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C&NN 2019 International Conference

Welcome! When you select your favorites, please note: Presentations are 75 minutes, Workshops are 2 hours, Walkshops are 2 hours, Trainings are 5 hours.

1:00pm PDT

PRE-CONFERENCE - Introduction to Bird Language Lake Merritt

3:00pm PDT

Registration and Check-in Open Grand Ballroom Atrium

7:00pm PDT

PRE-CONFERENCE - Children, Nature, Cities, Schools La Escuelita Elementary School

7:00am PDT

Registration and Check-in Open Grand Ballroom Atrium

7:25am PDT

Create With Nature Zone West Hall FoyerShaquana Boykin • Zach Pine

7:30am PDT

Networking and Continental Breakfast West Hall

8:20am PDT

The Nature Film Teaser West Hall

8:30am PDT

Conference Overview, Welcome and Acknowledgement of Place West HallSarah Milligan-Toffler • Richard Louv • Libby Schaaf KEYNOTE 1 - The Healing Power of Direct Experience with Nature West HallJoseph Cornell KEYNOTE 2 - Developing Social and Emotional Skills in Young People Through Nature-based Programming West HallKaren J. Pittman KEYNOTE 3 - Nature Embraces All of Our Children. Why Can't We? A Challenge to the Children and Nature Movement to Expand Our Circles of Human Compassion and Concern West HallGail Christopher

10:00am PDT

Network and Visit Exhibits West Hallway

10:15am PDT

OFFSITE - Beyond Buzzwords: How We Take Equitable Steps Forward (75 min session + travel time)FILLING Grand Ballroom AtriumCJ Goulding OFFSITE - Learning in Nature for Early Learners Through the Perspectives of Aboriginal Worldview (75 min session + travel time)LIMITED Grand Ballroom AtriumRick Chan • Meredith Dawson OFFSITE - Deep Nature Connection: Early Childhood Development Through Bird Song (5 hrs + travel time)LIMITED Grand Ballroom AtriumMichelle Lawton • Kathleen Lockyer

10:30am PDT

Greening Schoolyards, Greening Cities: Policy, Sustainable Funding, and Community Engagement to Increase Green Schoolyard Investment (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom A/BMoriah Gelder • Anne-Marie Spencer • Alejandra Chiesa • Danielle Russell • Jody London Home for Future Earth Lovers: Foundations of Nature-connecting Human Habitats (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 1Matteo Giusti Empowering Future Stewards: Empirical Evidence from Youth Participation in the Great Outdoors Colorado Inspire Initiative (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom CRebecca Colbert, PhD Network Leadership (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom ExtensionJane Wei-Skillern • Carolyn Verheyen • Jose Gonzalez Oakland Goes Outdoors - Learn How Other Communities Can Too! (75 min)LIMITED West HallKim Moore Bailey • Francesca Vietor • Mark Triplett • Liza Dadiomov Outdoor Childhoods and Learning: Perspectives from Australia and Northern Europe (75 min)FILLING Grand Ballroom FGriffin Longley • Morten Kromann Nielsen • Karen Wistoft Professional Learning Programs that Prepare Teachers and Students to Save the World (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 4Barbara Vallejo-Doten • Andra Yeghoian Research to Practice: Resources and Playful Activities to Promote Nature Play in School and Families (75 min)FULL Junior Ballroom 2/3Julia Dobner-Pereira • Amy Powers • Anne Stewart Advancing Social & Emotional Learning in Environmental Education (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom G/HKathleen O'Connor • Estrella Risinger Including Under-Represented and Under-Resourced Families in Nature (75 min)FILLING Room 208Heather Kuhlken • Victoria Serna Strategies for Engaging the Corporate Sector in Connecting Children to Nature (75 min)LIMITED Room 210Rebecca Rubin • Lise Aangeenbrug • Martin LeBlanc

12:00pm PDT

Lunch West Hall FIELD TRIP - Bay Area Wilderness Training Gear Library Tour (1.5 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom AtriumTigre Velarde • Gabriel Sul

