Summit Itinerary

*Itinerary is currently tentative and subject to change*

Thursday, April 6: Arrival

Invited attendees whose travel and lodging are funded by the Princeton Conservation Society or other YCCS sponsors will arrive at their housing accommodations near Princeton University’s campus.

Friday, April 7: Climate Finance

8:00am: Breakfast will be provided in the Louis A. Simpson International Building.

10:00am: Single-speaker presentations will be given in Robertson Hall’s Arthur Lewis Auditorium. Presentations of up to 15 minutes will focus on speakers areas of expertise, activism, or research.

1:00pm: Breakout sessions over lunch will be hosted with youth activists, Princeton faculty, and undergraduate students. Breakout participants will have open-ended and casual conversations based on similar geographic and thematic areas. Rooms will be divided by geographic regions:

  1. Latin America
  2. North America
  3. Africa
  4. Asia

3:00pm: Break.

4:30pm: Climate finance panel. Moderated by Mitzi Jonelle Tan.

5:30pm: Spanish language seminar

Saturday, April 8: Land Use

8:00am: Breakfast will be provided in the Campus Club on Prospect Avenue.

10:00am: Single-speaker presentations will be given in Robertson Hall’s Arthur Lewis Auditorium. Presentations of up to 15 minutes will focus on speakers areas of expertise, activism, or research.

1:00pm: Breakout sessions over lunch will be hosted with youth activists, Princeton faculty, and undergraduate students. Breakout participants will have open-ended and casual conversations based on similar geographic and thematic areas. Rooms will be divided into four types of land use.

  1. Mining and geological extraction
  2. Deforestation
  3. Freswater, wetlands, and coastal manipulation
  4. Agricultural production

3:00pm: Break.

4:30pm: Land use panel. Moderated by Patrick Newcombe.

7:00pm: Conversation with Chai Vasarhelyi + exclusive prescreening of upcoming documentary, Wild Life