Monday, September 15, is the deadline to request press passes for the 6th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit

(MIAMI, September 11, 2014) – Members of the media who would like to cover the 6th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit scheduled for October 1 and 2, at the Miami Beach Convention Center need to submit their request for press passes to the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources by Monday, September 15th.   The Summit is sold out and registrations are no longer being accepted.  However, a limited number of press passes are still available; those who submit their request for press passes after the deadline may not have access to the Summit.

The Summit provides a powerful and effective forum for facilitating collaborative knowledge sharing by bringing together business, government, academia, and nonprofits leaders to exchange ideas and dialogue at panel discussions and networking breaks. This year’s Summit is hosted by Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami Beach.  Prominent speakers confirmed to attend the Summit include Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mike Boots, Acting Director, President’s Council on Environmental Quality; and William Golden, Executive Director of the National Institute for Coastal and Harbor Infrastructure.  

The Annual Southeast Florida Climate Summit is an event of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, a regional partnership of Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties, their municipalities and other partners.  The Compact partners have been working together since 2009, to develop a strategy that will enable the region to adapt to the impacts of Southeast Florida’s changing climate, such as sea level rise, and to reduce its causes.  This unique collaborative effort is the first of its kind and has not yet been duplicated anywhere else. 

A limited number of press passes are available.  Please contact Luis Espinoza at [email protected] or 305-372-6770 to request a press pass no later than Monday, September 15.  Press passes for the Summit DO NOT include meals.   Members of the media who would like meals and refreshment breaks during the seminar will need to register at http://conta.cc/1rz1MEU (select the option for “government/nonprofit” to receive the special rate of $125 per person) by September 15.

For more information, visit http://conta.cc/1rz1MEU or www.miamidade.gov/green.