Details for May 27th

Summit Details 


To access the Zoom Summit Event:

01. This is your Day of hub for our Making it in the Anthropocene virtual summit. Please keep this page & URL handy!

02. Here you will find the Zoom access link, full program, and our curated resources.

MIA Summit Program:

Included is the full program for Tuesday, May 27th including speaker presentation times, topics, and corresponding conference tracks.

Google Drive Version of Program:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mfqvKfAnUUKroW2zkFY_DNj-HXkmfcN5RDS8HW8vJTA/edit?usp=sharing

Local Time Zone Converter:
www.worldtimebuddy.com

Post-event networking and debrief session link (Optional):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3432343234

Our Keynote Speakers 2025

  • DR. BRITT WRAY

    AUTHOR & RESEARCHER

    Britt is an author, researcher, public speaker, and consultant working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. She is author of the best selling book, ‘Generation Dread’ and is the Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, a research and action initiative in Stanford's School of Medicine. She also writes and publishes a newsletter, Unthinkable Times, with over 22,000 subscribers.

  • OLIVER BURKEMAN

    AUTHOR & JOURNALIST

    Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist, writing for The Guardian. In 2021, he published ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’ and it is a New York Times and International Best Seller. In 2024, Oliver published ‘Meditations for Mortals’, a National Best Seller, a map for a liberating journey toward a more meaningful life. Oliver also publishes The Imperfectionist newsletter to an audience of over 50,000 subscribers.

Full Speaker Program

  • STEFFI BEDNAREK

    Founder & Director at Centre For Climate Psychology, Author, Speaker

  • SARI AZOUT

    Founder @ Sublime App

  • AYISHA OSORI

    Director @ Open Society Foundations Ideas Workshop, Lawyer, Women’s Rights & Health Advocate

  • Tanja Gotthardsen

    Anti-Greenwashing Specialist, Founder @ Continual DK

  • TEGAN SPINNER

    Founder @ Worthmore, CTO @ M$NEY

  • KIRA COOPER, PHD

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Environment @ University of Waterloo

  • ZACH WEISMANN

    Founder @ The Impactful, mia summit organizer

  • KELLIE LAUTH

    CEO @ MindSpark Learning

  • SIZO HLOPHE

    UNESCO Expert on Fair Culture, Co-Founder @ Antidote Music, Marketing @ Sound Diplomacy

  • DIMITAR VLAHOV

    Strategy @ S-Hub Norway, Senior Advisor @ Sustainable Brands

  • FREDERIC GIULI

    Founder @ Caristeo, Co-Founder @ Climate Fresk

  • LAURELINE SIMON

    Founder @ One Resilient Earth, UN Climate Secretariat

  • WANGUI KIMARI

    Research Associate @ The African Centre for Cities

  • DR JANE VAN DIS

    Assistant Professor OBGYN, & Co-Founder OBGYNs for Sustainable Future

Day of FAQ’s

Summit Resources

Here you can find speaker books, resources, companies, and further resources on summit tracks and topics.

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