Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Panama

In the last week of June 2023, Alexandra Fries, Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, and Bill Dennison attended the 2023 Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Panama City, Panama. They presented on several UMCES projects including the Belmont Forum-funded Pacific Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development (PacPathways) and Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST Card) projects. IAN supported Xin Zhang and Kevin Jackson from Appalachian Lab in playing the Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) version of the report card game, Get the Grade. IAN also hosted an additional Get the Grade session and a Science Communication Workshop. The Congress was a huge success and it was great to be in-person making connections with old partners and new collaborators.

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