The U.S. Pacific Northwest shares some of its challenges—like those related to aquatic ecosystems, forest management, and community health—with other communities around the world. Learn about women-led innovations poised to address these challenges during The Innovation Station: Pacific Northwest, a virtual event on September 23, 2021, from 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time. Audience members will meet U.S. and international innovators who are developing game-changing, translatable solutions that are turning these challenges into opportunities.

Through The Innovation Station, the Secretary's Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) at the U.S. Department of State amplifies women innovators developing solutions to climate-related challenges and builds relationships between those innovators and communities that could benefit from their work.

AGENDA
1:00 PM ET – Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Aubrey Paris, Gender, Climate & Innovation Policy Advisor, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State (Moderator)

1:10 – Innovations in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Erin Ashe, Co-Founder, Executive Director & Scientist, Oceans Initiative

• Sarah Hameed, Blue Parks Director and Senior Scientist, Marine Conservation Institute

1:40 – Innovations in Forest Management

• Laura Lynes, President, The Resilience Institute

• Amanda Parrish, Executive Director, The Lands Council

• Caryn Bosson, Advisor, The C.R.E.W.'s Green Valley Project

2:25 – Innovations in Community Health

• Amanda Martin North, Executive Director, Center for Rural Health Innovation

• Ruth Verhey, International Lead, Friendship Bench

2:55 – Adjournment