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Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

🗳️ Go Vote for local climate action on Tues Nov 4, 2025 🗳️

Guest post from Boston clean tech scene community member Hannan Rhodes:

TLDR: Cambridge’s housing bill is on the line. Vote to keep building near transit and protect bike infrastructure. 🏘️🚇🚲

If you live in Cambridge, make sure you vote this Tuesday, November 4.

Some of the most effective local climate actions we can take are building more housing 🏠 near jobs and transit 🚇 and making it safer to bike 🚲 instead of drive.

Cambridge passed a groundbreaking housing bill last term, but the NIMBYs are out in full force to try to repeal it. Here’s who we’re ranking (feel free to change it up based on your preferences):

1. Burhan Azeem

2. Ned Melanson

3. Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler

4. Dana Bullister

5. Marc McGovern

6. Sumbul Siddiqui

👉 Check out a more in-depth guide here 🗳️, which links to even more guides.

This election will decide whether Cambridge continues to lead on housing and sustainable streets or falls behind.

Vote for a city that builds housing 🏗️, protects cyclists 🚴‍♀️, and takes real climate action 🌍.

Find your polling place, bring a friend and make a plan to vote!.

Clean tech / Climate tech jobs

🔍Looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 10,000 jobs from 1,000+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily.

ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

Currently, there are 520 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

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• Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture “Unfracking the Future Through Relational Redesign” with Sara Wiley and Discussant Marc Weisskopf - Events Calendar: 11/6 Thu

• Climatetech Summit 2025 - Greentown Labs: 11/6 Thu

• MIT Partnership w/ Harvard Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo - Events Calendar: 11/7 Fri

• MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Emily Reichert - Events Calendar: 11/12 Wed

• YPE Trivia Night: 11/13 Thu

• Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff - Greentown Labs: 12/4 Thu

• We Need to Talk: What if Staying is No Longer an Option? – Climate Adaptation Forum: 12/12 Fri

Climatetech Summit 2025 - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

11/6/2025 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

11/6/2025 Thu 8:00 AM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us on Nov. 4 at Greentown Houston, Nov. 6 at Greentown Boston, + via livestream

The world is at an inflection point: there’s an unprecedented demand for energy globally, emissions must be drastically reduced, and resilience has never been more critical. Meeting this growing demand requires audacious entrepreneurial innovation at the nexus of energy generation and decarbonization, coupled with corporate leadership, philanthropic action, and community engagement.

We’ll dive into these challenges and opportunities together at Climatetech Summit, and emerge with tangible actions to foster more collaboration.

On Nov. 4 in Houston and Nov. 6 in Boston, step into our incubators for a day of hands-on exploration of climatetech solutions from 200+ startups, insightful keynotes and discussions with industry leaders, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Throughout the event, we’ll highlight how collaboration across Texas and Massachusetts’s climate and energy ecosystems—and beyond—is accelerating deployment, scaling impact, and commercializing the technologies that will power a clean-energy abundant, sustainable, resilient future

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/climatetech-summit-2025/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Day of Climate Workshop

🕑 Start time

11/5/2025 Wed 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/5/2025 Wed 6:00 PM

📍Location

Building NE49, 2000

📍Address

📝 Notes

On Wednesday, November 5, from 4–6 p.m., explore innovative climate curriculum and activities designed for pK–12 learners by MIT community members. Led by the Day of Climate 2024–25 grantees, these interactive sessions will offer practical strategies for integrating climate topics into learning environments, a first-hand look at new classroom-ready materials, and opportunities to connect and collaborate with fellow educators, administrators, and partners in PK–12 education. Registration Required.

Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 4-6pm ET

Format: In-Person, On-Campus at MIT

Location: 600 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02140

Food: Pizza will be provided

[This training counts towards 2 hours of training toward one PDP credit (for Massachusetts educators)]

Building NE49, 2000

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600 TECHNOLOGY SQ, Cambridge, MA 02142

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/day-of-climate-workshop?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture “Unfracking the Future Through Relational Redesign” with Sara Wiley and Discussant Marc Weisskopf - Events Calendar

🕑 Start time

11/6/2025 Thu 4:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/6/2025 Thu 6:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Building E51, 376

📍Address

70 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

Join us for Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture with Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS and discussant Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D.

Abstract: The world’s oil and gas industry is one of the largest and most secretive. Sara Wylie will discuss the lack of transparency that exists between the producers and consumers of oil and gas and why this relationship must be strengthened. For this change to be made, we must first understand the benefits of creating collaborative solutions that support ethical, social, and environmental relationships. Wylie will argue that this is possible, and we can begin to do so by designing solutions that prioritize reciprocity, accountability, consent, and trust.

Speaker: Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS, is an Associate Professor Sociology/Anthropology and Health Science at Northeastern University. She is a cofounder of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), a network of academics and non-profits working to develop more just and effective forms of environmental governance through ensuring and improving public access to data. Sara is a cofounder of Public Lab, a non-profit that developed open source, Do-It-Yourself tools for community-based environmental analysis. Her award winning book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds describes the need to rethink the extractive research systems that proceed and enable extractive industries. Under the Biden Administration, Dr. Wylie served as an Energy Justice, Science, Technology and Policy Fellow for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the US Department of Energy and helped develop accountability systems for Biden’s Justice 40 Initiative.

Discussant: Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D., is the Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Director of the Harvard TH Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health, Director of Epidemiological Studies for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard, and codirector of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. Dr. Weisskopf received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco, and his Sc.D. in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also spent two years as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working on environmental health issues in the Wisconsin State Health Department. His neuroscience work focused on molecular and cellular aspects of neural signaling and plasticity. His epidemiological work focuses on the influence of environmental exposures on brain health across the life course. In particular, his research focuses on environmental risk factors for outcomes such as autism spectrum disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cognitive function and dementia, and psychiatric conditions. Dr. Weisskopf also explores epidemiological methods issues to improve causal inference from observational environmental health studies.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/living-climate-futures-lab-inaugural-lecture-unfracking-the-future-through-relational-redesign-with-sara-wiley-and-discussant-marc-weisskopf?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Partnership w/ Harvard Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo

🕑 Start time

11/7/2025 Fri 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/7/2025 Fri 4:30 PM

📍Location

Harvard’s Gutman Conference Center

📍Address

6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

📝 Notes

Interested in climate and sustainability and curious where you can make a difference? Attend the Climate and Sustainability Career Expo to learn about research, internships, and careers in climate.

Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Career Expo – Friday, November 7, 2025, 1-4:30 PM ET, Harvard’s Gutman Conference Center – 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

Register for the event using this form.

Shuttle transportation will be available for MIT students, making continuous loops between the main campus and Harvard from 12:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. To take the shuttle, meet at the steps of 77 Mass Avenue.

How is a career expo different from a career fair?

This event is intended to be a opportunity that encourages employers to showcase their work in the climate and sustainability space even if their full-time or internship opportunities are not yet posted. During the Career Expo employers will promote upcoming jobs, internships, research experiences, and projects at their organizations. While some employers may have roles posted by the event on Friday, November 7, 2025, many employers will open applications over the winter or in the spring.

The partnership is supported by the following MIT Departments: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Climate Education, Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Mechanical Engineering, Sloan Climate Sustainability, Nuclear Engineering, Energy Initiative, Office of Sustainability, Undergraduate Advising Center, and Career Advising and Professional Development.

Please note this event is an undergraduate and graduate student only event, please bring your student id with you to the career expo to confirm your registeration.

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🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit-partnership-w-harvard-salata-institute-climate-and-sustainability-career-expo?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Emily Reichert - Events Calendar

🕑 Start time

11/12/2025 Wed 5:15 PM

🕓 End time

11/12/2025 Wed 6:15 PM

📍Location

Building 45

📍Address

51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mitei-presents-advancing-the-energy-transition-with-emily-reichert?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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YPE Trivia Night

🕑 Start time

11/13/2025 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/13/2025 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join NECA and YPE Boston on Thursday, November 13, to network and test your knowledge in energy and other topics at Margaritaville located in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. The YP Trivia Night is a special chance to meet and create connections with professionals of similar experience across a variety of energy sector areas. We will also be joined by some seasoned professionals who are great resources for your career path.

🔗 Registration link

https://necanews.org/product/yp-trivia-night/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Energy & Climate Club Hackathon 2025

🕑 Start time

11/14/2025 Fri 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/15/2025 Sat 5:00 AM

📍Location

MIT Building 10

📍Address

222 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Ready to Tackle Climate Change? Join the MIT Energy & Climate Hack 2025! We’re on a mission to revolutionize how we think about energy and sustainability.

This year’s theme is Industrial Decarbonization & Sustainable Manufacturing: Imagine a world where everything we buy—from electronics to airplanes to medicine—is manufactured with clean energy and zero pollution!

As a participant, you’ll be in teams of up to 4 and have the opportunity to create innovative solutions to actual energy problems proposed by our sponsors. Plus, you’ll have the chance to network with some of the industry’s most prominent organizations and collaborate with competitors from around the globe.

Let’s create a future that doesn’t just survive, but thrives!

Click here to apply! The deadline is 10/13/2025, and the dates for the hackathon are 11/14/2025–11/16/2025.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit-energy-climate-club-hackathon-2025?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Carbon to Value Initiative Year 5 Kickoff - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

12/4/2025 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

12/4/2025 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Meet the startups shaping the future of carbontech and kick off Year 5 of the Carbon to Value Initiative!

Attendees will meet the startups that were selected for this year’s cohort as well as members of C2V’s Carbontech Leadership Council members. As the C2V Initiative enters its fifth year, our recent call for applications paints a compelling picture of where the industry is headed. With 165 applications spanning 33 countries across six continents (a record for us!) – the global momentum behind using carbon as a feedstock remains strong.

Agenda

Stay tuned for more details!

​5:30 to 6:00 pm – Arrival and Check-in

6:00 to 7:00 pm – Speaking program / Startup presentations

7:00 to 8:00 pm – Networking

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/carbon-to-value-initiative-year-5-kickoff/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

We Need to Talk: What if Staying is No Longer an Option? – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

12/12/2025 Fri 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

12/12/2025 Fri 12:30 PM

📍Location

Foley Hoag LLP

📍Address

📝 Notes

As climate resilience practitioners, we are focused on preventing harm to vulnerable people and places. But we know that, for many communities, the decision may one day arrive at having to move out of harm’s way. What then? What needs to be in place to manage the huge financial, social, and cultural costs associated with climate disasters and involuntary, unsupported climate migration? What do we need to do to prevent an “everyone for themselves” reaction that worsens existing structural inequality?