12:15pm PDT

LUNCH DISCUSSION - "Because I Saw a Snake There": Lasting Impacts of a Nature Excursion on Urban PreschoolersFULL Junior Ballroom 1Ann Rossmiller • Yuchang Yuan LUNCH DISCUSSION - Assessing Connection to NatureFULL Grand Ballroom G/HMartha Monroe • Cathy Jordan LUNCH DISCUSSION - Creating a Toolkit for Grassroots Leaders in the Movement to Connect People to NatureFULL Room 208Heather Kuhlken LUNCH DISCUSSION - Fostering Social and Emotional Development in Young People Through Experiences in NatureFULL Grand Ballroom A/BKaren J. Pittman LUNCH DISCUSSION - Leaning into Risk: Discussion and Ideas on Positive Risk TakingFULL Junior Ballroom 4Vanessa Olivieri LUNCH DISCUSSION - Nature Sketch: How Art in Nature Can Build MindfulnessFULL Grand Ballroom CPeter Ord LUNCH DISCUSSION - The Business of Nature: Helping Support and Grow Sustainable and Impactful Nature-Based BusinessesFULL Junior Ballroom 2/3Tania Moloney

1:15pm PDT

Networking Break

1:25pm PDT

Leveraging SEL Practices for Stronger Outcomes (2 hrs)LIMITED Grand Ballroom G/HKathleen O'Connor • Kate Hagner • Karen J. Pittman • Jimmy Wyman OFFSITE - Beyond the Classroom Walls: How Unrestricted Nature-Based Play Lays the Foundation for Learning (2 hrs + travel time)LIMITED Grand Ballroom AtriumAngela Hanscom • Adam Bienenstock OFFSITE - Nature Connection & Reflection for Children and Adults (2 hrs + travel time)FILLING Grand Ballroom AtriumKit Kline • Shawn Moriarty OFFSITE - Connecting with Families "FAME-ously" (2 hrs + travel time)LIMITED Grand Ballroom AtriumJan Weems • Elizabeth D. Baird

1:30pm PDT

How Do You Know It's Working? Two Evaluation Tools You Can Use Today (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom A/BAmy Powers Urban Wildlife Refuges: They're Close and They're Yours! (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 4Ivette Lopez • D.C. Carr Developing and Sustaining Networks: Creating Collective Impact (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom ExtensionNathan Larson • John Fisher Disrupting Nature Deficit Disorder at School: Developing a Framework for Teaching Outside (75 min)FULL Junior Ballroom 1Scott Morrison Lessons from the Field: Highlighting Outdoors Rx® & Other Successful Park Rx Programs (75 min)LIMITED Room 210Emily Grilli • Angel Santos Burres Nature Champions Panel: The Clinical and Academic Value of Nature on Mulitcultural Communities (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 2/3Mona Koh • Aiko Yoshino, PHD • Yajaira Alvarez • Rachel Borovina, M.D. • Alan Siegel, M.D. Creating Equitable and Inclusive Outdoor Curriculum (2 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom FRena Payan Inclusive Opportunities in Nature for Children Who Are Differently Abled (75 min)LIMITED Room 208Beth Pellowitz • Julia Hart Movies, Social Impact and Transformation: A Case from South America That Reaches the World (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom CIsabel Barros Sharing Nature®: Deep Nature Play and Flow Learning™ (75 min)FILLING West HallJoseph Cornell

