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.
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.
Keeping It Cool: Solutions for Extreme Heat
In 2023, Miami experienced its worst heat wave on record, with temperatures breaking 100 degrees for 46 consecutive days. Humans need safe spaces during life-threatening temperatures, and this session will explore challenges and solutions for cooling homes, buildings, and public spaces, using Miami-Dade as an example of a much wider problem.
Climate Litigation 101: The Courts as a Climate Solution
In 2023, a group of youth plaintiffs won a historic victory against the state of Montana, which they sued for violating their right to a clean environment. The attorney who represented that case and other legal experts weigh in on where climate litigation stands today, and how and when the law can be used as a tool to protect people and advance solutions
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?
Advanced Air Mobility: Soaring into a Carbon-Neutral Future
Low-to-no-emissions advanced air mobility could transform not only air transportation but transportation as a whole, and decision makers must grapple with whether (and how) we open the skies to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Aviation leaders and elected officials will need to work together to adapt existing aircraft infrastructure and develop policies to ensure the United...