RESILIENCE 365 CONFERENCE: Catalytic Conversations for the Next 100 Years
Registration: $100 per person (Breakfast, lunch and coffee break included for both days).
*Free for UM faculty, students and staff.
About: The UM Climate Resilience Institute, in partnership with Miami Dade County, will host a two-day conference to bring together communities and thought leaders to catalyze action related to driving tech innovation, financing resilience infrastructure, and fostering healthy communities. The conference is part of the inaugural Miami Climate Week with activations and events intended to spark conversation and grow community networks around resilience.
Featured speakers include Rebecca Benner, managing director for climate programs at The Nature Conservancy; Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; Miami-Dade County Chief Heat Officer Jane Gilbert; Henk Ovink, executive director for the Global Commission on the Economics of Water; and Geoffrey Supran, professor of environmental science and policy and director of Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami.
The event is being hosted by the Climate Resilience Institute in partnership with Miami Climate 365 and Miami-Dade County. It serves as the cornerstone of Miami Climate Week, a series of community-wide events designed to spark conversation, action and network building around resilience.
Conference Theme:
- Climate & Resilience Finance: The next frontier in innovative approaches to funding and financing infrastructure projects for stronger communities.
- Technology & Innovation: How climate tech can resolve the most pressing global challenges.
- Healthy Planet, Resilient Communities: Connecting conservation and local resilience thought and practice to look holistically at how we can build more sustainable, equitable and resilient communities.