Aspen Ideas: Climate Kicks Off Today – Watch Live & Follow Online

Speakers on opening night include climate investor Tom Steyer, U.S. Representatives John Curtis and Fredrica Wilson, climber Tommy Caldwell, Meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky, and more.

Miami Beach, FL – Aspen Ideas: Climate, the annual climate solutions event from the Aspen Institute and the City of Miami Beach, gets underway at 5:30pm ET on Monday, March 6 with an evening plenary at the New World Center. The livestream is available here.

Hundreds of speakers and thousands of participants are set to attend with expertise spanning policy making, science, business, technology, art, education, food, journalism, and more, to elevate climate solutions. The schedule for Aspen Ideas: Climate is available here and the speaker list is available here. 

For those following remotely, programming from the morning and evening plenary sessions at the New World Center will broadcast live, with all sessions available at: https://www.aspenideas.org/articles/2023-aspen-ideas-climate-livestream-schedule, while programming at the Miami Beach Convention Center will be published on the Aspen Institute’s YouTube channel following the event. Following the evening plenaries, programming will be wallcast onto the side of the New World Center, with the public invited to watch from SoundScape Park.

Opening Plenary: 5:30-7 p.m., Monday, March 6

• Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield and Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber welcome attendees to the second Aspen Ideas: Climate.
  
  
• Congressman John Curtis (R-Utah) and Executive Vice President and COO of Dominion Energy Diane Leopold address crucial technologies and congressional gridlock in conversation with Clearpath CEO Rich Powell.
  
  
• Stanford University chemist Joseph DeSimone makes the case for 3D printing as a waste reduction tool.
  
  
• Congresswoman Fredrica Wilson (D-Florida) makes an announcement.
  
  
• Meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky, Director of Climate Matters at Climate Central, explains how scientific insight leads to public action in conversation with Ed Williams, president and CEO of Edelman EMEA.
  
  
• Renowned climber Tommy Caldwell shares his insights on how athletes can be activists.
  
  
• Community organizer and UN Women Youth Gender Activist Rania Harrara makes an announcement.
  
  
• Top climate investor Tom Steyer, Co-Chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, shares his priorities with CNBC’s Matt Rosoff.

Programming on Tuesday through Thursday begins from 9:00am. Among 170+ speakers appearing in the coming days are Vice President Kamala Harris, Science Educator Bill Nye, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Singer-Songwriter Gloria Estefan, former President of Colombia Iván Duque,  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, U.N. Special Adviser to Secretary-General on Climate Action Selwin Charles Hart, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), and many more.

In addition to mainstage plenary sessions, breakout discussions, announcements, and private roundtables, Aspen Ideas: Climate features an arts program, and excursions and tours to points of interest across Miami-Dade.

The Climate Energy and Career Fair is a free public event where students and professionals will connect with leading companies and organizations who are at the forefront of tackling the biggest challenges of our time. They will meet with recruiters, learn about cutting-edge technology, and network with industry leaders and fellow professionals. The Climate Innovation and Technology Expo will provide a stage for invited startups, public and private companies to showcase real climate action solutions through their technology-based projects. These are open to the public and will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall B on March 7-8 from 9am-2pm. More information is available here.

Programming on stage addresses critical themes, including a dive into the decarbonized future of energy; how we can deploy nature-based solutions and technological innovations to fortify Earth’s ecosystems; solutions driven from within the communities closest to the impacts of the climate crisis; designing a climate-resilient future; and approaches to financing climate action around the world.

Join the conversation on social media with #AspenIdeasClimate, and follow  AspenIdeas, @MiamiBeachNews and @AIEnvironment on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and @AspenIdeas on LinkedIn.

Aspen Ideas: Climate is supported by title sponsors John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Related, and the Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, and Lennar. Additional sponsors include Amazon, Deloitte, Delta, Howard & Caroline Draft, General Motors, Glottman, GMCVB, Alex Kleyner and Diana Ullis, LSN, Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, MFG, Morgan Stanley, Moxion Power, Ruta Maya, Thoma Bravo, Valor, Verizon, Wells Fargo, and Witkoff.

For media: Please credit “Aspen Ideas: Climate” in any coverage, and contact jon.purves@aspeninstitute.org for broadcast permissions. 

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