Miami Beach to Host Aspen Ideas: Climate Press Event & Heat Roundtable October 20

(Miami Beach, FL) Oct 12, 2022 -

 

WHAT: The City of Miami Beach and the Aspen Institute invite media to attend a press announcement and roundtable event discussing the adverse impacts of extreme heat and climate change. Attendees will receive an early preview of plans for Aspen Ideas: Climate, which returns to Miami Beach in 2023 from March 6-9.

WHEN: Thursday, October 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

 

WHERE: New World Center, 500 17 Street, Miami Beach, FL 33139

 

WHO:

  • Dan Gelber, Miami Beach Mayor
  • Dan Porterfield, Aspen Institute President & CEO
  • Krystal Laymon, White House Deputy Director for Climate Resiliency
  • Cheryl L. Holder, Co-Chair of Florida Clinicians for Climate Action
  • Alberto Ibargüen, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation President and CEO
  • Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director The CLEO Institute
  • Jane Wooldridge, The Miami Herald


REGISTER: Media (including camera crews) are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Veronica Paysse: VeronicaPaysse@miamibeachfl.gov and Jon Purves: Jon.Purves@aspeninstitute.org. Climate organizers will be available for interview.

 

MORE INFORMATION: In collaboration with the City of Miami Beach and a diverse group of partner institutions in and beyond South Florida, the Aspen Institute is enlisting global and local policymakers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, inventors and innovators, artists, young leaders, influencers, and engaged members of the public to participate in Aspen Ideas: Climate 2023.

 

This multi-day event will take place March 6–9, 2023, and will feature main stages both in and outdoors, breakout and roundtable sessions, tours of local and historic resilience points of interest, as well as fashion, food, art, and music activities. Aspen Ideas: Climate is designed to offer the public a chance to interact, learn, and collaborate with thinkers and do-ers whose actions are critical to addressing our collective future around the realities of a changing climate. Learn more here.

 

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