UCLA Sustainability

Rock Art East of the Range of Light: One Piece of a Global Puzzle
2023-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
With David Lee, Western Rock Art Research & former WMRC Staff.
The Owens Valley is home to the Paiute people and their ancestors, who arrived here many thousands of years ago. This landscape is rich with traces of their lives. Most visible are the amazing and intriguing petroglyphs and pictographs, a literal history book for these peoples, and much more. Documentation is the first step in developing management strategies to protect these inspiring and unique sites. This lecture will present information gathered from over twenty years of documentation in the Eastern Sierra region and throughout the American west. This will be compared to information gathered during ten field-seasons of documentation and research in the Northern Territory of Australia. Registration required via Zoom. This talk will be recorded. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-02-28 22:00, 2023-03-02 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students, and is also looking for volunteers to help run these events (sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11skt8Eys4hfeP4IKQFncG4Ct8ECivES6bjPjAfu20qE/edit#gid=1001346100 — UCLA email login required). If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist is full, hang tight. Bruin Dine will release more volunteer dates in the weeks to come, and also asks that volunteers arrive at their meeting location at 9 pm before the event begins. More details about your shift will be confirmed with you via email and text. If you also know of anyone who is in need of food, please send them the details to this event! Attendees must also bring their own containers and utensils! We’re excited to see our project come to life, and we would love it if you could all join us!

Winter 2023 Labor Speaker Series (+ Reception) | “Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA” Book Talk
2023-03-01 15:30 - 18:00 | Online and 10383 Bunche Hall, 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join Nadia Y. Kim, Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount, for a conversation about her book that examines race, class, gender, and citizenship with respect to the growing social phenomenon of marginalized and unauthorized immigrants – especially women and youth. The hybrid event will be held on March 1, 2023, from 3:30-5 PM with a reception held after the event from 5-6 PM.
“Refusing Death” examines race, class, gender and citizenship with respect to the growing social phenomenon of marginalized and unauthorized immigrants – especially women and youth – making political inroads by way of grassroots activism, at times, sidestepping the need for formal political channels. By way of nearly four years of ethnographic observation, in-depth interviews, and documents analysis of Asian American and Latin@ environmental justice activism in the industrial-port belt of Los Angeles, she finds that these mostly female immigrant activists view their work as much more than an effort to spare their children’s lungs from the gray plumes of cargo ships and oil refineries; they are also redefining notions of politics, community, and citizenship in the face of America’s nativist racism and its system of class injustice, defined by disproportionate pollution and neglected schools, surveillance/deportation, and political marginalization.
By inventively dovetailing all of these dimensions, the women show that they are highly conscious of how environmental and educational harms are an assault on their bodies and emotions; hence, they center embodied and affective strategies to uniquely challenge the neoliberal state’s neglect and betrayal and, ultimately, to refuse death.
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RSVP for reception HERE

Electric Vehicles: Can They Deliver on Their Promise?
2023-03-01 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Please join the League of Women Voters of Piedmont on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. to hear Dr. Dan Sperling talk about the impact of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on carbon reduction in California. Learn about what it will take for EVs to make a measurable difference in greenhouse gas reduction.
Register for free to receive an email with the Zoom link.
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UCLA March 1st Thursdays - Farmers Market & Block Party: Game On | American Red Cross
2023-03-02 12:00 - 22:00 | Westwood Village Broxton Ave, 1031 Broxton Avenue , CA 90024, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join us on Broxton Ave. every first Thursday to connect with each other, celebrate the moment, enjoy tasty food and free entertainment! UCLA First Thursdays has two parts: daytime activations at the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and evening block parties with different thematic experiences.
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Westwood Village Farmers’ Market
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
American Red Cross at UCLA | March 2, 2023
Join us in celebrating Red Cross Month with the American Red Cross at UCLA. Learn CPR from trained instructors, spin the “Disasters Preparedness Trivia” wheel and put your knowledge to the test!
Evening Block Party
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Game On | March 2, 2023
Don’t wait for spring break to take a break! Campus and community are invited to join us in Westwood Village on Mar. 2, for “Game On!” Celebrating UCLA Athletics, this edition of UCLA First Thursdays will feature a tailgate party-inspired promenade along Broxton Ave. with activities, face painting, food carts/trucks, and games lining the street. Inspired by spring training, the Broxton Lot will be filled with sports-themed activities, challenges, entertainment, photo moments, prizes, special appearances, and more! RSVP for free admission—and be sure to put on your best Bruin gear and show your UCLA spirit!

