2018 Local Solutions: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference

Registration is now open.  Use the links on the left to register for the conference and book your hotel room.

Antioch University New England and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are hosting the 2018 Local Solutions: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference on April 30, May 1 and May 2nd 2018 at The Manchester Downtown Hotel in Manchester, NH.

The 2018 LOCAL SOLUTIONS: Eastern Climate Preparedness Conference will bring together local government decision-makers and other regionally and community-based participants in learning how to prepare for climate change impacts in their communities. The conference takes place April 30 to May 2, 2018, in Manchester, New Hampshire, and is convened by Antioch University New England, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). If you would like to attend, please go to http://www.communityresilience-center.org/conferences/local-solutions-conference-2018/

We invite poster presentations based on applied research supporting the conference’s four tracks: built environment; public health and green space; planning and process; and communication, leadership, and engagement. An award of $300 will go to the best submission. Criteria for submission include:

Eligibility: Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada.
Content: 200 words max highlighting research objectives and important findings and 200 words max describing how submission is relevant to the conference’s themes;
Format: Posters should be a minimum 22″x 28″ that can be attached to standing dividers. Poster must be printed by the presenter.
Registration: Presenters must register for the conference. Student rate is $135.
Attendance: Presenters must be at their posters and available to speak about their research during the poster session on Tuesday, May 1, from 3:30pm to 6:00pm.

Please submit proposals online by February 20, 2018.

Thanks to the engagement of more than 500 participants from Washington, D.C. to Maine, the first Local Solutions conference in May 2014 in Manchester NH was a great success. Our second conference in April 2016 in Baltimore MD continued to draw participants across the eastern U.S. to successfully deliver interactive capacity building sessions on all aspects of preparing for severe weather and climate change impacts in the United States. See our Conferences page for more information on the past two conferences.

For this third conference, we will cover a range of climate preparedness and resiliency issues such as: sea level rise, urban heat, and both coastal and inland flooding issues. The conference is geared for small government planners and decision-makers striving to create healthy resilient communities that are better able to handle severe weather and climate impacts. The current methodologies, protocols and policies inherent in planning and budgeting at the community level are not always adequate for the recent onslaught of climate impacts. This conference guides local government planners on how to make climate resilience an aspect of their daily operations. The conference will be organized with the help of a diverse and dedicated Steering Committee, which will include members from state and federal agencies, non-profits and academic institutions from around the eastern United States.