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021: Day 2: PANEL: Business Recovery Post-Megafire: The Crucial Role of Private Sector Support
Oct. 14, 2024

021: Day 2: PANEL: Business Recovery Post-Megafire: The Crucial Role …

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “It is becoming a cheerleader for the community that we're [private sector] back.” —Tim Zahner  “It takes all of us to make a recovery. There are no heroes after the...

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019: Day 2: KEYNOTE: Future-Proofing Our World: Nanotech's Innovations in Climate Resilience for Homes, Vehicles, and Beyond
Oct. 14, 2024

019: Day 2: KEYNOTE: Future-Proofing Our World: Nanotech's Innovation…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Episode Description:   “The fact that the fire's not near you, it doesn't mean that energy is not going to affect you.” —Hani Taan   “What we're trying to shore up is to not only protect assets...

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018: Day 2: TALK STORY: From Past Lessons to Future Innovations— Climate Resilience and Land Management in the Age of Megafires
Oct. 14, 2024

018: Day 2: TALK STORY: From Past Lessons to Future Innovations— Clim…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Episode Description:   “The solutions are creating those resilient landscapes.” —Marco Bey   “It's going to come back to you. Is going to come back to how prepared you are? —how prepared can...

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017: TALK STORY: Revolutionizing Wildland Management—Integrating Technology and Wisdom for Better Mitigation
Oct. 14, 2024

017: TALK STORY: Revolutionizing Wildland Management—Integrating Tech…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Episode Description:  “We're going to have to come together in order to be climate resilient.” —Elizabeth Christy     “The earth knows how to respond.” —Caitlin Cornwall  ...

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016: Day 2: TALK STORY: From Ashes to Allies: Local Government Leaders Discuss Mutual Aid and Best Practices Post-Megafires
Oct. 14, 2024

016: Day 2: TALK STORY: From Ashes to Allies: Local Government Leader…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Episode Description:  “There's no greater power, no greater strength, and no greater drive to persevere than when you're fighting for your family and you're fighting for your home, even in the face of...

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015: Day 2: Keynote: Innovative Living— ICON’s Vision for 3D Printed Homes and AI-Driven Architecture Focused on Humanity
Oct. 14, 2024

015: Day 2: Keynote: Innovative Living— ICON’s Vision for 3D Printed …

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “If we're not building with sustainable materials and we're not designing with sustainability in mind, we'll be in an even worse place environmentally.”  —Andrew Rothgaber...

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014: Day 2: TALK STORY: Rebuilding Stronger: Climate Resilience with Equity and Community at the Center
Oct. 14, 2024

014: Day 2: TALK STORY: Rebuilding Stronger: Climate Resilience with …

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “You got to be able to get out there and be able to assess the situation, not only from the building standpoint but the infrastructure standpoint, so that your decision-makers have...

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013: Day 2: Day 2: Embracing Relentless Imperfect Progress in Disaster Recovery with James Gore
Oct. 14, 2024

013: Day 2: Day 2: Embracing Relentless Imperfect Progress in Disaste…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “We have to grow the ‘we’ if we're going to survive in the future.” —Supervisor James Gore   Effective leadership is not about commanding authority, but about cultivating...

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012: WELCOME TO DAY 2! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson
Oct. 14, 2024

012: WELCOME TO DAY 2! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Le…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:   “It's never about benefiting our organization, it's about benefiting the cause.” —Jennifer Gray Thompson  Day 2 of the 2024 Wildfire Leadership Summit is underway and...

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011: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Embracing Personal Responsibility and Future Thinking with Watch Duty with John Mills
Oct. 14, 2024

011: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Embracing Personal Responsibility and Future Thi…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “A shared vision of reality where we can all see what's happening allows us all to respond to the same thing accordingly.” —John Mills   Preparing for the future of disasters...

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010: Day 1: TALK STORY: From Crisis to Community: Service and Integration Post-Maui Fires
Oct. 14, 2024

010: Day 1: TALK STORY: From Crisis to Community: Service and Integra…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “There's a lot that can be done if you open up the doors and just change the way that you do things.” —Jim Alvey   “We don't do anything globally without partnerships. As a...

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009: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Enhancing Survivor Assistance - Adapting to Unprecedented Climate Disasters with Chris Smith
Oct. 14, 2024

009: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Enhancing Survivor Assistance - Adapting to Unpr…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “Our mission should be developing communities to better withstand the challenges of our climate, building better and smarter in the first place, not just building back better....