This Forum will involve a combination of presentations, discussions, and interactive exercises. Participants will leave with a better understanding of what triggers people’s decisions to leave or stay, how we can better facilitate the difficult discussions and decision-making, and what policies, funding, and other support are needed in these difficult transitions.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/we-need-to-talk-what-if-staying-is-no-longer-an-option/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MBA Summit — ClimateCAP

🕑 Start time

4/17/2026 Fri 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/17/2026 Fri 4:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Sloan School of Management 100 Main Street

📍Address

📝 Notes

Climate change is one of the 21st century’s most important drivers of value creation and destruction in the global economy. By 2030, global climate change impacts are projected to reach $700 billion annually, with trillions of dollars of coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change also represents a multi-trillion dollar business opportunity for forward-thinking business leaders, with massive new markets for technology and infrastructure solutions expanding throughout the world.

ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. At the Summit, students gain a deeper understanding of how climate change is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging.

Join us April 17 & 18, 2026 at MIT Sloan for the 2026 ClimateCAP MBA Summit, “Leading Through Complexity: Navigating the Tensions Shaping Climate Leadership.” Built on MIT’s legacy of bold problem-solving and systems innovation, ClimateCAP 2026 will challenge students to engage with the real-world tensions and trade-offs of climate leadership- from the boardroom to the frontlines of the transition.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.climatecap.org/mba-summit?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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1. Newsletter will be less frequent now and I’ll send out monthly emails when I can.

2. If you want to help run this newsletter (it’s mostly automated but still takes some time), send me a LinkedIn DM or reply to this email.

3. In the meantime, people are still submitting events to the live calendar here So the calendar is still up to date! Bookmark that tab and add the iCal feed to your Google calendar! See screenshot animation below:

4. ClimateTechList, which is focused on jobs and companies hiring, is still being worked on and updated daily! 41,000+ up-to-date job openings daily from 1800+ climate tech, green tech, green jobs, and clean tech companies, updated daily.

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

Use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter or view ALL events in the future.

To submit events, use this form

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

2024 MIT Energy conference (March 11-12)

Purchase Tickets to the 2024 MIT Energy Conference (see trailer video here)

Want to network with energy transition leaders and top climate change activists? Purchase tickets to the 2024 MIT Energy Conference!

Unlock access to ground-breaking conference sessions, connect with our renowned speakers, and network with top cleantech startups at the 2024 MIT Energy Conference: “Short and Long: A Balanced Approach to the Energy Transition”. This year’s conference will delve into the nuances of how to balance urgent yet effective progress toward the energy transition, exploring the trade-offs and opportunities of shorter and longer-term scaling and investment.

The 2024 MIT Energy Conference will take place on March 11 and 12 at The Westin Copley Place, Boston. Stay updated on speaker announcements and agenda updates through our newsletter and website:

👉 https://www.mitenergyconference.org/

We are excited to feature high profile keynote speakers such as:

• Daniel Kammen: a UC Berkeley professor and lead author for the IPCC's Climate Change 2007, a Nobel Peace Prize winning report

• Yet-Ming Chiang: an MIT professor and lead researcher in the development of advanced materials for clean energy technologies

• Katie Rae: the CEO and managing partner of Engine Ventures, a lead venture capital firm in the clean tech industry

And, key panels such as:

• Training the Transition: Developing and sustaining a skilled workforce for the energy transition

• Closing the Loop: Building the Value Chain for Recycled Batteries

• Green Chemistry for Blue Skies: Scaling biotechnology and electrochemistry to decarbonize manufacturing

• Offshore Wind: Winds of change in offshore landscape

Buy your ticket

Secure your spot now before tickets run out! Tickets are $299 (Virtual) and $649 (In Person), along with lower prices for student tickets.

👉 Buy tickets here: https://mit.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1914

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🔍Looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 31,000 jobs from 1,000+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily.

ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

Currently, there are 520 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

👉 Hiring? Reach 30,000 climate job seekers a month, free and paid job posting options here

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• Environmental, Energy, and Engineering Career Fair - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 3/4 Mon

• Hour of Action: Protect and invest in bold climate policy: 3/4 Mon

• Climate Designers - Boston Chapter Networking Night at Aeronaut: 3/6 Wed

• ACCEL Year 2 Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs: 3/6 Wed

• Community-Based Approaches To Energy Equity / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative: 3/7 Thu

• 2024 MIT Climate and Energy Prize Semi-Finals: 3/8 Fri

• MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 Boston Semi-Final: 3/8 Fri

• 2024 MIT Energy Conference: 3/11 Mon

• The Value Of Values: A Book Discussion With Author Daniel Aronson (MBA '99) / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative: 3/14 Thu

• Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation – Climate Adaptation Forum: 3/15 Fri

• Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 3/15 Fri

• Tough Tech Talent Fair : 3/20 Wed

Environmental, Energy, and Engineering Career Fair - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

3/4/2024 Mon 7:30 PM

🕓 End time

3/4/2024 Mon 9:30 PM

📍Location

Hynes Convention Center

📍Address

900 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02115

📝 Notes

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/environmental-energy-and-engineering-career-fair-3/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Hour of Action: Protect and invest in bold climate policy

🕑 Start time

3/4/2024 Mon 8:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/4/2024 Mon 9:00 PM

📍Location

Online

📍Address

📝 Notes

​In a pivotal election year with the Inflation Reduction Act on the line, the climate-tech community has a unique opportunity and responsibility to speak up.

Join this special Hour of Action featuring speakers from MCJ Collective and Overture, two leading climate-tech venture capital funds. Get inspired, learn how to influence bold climate policies that play a pivotal role in the U.S. energy transition, and then take meaningful action, all within the hour.

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/climate-tech-hour-of-action?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climate Designers - Boston Chapter Networking Night at Aeronaut

🕑 Start time

3/6/2024 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/6/2024 Wed 7:00 PM

📍Location

Aeronaut Brewing

📍Address

14 Tyler St Somerville, MA 02143

📝 Notes

Climate Designers provides the knowledge, skills, and professional network to support designers to be climate leaders everywhere they work. Learn more here.

​Celebrate Climate Designers 'Chapter Week' with Climate Designers Boston Chapter Networking Night at Aeronaut Brewing Co. after the Greentown Labs ACCEL event. This will be the first networking event of the year for Climate Designers! If you are interested in climate action, design, and/or beer - we would love to meet you!!

​Note: this is a casual meet & greet, we will grab a table, and everyone can come and go as they please!

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/4srhokic?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

ACCEL Year 2 Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

3/6/2024 Wed 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/6/2024 Wed 12:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Year 2 of ACCEL, an accelerator program from Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS) designed to support BIPOC-led climatetech startups. At this event, hear from innovative startups that are developing climate solutions for sectors encompassing electricity, transportation, buildings, manufacturing, agriculture, and more.

The second iteration of ACCEL follows on a successful inaugural year that featured six startups working on innovations as diverse as sneakers made from food waste, ultracapacitors built with hemp sourced from Black and Indigenous farmers, and ultra-light solar panels. Their accomplishments during the accelerator included raising equity funding, earning acceptances into additional accelerators, winning grants, executing customer discovery, and more.

Take this opportunity to network, celebrate, and build community around this incredible program and meet the Year 2 cohort, which will be announced in the coming weeks! Are you an investor or corporate leader planning to attend? We’re looking to connect our cohort of founders with resources essential to success. We welcome conversation around how you can support! Please reach out to ACCEL Program Manager, Sonali Anderson (sanderson@greentownlabs.com), for more info.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/accel-kickoff-event-year-2/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Community-Based Approaches To Energy Equity / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

3/7/2024 Thu 2:45 PM

🕓 End time

3/7/2024 Thu 3:45 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for our sustainability lunch series presenting with the Sloan Energy Club featuring Lucy Bullock Sieger, VP of Strategy at Lightstar Renewables, LLC (https://www.lightstar.com/).

Lucy will share insights on developing and policy surrounding community solar and agrivoltaics projects across the US. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about these innovative approaches to sustainable energy.

Lunch will be provided to those that join in person.

 Food Provided (Vegetarian food options will be provided for our in person attendees)

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1929168?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2024 MIT Climate and Energy Prize Semi-Finals

🕑 Start time

3/8/2024 Fri 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/8/2024 Fri 3:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Media Lab

📍Address

75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Secure your spot now with LIMITED Early Bird Tickets for 2024 MIT Climate and Energy Prize Semi-Finals! 🔥 

Witness the top 18 teams out of 160+ startup applicants unveil groundbreaking climate-tech solutions in Boston and London (9 teams each). You will have exciting 2 days in each location listening to startup pitches and inspiring panel discussions, plus networking with entrepreneurs, VC investors, corporate professionals, researchers, and students! Livestream will be available for both events for Semi-Final pitches.

🔥 Hurry, limited early bird ticket availability! 🔥

Use code Earlybird_General for General Admission

Use code Earlybird_Student for Student Discounts

🇺🇸 Boston Semi-Final:

3/7 Networking Reception @Greentown Labs (Somerville)

3/8 Semi-final @MIT Media Lab

Register here: https://lnkd.in/eg6YW4hu

🇬🇧 London Semi-Final:

3/14 Networking Reception @ London Business School

3/15 Semi-final @ DLA Piper London Office

Register here: https://lnkd.in/etPH3QWX

See you soon in Boston & London! 🎉

🔗 Registration link

https://lnkd.in/eg6YW4hu?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 Boston Semi-Final

🕑 Start time

3/8/2024 Fri 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/8/2024 Fri 3:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Media Lab

📍Address

75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Join the BOSTON SEMI-FINAL of MIT CEP 2024, the largest and longest-running pitch competition for student-led climate-tech startups, and gain insights on the latest innovations in tackling climate change.

Top 9 student climate-tech startups out of 166 applicants will compete for Regional Prize and subsequent $100,000 Grand Prizes!

