10-Year Anniversary Symposium | Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Celebrating a decade of impact of one of the most prestigious environmental prizes in the world for innovators under 40.
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UCLA Luskin Conference Center
Centennial Ballroom
Join UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for a public symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.
The Symposium brings together past Pritzker Award winners and finalists, UCLA faculty, students, and cross-sector partners for substantive dialogue on the defining environmental challenges of our time.
A preview of the day’s program is below. Additional panelists and moderators to be confirmed.
Each panel discussion will include an audience question-and-answer session.
Opening remarks by Alex Hall, Director of the IoES and Faculty Director of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
Panel 1
A discussion about conservation as resilience in the face of a changing climate.
Featuring:
- 2023 Pritzker Prize Winner Iroro Tanshi, Director of Research Programs and Co-founder of Small Mammal Conservation Organisation (SMCO)
- Professor Elsa Ordway, Co-director of the Congo Basin Institute and Co-director of the Center for Tropical Research
- Restoration Ecologist Andy Kleinhesselink, Managing Director of UCLA’s Sage Hill
Panel 2
A look at the energy transition and economic development from a global perspective.
Featuring:
- 2022 Pritzker Prize Winner Dysmus Kisilu, Founder of Solar Freeze
- Professor William Boyd, Faculty Co-Director of Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- Sebastián Solarte-Caicedo, Fulbright Scholar and PhD Candidate at the IoES
Panel 3
A discussion with 2026’s Pritzker Prize finalists.
Moderated by Nurit Katz, UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer
Featuring:
- Zuzana Buřivalová, tropical forest conservation scientist and professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Doris Njagi, Founder of Forest Restored
- Suzanne Pierre, Founder and Executive Director of Critical Ecology Lab
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from, and engage in dialogue with, some of the world’s most compelling environmental minds at a critical moment for the planet.
RSVP today to secure your spot.
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