2024 Schedule

Monday, March 11th
Monday, March 11th
5:30pm–07:30pm EDT
2024 Climate
Opening Plenary

It’s opening night! After welcome remarks, we kick off with a moment of reflection from artist Danié Gomez-Ortigoza. US Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm speaks with Al Roker. Bill Nye and the first White House climate advisor talk about communicating big ideas, and US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland sits down with two young changemakers. A leader from Ireland updates us on their energy transit...

1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
Tuesday, March 12th
9:00am–11:00am EDT
2024 Climate
Morning Plenary

Futurific Studios’ Kathryn Murdoch and Ari Wallach preview their new PBS docuseries, a government leader turned entrepreneur shares her plastic pollution idea, environmental justice leaders expand on solutions, and Invenergy’s CEO tells us how he built more than 200 clean energy projects. Mayors share ideas for rethinking the urban environment, an app designer talks personal carbon footprints, and...

1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
5:00pm–06:30pm EDT
2024 Climate
Evening Plenary

Bezos Earth Fund's Lauren Sánchez shares how to innovate out of big problems, lllinois Governor JB Pritzker talks with water experts, and a biotech entrepreneur shares a plan to get rid of palm oil. All the Light We Cannot See’s star joins a panel to discuss climate joy, a mayor gives an update on offshore wind, and we'll hear an announcement from Detroit. Then, an energy expert narrates the power...

1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
Wednesday, March 13th
9:00am–10:30am EDT
2024 Climate
Morning Plenary

NOAA’s chief scientist talks with a conservation expert about ocean biodiversity, we hear a call to ensure the safety of climate tech, and The White House makes an announcement. A biotech innovator shares how CRISPR could make cows better, a Texas environmental justice leader joins us, the Aspen Institute announces the winners of a pitch competition, and two meteorologists discuss their roles as c...

1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
3:00pm–04:15pm EDT
2024 Climate
Closing Plenary

Following words from a local poet, a museum creator speaks of storytelling as a tool, and a Columbia professor talks about the geopolitical implications of the energy transition. The Aspen Institute’s Arts Program makes an announcement, an ocean-solutionist shares a new vision for conservation, and we close this year’s event with the Mayor of Miami and the former Mayor of Miami Beach reflecting on...

1st Floor, Expo Hall C, Main Stage
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