Schedule 

Coffee & Conversation sessions are held Tuesday mornings in July and August on the College of the Atlantic campus in Bar Harbor, Maine, with options to participate virtually.

Check the full schedule for the 2025 Coffee & Conversation season below.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

A conversation about shared values and working for a brighter future between Passamaquoddy friends Lisa Sockabasin, CEO of Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, and Michael-Corey F. Hinton, leader of the Tribal Nations Practice Group at Drummond Woodsum. 

Michael-Corey F. Hinton Lisa Sockabasin
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

David Shaw, CEO of Black Point Group, American business and social entrepreneur discusses his new book, Wave Making: Inspired by Impact, with COA President Sylvia Torti.  

David Shaw Sylvia Torti
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Steven Callahan, sailor, author, naval architect, and inventor who is best known for the book Adrift, speaks with COA Captain, Toby Stephenson '98.

Toby Stephenson Steven Callahan
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Jessie Stone, executive director of Soft Power Health, speaks about what she has learned in 20+ years of delivering healthcare in rural Uganda.
 

Jessie Stone Eli Reichman
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Maine conservation leader and author Karin Tilberg discusses her new book with COA professor Ken Cline, the David Rockefeller Family Chair in Ecosystem Management and Protection.

Karin Tilberg Ken Cline
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Dan Farrenkopf '93, co-founder of the concrete pottery and hand-turned garden vessel studio, Lunaform, and longtime publisher Jan Hartman, discuss the creative process, from the inception of an idea to the completion of the final work.

Jan Hartman Dan Farrenkopf
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Sue Stuart-Smith, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of The Well-Gardened Mind, and Tom Stuart-Smith, landscape architect, discuss their Community Interest Company, The Serge Hill Project, with Suzanne Morse, the Rachel Carson Chair in Human Ecology. A book signing will follow the conversation.

Tom Stuart-Smith Sue Stuart-Smith Suzanne Morse

Pre-registration is required for both in person and virtual participation. 

Registration is now open for members of the Champlain Society only.