The U.S. Department of Defense's Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium – Focus on Resilience with SERDP + ESTCP

In the epic 200th episode of America Adapts, we're partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense and highlighting the adaptation research they support. In this episode, we're turning our focus to The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, or SERDP, at the DoD and the Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium they hosted in late 2023. As the architects of innovation and research, you will hear how the DoD is interacting with partners and providing resilience research for military installations and other civilian applications. Get ready to explore topics ranging from surprise events to E-DNA, and that's just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the groundbreaking research conducted at SERDP. We're taking you behind the scenes to understand what it truly means to take a research idea, secure funding, and see it through to real-world applications in the field. SERDP is actively exploring ways to expedite this process. Throughout this episode, you'll hear from a diverse range of voices – university researchers, DoD staff, policy experts, and those actively working in climate adaptation. What a fantastic way to celebrate our 200th episode – working with the U.S. Department of Defense!

This episode was generously sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Experts interviewed (in order of appearance):

• Dr. Kimberly Spangler - Director of SERDP and ESTCP
• Erin Looney - Technical Staff - Energy Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Dr. Daniel Eisenberg - Research Assistant Professor of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School
• Kevin Hiers - Department of Defense Program Manager for Resilience at SERDP
• Deb Loomis - Senior Advisor for Climate Change to the Secretary of the Navy
• Michelle Michaels - Arctic Portfolio Manager, SERDP & ESTCP
• Lisa Miller - Senior Manager for Sustainability at Noblis
• John Conger - Conger Strategies & Solution
• Abigail Rice - Research Biologist at US Army Corps of Engineers
• Dr. Jinelle Sperry - Adjunct Assistant Professor, US Army ERDC-CERL

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Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium https://www.dodinnovationsymposium.org/Home

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Climate Program: https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/eer/cr/cc/index.html

Agenda: The Department of Defense's (DoD) Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium

The third annual Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference (ICR24) takes place on April 22-24, 2024, in Washington, DC. This toolkit is meant to help share messaging and information with your audiences.

ICR24 Websitehttps://www.battelle.org/conferences/conference-on-innovations-in-climate-resilience

IMPORTANT KEY DATES

· Abstract Submission Deadline – December 11, 2023 – Submission link

• Early Bird Registration Opens – November 1, 2023 – Registration link
• Early Bird Registration Deadline - February 16, 2024
• Standard Registration Closes - April 15, 2024

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