Call for Presentations and Session Ideas
Share your climate adaptation experiences and research! The call for session proposals and presentation abstracts is now open. Submit your ideas and abstracts.
The Midwest Climate Resilience Conference is intended to:
Provide a venue for meaningful climate adaptation and resilience dialogue amongst a diverse set of voices and perspectives including representatives from communities who are most impacted
Share experiences, lessons learned, research, and resources across sectors and scales of governance, management, and decision making related to climate adaptation and resilience
Celebrate successes and inspire collective action through coordination and collaboration across the region
Connect and grow the regional network of climate adaptation and resilience practitioners by encouraging and supporting participation from a wide range of sectors, organizations, levels of government, and communities
The University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP) has hosted a Minnesota climate adaptation conference since 2013, designed to bring together representatives from the public, private and nonprofit sectors to inspire and enable climate adaptation in communities throughout Minnesota. This year, in collaboration with regional and national partners, we will build on past conference success and expand our efforts to host a broader Midwest Climate Resilience Conference. The conference will serve as a regional adaptation forum in alternate years of the National Adaptation Forum for community leaders, policy and decision makers, resource managers, researchers, and others working actively on climate adaptation and resilience.
We have learned that there is no substitute for in-person learning and networking opportunities. The Midwest Climate Resilience Conference will provide a unique opportunity to:
Share your expertise, research, and learn from others
Catch up with colleagues
Meet other climate adaptation and resilience practitioners in the region
Identify opportunities for collaboration
Who should attend the Midwest Climate Resilience Conference?
Community leaders
Engineers
Extension professionals
Faith-based groups
Government (local, state, Tribal, federal) agency personnel
NGOs and Foundations
Planners
Policy makers
Private sector
Researchers
Resource managers
Scientists
About MCAP
MCAP conducts cutting-edge climate and adaptation research, champions climate leadership, develops the next generation of adaptation professionals, and advances implementation of effective, equitable adaptation actions across sectors, communities, and levels of government. As a core part of our mission, we are hosting the Midwest Climate Resilience Conference to inspire and encourage climate adaptation in communities throughout Minnesota and the Midwest region. MCAP is honored to collaborate with a diverse group of partners on this conference.
October 25-27, 2023 | Duluth, MN