Clothing Swap w/ USAC FAC Bruin Bazaar & Student Vendor: Charming x Garden
2023-03-03 11:00 - 15:00 | Bruin Plaza, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
A clothing swap is a type of swap meet wherein participants exchange their valued but no longer used clothing for clothing they will use. It is an opportunity to revamp your wardrobe by exchanging your old clothing pieces for new ones!
This event – co-hosted by Good Clothes Good People and Bruin Bazaar – is a collaboration with CharmingXGarden, a student vendor known for selling handmade keychains and earrings! While you’re picking out new clothes, browse through some of her adorable designs!

After the Green New Deal
2023-03-03 13:00 - 15:00 | UCLA Perloff Hall, DeCafe, 365 Portola Plaza, Room 1302, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join UCLA AUD’s Critical Studies program for a symposium on the changes and research that have proliferated from the Green New Deal. Join in on the conversations with Kate Aronoff, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Billy Fleming.
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Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden Mulch Workshop
2023-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 | jane b semel Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, 111 Easton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Join the jane b semel HCI Community Garden in its third workshop of the quarter with UC Master Gardeners! The Mulch Workshop will be taught by UCLA’s Master Gardener Dr. James Bassett! Learn about the benefits, how-tos, and and dirty details of mulching! Plotholders are highly encouraged to attend this workshop! There will be FREE MULCH to all plotholders to apply to their plots under the guidance of our resident UC Master Gardener and the experienced garden team.
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Hygiene Refill Station
2023-03-06 12:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-07 12:00 - 15:00 | Bruin Walk, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
There will be a variety of products out, including shampoo, dish soap, and so many more! Everything is free!
Students are welcome to bring their empty bottles to refill with hygiene products they need such as shampoo, body lotion, hair conditioner, and more.

Electrifying for EJ: Instagram Live with Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America
2023-03-07 09:45 - 10:45 | Online
Join Just Solutions Collective for an IG Live with Jamal Lewis, Director of Policy Partnerships & Equitable Electrification at Rewiring America! They’ll be chatting about electrification, what it looks like, and the implications for environmental justice and BIPOC-frontline communities.
Instagram account for livestream: @justsolutions_org

Grand Rounds in Population and Public Health: Reducing the Health Care Carbon
2023-03-07 11:45 - 13:15 | HYBRID: USC Zilka Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI), Herkoltz Room 111, and Zoom, 1501 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, United States
The Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, and the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center present guest speaker Jodi Sherman, MD, with a talk titled:
“Balancing Patient Safety and Pollution Prevention: Sustainable, Equitable Health Care”
Jodi Sherman, MD, is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology of the Yale School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences, and founding director of the Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability in the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health. Dr. Sherman also serves as the Medical Director of Sustainability for Yale-New Haven Health System.
Dr. Sherman is an internationally recognized researcher in the emerging field of sustainability in clinical care. Her research interest is in life cycle assessment (LCA) of environmental emissions, human health impacts, and economic impacts of drugs, devices, clinical care pathways, and health systems.
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Lunch will be served for in-person attendees following the event.
Welcome remarks by Flora L. Thornton Chair Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
Moderator:
Rob McConnell, MD
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Keck School of Medicine
Panelists:
Najmedin Meshkati, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering
Arash Motamed, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology (Clinician Educator)
Medical Director of Keck Hospital Main OR Anesthesia Inpatient Service
Keck School of Medicine
Bhavna Sharma, PhD
Assistant Professor of Architecture
USC School of Architecture

