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About Bloom 23

Bloom 23 is the leading event for professionals advancing strategies to protect and regenerate nature. Over the course of two interactive days, it creates essential connections between companies, innovators and experts from leading organizations and Indigenous groups. 

Where and When

October 24-25, 2023 | San Jose Convention Center, California

The Program

While climate change has been front and center for today’s business world, an equally existential crisis is confronting the global economy: the accelerating loss of biodiversity and ecosystems. Increasingly, business leaders and policymakers are recognizing that the two crises are inextricably linked — that solving each requires solving both — and they are moving to take decisive action.  Bloom 23 is designed to transform this rising awareness into tangible progress and will feature content that explores the markets, technologies and partnerships key to addressing the climate and biodiversity crises hand-in-hand. Specifically, we are looking for submissions across the following themes: 

  1. Nature-Positive Strategy: How can companies assess, manage and communicate their impacts and dependencies on the natural world?
  2. The Bottom Line: What are the market and financial mechanisms that can incentivize business action on nature?
  3. Engaging the Ecosystem: How should businesses collaborate with their suppliers, communities, Indigenous groups and other key stakeholders to foster a biodiverse and just world? 
  4. The Policy Landscape: How will new policies and regulations influence business action on nature? And what steps should companies take to accelerate the policy process?
  5. Emerging Tools and Technologies: Which resources and innovations can companies draw on to protect and regenerate nature? 

What We Value

  • Fresh and Convergent Content: We aim to elevate the latest trends, innovations and approaches to protecting and regenerating nature, and prioritize topics that are systemic and interconnected.
  • Creativity and Interactivity: We strive to expand participants’ perspectives, catalyze new ways of thinking and facilitate meaningful peer-to-peer learning and interactions.
  • Diversity: We are committed to elevating the leadership of speakers with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. This includes maintaining gender parity among speakers and ensuring racial diversity in all programming. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitments

GreenBiz is committed to ensuring the sessions at Bloom 23 reflect the world we live in. Our goals are to:

  • Include the perspective of a BIPOC speaker in every session with three or more people (including the moderator);
  • Include gender diversity in every session with two or more people (including the moderator); and
  • Increase the total number of BIPOC speakers across the entire event.

Please keep these commitments in mind and consider your proposed speaker’s background when submitting your nomination.

Session Formats

  • Panel (60 min): A moderated discussion with no more than four speakers (including the moderator) and ample time to address questions from the audience.
  • Interview (60 min): A conversation between a speaker and a moderator. This format is a deep dive into a speaker’s expertise or research, and should include ample time to address questions from the audience. 
  • Case Study (60 min): A session featuring an impactful and original approach to tackling a tough climate challenge. This is an opportunity to highlight a new initiative or collaboration, and spark the imagination of attendees.  
  • Workshop (60-120 min): A session designed to facilitate small group interactions and generate solutions to a predetermined challenge or opportunity. 
  • Other (60 min): GreenBiz is committed to experimenting with new formats that break out of the traditional panel structure. Let us know what creative ideas you have to best share your story and engage the VERGE community. 

Submissions

Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, GreenBiz will only respond to nominations we are interested in pursuing and will do so by July 31st. We encourage you to submit your proposal early, as speaking slots fill up quickly.