2024 Schedule
- All
- 1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Breakout 1
- 1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
- 2nd Floor, Breakout 2 (Room 203-205)
- 2nd Floor, Breakout 3 (Room 206-208)
- 2nd Floor, Breakout 4 (Room 209-210)
- 2nd Floor, Breakout 5 (Room 211)
- 2nd Floor, Workshop 1 (Room 217)
- 2nd Floor, Workshop 2 (Room 218)
- 2nd Floor, Workshop 3 (Room 219-220)
- 2nd Floor, Workshop 4 (Room 221)
- Miami Beach Botanical Garden
- Miami Beach Convention Center
- The Beach at 17th Street
- Wolfsonian-FIU
Monday, March 11th
Pier-to-Pier: Collaboration for Coastal Cities
Coastal cities are utilizing innovative solutions to adapt to extreme weather and rising sea levels, becoming more resilient in the face of climate change. From innovative design and community engagement to policy development and cross-sector partnerships, panelists will share what they’ve learned and highlight opportunities for collaboration across cities.
Taking Out the Trash: Solutions to Plastic Pollution
Mirei Endara de Heras , Manuela Zoninsein , Marissa Pagnani McGowan , Rachel Ramirez , Jonathan Gillibrand
To achieve the United Nations’ goal of reducing plastic pollution by 80% by 2040, the world needs to collaborate on an unprecedented scale. This session will explore some of the recent and promising innovations in policy, technology, and partnership-building to fight plastic pollution.
Tuesday, March 12th
Climate YIMBY: Deploying Clean Energy Tech
Catherine Coleman Flowers , Justin Worland , Chante Harris , Francesca de Quesada Covey , Wahleah Johns , Amy Harder
The U.S. needs a massive deployment of clean energy technologies, and getting there will require projects in the backyards of communities around the country. This session will explore the work of engaging communities—citing both best practices and bad examples—and highlighting innovative new approaches to winning support for clean energy.
Solving Industry’s Dirty Problem
The industrial sector—think steel, cement, chemicals, heat and cooling—accounts for approximately 30% of emissions in the United States, making industry our biggest emissions problem. Learn about how emerging scalable solutions in technology, finance, and policy promise to decarbonize the sector.
Wednesday, March 13th
Electrifying Equitably
In the fight against climate change, we’ll need to electrify everything we can: cars, stoves, trucks, heat pumps, and buildings. In the process, we’ll lower emissions and energy bills, make homes healthier, and build more resilient communities. But how do we electrify America so that every community reaps the far-reaching benefits?