2024 Energy Transition Symposium

March 29th, 2024 | Amherst Room, Campus Center | UMass Amherst

In its third year, the Energy Transition Symposium at UMass Amherst was an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff across the UMass Amherst campus to present their work on clean energy, climate, and decarbonization. This event was open to all fundamental and applied areas of energy research and climate action work including (but not limited to) work in STEM, social sciences, humanities, business, and interdisciplinary studies. We welcome area schools, colleges, and community members to attend.

The event consisted of several parallel poster sessions and a panel discussion.

Schedule of the day’s events:

3-4pm | Panel Discussion Energy Justice at Work

How do we ensure that every step on the energy transition from technology and policy creation to implementation, to downstream effects is Just?

• Dr. Elizabeth Stanton, Applied Economics Clinic
• Daniel Berry, PV Squared
• Rusty Polsgrove, Arise for Social Justice
• To be announced

4-4:45 pm | Poster Session A*

4:45-5:30 pm | Poster Session B*

6-7 pm | Energy Justice reception dinner for students and community leaders

To attend or present, please register here. If you have any questions or would like to request information about participating in the poster session please email zgetmanp@umass.edu

The event is sponsored by ELEVATE, in partnership with the Energy Transition Institute, the iCons Program, Clean Energy Extension, Campus Sustainability, and the Wind Energy Fellows Program.