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Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships (2021)

Chapter: Appendix B: Webinar Agenda

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Webinar Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26070.

Appendix B

Webinar Agenda

Binational Consensus Study on Sustainability Partnerships in the
U.S.–Mexico Drylands Region

VIRTUAL PUBLIC SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABILITY
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE U.S.–MEXICO DRYLANDS REGION

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
12 pm–4 pm

Simultaneous translation available in English and Spanish

AMPLIFYING VISIBILITY

12:00 pm	Welcome and Introduction
	José Luis Morán, President, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias Toby Warden, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) Director
	Jordyn White, Consensus Study Director
	Christopher Scott, Consensus Study Chair
12:20 pm	Overview of the Seminar and the Committee’s Work to Date Christopher Scott, Chair
	Natalia Martínez Tagüeña, Committee Member
	A brief recap of the goal of the consensus study, including the committee’s definition of binational partnership, laying out expectations for today’s event and how it will contribute to the final report.

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12:40 pm	A Look at the Landscape of Current Partnerships
	Moderator – Exequiel Rolón, Committee Member
	Discussants –
	Andy Carey, Border Philanthropy Partnership
	Irasema Coronado, Arizona State University
	Zachary Hernandez, San Diego Association of Governments
	Discussants will be asked to address:
	Based on the committee’s understanding of binational partnerships, outlined in the past sessions, please comment on how your initiative:
	engages with and involves organizations from Mexico and the U.S. is connected formally or informally around key sustainability challenges explores existing gaps and opportunities within these partnerships.
1:40 pm	Break
1:50 pm	Stakeholders’ Approach to Successful Partnerships
	Moderator – Alma Cota de Yanez, Committee Member
	Discussants –
	Benjamin Wilder, Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers (N-Gen)
	Trevor Hare, Watershed Management Group
	Yoselin Cárdenas, Consejo Empresarial Nogales, A.C.
	James Callegary, U.S. Geological Survey
	Discussants will be asked to describe and characterize:
	ways in which partners communicate with each other and their audiences, including in the COVID-19 pandemic systematic approaches you follow to address new opportunities for consolidation or expansion of your partnerships the use data and scientific evidence to support decision-making.

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2:50 pm	Breaking the Silos: Challenges to Successful Partnerships
	Moderator – Hallie Eakin, Committee Member
	Discussants –
	Gabriela Múñoz Meléndez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
	Blake Gentry, Policy Advisor - Lideres Tradicionales de O’odham en Mexico
	Octaviana Valenzuela Trujillo, Northern Arizona University
	Gabriel Armenta, Índex Nogales. Asociación de Maquiladoras de Sonora, A.C
	Discussants will be asked to describe and characterize:
	how you identify obstacles in cross-country and cross-sector collaboration (visibility, organizational sizes, and structures, domestic and international regulation, trust, etc.) systematic approaches you follow to address challenges for your partnership activities, including in the COVID-19 pandemic.
3:50 pm	Wrap-Up; Committee’s Next Steps
3:50 pm	Anthony Bebbington, Committee Member
4:00 pm	Adjourn