3/7 Networking Night 5pm - 7pm at Greentown Labs (Somerville, MA)

3/8 Semi-final and Panel Discussion 8:30am - 3:30pm at MIT Media Lab

Registration: https://lnkd.in/eg6YW4hu

(Food will be served with the ticket purchase)

🔗 Registration link

http://tinyurl.com/CEP24-BostonSF?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2024 MIT Energy Conference

🕑 Start time

3/11/2024 Mon 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/12/2024 Tue 10:00 PM

📍Location

Westin Copley Place Boston

📍Address

📝 Notes

🔗 Registration link

https://mitenergyconference.org/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

The Value Of Values: A Book Discussion With Author Daniel Aronson (MBA '99) / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

3/14/2024 Thu 2:45 PM

🕓 End time

3/14/2024 Thu 3:45 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for an enlightening presentation by author Daniel Aronson on his book, "The Value of Values: How Business Leaders Can Grow Profits and Competitive Advantage by Doing the Right Thing". Aronson advocates for a quantitative analysis of the impact of values, suggesting that they can lead to significant improvements in operating margins, accident rates, crisis response, stock performance, and overall corporate performance. The book emphasizes the importance of values in today's business landscape and suggests that their significance will continue to grow, making them a crucial lever for success. The presentation will be introduced by John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Whether you have critical questions about the financial aspects of sustainability or are already a sustainability ambassador, engage with Aronson as he shares real-world examples and tools of how to impact the bottom line.

The Sustainability Initiative will be raffling off several copies of Aronson’s book to those who attend in person. Lunch will be provided to those attendees joining in person.

 Food Provided (Vegetarian food options will be provided for our in person attendees)

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1929170?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

3/15/2024 Fri 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/15/2024 Fri 12:30 PM

📍Location

Foley Hoag

📍Address

155 Seaport BoulevardBoston, MA 02210 United States

📝 Notes

Flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, heat, and other climate change challenges cross-cut political boundaries. Facing a crisis without set boundaries, how can communities, agencies, and non-profit organizations plan for climate change at the regional scale? Join experts from across the country to learn about different regional approaches to building climate change resilience for people and nature. Speakers will explore the benefits and challenges of bringing communities together at the watershed, coastal, and other regional scales in order to move from planning through to action.

Forum Speakers

Violeta Duncan, Principal, Duncan Núñez Consulting, LLC

Stephanie Page, Acting Director, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) – Speaker to be announced shortly.

Additional speakers to be announced shortly!

Forum Co-Chairs

Mark Costa, Senior Water Resources Engineer, VHB

Melanie Gárate, Senior Associate, Consensus Building Institute

Beth Lambert, Director, Division of Ecological Restoration, Department of Fish and Game, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Carolyn Norkiewicz, Regional Coordinator for Greater Boston, Municipal Vulnerability Program, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Registration Information

This forum will be organized in a hybrid format. Attendees have the option to attend in-person OR virtually.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/climate-adaptation-at-the-regional-scale-from-planning-to-implementation/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

3/15/2024 Fri 12:30 PM

🕓 End time

3/15/2024 Fri 3:30 PM

📍Location

Foley Hoag

📍Address

155 Seaport BoulevardBoston, MA 02210 United States

📝 Notes

The Climate Adaptation Forum is a collaboration between the Environmental Business Council and the Sustainable Solutions Lab at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, heat, and other climate change challenges cross-cut political boundaries. Facing a crisis without set boundaries, how can communities, agencies, and non-profit organizations plan for climate change at the regional scale? Join experts from across the country to learn about different regional approaches to building climate change resilience for people and nature. Speakers will explore the benefits and challenges of bringing communities together at the watershed, coastal, and other regional scales in order to move from planning through to action.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/climate-adaptation-at-the-regional-scale-from-planning-to-implementation/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Tough Tech Talent Fair 

🕑 Start time

3/20/2024 Wed 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/20/2024 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

The Engine

📍Address

750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

Interested in working at a mission-focused startup driving the future of industry? The Tough Tech Talent Fair is your chance to engage with Tough Tech founders looking for candidates to join their team. Tough Tech companies apply cutting edge technology to society’s biggest problems. We believe these areas are all interconnected — addressing climate change must go hand in hand with improving issues surrounding global supply chains and food systems, and vice versa. Working at a Tough Tech startup is more than just supporting the development of foundational technologies; it also means playing a part in transforming industries for the better, and creating the new industries of the future.

🔗 Registration link

https://toughtechtalentfair.splashthat.com/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

2024 MIT Energy conference (March 11-12)

Purchase Tickets to the 2024 MIT Energy Conference

Want to network with energy transition leaders and top climate change activists? Purchase tickets to the 2024 MIT Energy Conference!

Unlock access to ground-breaking conference sessions, connect with our renowned speakers, and network with top cleantech startups at the 2024 MIT Energy Conference: “Short and Long: A Balanced Approach to the Energy Transition”. This year’s conference will delve into the nuances of how to balance urgent yet effective progress toward the energy transition, exploring the trade-offs and opportunities of shorter and longer-term scaling and investment.

The 2024 MIT Energy Conference will take place on March 11 and 12 at The Westin Copley Place, Boston. Stay updated on speaker announcements and agenda updates through our newsletter and website:

👉 https://www.mitenergyconference.org/

We are excited to feature high profile keynote speakers such as:

• Daniel Kammen: a UC Berkeley professor and lead author for the IPCC's Climate Change 2007, a Nobel Peace Prize winning report

• Yet-Ming Chiang: an MIT professor and lead researcher in the development of advanced materials for clean energy technologies

• Katie Rae: the CEO and managing partner of Engine Ventures, a lead venture capital firm in the clean tech industry

And, key panels such as:

• Training the Transition: Developing and sustaining a skilled workforce for the energy transition

• Closing the Loop: Building the Value Chain for Recycled Batteries

• Green Chemistry for Blue Skies: Scaling biotechnology and electrochemistry to decarbonize manufacturing

• Offshore Wind: Winds of change in offshore landscape

Buy your ticket

Secure your spot now before tickets run out! Tickets are $299 (Virtual) and $649 (In Person), along with lower prices for student tickets.

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• AI in the Built World: Architecture, Civil Engg., Construction/Operations: 2/8 Thu

• 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs: 2/13 Tue

• EBC 11th Annual New England Regional Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 2/13 Tue

• Climatetech Intern Fair - Greentown Labs: 2/15 Thu

• Choose to Reuse - MIT Events: 2/15 Thu

• MIT Energy and Climate Career Fair — MIT Energy & Climate Club: 2/22 Thu

• Introduction to the Activate Fellowship — Activate: 2/27 Tue

• ACCEL Year 2 Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs: 3/6 Wed

• 2024 MIT Energy Conference: 3/11 Mon

• Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation – Climate Adaptation Forum: 3/15 Fri

AI in the Built World: Architecture, Civil Engg., Construction/Operations

🕑 Start time

2/8/2024 Thu 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/8/2024 Thu 7:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Media Lab

📍Address

75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Join us at the MIT Media Lab for an enlightening panel discussion on "AI in the Built World: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-in-the-built-world-architecture-civil-engg-constructionoperations-tickets-807158882947?aff=oddtdtcreator?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2024 Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

2/13/2024 Tue 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/13/2024 Tue 7:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Since 2005, more than 70% of Cleantech Open’s reporting U.S. alumni companies are still active and have collectively raised over $2B in external funding.

Learn how the accelerator program can help you develop your cleantech venture and how to apply to the accelerator. We welcome entrepreneurs, students, investors, savvy technologists, and those interested in joining our growing cleantech community.

AGENDA

About Cleantech Open – meet the Cleantech Open Northeast team and learn about opportunities to be involved.

Alumni Lightning Talks – hear from Cleantech Open alumni about their experiences in the program.

Entrepreneur Introductions – tell us about yourself and your clean technology & business. To participate in this part of the program, please sign up when you register!

Q&A – ask your questions about the program, application process, and more.

Networking – meet people in the local ecosystem who are interested in and support Boston cleantech entrepreneurs in a wide variety of ways.

The Cleantech Open early bird application is open NOW through February 29! For more information, read The 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast 1-pager which includes application info & deadlines.

EVENT SPEAKERS

Kevin Knobloch, CEO, Greentown Labs

David Wilson, Senior Invesment Associate, MassCEC

Joe Curtatone, President, NECEC

Jung Starrett & Nick Hill, Mentor Committee Co-Chairs, Cleantech Open Northeast

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/cleantech-open-northeast-kickoff-2024/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC 11th Annual New England Regional Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

2/13/2024 Tue 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/13/2024 Tue 4:00 PM

📍Location

WilmerHale

📍Address

60 State StreetBoston, MA 02109

📝 Notes

The offshore wind industry continues to pick up speed with 2024 bringing us one year closer to the Biden Administration’s goal of achieving 30 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind by 2030 while protecting biodiversity and ocean co-use. Four more commercial scale offshore wind projects are now approved on the east coast bringing the total number of approved projects in the U.S. up to six, alongside the country’s offshore wind pipeline surpassing 52 GW of expected capacity across 32 active lease areas. With offshore wind energy imminently nearing grid connection, the Biden-Harris Administration released a roadmap this past year to accelerate offshore wind transmission and improve grid resilience and reliability. Amidst these nationwide advances, New England continues to be in great position for reaping the environmental, economic and social benefits of building commercial-scale offshore wind energy.

Alongside progress made towards reaching these federal goals, many New England states set or increased offshore wind goals this past year. Maryland Governor Wes Moore raised the state’s offshore wind target from 2 GW to 8.5 GW, aiming to achieve 100% clean energy by 2035. Maine lawmakers passed a bill that set a state offshore wind procurement goal of 3 GW by 2040. Connecticut released its first strategic roadmap for offshore wind, outlining expansion opportunities to help achieve its state goal of 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2040. In October, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut signed a first-time agreement for multi-state offshore wind procurement. The states requested that developers submit multi-state offshore wind project proposals for consideration by the soliciting parties through their respective 2024 offshore wind procurements which combine to up to 6 GW.

Active planning for new lease areas has continued in New England with a draft wind energy area identified in the Gulf of Maine. In August, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management BOEM released the NOI Checklist to establish threshold requirements for information to be included in construction and operations plans (COPs) before they will issue the formal Notice of Intent (NOI). It also provides a detailed set of recommendations for federal interagency engagement milestones that should occur before the NOI is issued.

Existing offshore wind leases have made considerable progress on development and construction during the past year with offshore construction beginning on multiple projects offshore New England. Offshore substations were installed both at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and at the 132 MW South Fork Wind project offshore Rhode Island. The industry hit a milestone with South Fork achieving first power from an offshore wind turbine built for a commercial project sending electricity to the grid in December. Construction updates on existing leases will be featured at this conference.