2:45pm PDT

Break

3:00pm PDT

Park Royalty: Children as Community Leaders in Urban Park Revitalization (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom FJanelle Richards Busting Barriers to Access: Training, Gear Libraries, Community, and the Power of Immersive Experiences Outdoors! (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom ExtensionHeather Kuhlken • Kyle Macdonald • Becca Katz • Danelia Lopez Connecting Preschool Children to Nature Through Creatively Funded Nature-Based Schools and Through Whole Child Development (75 min)FULL Junior Ballroom 1Eric Nelson • Maggie Johnston Systematic Review of the Literature on Nature Contact & Children’s Health (75 min)FILLING Grand Ballroom A/BEdgar Marcuse • Greg Bratman • Pooja Tandon Trends in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: Towards Social and Emotional Mental Health in Youth (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 2/3Brett Talbot • Derek Daley Why Should Kids Have All The Fun? Family Campouts for Nature and Community Connection (75 min)LIMITED Room 210Jennifer Evans • Blanca Hernández • Eric Aaholm Building Organizational Capacity for Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural Relevance (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom CCraig Strang • Rena Payan State Outdoor Policy and Advocacy: Connecting Conservation, Education and Recreation to Build the Outdoor Movement (75 min)FILLING Room 208Martin LeBlanc • Marc Berejka • Gabe Vasquez • Jim Metropulos • Dylan McDowell • Angelica Rubio Untold Histories of Communities of Color in the Outdoors (75 min)FULL Junior Ballroom 4Jay Horita

4:30pm PDT

Meet and Greet Network Reception Various Locations

7:00pm PDT

Optional: Topical Discussions and Affinity Group Meetings TBD

7:30pm PDT

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION CIRCLE - Teach Me to Be WildFULL Grand Ballroom Extension

7:00am PDT

Registration and Check-in Open Grand Ballroom Atrium

7:25am PDT

Create With Nature Zone West Hall FoyerShaquana Boykin • Zach Pine

7:30am PDT

Networking and Continental Breakfast West Hall

8:20am PDT

The Biggest Little Farm West Hall

8:30am PDT

Conference Welcome and Overview West HallAnne-Marie Spencer • CJ Goulding KEYNOTE - Youth Leadership for Civic Engagement West HallCelesteal Clark • Sharoni Little • Nikki Pitre • Damien Carlos

9:45am PDT

Network and Visit Exhibits West Hallway

10:00am PDT

OFFSITE - Curiosity Tools for Learner and Nature Centered Experiences (90 min + travel time)FULL Grand Ballroom AtriumCraig Strang OFFSITE - Sharing Nature®: Bringing Families Together Through the Power of Deep Nature Play (90 min + travel time)FILLING Grand Ballroom AtriumGreg Traymar FIELD TRIP - Climate Change and Resiliency in the Redwoods Roberts Regional Recreation Area (3 hrs 45 min)FULL West Hall Marriott Curbside Bus PickupDavid Zuckermann • Morgan Guenther • Deborah Zierten OFFSITE - The Nature of Science: A Pathway from Outdoor Experiences to Student-directed STEM and Stewardship (5 hrs + travel time)LIMITED West Hall Marriott Curbside Bus PickupKaran Wood • Charles Orgbon OFFSITE - SEL Intensive: Hands-on Strategies for Supporting Youth Development Through Nature-based Programs (5 hrs + travel time)FULL West Hall Marriott Curbside Bus PickupBJ Allen • Amy Osborne • Estrella Risinger • Josiah Downey • Jimmy Wyman

10:15am PDT

Creative Ways to Solicit Youth Input in Nature-Based Settings (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom CStephanie Kong • Sam Adams Beyond Fairy Houses, Mud Pies, and Dens: Designing, Making, Managing, and Using Create-with-Nature Zones (2 hrs)FULL Room 210Zach Pine • Shaquana Boykin Cities Connecting Children to Nature: Addressing Equity through Community and Municipal Government Collaboration (2 hrs)FILLING Grand Ballroom A/BPriya Cook Network Leadership with Equity and Inclusion In Mind (2 hrs)LIMITED Grand Ballroom ExtensionJose Gonzalez Think Global; Act Local: How Can Grass Roots Action in Schools Change Society and Save the Planet Through Outdoor Learning and Play? (2 hrs)LIMITED Grand Ballroom G/HJosefina Prieto • Cath Prisk Creating an Environment of “Yes”: Designing Natural Play Spaces for Emotional Well Being (2 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom FSarah Konradi • Joshua Falk Growing Up Wild: Developing Empathy with Nature, Ecological Identity, and a Voice For Advocacy in Children from Birth to Young Adulthood (A Panel Discussion) (2 hrs)FULL Junior Ballroom 4Belle Archaphorn • Jeff Rennicke • Jan White Embodied Peak Experience in Nature: Healing the Impacts of Complex Trauma for Youth (2 hrs)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 2/3Nathaniel Barusch • Peter Mayfield Swinging for the Fences. How Colorado Is Changing an Entire Generation of Kids (2 hrs)LIMITED Room 208Jackie Miller • Mike Sukle • Chandi Aldena What Does Diversity and Inclusion Have to Do With Risk Management? (2 hrs)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 1Steve Smith

