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Next week in New Orleans, the Tulane University School of Architecture will be hosting the two-day Gulf Coast Climate Futures Symposium in collaboration with the School of Engineering and supported by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Gulf Research Program.

Kate Orff, writer Nathaniel Rich, and David Waggonner will be among the invited speakers spread across three moderated panels, each bringing their own perspective on climate adaptation and decarbonizing the built environment.

The school says the symposium aims to consider the visions and tools that advance toward the targets set forth by the 2015 Paris Agreement. It will also serve as context and grounding for the basis of Tulane’s brand new cross-disciplinary Master of Landscape + Engineering (MLA-MS RCSE) program from Tulane's School of Architecture and School of Science and Engineering.

Two others — the newly launched Center on Climate Change and Urbanism and the already established NASEM-funded Research Studios — are also key initiatives at the school that will inform conversations at the Gulf Coast Climate Futures Symposium.

Day 1 starts with 'Panel 1: On Visions' at 1:30 pm, featuring Boyce Upholt, Richard Campanella, and Nathaniel Rich. A dinner reception for the exhibition What Matter’s Here.?! will follow at the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

The next and final day's schedule begins with 'Panel 2: On Tools — Interdisciplinary Thinking' at 9:00 am. This will feature University of Miami School of Architecture professor Joanna L. Lombard and Tulane's Annalisa Molini in Part A, followed by Kate Orff and School of Engineering researcher Sönke Dangendorf in Part B.

Day 2 concludes with the final two-part 'Panel 3 On Tools — Modes of Inhabitation.' Part A includes Richard Campanella, David Waggonner, and Wes Michaels. Part B will feature Colleen McHugh, Wellington 'Duke' Reiter, Kelly Shannon, and Bruno De Meulder. Closing remarks conclude the symposium after their discussion starting at 5:30 pm.

Find the detailed symposium schedule and registration details here.

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