From Crisis to Opportunity: Creating the World We Want
2023 FiRe AGENDA
2023 SPEAKERS
LOCATION
TERRANEA RESORT
This year’s conference will take place at the beautiful Terranea Resort located in Palos Verdes, CA.
Located 14.9 miles from Long Beach, the Terranea sits on 102 oceanfront acres with beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean.

2023 FiReStarters
2023 FiReFilms Feature Film

NEWTOK
We are excited to announce this year’s Featured FiReFilm: NEWTOK, directed by Andrew Burton and Michael Kirby Smith. Join them and Newtok Village Council Member Della Carl on Tuesday, 11/7/23, at 7pm for a special FiRe screening followed by a live Q&A to learn more about how the community of Newtok is doing in 2023!
About the Film: Water will erase Newtok, Alaska. Built on a delta at the edge of the Bering Sea, the tiny Yup’ik village has been dealing with melting permafrost, river erosion and decaying infrastructure for decades. To keep their culture and community intact, the 360 Yup’ik residents must relocate their entire village to stable ground upriver while facing a federal government that has failed to take appropriate action to combat climate change. In moving their village, they will become some of America’s first climate change refugees. This is a film of a village seeking justice in the face of climate disaster.

Andrew Burton
Documentary Filmmaker, Roan Films

Michael Kirby Smith
Documentary Filmmaker, Roan Films