12:15pm PDT

Lunch West Hall

12:40pm PDT

FIELD TRIP - City Parks for Sustaining Nature ConnectionsLIMITED West Hall Marriott Curbside Bus PickupJohn McConkey • Phil Ginsburg • Lisa Branstein • Amy Mitchell • Jan Eisland

12:45pm PDT

Book Signing Dawn Publications Exhibit TableCarol Malnor • Bruce Malnor Book Signing Sharing Nature Worldwide Exhibit TableJoseph Cornell LUNCH DISCUSSION - Am I Helping or Not?FULL Grand Ballroom ExtensionDebra Williams LUNCH DISCUSSION - Beyond Brown-washing: Expanding Diversity Narratives in Urban Place-based Science LearningFULL Grand Ballroom CDr. Nicole Lannoy Lawson • Emily Cobar LUNCH DISCUSSION - Beyond Preaching to the Choir: Engaging White-Identified Leadership to Advance Racial EquityFULL Junior Ballroom 2/3Emily Teitsworth LUNCH DISCUSSION - Gear Library Info Session from Outdoors Empowered NetworkFULL Junior Ballroom 1Kyle Macdonald LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION - A Natural Start for All: Connecting Nature-Based Early Learning Environments, Programs, Training and PolicyFULL Room 208Emilian Geczi • Robin Moore LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION - National Parks Conservation Association: Advocacy in Action Grand Ballroom A/BNicole Jackson LUNCHTIME DISCUSSION - Nature vs Goliath: Getting to the Other Side of the Technology EclipseFULL Junior Ballroom 4Dr. Mari Swingle Poster Session Part 1 West Hall

1:45pm PDT

Networking Break Book Signing New Society Publishers Exhibit TableDr. Mari Swingle OFFSITE - Into the Forest: Core Routines of Deep Nature Connection (2 hrs + travel time)FULL Grand Ballroom AtriumWill Scott • Lauren Dalberth Hage

2:00pm PDT

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, but Brought Home Strategies for Equitable Nature Connection (75 min)FILLING Grand Ballroom A/BAnthony Khalil • Maria Durana • Lisa Lee • Wendy Meluch • Damien Raffa The National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Process in Action! (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom G/HMary Ford • Brenda Barr Home to Us All: Connecting with Nature Helps Us Care for Ourselves and the Earth (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom CCheryl Charles • Pascale van der Leest Project Nature, Washington (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 2/3Danette Glassy, MD • Edna Maddalena • Rae Jing Han Building Community Scale Collaborations to Connect Underrepresented Youth to Nature: Six Unique Perspectives (2 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom ExtensionJackie Miller • Keith Desrosiers • Carlos Lerma • Ford Church • Nicole Marie Bergeron From Little Things Big Things Grow: Greening Your School Grounds One Seed, One Stepping Stone and One Child’s Green Heart at a Time (2 hrs)LIMITED Room 208Jane Tesner Kleiner • Andy Kleiner • Tania Moloney The Whole Child: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in Nature Programs (2 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom FLara Hitchcock • Malay Khamsyvoravong • Courtney Aber Backyard Backstories: Building and Evaluating Nature Play and Learning Spaces (2 hrs)FILLING Junior Ballroom 4Justin Canty • Biret Adden Power With Children, Power With Play (2 hrs)FULL Junior Ballroom 1Marilyn Brink • David Becker Happy Hands, Happy Hearts: Forest Day Learning at the New Mexico School for the Deaf (2 hrs)LIMITED Room 210Marisa Soboleski • Sally Anderson

