Plenary
Setup
GM’s CSO reflects on the auto industry, Aspen Institute releases a wildfire roadmap, then the Secretary of Agriculture expands on fire resiliency and empowerment of rural communities. The leader of the nation’s foremost producer of carbon-free energy challenges other utility companies to follow suit, a Service Year Alliance alum tells her story, and Miami-Dade’s mayor compares notes with an environmental leader from the Middle East. X Prize makes an announcement, the former Secretary of Education teaches the power of education in climate action, and a Verizon exec speaks with Miami’s Mayor Suarez on local levers for climate progress.
Speakers
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Francis SuarezMayor of Miami
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Darci VetterGlobal head of policy and government relations at The Nature Conserva...
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Andrea SantyProgram Director, XPRIZE Wildfire
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Greg GershunyExecutive director of Aspen Institute Energy and Environment program
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Peggy ClarkCEO of the International Center for Research on Women
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Thomas VilsackUS secretary of agriculture
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John KingChancellor of State University of New York
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Dan PorterfieldPresident and CEO of the Aspen Institute
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Amy HarderExecutive editor of Cipher
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Daniella Levine CavaMayor of Miami-Dade County
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Kristen SiemenChief sustainability officer at GM
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Joseph DominguezCEO of Constellation Energy
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Rose KirkChief corporate social responsibility officer at Verizon
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H.H. Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al NahyanCEO of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerator
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Gerilyn LopezWeatherization auditor at MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership
- 2023 Climate
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