Energy Transition Symposium At UMass Amherst On May 3

Source: UMass News and Media

UMass will host The Energy Transition Symposium in the Campus Center and Student Union Ballroom on Tuesday, May 3, starting at 10:30 a.m The Energy Transition Symposium is a showcase for energy transition research and campus climate action, including (but not limited to) work in STEM, social sciences, humanities, business, and interdisciplinary studies.

All members of the UMass and the five-college community with projects related to energy transition, environmental justice, and sustainability will have an opportunity to present at the poster session. The deadline to submit a project for the poster session is Tuesday, April 19.

The event will also feature a career panel and a keynote address by Secretary of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Kathleen A. Theoharides.

Register Here to attend or present a poster.
The poster session registration deadline is Tuesday, April 19.

Schedule Of Events:
(all events in the Student Union Ballroom unless otherwise noted)

• 10:30 – 11:45 am | Career Panel | Campus Center 163C
      –  Dan Berwick, Borrego Energy
      –  Dr. Ariel Horowitz, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
      –  John Larsen, Rhodium Group
      –  Marc Lucas, Esq, National Grid
• 12:45 – 1:45 pm | Poster Session A
• 1:45 – 2:15 pm | Keynote Address from Secretary of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Kathleen A. Theoharides
• 2:30 – 3:30 pm | Poster Session B
• 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Carbon Mitigation Plan Presentation

For more information about the UMass Energy Energy Transition Symposium, contact Matthew Lackner, ELEVATE Program Director, at lackner@ecs.umass.edu.The event is sponsored by ELEVATE, in partnership with the Energy Transition Institute(link is external), the iCons Program, Clean Energy Extension, Campus Sustainability, and the Wind Energy Fellows Program.