This year’s EBC offshore wind conference is structured as a longer event to allow for more diverse presentations, more audience interaction and more networking.  The program will kick off with a review of milestones and history of the U.S. offshore wind industry followed by an update from BOEM on the NOI checklist and initiatives to streamline the permitting process of offshore wind projects. We’ll hear updates from Vineyard Wind and South Fork on construction progress.

The conference will conclude with updates on port development and expansion to accommodate offshore wind followed by the ever popular “developer update” presentations! We invite you to join us in person for what promises to be an exciting and informative event.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-11th-annual-new-england-regional-offshore-wind-conference/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Intern Fair - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

2/15/2024 Thu 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/15/2024 Thu 6:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech! Join us to connect with cutting edge startups looking for bright and eager talent.

Calling all students and soon-to-be graduates! Please join us for our annual Intern Fair, which focuses on connecting rockstar interns directly with Greentown Labs’ network of cutting-edge climatetech startups looking for bright and eager talent.

At this internship fair, students from Boston and beyond can connect with Greentown startups and learn more about opportunities at their companies. Attendees will be able to connect in person with the startups that are not only developing climatetech solutions but building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition.

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech, whether they’ve previously worked in traditional energy, have experience tackling climate change, or are new to the climate and energy fields. The jobs are here. We just need you!

THE TYPES OF ROLES YOU’LL FIND AT THE FAIR:

Business Administration

Data

Engineering

Marketing

Operations

Sales

Software

And more!

You can view all job openings on our careers page here.

REGISTER NOW

Stay tuned—registration coming soon!

VENUE INFORMATION

Parking is incredibly limited at Greentown Labs and we encourage attendees to consider taking advantage of public transportation. We’re a short 1-mile walk from the Harvard MBTA station down Kirkland and Washington Streets. Union Square in Somerville is also easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. We offer indoor bike parking on-site and the closest Bluebikes stations are at Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/climatetech-intern-fair-2024/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Choose to Reuse - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

2/15/2024 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/15/2024 Thu 1:00 PM

📍Location

TSMC Lobby, Stata center

📍Address

32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Choose to Reuse!

Join us at Choose to Reuse in the mirror lobby of STATA!

Location: First floor of Stata by the big mirror

Time: Drop off starting at 8:00 and ending at 11:30

Pick up: begins at 11:00 and ends at 1:00

Basic info: Five items per person from 11:00-12:20. No limit after that and you are welcome to come back for more. People may drop stuff off until 12:00, so there's new stuff coming in throughout the event.

You don’t have to give to get. And, you don’t have to take back what you dropped off.

There is no charge, but an MIT ID is required to attend.

Check us out on Facebook.

What is Choose to Reuse?

For 10 years before Covid, the Working Green Committee and the Department of Facilities sponsored this monthly event during the academic year. The purpose of the event was to reduce our impact on the planet by sharing good stuff instead of buying new.

How does it work?

Beginning at 8:00AM people drop off stuff they don’t need any longer. At 11:00 we open the “doors” and invite people to take stuff for free. The event ends at 1:00.

Are there any restrictions on what to bring?

Yes. Everything should be clean and operable. Items should be light enough to be carried out easily. Food items must be unopened with an unexpired date. Opened packages are not acceptable.

Where is it?

We set up in the lobby on the first floor Stata where the big mirror is. It’s a one day only event.

What will I find at Choose to Reuse?

We’ll have books, office supplies, housewares, clothes and more. There may even be toys and stuffed animals being donated. So, stop by and see what’s waiting for you!

Have more questions?

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/choose_to_reuse_3838?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Energy and Climate Career Fair — MIT Energy & Climate Club

🕑 Start time

2/22/2024 Thu 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/22/2024 Thu 9:00 AM

📝 Notes

The 2024 MIT Energy and Climate Career Fair is a unique recruiting opportunity where students interact with energy and sustainability companies from across the industry, with sectors including solar, energy storage, transportation, finance/consulting, and many more!

🔗 Registration link

https://mitec-club.org/energy-and-climate-career-fair?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Introduction to the Activate Fellowship — Activate

🕑 Start time

2/27/2024 Tue 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/27/2024 Tue 10:00 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for an introduction to the Activate Fellowship, where you can learn more about this entrepreneurial program, the application and selection process, and to get your questions answered live by our team!

REGISTER

Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, technologists, and fellow entrepreneurs.

For more information about the fellowship, this year's application process and to sign up for application updates, visit https://www.activate.org/apply.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.activate.org/events-clone-1695001305415/introduction-to-the-activate-fellowship?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

ACCEL Year 2 Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

3/6/2024 Wed 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/6/2024 Wed 12:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Year 2 of ACCEL, an accelerator program from Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS) designed to support BIPOC-led climatetech startups. At this event, hear from innovative startups that are developing climate solutions for sectors encompassing electricity, transportation, buildings, manufacturing, agriculture, and more.

The second iteration of ACCEL follows on a successful inaugural year that featured six startups working on innovations as diverse as sneakers made from food waste, ultracapacitors built with hemp sourced from Black and Indigenous farmers, and ultra-light solar panels. Their accomplishments during the accelerator included raising equity funding, earning acceptances into additional accelerators, winning grants, executing customer discovery, and more.

Take this opportunity to network, celebrate, and build community around this incredible program and meet the Year 2 cohort, which will be announced in the coming weeks! Are you an investor or corporate leader planning to attend? We’re looking to connect our cohort of founders with resources essential to success. We welcome conversation around how you can support! Please reach out to ACCEL Program Manager, Sonali Anderson (sanderson@greentownlabs.com), for more info.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/accel-kickoff-event-year-2/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2024 MIT Energy Conference

🕑 Start time

3/11/2024 Mon 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/12/2024 Tue 10:00 PM

📍Location

Westin Copley Place Boston

🔗 Registration link

https://mitenergyconference.org/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climate Adaptation at the Regional Scale: From Planning to Implementation – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

3/15/2024 Fri 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/15/2024 Fri 12:30 PM

📍Location

Foley Hoag

📍Address

155 Seaport BoulevardBoston, MA 02210 United States

📝 Notes

Flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, heat, and other climate change challenges cross-cut political boundaries. Facing a crisis without set boundaries, how can communities, agencies, and non-profit organizations plan for climate change at the regional scale? Join experts from across the country to learn about different regional approaches to building climate change resilience for people and nature. Speakers will explore the benefits and challenges of bringing communities together at the watershed, coastal, and other regional scales in order to move from planning through to action.

Forum Speakers

Violeta Duncan, Principal, Duncan Núñez Consulting, LLC

Stephanie Page, Acting Director, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) – Speaker to be announced shortly.

Additional speakers to be announced shortly!

Forum Co-Chairs

Mark Costa, Senior Water Resources Engineer, VHB

Melanie Gárate, Senior Associate, Consensus Building Institute

Beth Lambert, Director, Division of Ecological Restoration, Department of Fish and Game, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Carolyn Norkiewicz, Regional Coordinator for Greater Boston, Municipal Vulnerability Program, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Registration Information

This forum will be organized in a hybrid format. Attendees have the option to attend in-person OR virtually.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/climate-adaptation-at-the-regional-scale-from-planning-to-implementation/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

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Announcements

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⚡ Interconnection queue data viewer

I keep reading about how interconnection queues are a big impediment to clean energy deployment. I made a site to track interconnection queues across all the ISOs and 20+ utilities as well. Data is updated daily.

👉 Check it out here interconnection.fyi

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🔍Looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 31,000 jobs from 1,000+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily.

ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

Currently, there are 520 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

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• The Big Dig: What Can We Learn from Boston’s Last 20th Century Mega-Project? - MIT Events: 1/16 Tue

• MIT reflects on COP28 - MIT Events: 1/17 Wed

• Small Cities in America: A Key to Sustainable Growth - MIT Events: 1/18 Thu

• Become a Certified Passive House Designer | MassCEC: 1/18 Thu

• Young Professionals in Energy Boston Happy Hour: 1/24 Wed

• IAP: Computing for Sustainability via Sustainable Computing - MIT Events: 2/1 Thu

• 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs: 2/13 Tue

• Climatetech Intern Fair - Greentown Labs: 2/15 Thu

The Big Dig: What Can We Learn from Boston’s Last 20th Century Mega-Project? - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

1/16/2024 Tue 1:30 PM

🕓 End time

1/16/2024 Tue 3:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The completion of Interstate Highways 93, 95 and 90 in Boston - known as the Central; Artery/Tunnel Project or the “Big Dig” - is a multi-faceted story of urban transportation policy and planning, citizen activism and its impacts on how transportation systems were built in the last decades of the 20th century through the present day, the resolution of extraordinary design and engineering complexities, and the politics of paying for such a massive infrastructure intervention. It is also a story about urban renewal - not in the classic mid-1950s sense but in a more modern sense of knitting communities together following the neglectful planning of mid-century America.

This IAP offering requires participants to listen to each of the 9 episodes of the recently released WGBH news podcast, “The Big Dig.”  Each 90 minute session will require participants to offer reaction, reflection and insights from the podcast, and provide an opportunity to I ask questions of two MIT lecturers and former state transportation secretaries: the architect of the Big Dig, Fred Salvucci, and the architect of the Metropolitan Highway System operating and funding legislation, Jim Aloisi.  Fred and Jim will facilitate the conversation and attempt to link lessons learned from the Big Dig to the planning and policy context that informs our thinking today.

Open to MIT community only (students, staff, faculty, DUSP alums).  To resister, email Jim Aloisi (jaloisi@mit.edu).

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/the_big_dig_what_can_we_learn_from_bostons_last_20th_century_mega-project?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT reflects on COP28 - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

1/17/2024 Wed 3:00 PM

🕓 End time

1/17/2024 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

Building E40, 496

📍Address

1 AMHERST ST, Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, ended in December, and approximately 30 members of the MIT community were among the 100,000 attendees. While there were some major takeaways from the conference, much of the progress happened on a smaller scale, in meetings and side events. Come debrief with the attendees, to learn about some of the specific interests and goals that members of the MIT delegation had in attending the COP, and the value that they gained from participating.  

Please note: This event is open to the MIT community only. If you are attending remotely via Zoom, please use your MIT email to join here. If you’d like to get updates on CIS climate activities, please join our email list.

Questions? Contact Madeline Smith at msmith1@mit.edu.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit_reflects_on_cop28?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Small Cities in America: A Key to Sustainable Growth - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

1/18/2024 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

1/18/2024 Thu 9:00 AM

📍Location

Portland, ME

📍Address

📝 Notes

Come for a day-long visit to learn about planning issues and efforts in the Forest City with the former Planning & Urban Development Director for Portland. We will travel by transit to experience how an innovative transit system works in a small city, and meet with city planning officials working on economic, housing, climate resilience and transportation issues.

