Schedule Overview
Discover. Collaborate. Regenerate.
Global Earth Repair Convergence May 7 - 11, 2026
✱ Schedule is subject to change
Schedule Overview
*All Times are Pacific Daylight Time
Thursday,
May 7, 2026
Opening Day –
Registration, Field Trips & Networking
8:30 am. ꕥ Field trip to Elwha River Restoration leaves Fort Worden.
9:30 am - 2:00 pm. ꕥ Field trip to Chimacum Ridge Community Forest leaves Finnriver
Noon ꕥ Registration opens. The Commons. Open till 9:00pm.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ꕥ Field Trip: Port Townsend Marine Center Museum. Meet at Fort Worden Commons Building. We’ll depart at 1:00 PM for a short walk to the Marine Science Center. (10-minutes)
Noon - 4:00 pm ꕥ Field trip: “Longhouse Guided Tour + Storytelling + Indigenous plant restoration”
4:00 pm. ꕥ Access to Fort Worden accommodations opens.
4:00 – 5:00 pm. ꕥ Volunteers & Worktraders orientation. Finnriver Farm & Cidery.
5:00 – 8:00 pm. ꕥ Gala Reception! Venue: Finnriver Farm & Cidery. Food and drink are available for sale. Music by Sarah Tone, and Singing Resistance!
Friday,
May 8, 2026
Building Momentum
8:00 am. ꕥ Registration opens. Registration open till 9:00 pm. The Commons
8:00 – 9:15 am. ꕥ Breakfast
10:00 am – 12:00 pm. ꕥ Opening Circle
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm. ꕥ Lunch
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period A
3:35 pm – 5:05 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period B
5:15 pm – 6:45 pm. ꕥ Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. ꕥ Keynote speakers
8:15 pm – 10:00 pm. ꕥ Tracks Meet-Up. Dormitory lounges and other locations to be announced.
8:15 – 9:45 pm. Song circle with Laurence Cole and Singing Resistance at the Commons.
Saturday,
May 9, 2026
Digging Deeper – Workshops, Panels, and Collaboration
7:00 am – 8:00 am. ꕥ Open scheduling for yoga, tai chi, plant walks, beach walks, meetings.
8:00 am. ꕥ Registration opens. Registration open till 8:00 pm. The Commons.
7:30 am – 8:45 am. ꕥ Breakfast, The Commons
9:00 am – 10:15 am. ꕥ Morning circle/plenary. The Commons, inside or outside.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period C,
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm. ꕥ Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period D
3:50 pm – 5:20 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period E
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm. ꕥ Circle/Plenary, The Commons
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. ꕥ Dinner
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm. ꕥ Indigenous Keynote speakers, Commons
8:30 – 10:30. ꕥ Intertribal Culture Sharing. Commons
8:45 pm – 10:00 pm. ꕥ Open scheduling of tracks /topics. Dormitory lounges and other locations to be announced.
Sunday,
May 10, 2026
Action and Celebration
7:00 am – 8:00 am. ꕥ Open scheduling for yoga, tai chi, walks, meetings.
8:30 am. ꕥ Registration opens. The Commons
7:30 am – 8:45 am. ꕥ Breakfast, The Commons
9:00 am – 10:30 am. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period F
10:50 am – 12:20 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period G
12:20 pm – 1:45 pm. ꕥ Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. ꕥ Workshops/Panels Period H + action groups
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm. ꕥ Closing Circle. Where do we go from here. Proposals for action.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. ꕥ Dinner
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. ꕥ Live Music at The Commons. Featuring- Micaela Kingslight, Irthlingz (Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz) and Sean Frenette
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm. ꕥ Working groups, and special interest groups meetings. Exact topics to be determined during the event. Dormitory lounges. Working groups and special interest groups can schedule meetings during workshop periods, at meal periods or during the evenings.
Monday,
May 11, 2026
Final Day –
Closing Celebration
8:00 am – 9:00 pm ꕥ Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 pm ꕥ Working Groups can convene.
11:00 am ꕥ Check-out deadline for all Fort Worden accommodations.
6:30 - 8:00 pm ꕥ Earth Repair Keynote address. John D. Liu, Ilarion Merculieff, Marituly Meija. Fort Worden Commons. Especially for locals.