Agenda

9:00-9:30 AM

DOORS OPEN

Please arrive by 9:15 AM CT for security screening and networking on April 20, 2021.
9:00-9:30AM CT | 8:00-8:30 AM MT
 
Location: 2943 SMU Boulevard, Dallas, TX 752059
Virtual Link: TBA

9:30-9:45 AM

WELCOME

IN IT TOGETHER – THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION
The Future of Conservation is collaboration — collaboration between business and conservation communities such that conservation is not a separate project, group, or conversation but part of our DNA. Conservation must be part of who we are — as citizens, family members, leaders, entrepreneurs, humans. It is collaboration that yields innovation and returns that positively shape our resources, health, and economy.
9:30-9:45 AM CT | 8:30-8:45 AM MT
 
Remarks from Texan by Nature CEO, Joni Carswell
Location: Auditorium
Virtual Link: TBA

9:45-11:15 AM

COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION

PANEL 1
Collaboration produces better results — more innovative solutions, deeply engaged team members, higher loyalty and morale. Research shows that teams working collaboratively stick to the task 64 percent longer than those in solitary endeavors, report higher engagement levels, citing lower fatigue levels, and have a higher success rate. Collaborative conservation spanning businesses, landowners, communities, and natural resource organizations yield similar positive results.
9:45-11:15 AM CT | 8:45-10:15 AM MT
 
SPEAKERS:

Location: Auditorium
Virtual Link: TBA

11:15AM-12:30 PM

LUNCH

Buffet Style
11:15AM-12:30PM CT | 10:15-11:30AM MT
 
Location: Hall of State
Virtual Link: TBA

12:30-2:05 PM

DEVELOPING FUTURE RETURNS

PANEL 2
Home to seven of the 15 fastest growing cities in the U.S., Texas’ population has increased over 48% in the last decade alone. With this mass urbanization, less than 1% of Texans are landowners and there’s a diminished connection to nature and our natural resources. As Texas develops, it’s critical that conservation and business work together to create innovative spaces, practices, and leaders to care for our natural resources, prosperity, and health for generations to come.
12:30-2:05PM CT | 11:30AM – 1:05 PM MT
 
SPEAKERS

Location: Auditorium
Virtual Link: TBA

2:05-2:35 PM

BREAK

Networking & Exhibition
2:05-2:35 CT | 1:05-1:35 MT
 
Location: Cross Hall
Virtual Link: TBA

2:35-4:10 PM

REIMAGINING RESOURCES

PANEL 3
Texas is bountiful – enjoying the world’s 10th largest GDP, 29 million citizens, and 10 diverse ecoregions. Reimagining how we bring our plentiful resources together to deliver innovative places, resilient landscapes and natural resources, equitable access, and economic opportunities is a future that will benefit every Texan at work, at play, and at home.
2:35-4:10 PM CT | 1:35-3:10 PM MT
 
SPEAKERS

Location: Auditorium
Virtual Link: TBA

4:10-4:20 PM

RETURN ON CONSERVATION

TxN President & CEO, Joni Carswell
4:10-4:20 PM CT | 3:10-3:20 PM MT
 
Location: Auditorium
Virtual Link: TBA

4:20-4:30 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Texan by Nature Founder, Laura Bush
Location: Auditorium
4:20-4:30 PM CT | 3:20-3:30 PM MT
 
Virtual Link: TBA

4:30-5:30 PM

NETWORKING 

Location: Cross Hall
4:30-5:30 PM CT | 3:30-4:30 PM MT
 
Virtual Link: TBA

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