# Amazonia and Our Planetary Futures May 10, 2019 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) ![Amazonia poster image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/farrell/files/190508_amazonia2019-768x576.jpg?itok=DuN0cac-) On May 7 & 8, the two-day conference "Amazonia and Our Planetary Futures: A Conference on Climate Change" was held, hosted by the Climate Change Initiative at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Organized by [Brian D. Farrell](/people/brian-d-farrell), [Bruno de Medeiros](https://www.brunodemedeiros.me/), and [Bruno Carvalho](https://rll.fas.harvard.edu/people/bruno-carvalho), the symposium brought “…together experts and leaders from the US and Latin America to discuss the past, present and future of Amazonia. ![Headshot of Davi Kopenawa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/farrell/files/190507_news_amazonia_dsc_0531.jpg?itok=aiF0gzUy) Prior to the event, The Harvard Gazette interviewed one of the three keynote speakers, Davi Kopenawa, shown left. [Read here](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/shaman-davi-kopenawa-discusses-climate-change-at-harvard/) [Read more about this event on the DRCLAS website](https://drclas.harvard.edu/event/amazonia-and-our-planetary-futures-conference-climate-change) [View the program (PDF)](https://drclas.harvard.edu/files/drclas/files/amazonia_program.pdf) Presented with support from the Brazil Studies Program, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures. --- Attachments- [ image 190507\_news\_amazonia\_dsc\_0490.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/farrell/files/190507_news_amazonia_dsc_0490.jpg) - [ image 190507\_news\_amazonia\_dsc\_0668.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/farrell/files/190507_news_amazonia_dsc_0668.jpg) - [ image 190507\_news\_amazonia\_dsc\_0144.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/farrell/files/190507_news_amazonia_dsc_0144.jpg) - [ image 190507\_news\_amazonia\_dsc\_0173.jpg ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/farrell/files/190507_news_amazonia_dsc_0173.jpg) --- Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)