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008: Day 1: TALK STORY with The Little Dozer with Ken Donnell and Nance Presser
Oct. 14, 2024

008: Day 1: TALK STORY with The Little Dozer with Ken Donnell and Nan…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “The critical resources we used for this were imagination and creativity— things that are always with us, even immediately after a disaster. And by doing this, we have helped...

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007: Day 1: PANEL: Enduring the Crisis: Ensuring Personal Sustainability for Leaders in Disaster Management
Oct. 14, 2024

007: Day 1: PANEL: Enduring the Crisis: Ensuring Personal Sustainabil…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “Allow yourself the best you can to just release into all things in due time.” —Jacqui Jorgeson   “It's important as leaders that we show those who we are leading that we...

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006: Day 1: KEYNOTE: The Power of Recovery Knowledge for Fire Impacted Communities with Jolie Wills
Oct. 14, 2024

006: Day 1: KEYNOTE: The Power of Recovery Knowledge for Fire Impacte…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “After disaster, there is plenty of information that you have to absorb, there's plenty of decisions you've got to make, there's plenty of problems you've got to solve, and prolonged...

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005: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Disrupting FEMA— Innovating Service Delivery in the Era of Climate Disasters with Brock Long
Oct. 14, 2024

005: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Disrupting FEMA— Innovating Service Delivery in …

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “We need to stop looking at people in this country being victims all the time, but actually being the true first responder in every community, in every situation.” —Brock Long...

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004: Day 1: TALK STORY: The Maui Fires and Leadership with ʻĀina at the Center
Oct. 14, 2024

004: Day 1: TALK STORY: The Maui Fires and Leadership with ʻĀina at t…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “We were rendering aid— food, medical, and those immediate needs until such that the government arrived. So we were in operation for 30 days.” —Kalikolehua Storer   “Hard...

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003: Day 1: The Sail Plan: A Vision for Reimagining Lahaina For All with Archie Kalepa
Oct. 14, 2024

003: Day 1: The Sail Plan: A Vision for Reimagining Lahaina For All w…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “We have one chance, and we have one chance to get this right. If we rebuild Lahaina only for Lahaina, we will fail. We have to rebuild Lahaina for all of Hawaii, for all of mankind,...

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002: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Opening Remarks with Richard Bissen, Mayor of Maui
Oct. 14, 2024

002: Day 1: KEYNOTE: Opening Remarks with Richard Bissen, Mayor of Ma…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “Nothing else mattered more than helping our people… Together, we have the chance to not only rebuild, but to do so in a way that honors our past, supports our present, and secures...

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001: WELCOME TO DAY 1! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Leadership with Hope and Resilience with Jennifer Gray Thompson | Land Acknowledgement with Paʻele Kiakona
Oct. 14, 2024

001: WELCOME TO DAY 1! From Flames to Futures: Navigating Wildfire Le…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “The most important people in the room are the people who have lived it, who went to bed one night and the next day when they woke up, their lives were absolutely never the same.”...

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020: Day 2: TALK STORY: Caring for Kids: Effective Strategies for Supporting Children After Megafires
Oct. 10, 2024

020: Day 2: TALK STORY: Caring for Kids: Effective Strategies for Sup…

2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Episode Description:  “The biggest component of it is making sure that everyone's talking as much as possible, that there is collaboration and you're working together in order to make sure that kids have...

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Encore 19: Coordinating Response and Maximizing Resources During Crisis  with Aristotle Wolfe
May 7, 2024

Encore 19: Coordinating Response and Maximizing Resources During Cris…

“If you're just doing a very limited role and not maximizing your contribution, you're selling yourself short. And it's probably not why you were selected.” -Aristotle Wolfe   Episode Description:  When disaster strikes, police officers...

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018 Encore: Managing the Wildland— Strategies for Protecting Private Lands from Mega Fires with Algeo Che Casul
April 23, 2024

018 Encore: Managing the Wildland— Strategies for Protecting Private …

“You do have to bring in some science and some education. But there is something that people who have this generational knowledge can teach.” -Algeo Che Casul     Episode Description:  Mega fires pose a grave threat to private lands...

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017 Encore: Emergent Leadership: The Power of Community in Disaster Recovery and Rehousing Efforts with Margie Foster
April 9, 2024

017 Encore: Emergent Leadership: The Power of Community in Disaster R…

“Don't expect to go through it yourself. People will want to help, ask for it. And then when you get through your disaster, pay it forward.” -Margie Foster   Episode Description:  When catastrophe strikes, it falls to ordinary citizens...

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