations Moderator: Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD
|
| 2 - 2:45 | Break and Visit with Community Organizations |
| 2:45 - 3:50 |
Maryland Climate Law and Advocacy Moderator: Bill Piermattei, JD
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| 3:50 - 4 |
Closing: Innovation in Maryland Dean Kenneth Wong, PhD |
UMB's Office of Sustainability Swap Party is occurring on the 1st floor from noon - 4 p.m. and is open to community members, faculty, staff, and students.