Join the GIC, Cumberland Advisors, and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee for a conference on the challenges and opportunities of adaptive climate change on Friday, January 25, 2019

Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Coffee

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome

• Introduction
  • Greg Smogard, Innovation & Business Development Officer, USF Sarasota-Manatee
• Welcome
  • David R. Kotok, CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
  • Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee
  • Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies

Session I: A Florida Centric Perspective of A Changing Climate
Moderator: Bob Bunting, , Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: Implications for Florida & the Region

• Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment Technology Foundation/Professor

9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Break

10:00 – 10:45 a.m. | Climate Warming & Hurricanes: Impacts for Florida May Be Changing For the Worse

• Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Is Climate Warming Increasing Red Tide?

• Lenny Landau, Database Analyst/Engineer

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Panel: Florida & Climate Change

• Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment Technology Foundation/Professor
• Bob Bunting, Scientist/ Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies
• Moderator: David Kotok, CIO Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: USFSM Patio

Session II: Local Impacts & Adaptive Strategies an Optimistic View
Moderator: Greg Smogard, Innovation & Business Development Officer, USF Sarasota-Manatee

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. | Perspectives from a Florida Town Manger

• Tom Harmer, Town Manager, Longboat Key and former Administrator Sarasota County Manager

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. | Climate, Municipal Bonds and Infrastructure

• Patricia Healy, Senior Vice President of Research and Portfolio Manager, Cumberland Advisors

2:15 – 2:40 p.m. | Panel: Local Solutions

• Ed Chiles, Chiles Restaurant Group – “Oyster Farms Inc.” – Adapting to rising sea temperatures
• Stevie Freeman-Montes, Sustainability Manager, City of Sarasota – Planning for sea level rise
• David McMahon, Commercial Insurance Advisor, Atlas Insurance – Insurance in the age of Climate Warming
• Moderator: Jennifer & David Shafer, Principals, Shafer Consulting Inc.

2:40 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

• David Kotok, CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
• Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee
• Bob Bunting, Scientist/Entrepreneur and CEO, Waterstone Strategies

Other upcoming events in Sarasota

GIC is returning to Sarasota, FL on Friday, February 1, 2019 to partner with the Financial Planning Associates of the Suncoast and Cumberland Advisors. Join us at the Sarasota Yacht Club as we welcome Bill Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Adviser of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, for a presentation on U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Context. Click here to register!

Event Details:
Date: Friday, February 1, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Location: Sarasota, FL
Venue: Sarasota Yacht Club
Address: 1100 John Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34236

Third Annual Financial Literacy Day: An Update
on Financial Markets and the Economy

Save the date, Thursday, April 11, 2019, for the Third Annual Financial Literacy Day: An Update on the Financial Markets and Economy. This program, in partnership with University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee College of Business and Cumberland Advisors, features keynote addresses from Gretchen Morgenson, Senior Special Writer in the Investigations unit at The Wall Street Journal and Susan Harper, Canadian Consul General in Miami and Former Economic Minister for Embassy of Canada. Click here to view a full agenda.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: Sarasota, FL
Venue: University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Address: Selby Auditorium, 8350 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243