Well known for its great architecture and food, Portland is rapidly becoming a place where climate migrants, affluent retirees, and those seeking urban amenities at a smaller scale are relocating. As a result, housing prices are up – as is homelessness. How does a Small City make sure any success is equitable? How do you make transit and walkability work in a place with relatively little traffic congestion? We will learn about how this small city by the ocean is trying to guide growth and change sustainably and justly. We will close out the day with a visit to a redevelopment district and one of the many tasting rooms in town, before taking the Downeaster train back to Boston.

This session will use this visit to learn about an emerging trend in urban development – the rise of the Small City. More than previous generations, Millennials are choosing to locate in these second- and third-tier cities as a way of balancing quality of life, employment opportunities, and the benefits of city amenities. The pandemic and increases in working “wherever” appear to be driving this trend even more quickly. How do we make sure current residents can stay when new residents inevitably drive up the cost of housing and create competition for employment? What about social services and the opportunity faced by New Americans, who are also living in Small Cities?

Be prepared for a long but interesting day, starting around 7 am. and returning to the Boston area around 8 pm. You should plan to dress for a Maine winter, including proper footwear, warm socks, and layers, as we will be walking outdoors for parts of the day.

Enrollment is limited to 12. Please send a short email of interest to Jeff Levine at jrlevine@mit.edu before 12/15/23.  Given limited spots and likely strong interest, admitted students must commit to attending, except in case of illnesses or other serious issues. Preference given to DUSP students.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/small_cities_in_america_iap?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Become a Certified Passive House Designer | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

1/18/2024 Thu 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

1/18/2024 Thu 11:00 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Billions of dollars are being invested in creating energy-efficient buildings. Will you be able to build them? The industry is moving forward, and the best way to keep up is by becoming a Certified Passive House Designer. Our flexible hybrid training—with live events running in two different time zones—will ensure that you’re prepared for the exam and help you on your way to building a better world. Courses begin January 18th.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/become-certified-passive-house-designer?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

👉 Event title

Young Professionals in Energy Boston Happy Hour

🕑 Start time

1/24/2024 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

1/24/2024 Wed 8:00 PM

📍Location

The Point Boston

📍Address

147 Hanover St, Boston, Massachusetts, US, 02108

📝 Notes

Join YPE for our first happy hour of the year!

We are so excited to meet all of you. Bring your friends!

Come by and meet the 2024 YPE board!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.linkedin.com/events/ypebostonjanuaryhappyhour7148440173398171650/comments/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

👉 Event title

IAP: Computing for Sustainability via Sustainable Computing - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

2/1/2024 Thu 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/1/2024 Thu 11:00 AM

📍Location

Building 45, 8th Floor

📍Address

51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Speakers: Sara Beery (EECS) | Abigail Bodner (EAPS/EECS) | Priya Donti (EECS) | Jinhua Zhao (DUSP)

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate, ranging from smart grids, disaster management, and improved resilience, to decarbonizing industry and reimaging the built environment, there are many high-impact problems where existing gaps can be filled by machine learning, in collaboration with other fields. On the other hand, the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector is significant and dynamic. Estimates of “business as usual” future energy and emissions impacts of ICT projects are upwards of 20% of global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. These estimates are without consideration of the ubiquitous use of deep neural networks and well before the advent of the large language model. The complexity in architecture, usage patterns, and size of the parameter space associated with generative AI and large language models comes with staggering increased energy use implications of computing both in training and inference.

This panel will describe efforts to leverage these tools while addressing their computational burden, to support mitigation efforts such as decarbonizing electricity systems, enhancing natural ecosystems, and achieving sustainable materials design and manufacture.

Part of the Expanding Horizons in Computing IAP series presented by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. See the full list of activities at computing.mit.edu/ExpandingHorizons.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/computing_for_sustainability_via_sustainable_computing?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2024 Cleantech Open Northeast Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

2/13/2024 Tue 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/13/2024 Tue 7:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Since 2005, more than 70% of Cleantech Open’s reporting U.S. alumni companies are still active and have collectively raised over $2B in external funding.

Learn how the accelerator program can help you develop your cleantech venture and how to apply to the accelerator. We welcome entrepreneurs, students, investors, savvy technologists, and those interested in joining our growing cleantech community.

AGENDA

About Cleantech Open – meet the Cleantech Open Northeast team and learn about opportunities to be involved.

Alumni Lightning Talks – hear from Cleantech Open alumni about their experiences in the program.

Entrepreneur Introductions – tell us about yourself and your clean technology & business. To participate in this part of the program, please sign up when you register!

Q&A – ask your questions about the program, application process, and more.

Networking – meet people in the local ecosystem who are interested in and support Boston cleantech entrepreneurs in a wide variety of ways.

The Cleantech Open early bird application is open NOW through February 29! For more information, read The 2024 Cleantech Open Northeast 1-pager which includes application info & deadlines.

EVENT SPEAKERS

Kevin Knobloch, CEO, Greentown Labs

David Wilson, Senior Invesment Associate, MassCEC

Joe Curtatone, President, NECEC

Jung Starrett & Nick Hill, Mentor Committee Co-Chairs, Cleantech Open Northeast

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/cleantech-open-northeast-kickoff-2024/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Intern Fair - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

2/15/2024 Thu 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/15/2024 Thu 6:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech! Join us to connect with cutting edge startups looking for bright and eager talent.

Calling all students and soon-to-be graduates! Please join us for our annual Intern Fair, which focuses on connecting rockstar interns directly with Greentown Labs’ network of cutting-edge climatetech startups looking for bright and eager talent.

At this internship fair, students from Boston and beyond can connect with Greentown startups and learn more about opportunities at their companies. Attendees will be able to connect in person with the startups that are not only developing climatetech solutions but building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition.

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech, whether they’ve previously worked in traditional energy, have experience tackling climate change, or are new to the climate and energy fields. The jobs are here. We just need you!

THE TYPES OF ROLES YOU’LL FIND AT THE FAIR:

Business Administration

Data

Engineering

Marketing

Operations

Sales

Software

And more!

You can view all job openings on our careers page here.

REGISTER NOW

Stay tuned—registration coming soon!

VENUE INFORMATION

Parking is incredibly limited at Greentown Labs and we encourage attendees to consider taking advantage of public transportation. We’re a short 1-mile walk from the Harvard MBTA station down Kirkland and Washington Streets. Union Square in Somerville is also easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. We offer indoor bike parking on-site and the closest Bluebikes stations are at Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/climatetech-intern-fair-2024/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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⚡ Interconnection queue data viewer

I keep reading about how interconnection queues are a big impediment to clean energy deployment. I made a site to track interconnection queues across all the ISOs and a few utilities as well. Data is updated daily.

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ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

Currently, there are 570 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

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• Manufacturing Sector Pitch Day - Greentown Labs: 12/6 Wed

• COP 28 (Blue Zone) IUCN Pavilion - Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Environments – Harvard, MIT, Architecture 2030, Climate Positive Design, ASLA, IFLA, Porous City Network: 12/6 Wed

• Bipartisanship in Science Policy with Dr. Maria Zuber - MIT Events: 12/6 Wed

• EBC / LSPA / SAME / SWEP-MA 23rd Annual Winter Garden Party - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 12/6 Wed

• 2023 MCJ Climate Community Winter Party: 12/11 Mon

• Sustainability Ecosystem / Winter Mixer - Sustainability Initiative: 12/12 Tue

• Utility Data Hackathon - Hosted by Bayou and Stepchange: 12/14 Thu

Manufacturing Sector Pitch Day - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

12/6/2023 Wed 1:30 PM

🕓 End time

12/6/2023 Wed 4:30 PM

📝 Notes

ABOUT

Of the five main greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, manufacturing tops the list, representing 31% of our global emissions. Decarbonizing what we make and how we make it is an enormous challenge that will require us to rethink our approach to manufacturing across the value chain—from sourcing and processing raw materials to production, packaging, distribution, and consumption. Thankfully, there are brilliant innovators and entrepreneurs already rolling up their sleeves to solve this mountainous task—10 of which will be taking the stage at our Manufacturing Sector Pitch Day to talk through their novel solutions.

Join us on December 6th for an afternoon deep dive into manufacturing decarbonization and the new technology that will bring us to a net-zero future. Hear from Greentown startups innovating in the manufacturing space and network with business leaders from various industry sectors

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/manufacturing-sector-pitch-day/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

COP 28 (Blue Zone) IUCN Pavilion - Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Environments – Harvard, MIT, Architecture 2030, Climate Positive Design, ASLA, IFLA, Porous City Network

🕑 Start time

12/6/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

12/6/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

📍Location

Online

📝 Notes

Cities are an overlooked but critical opportunity to deploy Nature-Based Solutions.  Urban infrastructure built with nature supports biodiversity, builds resilience and accelerates carbon mitigation. This panel will share both theory and case studies demonstrating that nature-based urban infrastructure is both possible and impactful.

According to a recent report by the World Wildlife fund, $90 trillion in infrastructure investment between now and 2030 will double the amount of infrastructure on the planet.  Meeting that tremendous need through highly engineered, hard solutions will perpetuate and exacerbate a myriad of environmental problems.  But when designed with nature in mind, the built environment can enhance habitat for biodiversity, promote human health, conserve precious water resources, lift up local and indigenous cultures, create local jobs, sequester carbon and increase the resilience of front-line communities.  Because urban environments are responsible for 75% of global energy related emissions, they are a critical place to invest in nature. 

This event will use case studies to illustrate the possibilities and challenges inherent in scaling up urban infrastructure built with nature, catalyzing private and public sector momentum. Pockets of the future are alive in the present, offering an achievable roadmap to harness nature for urban infrastructure solutions.