Webinar - Opportunities for Enhanced Near-term U.S.-China Climate Action: The Food System
2023-03-07 17:00 - 18:15 | Online
Registration is free, but required. REGISTER HERE.
The food system contributes about 34% of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with China and the United States as the first and third largest emitters, respectively. Among the greatest opportunities for emissions reductions in the food system are reducing and repurposing food loss and waste, along with improvements in fertilizer use efficiency. Join to hear from issue-experts on how the U.S. and China can tackle emissions, while concurrently improving soil and human health, meeting global food demand and achieving sustainable development goals.
Agenda
5:00 p.m. Discussion is opened by Moderator, Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Wilson Center
5:05 p.m. Reducing Food Waste and Fertilizer GHG Emissions in the U.S.

Professor Whendee Silver, UC Berkeley

5:15 p.m. Reducing Food Waste and Fertilizer GHG Emissions in China

Hu Min, Principal and Co-Founder, Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP)

5:25 p.m. Challenges and Opportunities of Converting Food Waste to Fertilizer in US and China

Professor Karen Mancl, Ohio State University

5:35 p.m. Moderated Audience Question and Answer
6:05 p.m. Speaker Closing Remarks
This meeting is co-sponsored by the California-China Climate Institute and the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum.

White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Solutions
2023-03-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the University of Washington (UW) will convene U.S. Government officials with climate, sustainability, and resilience leaders and educators from colleges and universities across the country for a virtual forum. These stakeholders will showcase how innovative ideas and actions can advance climate change efforts on college campuses while benefitting the surrounding communities and beyond. The discussions will include:
Making campuses more sustainable and resilient, including pathways to demonstrating net-zero emissions;
Ensuring that students have the knowledge and skills to lead in the clean industries of tomorrow and to plan, deploy, and maintain the climate-smart infrastructure needed;
Providing climate information services to states, municipalities, and indigenous communities; and
Serving as proving grounds for new climate solutions and strategies to bring them into the innovation ecosystem.
Speakers Include:
Sally Benson — Deputy Director for Energy and Chief Strategist for the Energy Transition, OSTP
Maya Tolstoy — Dean, College of the Environment, University of Washington
Alexandra Isern — Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation
Laura Petes — Chief of Staff for Climate and Environment and Assistant Director for Climate Resilience, OSTP
Please REGISTER HERE to join virtually.
A full agenda is available here.

Net Zero Accelerator Info Session
2023-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
The application for the 2023 Net Zero Accelerator is now live!
Come learn more about our one-of-a-kind program, first launched in 2019, which is focused on piloting net zero (carbon, energy, water, and waste) solutions in the built environment.
You can learn more about the NZA at NetZeroAccelerator.org.
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Building Electrification – Stories from the Home Front
2023-03-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
This webinar will explore the barriers and opportunities to electrifying California’s homes and buildings from those with firsthand experience — contractors, homeowners, and property owners. With a focus on lower-income residents and economically-challenged businesses, we will address both political and financial solutions that can help the state transition to clean, healthy homes and buildings.
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Coastal Justice Lab - Public Launch
2023-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 | HYBRID: UCI Law | EDU 1111 and Zoom, 401 E Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Coastal regions, including public trust lands, are of unique importance to environmental and climate policy, infrastructure development and ecosystem management. They also raise unique challenges for disadvantaged communities, including those who live and work along the “Hidden Coast” – low-lying lands and non-oceanfront tidal and estuarine zones that account for 80% of the national shoreline.
The Coastal Justice Lab is a joint program led by Azul, a Latinx-led and -serving environmental justice organization focused on coastal and marine conservation, and the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources at UCI Law. The Coastal Justice Lab is unique among efforts to advance environmental justice in coastal regions. It focuses on legal and interdisciplinary research to ensure that the work of federal, state, and local agencies, planning and regulatory proceedings, and compliance and enforcement initiatives advance principles of environmental justice and community involvement and ownership. The Coastal Justice Lab’s work includes policy proposals, draft legislation, convening reports, facilitated dialogues and peer-reviewed research to support ongoing community and agency initiatives.
Speakers include:
Emma Cervantes, California Sea Grant Law and Policy Fellow, California State Lands Commission
Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, Founder and Executive Director, Azul
Gregg Macey, Associate Director for Environmental Justice, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources, UCI Law
Yessica Ramirez, Environmental Justice Liaison, California State Lands Commission
Sumi Selvaraj, Environmental Justice Manager, California Coastal Commission
Noaki Schwartz, Deputy Director of Communications, Environmental Justice, and Tribal Affairs, California Coastal Commission
REGISTER HERE | Zoom webinar available for remote participation (link sent with registration confirmation).

