Two futures. One choice. Join us March 31–April 3, 2027 in Sarasota for EcoSummit 2027.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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EcoSummit 2027: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be

March 31–April 3, 2027

Sarasota Opera House and Five Points Park

 
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Florida faces a choice.

A future of declining ecosystems, rising pollution, and unchecked sprawl, or a new future by design. Through speculative storytelling and real-world solutions, EcoSummit 2027 moves from imagination to action across four critical domains: natural lands, resilient waterways, environmental health, and living cities. Experience four days of inspiring talks, deep discussions, hands-on workshops, innovative exhibits, art and performance.

Show up for the Florida future you want.

The Summit

MAR 31 – APR 2

Keynotes, panels, case-studies and eco-performance at the Sarasota Opera House. This is where the solutions take shape and where you make the connections that carry them forward.

 

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The Festival

APR 2 – APR 3

Free Festival of Discovery and Innovation at Five Points Park is where the Summit’s ideas bloom out of the Opera House and into the open air to touch and to try. Come curious and stay for the fun.

 

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Featured Keynote Speakers

Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction author

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction Author

To build a better future, we must first imagine it. Robinson is the acclaimed author of the international bestselling epic Mars Trilogy and paradigm-shifting The Ministry For The Future, and a defining voice in environmental and climate fiction.

 

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Peter Leyden, futurist and tech strategist

Peter Leyden

Futurist & Tech Strategist

Former managing editor of WIRED and author of The Great Progression: 2025–2050, Leyden maps how emerging technologies like clean energy, bioengineering, and AI can pivot civilization from ecological crisis into a new era of sustainability.

 

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Wednesday, March 31 · Opening Night

Shopping Center of the Universe

Shopping Center of the Universe puppet performance

A multidisciplinary live performance blending puppetry, prose, music, and film. Inspired by a real parking lot, this visually stunning puppet spectacle transforms consumer culture into a surreal, comic journey through desire, waste, wonder, and our planetary future.

Presented in partnership with the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, as part of the Historic Asolo Theater’s 2026/2027 Art of Performance Season. Also available as a stand-alone ticket.

 

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