COAST SUMMIT

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Native Land Acknowledgment — Main Beach
With Special Guest - Adelia Sandoval, Spiritual Overseer (Púul) and Cultural Director, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians/Acjachemen Nation
The day begins with a grounding ceremony led by Adelia Sandoval, honoring the ancestral lands of the Acjachemen people and setting an intention of connection, gratitude, and stewardship.

9:30 – 9:45 AM
Welcoming Remarks
With Special Guest - Wes Carter, President of Atlantic Packaging and Founder of A New Earth Project
Opening reflections from Wes Carter on the mission of Coast Summit—bringing together changemakers in sustainability, storytelling, and purpose-driven innovation.

9:45 – 10:15 AM
Opening Keynote — Charles Eisenstein
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
Author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein explores the connection between human well-being and planetary health. With poetic insight, he invites attendees to reimagine systems, relationships, and self through a lens of interconnection, regeneration, and reverence for life.

10:15 – 10:30 AM
Laguna Beach High School Student Support Collective
Students share creative projects and initiatives focused on community well-being and environmental awareness.

10:30 – 11:15 AM
Session 1 — Modern Alchemy: One Year Later
Progress in Process
Moderator: Lyn Tally, A New Earth Project
Panelists: Chase Kahman (St3ms), Gary Bencheghib (Sungai Watch), David Stover (Bureo), James Merrill (Stoked Plastic)
A follow-up to last year’s acclaimed Modern Alchemy session, this conversation revisits visionary entrepreneurs transforming waste into resources. The panel explores what real progress looks like amid scaling challenges, system complexities, and the pursuit of regeneration.

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2 — From Soil to Soul
Local Food, Global Roots, and the Communities That Nourish Us
Moderator: Lauren Wood, The Yogi Foundation
Panelists: Brianna Buckles (Yogi Tea), Evan Marks (The Ecology Center), Pastor Linda Carmen Bryant & Elder Raymond Bryant (Big Green)
Through film and conversation, this session highlights regenerative food systems as pathways to nourish body and spirit. Panelists share stories that connect soil health, community empowerment, and global food justice.

12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch Break

12:45 – 1:30 PM
Session 3 — The Power of Story
Building Bridges to the Future
Moderator: Jason Jackson, Atlantic Packaging
Panelists: Ben Suliteanu (Imagine5), Gaby Scott (Film Director), Emilia Anderson (Cruz Foam), Cody Townsend (Professional Skier & A New Earth Project Advocate)
This session begins with the short film Built to Vanish, a collaboration between Cruz Foam, Imagine5, and A New Earth Project. The conversation that follows explores how storytelling ignites belief, shapes culture, and builds bridges toward a regenerative future.

1:30 – 2:15 PM
Session 4 — Financial Fitness
Redefining Wealth, Rewriting the Script
Moderator: Michael Eustace, UBS Financial Services
Panelists: Becca Schusler (Atlantic Packaging), Cherie Kloss (Cryofuture), Breene Murphy (Carbon Collective)
A candid discussion about financial wellness beyond numbers. Panelists explore how mindset, emotion, and purpose influence our relationship with money—and how redefining wealth can lead to alignment, sufficiency, and joy.

2:15 – 2:30 PM
Break

2:30 – 3:15 PM
Session 5 — The Healing Path
Methods and Modalities for Integration, Insight, and Wholeness
Moderator: Betty Aldworth, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Panelists: Kat Gordon (Yarrow Resilience Institute), Joseph McCowan, Psy.D (Compass Pathways), Allie Runkel (Licensed Psychotherapist)
This session explores the many ways humans heal—through ritual, ceremony, therapy, and community care. With insights from psychedelic science, somatic practice, and trauma therapy, panelists discuss integration as a lifelong practice toward balance and wholeness.

3:15 – 4:00 PM
Closing Keynote — Jon Rose
Healing the Helper
Founder, Waves for Water
Jon Rose reflects on fifteen years of humanitarian work providing clean water across the globe. Drawing from personal experience with trauma and resilience, he explores what it means to heal the healer and introduces UNPACKING, his forthcoming documentary series about confronting the unseen weight of service and rediscovering connection through indigenous wisdom.