Reimagining Rights in the Americas Conference - Keynote by E. Tendayi Achiume & Closing Reception
2023-03-10 16:00 - 18:30 | UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Laureate Room, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Reimagining Rights in the Americas Conference is ten days of activities arranged around a historic first for UCLA: hosting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IAHCR) Period of Sessions.
Tendayi Achiume is the Alicia Miñana Chair in Law at UCLA School of Law and former faculty director of the Promise Institute. She recently finished her period as UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
A human rights scholar and influential leader at the intersection of human rights and racial justice, Professor Achiume will speak on Climate Justice and Climate Reparations from a Racial Justice Perspective. She will be joined by IACHR Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay for a perspective from the Inter-American Commission.
The closing reception at 5:45pm will take place in the Luskin Courtyard South.
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Lydia Kallipoliti, "The Power of S**t"
2023-03-13 18:30 - 20:00
Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer, and scholar, and is Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Her research focuses on the intersections of architecture, technology and environmental politics and more particularly on recycling material experiments, theories of waste and reuse, as well as closed and self-reliant systems and urban environments.

Webinar - Methane Webinar Series: Reducing Methane Emissions from the Solid Waste Sector
2023-03-14 17:00 - 18:15 | Online
Registration is free, but required to attend. REGISTER HERE.
Today, the solid waste landfills sector accounts for 20% of global methane emissions, and is the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States. Additionally, it is anticipated that the total generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) will increase by 70% by 2050 as a result of a growing population. This increase in waste generation has the potential to drive a proportionate increase in landfill gas (LFG), which is primarily methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) — the two greatest contributors to global warming.
As two large economies, China and California are now taking actions to reduce methane emissions from the solid waste sector. Since different policies and technologies are adopted in the two jurisdictions, both sides can share lessons-learned and experiences with one another. Join us to hear from issue-experts on these topics, including about the launch of a new California-China Climate Institute report which focuses on lessons-learned from California.
Agenda
5:00 PT Discussion is Opened by Moderator, Ken Alex, Director, Project Climate, Center for Law, Energy, and Environment, UC Berkeley
5:00 PT Opening remarks

Jiang Lin, Nat Simons Presidential Chair in China Energy Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

5:05 PT Introduction of Waste Methane Report

Rixin Zhu, Methane Policy Fellow, California-China Climate Institute

5:25 PT Commentary and Reactions on Addressing Waste Methane

Matthew Harrison, Manager of the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Policy Section, California Air Resources Board
Dr. Xiao Liu, Project Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

6:00 PT Open Discussion and Audience Q & A
6:20 PT Closing Remarks

Dr. Meian Chen, Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP)

This webinar series is organized by the California-China Climate Institute, in partnership with the Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP). Supported by Climate Imperative and IGSD.

Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-03-14 22:00, 2023-03-16 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bruin Dine is a program serving leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls FREE to all UCLA students, and is also looking for volunteers to help run these events (sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11skt8Eys4hfeP4IKQFncG4Ct8ECivES6bjPjAfu20qE/edit#gid=1001346100 — UCLA email login required).
If the sign-up list is full, please place your name on the waitlist; if the waitlist is full, hang tight. Bruin Dine will release more volunteer dates in the weeks to come, and also asks that volunteers arrive at their meeting location at 9 pm before the event begins. More details about your shift will be confirmed with you via email and text.
If you also know of anyone who is in need of food, please send them the details to this event! Attendees must also bring their own containers and utensils!

