EXTREME HANGOUT COP28 PROGRAMME
This year's Extreme Hangout promises an even more expansive and thrilling experience, featuring a dynamic main stage, dedicated workshop space, an extensive exhibition area, multiple studios catering to creators, and, of course, the vibrant Hangout zone. With an impressive lineup of over 450 speakers, diverse panels, engaging story talks, insightful workshops, and exciting evening events, this event is designed to inspire, educate, and empower attendees to take meaningful action.
Best of all, entry is free of charge— you just need to register for tickets the Green zone and the Extreme Hangout event will be held from December 3rd to December 12th, 2023, running from 10 am to 10 pm. Our location within the Green Zone at Al Forsan Park, Expo City, Dubai, provides the perfect backdrop for this unforgettable gathering. Join us for an unparalleled opportunity to immerse yourself in the latest trends, ideas, and innovations across a spectrum of fields.
Please see below for a summary of each day. Times are in Gulf Standard Time (GTS)
For full details of each day please see individual day pages here.
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DAY 1 , SUNDAY 3rd DECEMBER
A Day of Hope, Relief, Recovery, Peace
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:15-10:20
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:20-10:30
Opening Session
Harry Acheampong - UK Youth Prime Minister
Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
The Global Stock Take
Extreme Hangout
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Carolina Schwab - President and Co-founder of Ocean Born
Extreme Hangout
12:00-1:00
Panel
Habitat for Earth - How to Design and Build for a Regenerative Future
Klosters Forum
2:00-3:00
Panel
Optimism, Hope, Leadership and the Climate Crisis
One Young World
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Henry Firth and Ian Theasby - Vegan Chefs and Co-Founders of BOSH! TV
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
How to Inspire Climate Action Through Authenticty on TikTok
TikTok
5:15-5:30
Storyteller
Patrick Holden - Founder and Chief Executive at Sustainable Food Trust
Extreme Hangout
18:30-19:30
Evening
Planetary Guardians Fireside Chat - Johan Rockström and Jean Oelwang
Jean Oelwang
20:00-21:00
Screening
A New Climate Vision
Global Optimism
DAY 2, MONDAY 4th DECEMBER
Finance/Trade/Gender Equality/Accountability
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:40
Panel
Progress Towards ATACH Commitments
AstraZeneca
11:50-12:35
Panel
Spotlight Discussion: Advancing Sustainable Initiatives for Climate-Resilient Healthcare Systems
AstraZeneca
2:00-3:00
Panel
Climate finance and the Planetary Boundaries
Planetary Guardians X Virgin Unite
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Oriele Frank - Co-Founder & Chief Product & Sustainability Officer at ELEMIS
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Why We Can't Fight Climate Change Without Fighting For Gender Equality
One Young World
5:15-5:30
Storyteller
Andrew Griffiths - Director of Policy and Partnerships at Planet Mark
Extreme Hangout
5:45-6:00
Storyteller
Aisling Connaughton
Extreme Hangout
6:30-8:00
Evening
Driving #ClimateAction on TikTok (Invite only)
TikTok
8:15-8:30
Screening
Women at COP
10:00-10:00
Exhibition
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca
DAY 3, TUESDAY 5th DECEMBER
Energy and Industry/Just Transition/Indigenous Peoples
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
AI, Clean Technologies, and Climate Change
One Young World
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Billie Dumaliang - Co-Founder and Trustee of the Masungi
Extreme Hangout
12:00-1:00
Panel
Turning Generation Z's Passion for Climate Issues into Action
Oliver Wyman
12:00-1:00
Workshop
Viagem Pelo Clima/ Climate Journey
Cascais City Council - Luis Costa
2:00-3:00
Panel
Achieving 100% Renewable Energy by 2045, Peace Boat's Ecoship and the Blue Planet Alliance Legacy
Peace Boat
2:00-3:00
Workshop
Climate Forward Pakistan
Zainab Zahid
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Sara Sabry - Astronaut, CEO and Founder at Deep Sea Space Initiative
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Energy and Politics: Who is Ruling the Roost?
