Event Schedule

Friday, May 3, 2019

12:00 - 8:00 PM

Free and Open to the Public

SCHEDULE

12:00 PM in Welcome Center - Doors Open/Registration

12:30 - 2:00 PM in Gymnasium - First Panel and Q&A

Panelists: J. Scott Janoe, Partner at Baker Botts; Grant Hughes, Sustainability Specialist at Jacobs; Jesse Bounds, Director of the City of Houston’s Office of Innovation; Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist; Monica Pope, James Beard Award-Nominated Houston Chef and Restaurateur; Dr. Shivas Amin, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of St. Thomas

2:00 - 6:00 PM in Gymnasium - Student Research Presentations

2:00 - 6:00 PM in Primary Library - Student Art Exhibition

4:00 PM in Gymnasium - Student Film by Julia Lewis, AC 9th Year

5:00 - 6:00 PM in Gymnasium - Light Bites

Local, sustainable and student-prepared

6:00 - 7:30 PM in Gymnasium - Second Panel and Q&A

Panelists: Grant Hughes, Sustainability Specialist at Jacobs; Dr. Marie Miglin, Citizens' Climate Lobby Texas; Dr. Larry Kremer, Senior Technology Advisor at Baker Hughes; Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (joining virtually), Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University; Lara Cottingham, Chief of Staff & Chief Sustainability Officer, Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department at City of Houston

8:00 PM - Doors Close

St. Catherine's AC and High School students have led every aspect of creating the symposium, from inviting the panelists and designing the schedule of events, to identifying research topics, communicating with mentors and preparing their research presentations.