Speakers 

Pamela Conrad, ASLA, Founder/Executive Director Climate Positive Design, Vice Chair, IFLA Climate + Biodiversity Working Group, Harvard GSD Faculty Lecturer, 2023 Harvard Loeb Fellow 

Kotchakorn Voraakhom, CEO, Porous City Network, Harvard GSD Faculty

Torey Carter-Conneen, CEO, American Society of Landscape Architects

Claudia Dobles Camargo, Presidential Advisor and Former First Lady, Costa Rica, 2023 Harvard Loeb Fellow, MIT Visiting Scholar

Lisa Richmond, Senior Fellow, Architecture 2030 (moderator), Harvard Loeb Fellow

🔗 Registration link

Livestream (no registration required): https://www.iucn.org/cop28live ?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Bipartisanship in Science Policy with Dr. Maria Zuber - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

12/6/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

12/6/2023 Wed 7:00 PM

📝 Notes

Join our Conversation with Dr. Maria Zuber on Bipartisanship in Science Policy followed by a reception with refreshments! We will discuss everything from climate change, to the role of MIT's research efforts in federal policy, to advice for students interested in science policy. You will have a chance to ask your own questions during the Q&A and reception after the event.

RSVP here!

Dr. Zuber is the Vice President for Research and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at MIT, where she is responsible for research administration and policy. She served on the National Science Board under both Presidents Obama and Trump and was named co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by President Biden. Over the last few decades she has received numerous awards for many incredible accomplishments!

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/bipartisanship_in_science_policy_with_dr_maria_zuber?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC / LSPA / SAME / SWEP-MA 23rd Annual Winter Garden Party - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

12/6/2023 Wed 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

12/6/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📝 Notes

Mix and mingle with the penguins, take in the Giant Ocean Tank, and network with your colleagues in the environmental and energy industry at the EBC / LSPA / SAME / SWEP-MA 23rd Annual Winter Garden Party, this year at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres while you chat with colleagues you normally see on Zoom, and make new connections in the industry.

Calling all Ascending Professionals!

EBC, LSPA, SAME Boston Post, and SWEP-MA Ascending Professionals are eligible for a reduced registration rate of just $45. The Ascending Professionals Rate applies to all those who are employed by an EBC Member company / are a member of the LSPA / are a member of the SAME Boston Post / are a member of SWEP-MA, and have been working in the industry for less than 10 years.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-23rd-annual-winter-garden-party/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

2023 MCJ Climate Community Winter Party

🕑 Start time

12/11/2023 Mon 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

12/11/2023 Mon 8:30 PM

📍Location

Downtown Boston (Register to see address)

📝 Notes

Join us for the grandest winter party of the year, brought to you by MCJ Collective and J.P. Morgan. This event aims to bring together like-minded climate enthusiasts from the Boston area for an unforgettable evening celebrating our collective passion and dedication to combatting climate change.

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/487e48t7?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Sustainability Ecosystem / Winter Mixer - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

12/12/2023 Tue 8:15 PM

🕓 End time

12/12/2023 Tue 10:45 PM

📝 Notes

Join the Sustainability Initiative for our end of the semester winter mixer! An informal gathering for students, alumni, and other members of the sustainability ecosystem to celebrate the end of a successful fall semester.

 https://www.thelockebar.com/

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1928441?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Utility Data Hackathon - Hosted by Bayou and Stepchange

🕑 Start time

12/14/2023 Thu 12:30 PM

🕓 End time

12/15/2023 Fri 12:30 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📝 Notes

Want to build your portfolio of climate relevant work for landing a job in clean energy? Curious about energy and looking for a fun way to explore ideas unlocked by utility data? Are you an early stage founder looking to rapidly prototype an idea you're exploring? Bayou and Stepchange are hosting a 1 day virtual hackathon on December 14th to provide developers with early access to our instant utility data API ahead of Bayou's public product launch in January 2024.

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/jj75g3qa 

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

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Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

Automating this newsletter

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The HBS Climate Symposium is back! (11/18-19)

A word from the HBS Climate Symposium organizing team:

The Climate Symposium is back! 

The Climate Symposium is a fully student-run conference hosted by the Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, and Sustainability Clubs of Harvard Business School.

The theme for this year’s edition is "Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale." We will explore not only the existing climate solutions but also the crucial aspects of capital and policy deployment required to accelerate their implementation on a global scale.

• Saturday 18 November: Exclusive Networking Reception at The Engine 

• Sunday 19 November: Climate Symposium at Harvard Business School campus (Klarman Hall)

Find out more about the agenda, panel topics and speakers: 

https://www.climatesymposium.org/

Apply to the startup pitch competition (deadline 29 Oct): https://www.climatesymposium.org/pitch-competition

Tickets can be bought at https://shorturl.at/rDJ09

Climate tech jobs

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ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

Currently, there are 570 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

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• MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 - Open for Applications!: 11/6 Mon

• Skilling for the Energy Company of Tomorrow Today - MIT Events: 11/7 Tue

• By Rotation Founder & CEO Eshita Kabra-Davies: Reimagining Fashion Rental And Circular Fashion - Retail & Consumer Goods Club: 11/7 Tue

• Pitch2Match Climate - Martin Trust Center For MIT Entrepreneurship: 11/9 Thu

• MIT Energy & Climate Hack: 11/10 Fri

• The Power of Design: Designing Climate Futures / Workshops - MIT Events: 11/15 Wed

• YPE Boston November Happy Hour: 11/15 Wed

• The Future of Offshore Wind: Innovation + Startup Showcase - Greentown Labs: 11/16 Thu

• Offshore Wind in Our Backyard: EBC 4th Annual Rhode Island Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England Inc.: 11/17 Fri

• Climate Symposium at Harvard Business School: 11/19 Sun

• Circular Economy in the Buildings Sector - Greentown Labs: 11/30 Thu

• Crisis as Catalyst: Meeting the Moment with Transformational Investments – Climate Adaptation Forum: 11/30 Thu

MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 - Open for Applications!

🕑 Start time

11/6/2023 Mon 12:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/6/2023 Mon 12:30 AM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

The MIT Climate & Energy Prize (MIT CEP) is the longest-running and largest climatetech and energy startup competition for global university students. MIT CEP teams will compete for $100,000+ in non-dilutive cash prizes and have access to world-class mentoring and other resources. Over 220 MIT Climate & Energy Prize companies have successfully launched and raised $1.7+ billion in follow-on funding.

Starting in 2022-2023, we expanded the scope to include European universities and created the first MIT CEP European chapter in Paris. For the 2023-2024 prize, we will further expand our prize to welcome applicant teams from all over the world. Our goal is we expand the presence to APAC, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Follow us for more Information and updates at:

Website

https://cep.mit.edu/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/mit-cep

🔗 Registration link

www.cep.mit.edu?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Skilling for the Energy Company of Tomorrow, Today - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

11/7/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/7/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

📍Location

Venture Cafe

📍Address

One Broadway, 5th floor, Cambridge, MA

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/total_energy_seminar_2023?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

By Rotation Founder & CEO Eshita Kabra-Davies: Reimagining Fashion Rental And Circular Fashion - Retail & Consumer Goods Club

🕑 Start time

11/7/2023 Tue 11:45 AM

🕓 End time

11/7/2023 Tue 12:45 PM

📝 Notes

Interested in sustainability, fashion, and/or entrepreneurship? Come join us for RCGC's lunch series event to learn how Eshita Kabra-Davies, CEO & Founder of By Rotation, is reimagining fashion rental and circular fashion!

NOTE: By Rotation will raffle off one $50 gift card to attendees 🥳

Stressed out by what to wear to the myriad of upcoming social events in your calendar? Try By Rotation today! By Rotation is a peer-to-peer fashion rental app that aims to make designer fashion accessible to everyone. You can rent high-quality fashion items like Cult Gaia to Reformation dresses and even Chanel bags at a fraction of the cost for your next social! Dress to impress, without the stress! The app also allows you to put up your wardrobe for rental and users have generated passive income up to $10,000! So, what are you waiting for? Use code SLOANMIT to get 20% off!

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/retailcpglux/rsvp_boot?id=1928335?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Pitch2Match Climate - Martin Trust Center For MIT Entrepreneurship

🕑 Start time

11/9/2023 Thu 11:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/9/2023 Thu 1:30 PM

📍Location

Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

📍Address

One Amherst Street, E40-160, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States

📝 Notes

Calling all climate-oriented students, staff, and faculty! Network, connect, and create your next opportunity or build your team with one slide & 60 seconds!

Founders: Find supporters, collaborators, potential customers, co-founders and talented team members.

Staff: find opportunities to use the campus as a testbed for cutting-edge climate solutions.

Faculty: Learn about the latest climate innovations coming out of MIT and the wider Boston/Cambridge ecosystem

Joiners: Find a climate startup to share your talents and skills.

Or simply discover like-minded individuals who share your passions for possible future opportunities in climate innovation!

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/trustcenter/rsvp_boot?id=1928269?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Energy & Climate Hack

🕑 Start time

11/10/2023 Fri 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

11/11/2023 Sat 9:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

HACK 2023: AI AND CLIMATE

Climate change is a massive, complex challenge. It requires the processing and management of large-scale data and systems—problems that Artificial Intelligence is best suited to tackle. Simply put, AI has the potential to supercharge our solutions and help combat global warming. Join us this fall to take on the challenge together.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.mitenergyhack.org/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

The Power of Design: Designing Climate Futures / Workshops - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

11/15/2023 Wed 3:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/15/2023 Wed 3:31 PM

📍Location

MIT iHQ

📍Address

292 Main Street Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

MAD’s annual Forum, The Power of Design, dedicated this year to “Designing Climate Futures,” is an opportunity to discover design responses to the current climate and ecological crisis.

Our aim is to show how design addresses the climate emergency by helping to produce new ecological, spatial, and social conditions rather than mere technical fixes. The Forum brings together a group of designers who are proposing diverse and highly transformative approaches to the climate crisis, spanning from the local to the planetary scale, and offers a platform to know their work and learn, through workshops, with them.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/the_power_of_design_designing_climate_futures_workshops?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

YPE Boston November Happy Hour

🕑 Start time

11/15/2023 Wed 6:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/15/2023 Wed 8:30 PM

📍Location

730 Tavern

📍Address

 730 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Come warm up with some drinks and ~energy~ conversation at 730 Tavern with the rest of the YPE Family! Catch up with other YPE Boston members before the holiday rush.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.linkedin.com/events/novemberhappyhour7124829605357592576/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

The Future of Offshore Wind: Innovation + Startup Showcase - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

11/16/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/16/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

REGISTER NOWJoin us in celebrating the culmination of Go Energize 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing our energy system, in partnership with Vineyard Wind and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Together, our partners have supported five innovative startups in accelerating the commercialization of solutions including offshore wind turbine monitoring, ecological data collection offshore, and more. Attendees will hear the Go Energize 2023 cohort speak about their technologies and how these innovations will enable a sustainable and economically feasible offshore wind industry.

