Sustainability Summit

Schedule

Fri Sep 12 2025 at 08:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

UF Reitz Union - Rion Ballroom | Gainesville, FL

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Join us to learn more about collaborative and innovative research projects across UF that explore the theme of sustainability.
About this Event

Discover a diverse array of sustainability projects at UF, join thought-provoking conversations, and learn more about AI's role from the keynote speaker: Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Banks Preeminence Chair Associate Professor of AI and the Arts, an artist who innovates with artificial intelligence in ways that make a positive impact on our community and the environment.

The Sustainability Summit is free and open to the public. Advance registration is not required but is recommended.


Summit Agenda

8:00 am | Check-in with Coffee

8:30 am | Welcome, Terry Harpold and Colleen Rua

9:00 am | Artistic Practice as/is Sustainability

10:00 am | Folk Art and Music: Cultural Sustainability

11:00 am | Keynote, Amelia Winger-Bearskin

12:00 pm | Lunch Break

12:30 pm | Student Performance

1:00 pm | Storytelling and Social Sustainability

2:00 pm | Sustainable Careers

3:00 pm | Food is Medicine


Sponsored by the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, the Imagining Climate Change initiative, and the College of the Arts Creative B Summer Program in partnership with the Office of the Provost.


Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Check-in with Coffee
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Artistic Practice as/is Sustainability
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Folk Art and Music: Cultural Sustainability
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Keynote, Amelia Winger-Bearskin
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Lunch Break
🕑: 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Student Performance
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Storytelling and Social Sustainability
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
Sustainable Careers
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
Food is Medicine
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UF Reitz Union - Rion Ballroom, 655 Reitz Union Drive, Gainesville, United States

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