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Workshop
Netting Waves of Change
Reyanne Mustafa
5:15-5:45
Storyteller
Richard Bampfylde - SDG, Sustainability and Partnerships.
Extreme Hangout
6:30-7:30
Screening
Amazonia, How to Mobilise the International Community Screening and Q & A
TBC
6:00-10:00
Networking area evening
Indigenous Celebration Evening
Extreme Hangout
DAY 4 , WEDNESDAY 6th DECEMBER
Multilevel Action, Urbanization, and Built Environment/Transport
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
Imagining a Century of Sustainable Development
One Young World
10:30-1:30
Workshop
EcoKnowledge Student Colloquium
Terrance Godwaldt
12:00-1:00
Panel
Democratizing Access to Climate Information
Google/YouTube
2:00-3:00
Panel
Caretakers of the Elements
DIRT Charity, with opening and closing ceremony by The Wisdom Keepers
2:00-3:00
Workshop
Climate Cafe - closing the gap between climate science and system change
Force of Nature
3:00 -3:45
GREEN ZONE Stage Panel
The Planet Is Our Playground - Green Zone Stage
Extreme Hangout
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Samata Pattinson - Sustainable fashion entrepreneur and chief executive at Black pearl
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Performance
Bright Light Burning
The Theatre of Others
5:15-5:45
Storyteller
Kelly Drennan - Founding Executive Director of Fashion Takes Action
Extreme Hangout
6:00-8:00
Screening
My Extinction - Screening and Panel
Josh Appignanesi
6:30-7:30
Networking area evening
Youth Climate Training: Lessons Learned and Inspiration for the Future
Oxford Smith School
8:00-10:00
Evening
A Concert Event
Climate Live
DAY 5 , THURSDAY 7th DECEMBER
Raising Impact
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
The Future of Sport
Extreme Hangout
10:30-12:30
Workshop
Sea the Future
Candice Fanucci
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Prachi Shevgaonkar - CEO of COOl the Globe & Arctic Angels
Extreme Hangout
12:00-1:00
Panel
Developing a Sustainable Tourism Development Project
Extreme Destinations
2:00-3:00
Panel
Community empowerment through sustainable tourism
Extreme Destinations
2:00-3:00
Workshop
Vegetal Policy
Kalpana Arias
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Nigel Topping
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Raising Impact
Static Waves
4:00-5:00
Workshop
Take a Chance on Me: Investing in Youth
The Iris Project
5:15-5:45
Storyteller
Reyanne Mustafa
Extreme Hangout
6:30-8:30
Screening
Nuclear Now Documentary Screening with Oliver Stone
Possible X
DAY 6 , FRIDAY 8th DECEMBER
Youth, Children, Education, and Skills
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
Hope and Anxiety in the Climate Crisis
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
10:30-11:30
Workshop
Climate Reality Check: Exposing False Solutoins
Natural History Museum
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun Githae - Zero Malaria: Change the Story
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
12:00-1:00
Panel
Rebooting Education
Reboot the Future and MeshMinds
12:00-1:00
Workshop
Mind, Body, Heart: Connecting with ourselves and each other in the climate crisis
Natural History Museum
1:15-1:45
Performance
Global Youth Choir: It's going to take ALL OF US
Corinne Gibbons
2:00-3:00
Panel
Climate JUSTICE
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
2:00-3:00
Workshop
Our African Climate Story Workshop 2.0
We Are Family Foundation
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Melati Wijsen
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
4:00-5:00
Panel
Restoring Our Relationship With Nature
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
4:00-5:00
Workshop
Restoring Our Relationship with Nature
We Are Family Foundation
5:15-5:45
Storyteller
Bodhi Patil - Ocean Climate Solutionist Dedicated to Improving Ocean Health and Human Health
Natural History Museum/We Are Family Foundation
6:00-8:00
Screening
Bigger Than Us Screening and Q & A
Melati Wijsen
8:00-10:00
Conversation and Concert
Music for Impact - A Performance by AY Young
We Are Family Foundation
DAY 7 , SATURDAY 9th DECEMBER
Nature and Land Use
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
TBC
PepsiCo
10:30-12:30
Workshop
Rest and Rejunvination at the Extreme Hangout
Extreme Hangout
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Whale Sound Bath
Tom Mustill
12:15-1:15
Panel
Game Changers: Uniting for Climate and Nature through Sports
IUCN
2:00-3:00
Panel
Nature Education and Engagement for All
Earth Minutes and Nowadays On Earth
2:00-5:30
Workshop
Collaborator Roundtable
We Are Family Foundation
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Zach Bush
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Nature based community-led solutions for environmental regeneration
Planetary X
5:15-5:45
Storyteller
TBD
TBD
6:30-9:00
Evening
IRENA NewGen Rising Stars Award 2023
IRENA
DAY 8, SUNDAY 10th DECEMBER
Food, Agriculture and Water
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
How Bad is Big Agriculture?
Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Workshop
TBC
Dr. Claire Nelson
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
Elizabeth Wathuti
Extreme Hangout
12:00-1:00
Panel
End Ecocide, Raise Hope
Youth4Ecocide Law
12:00-1:00
Workshop
Agriculture’s impact on planetary boundaries & Plant Based Treaty doughnut economics
Lia Phillips
2:00-3:00
Panel
Notice Nature
ENWWF
2:00-3:00
Workshop
Voicing Hope: Climate Creation and Communication Workshop
Youth4Ecocide Law
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Victoria Whalen - Media Fellow at Black Girl Environmentalist
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
The Evolution of Climate Justice
Island Innovation
4:00-5:00
Workshop
Impact Storytelling: Solutions for Youth, Nature and Climate
Afrika Youth Caravan
5:15-5:30
Storyteller
CEO of Island Innovation
James Ellesmoore
6-7:30
Evening
Music Show with Matt Sorum and Agnes Nunes
Planetary X
6:30-8:00
Networking area evening
Extreme Hangout's Youth Networking Event
Extreme Hangout
DAY 9, MONDAY 11th DECEMBER
Climate Tourism
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
Fashioning the Policy Agenda: How The Youth Activism Playbook Is Shaping Multi-Sector Decision Making
Mary Fellowes
10:30-12:20
Workshop
Participatory Storytelling Workshop
Dr Claire Nelson
12:15-12:30
Storyteller
Opportunities from Pain: The Story of Mukuru
Charlotte Magayi
12:30-1:30
Workshop
Experiences Sharing from Young Ugandan Grassroots Environmental Rights Defenders
Smart Youth Network Initiative
12:40 - 12:55
Storyteller
A Thousand Stories of Climate Innovation
Matz Stigezelius
2:00-3:00
Panel
Round in Circles: The Unexpected Players Resolving Fashion's Final Frontier
Mary Fellowes
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Marine Tanguy - CEO : The art sector’s leading talent agency
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Loss and Damage: A Perspective of Youth from Territories Around the World
Latin America Youth Climate Scholarships
2:00-5:00
Workshop
Climate Fresk
Ash Goddard
5:15-5:30
Storyteller
How Travel Can Unlock Climate Solutions
Juliet Kinsman
6:30-8:00
Evening
Sailing for Change: Film Festival for the UN Ocean Decade
Peace Boat
8:00-10:00
Networking area evening
Youth Networking evening and music
Youth 4 Nature
DAY 10, TUESDAY 12th DECEMBER
Oceans
Time
Event Type
Title
Curated by
10:25-10:30
Introduction
Amber Nuttall
Founder of the Extreme Hangout
10:30-11:30
Panel
It's a Wrap
Extreme Hangout
11:40-11:55
Storyteller
David Shukman - Thank You Ending on an Optimistic Note – Why I Believe We Can Do It.
Extreme Hangout
12:00-1:00
Panel
Community-building and Innovation for the Ocean
Bodhi Patil
2:00-3:00
Panel
Using state-of-the-art technologies like satellite imagery and AI to enhance marine conservation and reach the 30x30 target
BioConsult SH
3:15-3:30
Storyteller
Jurgis Didziulis
Extreme Hangout
4:00-5:00
Panel
Charting a New course: Rowing Across the Pacific to Save Our Seas
Paris Norriss
5:15-5:30
Storyteller
Elsie Gabriel
Extreme Hangout