A total of 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity is set to come online in the United States in the next decade. Cutting-edge technology is key for offshore wind energy projects to be developed in an environmentally responsible manner while also delivering electricity for consumers. Go Energize 2023 aims to reduce barriers to entry through industry education and relationship-building across relevant networks.

AGENDA

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Arrival and Networking

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Speaking Program featuring lightning presentations from:

• Blue Atlas Robotics

• FutureOn

• HyperKelp

• Lobster Robotics

• SeaDeep

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Networking

ABOUT GREENTOWN GO

The climate crisis urgently demands sweeping climatetech deployment. While startups bring the solutions, corporates often bring commercialization pathways and scale. That’s why Greentown Go builds partnerships that propel climatetech solutions to market—at the pace needed to tackle climate change.

With a mission of decarbonizing the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, Greentown Go programs inject momentum and traction into startup-corporate collaborations, unlocking the power of climate solutions at scale.

ABOUT VINEYARD WIND

Vineyard Wind LLC is an offshore wind development company seeking to build the first

large-scale offshore wind energy project in the US, to be located 15 miles south of Martha’s

Vineyard. Vineyard Wind, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is 50 percent owned by

funds of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50 percent by Avangrid

Renewables. For more information, visit www.vineyardwind.com.

ABOUT MASSCEC

MassCEC is a state economic development agency dedicated to accelerating the growth of

the clean energy sector across the Commonwealth to spur job creation, deliver statewide

environmental benefits and to secure long-term economic growth for the people of

Massachusetts. MassCEC works to increase the adoption of clean energy while driving

down costs and delivering financial, environmental, and economic development benefits to

energy users and utility customers across the state

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/the-future-of-offshore-wind-innovation-startup-showcase/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Offshore Wind in Our Backyard: EBC 4th Annual Rhode Island Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

11/17/2023 Fri 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/17/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

📍Location

District Hall Providence

📍Address

225 Dyer StreetProvidence, RI

📝 Notes

The offshore wind industry has taken off since Rhode Island became home to the first offshore wind project in the nation with the successful installation of the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm in 2017. In 2023, Vineyard Wind became the first large-scale offshore wind project to begin construction in the United States, with South Fork Wind also under construction. Revolution Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project to make landfall in Rhode Island, has received approval for construction and operation from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.  Located approximately 15 nautical miles offshore southeast of Point Judith, the project will have a generating capacity of approximately 704 megawatts, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes. With other offshore wind projects in the queue and supporting offshore wind partners setting up shop in Rhode Island, the question is no longer whether the offshore wind industry will come to the region, but rather what does it mean for Rhode Island to be growing it in our backyard.

Rhode Island has continued to take bold steps to address climate change, including by setting some of the most aggressive mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the nation through the 2021 Act on Climate. Offshore wind will play an indispensable role in meeting these targets. Discussions are underway with state and regional leaders about new opportunities to bring more offshore wind energy to Rhode Island.

The fourth annual EBC Rhode Island Offshore Wind Conference will explore what comes next for offshore wind in Rhode Island.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/offshore-wind-in-our-backyard-ebc-4th-annual-rhode-island-offshore-wind-conference/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climate Symposium at Harvard Business School

🕑 Start time

11/19/2023 Sun 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/19/2023 Sun 8:39 AM

📍Location

Harvard Business School

📍Address

Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163

📝 Notes

With this year's theme "Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale," the Climate Symposium at HBS will bring industry speakers, professors, and startup founders to explore not only the existing climate solutions but also the crucial aspects of capital, policy, and technology deployment required to accelerate the implementation on a global scale.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.climatesymposium.org/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Circular Economy in the Buildings Sector - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

11/30/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

11/30/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Build 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on advancing circularity and decarbonization in the built environment, in partnership with Saint-Gobain.

At this event, attendees will hear lightning pitches from startup finalists in the buildings industry with innovations that extend product life cycles, further develop raw materials, revalorize waste, or act as other enabling technologies. 

Innovation in the buildings sector is critical to achieving decarbonization. Buildings are responsible for 39 percent of CO2 emissions globally, with a staggering 11 percent of global emissions coming from the construction of buildings and manufacturing of building materials. To change this, we need innovations that reinvent how buildings and their materials are planned, built, sourced, and managed. 

AGENDA

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Arrival and Networking

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Speaking Program

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Networking

ABOUT GREENTOWN GO

The climate crisis urgently demands sweeping climatetech deployment. While startups bring the solutions, corporates often bring commercialization pathways and scale. That’s why Greentown Go builds partnerships that propel climatetech solutions to market—at the pace needed to tackle climate change.

With a mission of decarbonizing the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, Greentown Go programs inject momentum and traction into startup-corporate collaborations, unlocking the power of climate solutions at scale.

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If you have questions or need to request accommodation, please reach out to Greentown Labs’ Events Coordinator, Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com)

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/circular-economy-buildings-sector/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Crisis as Catalyst: Meeting the Moment with Transformational Investments – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

11/30/2023 Thu 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

11/30/2023 Thu 9:00 AM

📍Location

Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP 

📍Address

Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston MA

📝 Notes

In the wake of a crisis, be it an extreme weather event, a pandemic, or something else, political dynamics shift that catalyze innovation and usher in possibilities previously deemed unimaginable. Join the Climate Adaptation Forum on November 30th to learn about these critical junctures in history when opportunities to do the impossible became reality.

We’ll explore these moments to glean lessons that will help us prepare for our current climate crisis. What conditions allowed these changes to take place? Did planning happen beforehand? What pitfalls should we watch out for? During this discussion, we’ll have the opportunity to learn from speakers exploring big infrastructure investments, safety innovations, and re-designing the urban landscape.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/crisis-as-catalyst-meeting-the-moment-with-transformational-investment/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Harvard's Salata Institute Climate and Sustainabilty Expo 

🕑 Start time

12/1/2023 Fri 12:30 AM

🕓 End time

12/1/2023 Fri 4:30 AM

📍Location

Harvard's Gutman Conference Center

📍Address

6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138 

📝 Notes

 Harvard University will host the first annual Salata Institute Climate & Sustainability Expo on Friday, December 1st, 12:30-4:30pm.  The Climate and Sustainability Expo is a new collaborative effort across Harvard schools to connect organizations focused on climate, sustainability, and the environment with Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.   Organizations will have the opportunity to showcase jobs, internships, research experiences, and/or potential projects focused on climate and sustainability. 

The Harvard Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability Expo Team is honored to invite organizations such as yours that are deeply committed to supporting sustainability efforts and finding effective and equitable solutions to climate change to register and connect with undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni who are passionate about pursuing climate and sustainability careers. 

🔗 Registration link

https://harvard-csm.symplicity.com/events/6f8b816b1dddc55ca9640dea3560b2cb/overview?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC / LSPA / SAME / SWEP-MA 23rd Annual Winter Garden Party - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

12/6/2023 Wed 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

12/6/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📝 Notes

Mix and mingle with the penguins, take in the Giant Ocean Tank, and network with your colleagues in the environmental and energy industry at the EBC / LSPA / SAME / SWEP-MA 23rd Annual Winter Garden Party, this year at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres while you chat with colleagues you normally see on Zoom, and make new connections in the industry.

Calling all Ascending Professionals!

EBC, LSPA, SAME Boston Post, and SWEP-MA Ascending Professionals are eligible for a reduced registration rate of just $45. The Ascending Professionals Rate applies to all those who are employed by an EBC Member company / are a member of the LSPA / are a member of the SAME Boston Post / are a member of SWEP-MA, and have been working in the industry for less than 10 years.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-23rd-annual-winter-garden-party/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 12 events in the next few weeks- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter or view events in the following month.

To submit events, use this form

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• ☀️ If you or someone you know works in commercial, grid-scale solar installation, please reach out! I am partnering with some friends to build a free suite of software tools to help solar companies. We’re currently interviewing experts in the industry to determine the highest-leverage tools to build, and we’d love to talk with you!

• 🔍Looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 34,000 jobs from 900+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily. ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool. Currently, there are 670 climate tech job openings in Greater Boston alone.

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• College to Climate Launchpad - Fall Semester 2023: 10/16 Mon

• Get to Know Engie with YPE Boston: 10/17 Tue

• How global supply chain is using AI to reduce CO2 - sharing session by Jerry Huang, Founder&CEO of CarbonSense: 10/17 Tue

• EBC 5th Annual New Hampshire Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 10/17 Tue

• Choose to Reuse - MIT Events: 10/19 Thu

• Corporate Political Engagement: Driving Sustainable Change / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative: 10/19 Thu

• MIT Climate and Energy Night: 10/20 Fri

• Accelerating Climate Innovation Towards Net Zero: 10/20 Fri

• Alumni in Sustainaiblity Panel - Harvard Business School: 10/23 Mon

• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: 2023 Annual Meeting | MassCEC: 11/1 Wed

• EBC Ascending Professionals Fall Sustainability Series: Part Two – Industry Experts - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 11/1 Wed

• U.S. C3E Women in clean energy seminar series: Energy access: An enabler for people and planet - MIT Events: 11/2 Thu

• Climatetech Summit 2023 - Greentown Labs: 11/2 Thu

• MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 - Open for Applications!: 11/6 Mon

College to Climate Launchpad - Fall Semester 2023

🕑 Start time

10/16/2023 Mon 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

10/16/2023 Mon 8:00 AM

📍Location

Online

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join the C2C Launchpad program running October 16 - November 13, 2023, designed to help college students find careers in climate tech!

Through speaker series, building resume-grade projects, and coffee chats, find your way into the climate space and land your first job.

For more information see our website, follow C2C on LinkedIn, and check out what Launchpad 1.0 accomplished in June.

Application Deadline: Sunday, October 8th 11:59 PM EST

🔗 Registration link

https://forms.gle/ELoQnAbv4fgftP6c7?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Get to Know Engie with YPE Boston

🕑 Start time

10/17/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

10/17/2023 Tue 8:00 PM

📍Location

Longwood Grille N Bar (Fenway Room) at the Inn at Longwood Medical

📍Address

342 Longwood Ave, 02115

📝 Notes

ENGIE North America is Hiring! And what's better with YPE you get to meet and talk to some of the best employees about their experience working at ENGIE. Also open during the event are tours of the ENGIE MATEP (matep.com) facility in Longwood.