How Biohydrogen Can Help Fight Climate Change
2023-03-15 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
Hydrogen, particularly green hydrogen produced from water electrolysis using renewable electricity, has received the lion’s share of attention due to its essential role in helping the world reach net-zero emissions by 2050. By comparison, little attention has been paid to biohydrogen (Bio-H2), a type of hydrogen produced from organic waste streams (e.g., agricultural waste).
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs to discuss key findings from its latest report on hydrogen, The Potential Role of Biohydrogen in the Net-Zero World: The Production and Applications of Carbon-Negative Hydrogen. The report explores the current state of play for Bio-H2 and its potential contribution to decarbonization efforts by examining its production options, carbon footprint, cost, potential applications, and policy options.
Moderator:

Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA

Panelists:

Emanuele Bianco, Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency
Zhiyuan Fan, Ph.D. student and Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
Doris Fujii, Head of Hydrogen and CCUS Analysis, bp
Yushan Lou, Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA

This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required.
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Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded, and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.

Engineering Jobs Across Climate
2023-03-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Online
Meet innovative companies hiring software engineers across industries.
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Visions of Reproductive Justice Series: Perspectives on Climate Justice, Public Health, and Reproductive Justice
2023-03-15 12:15 - 13:30 | Online
Join the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy for a virtual discussion about the intersection of climate change and reproductive justice.
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UCLA Farmers Market
2023-03-15 14:00 - 18:00 | Bruin Plaza, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Biweekly market (last market of the quarter) with fresh produce and local farmers in Bruin Plaza!

Webinar: Carbon Capture and Storage and What it Means for Environmental Justice
2023-03-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Join Just Solutions Collective in a webinar to explore precisely what carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is and how the technology works. CCS is often purported as a just environmental solution, aiming to reduce the levels of decades of carbon emissions in the earth’s atmosphere. However, many environmental and climate justice advocates point to the harmful impacts CCS technologies have on our communities.
Speakers will also discuss how CCS fits into the current landscape of federal funding opportunities and what EJ communities can expect with increased support for this technology. Lastly, they will examine if we can save the planet without CCS and what options are available as potential alternatives to this solution.
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Innovative approaches for building disaster and climate change resilient communities
2023-03-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The University of the West Indies through the Office of Global Affairs, together with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and the Clara Lionel Foundation will host a webinar themed, Innovative approaches for building disaster and climate change resilient communities.
Join the conversation via Zoom on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at bit.ly/CaribbeanResilienceWebinar
This webinar seeks to capture some of the best Caribbean-based practices and case studies on disaster resilience and climate change adaptation.
Expert panellists will present innovative strategies and processes that have been adopted and produced encouraging results.
Opening Remarks
Marilyn Raphael, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Keynote Speaker
Krystle Francis
Program Manager, Climate Resilience Initiative Clara Lionel Foundation
Panelists
Dr. Stephen Commins
Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning, and Associate Director for Global Public Affairs Luskin School, UCLA
Dr. Therese Ferguson-Murray
Deputy Dean and Senior Lecturer, School of Education, The UWI, Mona Campus
Ms. Marissa McMillan
Watershed Planner, Trinidad and Tobago Water and Sewerage Authority

UCLA Anderson Energy Innovation Conference - Decarbonizing the Future
2023-03-17 09:30 - 18:00 | Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
RSVP required | UCLA Anderson’s Energy and Cleantech Association is thrilled to host the annual Energy Innovation Conference on Friday, March 17. This year’s theme is “Decarbonizing the Future.” The event will feature panels on electric mobility, carbon management, cleantech finance and women’s representation in the industry. Professionals and MBA students will learn from leaders and subject matter experts and engage in discussion about career development in cleantech.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
The expert panels will be followed by a networking happy hour.
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