2020 speakers included health, food, and nature innovators, investors, and leaders: Louie Psihoyos, Dr. Mark Hyman, Eamonn Store, Barney Swan, Geof Rochester, Mitch Anderson, Maggie Kaplan, and more.
Environment-related risks account for three of the top five risks by likelihood and four by impact. The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns of significant changes to the earth’s life support systems in the next decade, and here in the U.S., the devastating California fires illustrate how much is at stake. Fortunately, leaders and innovators are showing the way forward with the strategies, technologies, business models and partnerships needed. The UN Sustainable Development Goals and initiatives including One Earth and Project Drawdown are galvanizing action toward the greatest opportunities for impact. We will showcase solutions and deliver inspiration as well as direct results, catalyzing new projects and partnerships at the action filled Forum.
2019 speakers included global business finance, NGO, government, and youth leaders: Dr. Martin Chungong, Jennifer Morris, Ellen Jackowski, Robyn O'Brien, David Gelber, Vic Barrett, Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana, Meagan Fallone, Henk Rogers, Ashley Schulten, Julie Davitz, Amanda Ellis, and more.
This year our task is ever more urgent: The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risks report, Fractures, Fears & Failures, found that three of our top five risks likely to happen in the next 10 years are environment related: extreme weather events, natural disasters and the failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The report stated that the world is entering a “critical period of intensified risks” and “we have been pushing our planet to the brink.” And yet the opportunities to build prosperous, secure, thriving communities and economies have never been greater. To have success at scale and urgency, we must address the interconnections and pursue strategies that serve multiple benefits: to that end, the Sun Valley Forum includes a diverse set of topics and approaches, from energy and food, to equity and human resilience, and from policy and investment to technology and communications.
2018 speakers included athlete activists, corporate leaders, food innovators, and education pioneers: Gavin McClurg, Brody Leven, Kimi Werner, Andrew Winston, Katherine Neebe, Victor Friedberg, Mark Brand, Julie Wrigley, Burton Webb, and more.
2017 speakers included scientists, leaders, and innovators: Robert Swan, OBE, Dr. Philip Landrigan, Jeff Goodell, Rob Bernard, Freya Williams, Peter Horton, Julie Davitz, P.J. Simmons, Brooks Preston, Alison Carlson, Raina Thiele, Raúl Pomares, Matthew Bishop, Paul Walsh, and more.
2016 speakers included visionaries and leaders across business, finance, innovation, and government: Paul Hawken, Nancy Pfund, Dana Lanza, Joel Makower, Peter Knight, Jim Lyons, Bob Perkowitz, Michelle Stennett, Lila Preston, and more.
2015 speakers included government, business, and investment leaders: U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker, Collin O’Mara, Raúl Pomares, Nancy Kete, Steve McBee, and more.