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 |
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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. |
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: | |
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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: | |
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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: | |
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3:50 pm | Wrap-Up; Committee’s Next Steps |
Anthony Bebbington, Committee Member | |
4:00 pm | Adjourn |
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