This event brings together some of the world's top experts on managed retreat to share lessons learned with an international audience. It focuses on practical lessons for managed retreat as a tool for climate change adaptation. Speakers and panelists will share their insights about the opportunities and challenges faced in making practical, equitable, and cost-effective retreat projects happen worldwide, including sites in Japan, North America, Australia, and throughout the Global South.

Agenda

1:00 - 1:10 PM: Opening Remarks

• Dr. Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Mr. Tomoaki Ishigaki, Minister, Embassy of Japan

1:10 - 2:20 PM: Keynote Speakers

• Nicholas Pinter: Managed Retreat in North America
• Mikio Ishiwatari: Managed Retreat and Tsunami Recovery in Japan
• Idowu Ajibade: Managed Retreat in the Global South

2:30 - 4:15 PM: Panel Discussion

Moderated by Rebecca Hersher, NPR Science Correspondent

• David Casagrande, Director of Environmental Studies, Lehigh University
• Charles Setchell, Senior Shelter, Settlements, and Hazard Mitigation Advisor, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
• Susan Durden, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources
• Jamie Simmonds, former Relocation Manager for Grantham, Australia

4:15 - 5:30 PM: Reception

This event is a collaboration between the University of California at Davis, The Japan Center for Global Partnership, and the National Academies Resilient America Program.

This is a HYBRID event: you may attend online or in person (please choose at time of registration). In-person attendees will be asked to adhere to District of Columbia regulations.