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AI For Climate Adaptation & Disaster Response
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| With Amy Tong (Racial Equity Commissioner, CA), Mark Ghilarducci (ex-Dir., California Governor's Office of Emergency Services), Karen Smith (ex-Public Health Officer, CA), Sarah Skenazy (Public Health Lead, Climate Change AI). |
| SPUR, 654 Mission St, San Francisco |
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Apr 22 (Wed) , 2026 @ 01:30 PM
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being applied to climate challenges, from wildfire detection & flood forecasting to public health surveillance & disaster response. But fully realizing that potential requires grappling with real barriers: under-resourced public agencies, fragmented data infrastructure, procurement & equity gaps, & the distance between what a tool can do & what actually lowers risk for frontline communities with compounded vulnerabilities.
Join us for a panel discussion bringing together leaders from public health, emergency management, & California's technology infrastructure alongside practitioners working on AI tools for climate adaptation & crisis response. The conversation will focus on what responsible, equitable deployment of AI for climate & disaster response could look like in practice, & will foreground actionable lessons for public sector practitioners, AI researchers, & computer scientists who hope to contribute meaningfully to public sector adaptation efforts in California & beyond.
Panelists include:
Amy Tong, CA Racial Equity Commissioner, Former Senior Counselor to Governor Newsom & Secretary of GovOps
Mark Ghilarducci, Former Director, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Dr. Karen Smith, Former California State Public Health Officer
Additional panelist from the AI & climate tech sector (to be announced)
Moderated by: Sarah Skenazy, Public Health Lead at Climate Change AI
Registration & arrivals: 1:30-2pm
Panel discussion & Q&A: 2-3pm
Climate Change AI (CCAI) is a nonprofit that empowers a global community of innovators, practitioners, & decision-makers to accelerate responsible climate action through the use of AI, by addressing critical gaps in expertise, education, coordination, & research-to-deployment infrastructure. Since 2019, CCAI has inspired, informed, & connected thousands of stakeholders across the academic, private, & public sectors through networking & knowledge-sharing events, summer schools & other educational programs, international policy reports, & multi-million dollar global grants programs.
SPUR - the San Francisco Bay Area Planning & Urban Research Association - is a nonprofit public policy organization bringing people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems cities face. Based in San Francisco, San Jos, & Oakland, SPUR is recognized as a leading civic planning organization & respected for its independent & holistic approach to urban issues.
By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.
Note: we may document the panel discussion with photo, audio, or video to share with practitioners & researchers who are not able to join live. By registering for the event you are consenting to being photographed/recorded. If you would like to opt-out, please email: info@climatechange.ai
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