The world of rainforest conservation is quickly changing. Technology’s exponential development is enabling a wide range of advances in conservation, while simultaneously showing the limitations of humanity’s knowledge. We know now more than ever about earth’s most diverse ecosystem, yet there is so much left to be understood. 

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** Please note all times are in PST.**

Time	Session Title	Speaker(s)
8:00am-8:30am	Opening Remarks	Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest Jonathan Baillie - President and CEO of Natural State; Former Chief Scientist of National Geographic
8:30am-9:00am	Competing in an XPRIZE	Space IL - Alumni, Google Lunar XPRIZE, Winner $1M Moonshot Award Skysource - Alumni, Water Abundance XPRIZE, Grand Prize Winner Rainforest Quest – XPRIZE Rainforest Registered Team Blue Devil Rainforest Divers - XPRIZE Rainforest Registered Team
9:00am-10:00am	Benefits to Competing in an XPRIZE	David Gadsden - Director of Conservation Solutions, Esri Jonah Wittkamper - Co-Founder and President, Global Governance Philanthropy Network and Nexus Michael Tucci - CEO, Microtech
10:00am-11:00am	Innovating Conservation Technologies	Fabien Laurier - Ambassador, XPRIZE Rainforest; Former Vice President, National Geographic Labs Shah Selbe - Technical Consultant, XPRIZE Rainforest; Founder, Conservify Corey Jaskolski - Founder and CEO, Synthetaic; 2020 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year Dan Hammer - Co-Founder and Partner, Earthrise Media
11:00am-11:30am	Break | Virtual Lobby	Matchmaking Session and Office Hours
11:30am-11:45am	Introduction to Breakout Sessions	Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest
11:45am-12:45pm	Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Pathways to Conservation	Margarita Mora - Managing Director, Partnerships, Nia Tero Kate Horner - Deputy Executive Director, Amazon Frontlines Emily Jacobi - Founder and Executive Director, Digital Democracy Dominique Goncalves - Elephant Ecology Project Manager, Gorongosa National Park
12:45pm-1:45pm	Government Pathways to Conservation	Miguel Centeno - Princeton University, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs Colleen Scanlan Lyons - Project Director, GCF Task Force Tatiana Schor - Executive Secretary, Science, Technology, and Innovation Amazonas Shyla Raghav - Vice President of Climate Change, Global Strategy Group at Conservation International
1:45pm-2:15pm	Break | Virtual Lobby	Matchmaking Session and Office Hours
2:15pm-3:15pm	Business Pathways to Conservation	Marcelo Furtado - CSO, Block C/ZCO2; Chair of Board, WRI Brazil Bonnie Lei - Head of Global Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft AI for Earth Dr. Chris Jordan - Central America and Tropical Andes Coordinator, Global Wildlife Conservation Paul Bunje - Co-Founder and COO/CSO, Conservation X Labs
3:15pm-4:15pm	NGO Pathways to Conservation	Andy Revkin - Founding Director, Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute Niyanta Spelman - CEO, Rainforest Partnership Dr. Dave Thau - Lead Scientist, World Wildlife Fund Global Data and Technology Atossa Soltani - Director of Global Strategy for Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
4:15pm-4:30pm	Closing Remarks	Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest

** Please note all times are in PST.**

Time	Session Title	Speaker(s)
8:00am-8:15am	Welcome to XPRIZE Rainforest Summit	Anousheh Ansari - CEO, XPRIZE Foundation Ana Lucia Villela - President, Alana; Sponsor, XPRIZE Rainforest; XPRIZE Innovation Board Member Peter Houlihan - Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest
8:15am-9:00am	Opening Plenary	Dr. Lucas Joppa - Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft; Founder, Microsoft AI for Earth
9:00am-10:00am	People, Climate & Policy: The Global Path Ahead	Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim - Co-Chair, International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change; Policy Board United Nations: Indigenous Peoples Partnership Shyla Raghav - Vice President of Climate Change, Global Strategy Group at Conservation International
10:00-11:00am	Biodiversity & the Future of the Amazon	Dr. Tom Lovejoy - Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University; United Nations Foundation; Board of Trustees, National Geographic Society Dr. Carlos Nobre - Chair of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change; International Secretary of the American Geophysical Union
11:00am-11:30am	Break
11:30am-12:30pm	Conservation Communication Innovation and Impact	Andy Revkin - Founding Director, Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute
12:30pm-1:30pm	Inclusive Rainforest Conservation	Nemonte Nenquimo - President of the Waorani of Pastaza; co-founder of the Ceibo Alliance; TIME Top 100 Most Influential People of 2020 Mitch Anderson - Founder and Executive Director, Amazon Frontlines
1:30pm-2:30pm	Communicating Local Stories Globally	Adams Cassinga - CEO, Conserv Congo Tracy Rector - Managing Director, Storytelling, Nia Tero Luana Lobo - Founding Partner and Head of Distribution Strategy, Flow and Maria Farinha Films
2:30pm-3:15pm	Closing Plenary	Megan Smith - CEO and Founder, shift7; Former United States Chief Technology Officer
3:15pm-3:25pm	Closing Remarks	Peter Diamandis, Founder and Executive Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation>