Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at Aspen Ideas: Climate 2023

Aspen Ideas: Climate, March 6 – 9, 2023, will focus on five substantive themes that address our collective future around the realities of a changing climate. These program tracks will guide conversations among global and local policymakers, scientific experts, corporate leaders, inventors and innovators, artists, young leaders, influencers, and engaged members of the public.

Learn more about our 2023 program tracks.

Among the speakers now confirmed:

  • Benji Backer, Founder and President, American Conservation Coalition
  • Imani Black, Founder and President, Minorities in Aquaculture
  • Tommy Caldwell, Professional Climber; Writer
  • Gerardo Ceballos, Ecologist & Conservationist
  • Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice; Vice Chair of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
  • John Curtis, U.S. Representative of Utah’s 3rd District (R); lead of the Conservative Climate Caucus
  • John Englander, Oceanographer and sea level rise expert
  • Heidi Heitkamp, Former US Senator (D), North Dakota; Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics
  • John B. King, Jr, SUNY Chancellor, Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education
  • Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for Athens, Greece; Global Chief Heat Officer to UN Habitat
  • Sandeep Nijhawan, CEO, Electra
  • Bill Nye, Science Educator, Engineer, Television Host, Author
  • Kate Orff, Founder and Principal of the landscape architecture firm SCAPE; Director of the Urban Design Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture
  • Shalini Vajjhala, Founder and CEO, Re:Focus Partners

See the full list of speakers on our website. Stay tuned — more speakers and programming details to come!

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