2023 Schedule
- All
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Breakout Room 1 (Room 206/207)
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Breakout Room 2 (Room 208)
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Breakout Room 3 (Room 209)
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Breakout Room 4 (Room 211)
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Expo Hall B Stage
- Miami Beach Convention Center, Sunset Vista A (4th Floor)
- New World Center, Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall
Thursday, March 9th
Taking the Mine out of Mines: Sourcing the Critical Minerals of our Future
Critical minerals are the necessary building blocks of the clean energy infrastructure of our future, and the geopolitical race to source them is on. For an industry that is inherently extractive, however, can we make the process additive for economies, communities, and the environment?
Beyond Plastic
Is plastic bad, or are waste and recycling systems simply broken? Designers, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders weigh in on the impact of plastic, how companies are rethinking their use of the material, and the promise of alternative materials to replace it.
Making Skyscrapers Sustainable
Innovations in timber and steel and changes to building design standards are sparking a new era in low-carbon construction. Can the construction industry lower its 12% of global emissions by building higher?
Solving for X(treme Heat)
More than a third of all heat-related deaths are now attributed to climate change, and lower-income, marginalized communities are often most at risk. In Africa and Athens, heat officers are finding ways to cool their cities, and global medical leaders are helping improve health outcomes of vulnerable populations.
The ESG Debate: Does ESG Investing Help People and Planet?
This discussion will clarify the ESG concept, explore critiques from left, right, and center, and offer individual investors guidance on meeting their sustainable investing goals.
Made in America: A New Era of Clean Technology Competitiveness
With tech from geothermal systems to carbon capture, the US has the opportunity to be a key global cleantech supplier—employing millions of Americans, bolstering domestic supply chains, and making massive industrial investments to drive down costs and accelerate climate action. So how do we usher in this new era?
Closing Plenary
Bret Stephens , Amy Harder , Susan Goldberg , Jason Bordoff , John Englander , Monica Medina , Gerardo Ceballos , Sydney Kitson , Justin Worland , Pablo Albarenga , Selwin Charles Hart , Josh Fryday
Welcome to closing session! A developer explains how his solar city stayed online in a hurricane, an energy policy expert weighs in on how decarbonization tips the scales of global power, and a photographer shares images of indigenous land defenders. A special advisor to the U.N shares how developing countries can get the resources to be more resilient, biodiversity experts expand on policies to p...