California Coastal Resilience Network Webinar
September 16, 2021
11:00 AM-12:00 PM PDT
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Using Virtual Reality in Climate Adaptation and Community Engagement |
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Please join the California Coastal Resilience Network on Thursday, September 16th, from 11:00am-12:00pm as we host Dr. Anna Queiroz and Dr. Juliano Calil to discuss the use of virtual reality for community engagement and climate adaptation.
As communities worldwide contend with the impacts of climate change, including more frequent flooding and coastal erosion, heatwaves, and wildfires, a critical piece of the puzzle has become educating stakeholders in insightful and practical ways. The first speaker, Dr. Anna Queiroz, will share the groundbreaking research from Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford on how virtual reality and immersive technologies can help promote prosocial behavior change, environmental, and ocean literacy. Next, Dr. Juliano Calil will highlight the main findings and lessons learned from recent projects focused on conservation, coastal risks, urban heat, and wildfires. These projects are being deployed at multiple locations, including Turner Station, MD, Santa Cruz, CA, Long Beach, CA, Paradise, CA, and Cleveland, OH. His work was showcased at multiple media outlets, including Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. See image below for an example of this work from Elkhorn Slough, courtesy of Virtual Planet Technologies.
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Dr. Anna Carolina Muller Queiroz
Anna Carolina Muller Queiroz (Ph.D.) is a post-doctoral researcher at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab, where she is in charge of the environmental education projects, and she is also a postdoctoral fellow at the Lemann Center at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford. Her research focuses on cognitive and affective implications of new media and technology in learning, attitude, and behavior change. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.S in Cognitive Psychology and degrees in Behavioral Medicine and Education. She has been actively working in education since 2005, teaching at universities and leading EdTech projects in several companies and non-profit organizations.
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Dr. Juliano Calil
Juliano Calil (Ph.D.) is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Blue Economy and Adjunct Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Dr. Calil is the cofounder of Virtual Planet Technologies and a pioneer in science communication. His work and academic research are motivated by the urgent need to reduce climate change impacts by adopting equitable solutions through inclusive community outreach. Dr. Calil and his team are developing interactive virtual reality experiences to communicate climate change impacts and solutions to diverse audiences. Virtual Planet is working with communities across the country to address complex issues related to coastal flooding, wildfires, and conservation. He has led a study about the use of immersive solutions to address sea-level rise, and coastal adaptation studies in California, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mid-Atlantic region, and Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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Check out the new updates to SeaTheFuture.org: California's resource for comparing sea level rise visualization tools
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