ABOUT THE ONECAPE SUMMIT
The seventh annual OneCape Summit was held virtually on August 23-24, 2021.
The OneCape Summit is a regional forum for collaboration, innovation, and excellence across major policy issues and areas. From work to advance regional water quality to tackling issues of coastal resiliency and infrastructure planning, we convene together as one Cape to address the most critical issues related to Cape Cod’s unique environment and economy.
In 2021, OneCape focused on the critical challenges of water quality, climate change, and housing. Over the course of two days, sessions covered strategies to address marine and freshwater quality, work to mitigate and adapt to climate-related impacts in the region, local and regional strategies to support housing needs, and building resilience within our natural, built, and community systems in a post-COVID economy.
OneCape 2021 Schedule
DAY ONE: Monday, august 23
9:00 AM Plenary Session
OPENING REMARKS: Kristy Senatori
Executive Director, Cape Cod Commission
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Janet McCabe
deputy administrator, us environmental protection agency
Keynote Speaker: Ellen Dunham-Jones
professor, director, urban design program georgia tech
documentary preview: 30 years of keeping a special place special video presentation
resiliency in the face of change: addressing our challenges as one cape
Dan Wolf, Founder and CEO, Cape Air; former ma state senator
Dorothy Savarese, Chair and CEO, Cape Cod 5
Keynote Speaker: Rosalin Acosta
ma secretary of labor and workforce development
onecape award presentation
11:30 am Break
12:45 pm breakout sessions
2:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
DAY TWO: Tuesday, August 24
9:00 AM Plenary Session
OPENING REMARKS and Cape Cod Climate Action Plan: Kristy Senatori
Executive Director, Cape Cod Commission
Building a Climate-Resilient Transportation Network
Steven Tupper, Transportation Program Manager, Cape Cod Commission
Tom Cahir, Administrator, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
Jamey Tesler, Secretary and CEO, MA Department of Transportation
Presentation: Tupper | Presentation: Tesler | Video
Designing Resilience: Pamela Conrad
FOUNDER, CLIMATE POSITIVE DESIGN AND PRINCIPAL, CMG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Keynote Speaker: CHRIS GLONINGER
KCCI CHIEF METEOROLOGIST AND CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTER
CAPE COD AND ISLANDS WATER PROTECTION FUND AND LOCAL 208 PROGRESS ROUNDTABLE
Wendy Northcross, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation
ANDREW GOTTLIEB, Town of Mashpee
KEVIN GALLIGAN, TOWN OF ORLEANS
MARK ELLs, TOWN OF BARNSTABLE
THE CAPE COD FRESHWATER INITIATIVE: Erin Perry
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CAPE COD COMMISSION
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen THEOHARIDES
MA secretary of ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
1:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
OneCape 2021 Speakers
OneCape gallery