2:30pm PDT

Funders Panel: Investing in Partnerships for Greater Impact (90 min)FULL SkylineJason Morris • Jessica Mancini • Francesca Vietor • Marc Berejka • Jennifer Patrick

4:00pm PDT

Book Signing West Hallway Poster Session Part 2 West Hall

4:30pm PDT

Networking with Cash Bar

7:00pm PDT

Optional: Topical Discussions and Affinity Group Meetings TBD

7:30pm PDT

FILM - Wild Child: A Curated Program of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival Grand Ballroom C

7:25am PDT

Create With Nature Zone West Hall FoyerShaquana Boykin • Zach Pine

7:30am PDT

Networking and Continental Breakfast West Hall Registration and Check-in Open Grand Ballroom Atrium

8:30am PDT

Conference Welcome West HallJason Morris PLENARY - Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of the Children and Nature Movement West HallRichard Louv • Blanca Hernández • Carina Cisneros • Lise Aangeenbrug • Laura Seydel

10:00am PDT

Network and Visit Exhibits West Hallway

10:15am PDT

WALKSHOP - Urban Tracking: Wildlife in the City (90 min + travel time)FULL Grand Ballroom AtriumMolly Tsongas • Caitlin C. Williams WALKSHOP - #185daysofwalks (90 min + travel time)FULL Grand Ballroom AtriumBela Luis

10:30am PDT

School District Partnerships for Equitable Nature-based Learning and Environmental Literacy (75 min)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 2/3Matt Biggar • Craig Strang • Terri Elkin SEL + DEI: Practical Strategies to Support Both (75 min)FULL Junior Ballroom 4Kate Hagner Reaching Families with "No Time" for Nature (75 min)LIMITED Room 208Kaitie Eddington • Courtney Dragiff Canoemobile: Closing Achievement Gaps and Creating Equitable Access to Nature with the Outdoor "Floating Classroom" (75 min)LIMITED California RoomKevin O'Hara Cultural Relevancy, Partnership, and Research: Lessons Learned from a Longitudinal Nature-based Program for Underserved Youth (75 min)FULL Grand Ballroom FAiko Yoshino • David Zuckermann • Blanca Hernández • Eric Aaholm • Claudia Munoz Listening to Country: Walking Together (Bold Park Community School, Australia) (75 min)LIMITED Grand Ballroom CNicole Hunter City-Corps Partnerships: Engaging Young Leaders in the Greening of our Local Communities (1.5 hrs)LIMITED Junior Ballroom 1Priya Cook • The Corps Network • Allen Dietz Growing the Children & Nature Movement Worldwide (2 hrs)FULL Grand Ballroom A/BPascale van der Leest • Cheryl Charles • Joseph Cornell Network Lab: Enhancing Our Leadership Capacity by Being Known and Being Connected (2 hrs)LIMITED Grand Ballroom ExtensionJeremy Roethel • Mary Roscoe • Carolyn Verheyen Youth and 21st Century Land Stewardship (2 hrs)LIMITED Grand Ballroom G/HAnnie Burke • Sue Gardner Health & Environmental Justice Through Garden-Based Learning with Youth (2 hrs)LIMITED Room 210Stephen Lucke Downtown Oakland Neighborhood Bioblitz: Facilitating Nature Exploration and Building Community (2 hrs)LIMITED West HallRebecca Johnson • Alison Young Embracing The Nature Principle: The Role of Nature within Communities, Families and Childhood (2 hrs)FILLING Oakland RoomStephen Le Quesne • Patricia Leon • Ana Maria Cordido

12:30pm PDT

Conference Concludes Grand Ballroom Atrium