Learn about ENGIE's low carbon energy transition and how you can be a part of it. Use the following link for the jobs available: https://jobs.engie.com/

🔗 Registration link

https://www.linkedin.com/events/engiematepxypeevent7104991140377960448/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

How global supply chain is using AI to reduce CO2 - sharing session by Jerry Huang, Founder&CEO of CarbonSense

🕑 Start time

10/17/2023 Tue 7:00 PM

🕓 End time

10/17/2023 Tue 8:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Please come join this amazing event with the Climatech startup founder event next Tuesday!We also welcome people from diverse backgrounds, if you are interested in carbon emission policy, or carbon reduction technologies, you are welcomed to join us to hear how manufacturing industries have been implementing technologies to reduce the carbon emission of their own and of their supply chain.

Topic: How global supply chain is using AI to reduce CO2 - sharing session by Jerry Huang, Founder&CEO of CarbonSense

OCT 17th, TUE, 7-8pm, Harvard University

Sponsored by: Harvard Ventures, Harvard Data Analytics Group

Content: We will be going through how digitalization and AI are now helping global supply chain and the manufacturing companies shifting to a greener and more sustainable future, and share practices in China and Europe

Registration: carbonsense.co/harvard-boston-info-session-registration-2023-fall

🔗 Registration link

https://www.carbonsense.co/harvard-boston-info-session-registration-2023-fall?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC 5th Annual New Hampshire Offshore Wind Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

10/17/2023 Tue 8:30 PM

🕓 End time

10/18/2023 Wed 12:00 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Please join your colleagues and contacts in the industry at EBC’s 5th Annual New Hampshire Offshore Wind Conference. This year, the program will feature presentations and remarks by federal and state agency officials, offshore wind developers, and the New Hampshire Commission to Study Offshore Wind and Port Development. All parties seek to ensure that the consideration of offshore wind development is conducted in a respectful, open, transparent, and collaborative process.

Participants will learn about New Hampshire’s offshore wind-related activity; BOEM’s efforts to significantly increase offshore wind generation nationally; BOEM’s Offshore Wind Task Force process for the Gulf of Maine, including updates on commercial leasing; and Maine’s research array and efforts to develop a fisheries mitigation strategy. We also look forward to a presentation on visual impact assessments for offshore wind, and updates from senior leadership in Massachusetts and Maine.

A robust panel discussion with the audience will conclude the webinar.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-5th-annual-new-hampshire-offshore-wind-conference/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Choose to Reuse - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

10/19/2023 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

10/19/2023 Thu 1:00 PM

📍Location

TSMC Lobby, Stata center

📍Address

32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Choose to Reuse!

Join us at Choose to Reuse in the mirror lobby of STATA!

Location: First floor of Stata by the big mirror

Time: Drop off starting at 8:00 and ending at 11:30

Pick up: begins at 11:00 and ends at 1:00

Basic info: Five items per person from 11:00-12:20. No limit after that and you are welcome to come back for more. People may drop stuff off until 12:00, so there's new stuff coming in throughout the event.

You don’t have to give to get. And, you don’t have to take back what you dropped off.

There is no charge, but an MIT ID is required to attend.

Check us out on Facebook.

What is Choose to Reuse?

For 10 years before Covid, the Working Green Committee and the Department of Facilities sponsored this monthly event during the academic year. The purpose of the event was to reduce our impact on the planet by sharing good stuff instead of buying new.

How does it work?

Beginning at 8:00AM people drop off stuff they don’t need any longer. At 11:00 we open the “doors” and invite people to take stuff for free. The event ends at 1:00.

Are there any restrictions on what to bring?

Yes. Everything should be clean and operable. Items should be light enough to be carried out easily. Food items must be unopened with an unexpired date. Opened packages are not acceptable.

Where is it?

We set up in the lobby on the first floor Stata where the big mirror is. It’s a one day only event.

What will I find at Choose to Reuse?

We’ll have books, office supplies, housewares, clothes and more. There may even be toys and stuffed animals being donated. So, stop by and see what’s waiting for you!

Have more questions?

Email: staffrecycles@mit.edu

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/choose_to_reuse_3838?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Corporate Political Engagement: Driving Sustainable Change / Sustainability Lunch Series - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

10/19/2023 Thu 11:45 AM

🕓 End time

10/19/2023 Thu 1:45 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative and the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning for a conversation with Amy Gobel, MIT alumna and co-founder of the Alliance for Responsible Capitalism, about the critical role of corporate political activity in sustainability strategy. Gain insight into the difficult trade-offs companies must make and explore how you can drive more responsible policy engagement.

https://www.alliance4rc.org/

Amy Gobel, MIT MBA / MS / Sustainability Certificate '17 spent her career in search of the biggest lever to mitigate climate change. Through her experience as a sustainability advocate in supply chain, she discovered the importance of the policy landscape in influencing company priorities -- and in turn, the significant role that companies play in shaping that landscape. She co-founded the Alliance for Responsible Capitalism with fellow alum Russ Forthuber to engage other forward-looking professionals in aligning corporate political influence with sound climate policy.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-gobel-68109bb2/

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1927966?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MIT Climate and Energy Night

🕑 Start time

10/20/2023 Fri 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

10/20/2023 Fri 9:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Museum

📍Address

314 Main Street Building E-28 Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

MIT Energy and Climate Night showcases cutting-edge innovations at MIT in the fields of climate, energy, and sustainability. This event features nearly 50 interactive presentations, with participation from various MIT research labs, early-stage start-ups, and other climate and energy-focused companies. Each year hundreds of attendees take part, including students, faculty, researchers, and industry leaders. This year, keynote speakers will be:

• Leah Ellis, Co-Founder and CEO, Sublime Systems

• Enrique Bosch, Director of Corporate Innovation at Avangrid

• David Cohen-Tanugi, MIT’s venture builder in clean energy at MIT Proto Ventures, MIT’s venture studio

Energy and Climate Night is a unique opportunity to witness the incredible work being done within MIT’s ecosystem. You’ll be able to engage in insightful conversations with students, researchers, faculty, and industry experts. We hope to see you there!

The event is free and open to the public, but registration required through Eventbrite

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-energy-and-climate-night-tickets-736650390147?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Accelerating Climate Innovation Towards Net Zero

🕑 Start time

10/20/2023 Fri 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

10/20/2023 Fri 11:00 AM

📍Location

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

📍Address

136 Irving Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States

📝 Notes

Climate change presents an urgent global crisis that extends far beyond national borders, demanding the adoption of innovative solutions to effectively address the challenge. As we commemorate United Nations Day 2023 and the International Day Against Climate Change, we invite you to delve into the crucial nexus between climate innovation and entrepreneurship.

This forum will dive into the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to achieve climate goals through e.g. innovation pilots. Amid the pressing global challenge of climate change, setting ambitious goals is paramount. However, achieving these goals demands the deployment of novel solutions and a generation of actionable data. Startups, driven by their agility and ingenuity, hold the potential to unveil sustainable solutions. Simultaneously, corporations and organizations, armed with resources and diverse infrastructure, offer the means to test and potentially scale these innovations through integration.

During the event, we will explore how organizations support and engage in open innovation through entrepreneurial partnerships and pilots that drive climate action forward – from academia, governments, to industry and ventures.

As we celebrate and honor United Nations Day, let's embark together on the journey toward a sustainable future, where actions speak louder than words, and innovation is the key to transformation.

Schedule:

9:15-9:45 : Registration, Coffee & Networking

9:45-11:00 : Panel Discussion on Accelerating Innovation Towards Net Zero

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-perspective-series-accelerating-climate-innovation-towards-net-zero-tickets-717848352747?aff=oddtdtcreator&ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Alumni in Sustainability Panel - Harvard Business School

🕑 Start time

10/23/2023 Mon 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

10/23/2023 Mon 5:01 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Pursuing a career in sustainability? Moderated by Professor Mike Toffel, join a panel of alumni working in the multi-segment sector to gain perspectives on various MBA roles and paths. You will hear their views on opportunities within the space, advice on navigating the job search and there will be plenty of time for Q&A.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.hbs.edu/environment/Pages/events.aspx?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: 2023 Annual Meeting | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

11/1/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/1/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join NESEA for their 2023 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 1.

Whether you’ve been a NESEA Member since the beginning or are just curious about NESEA’s work and mission, this is the event for you. Members and non-members alike are welcome.

NESEA's Executive Director, Board Chair, and Treasurer will provide a report summarizing their last fiscal year (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023). In addition to learning about their recent work, participants will have the opportunity to network through virtual breakout rooms.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/northeast-sustainable-energy-association-2023-annual-meeting?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC Ascending Professionals Fall Sustainability Series: Part Two – Industry Experts - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

11/1/2023 Wed 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/1/2023 Wed 1:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The EBC Ascending Professionals Committee invites you to join us for Part 2 of the Fall Sustainability Series, titled Industry Experts Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future of ESG. This webinar will feature a robust discussion between our panelists as well as the webinar attendees.

During this hour, these panelists will discuss a wide range of topics across the ESG/sustainability spectrum and will give attendees a unique perspective on how this topic is viewed, discussed, and analyzed in the corporate, municipal, and academic worlds. Additionally, we hope that the conversation will prompt some questions while connecting you to these inspiring industry experts. We are looking forward to hosting you for this informative event!

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-ascending-professionals-fall-sustainability-series-part-two-industry-experts/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

U.S. C3E Women in clean energy seminar series: Energy access: An enabler for people and planet - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

11/2/2023 Thu 2:00 PM

🕓 End time

11/2/2023 Thu 3:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The C3E webinar series provides a forum to hear the latest on clean energy topics from women who are making a difference. The goal of the quarterly webinars is to highlight the outstanding work of clean energy professionals in various fields and to foster discussion around clean energy opportunities and solutions. 

Get to know the work of today’s leaders, including C3E Ambassadors and recent Awardees, by participating in an upcoming webinar, followed by a discussion session, allowing participants to ask the speakers questions, share their own ideas and experiences, engage in conversation, and network with other clean energy professionals.

For more information on future webinars, subscribe to C3E email updates.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/us_c3e_women_in_clean_energy_seminar_series_energy_access_an_enabler_for_people_and_planet?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Summit 2023 - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

11/2/2023 Thu 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/2/2023 Thu 9:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

JOIN US ON NOV. 1 AT GREENTOWN HOUSTON, NOV. 2 AT GREENTOWN BOSTON, + VIA LIVESTREAM

The Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit is a deep dive into accelerating deployment through collaboration. Climatetech entrepreneurs are developing the solutions that are the core of global decarbonization, yet they need support and partnership from investors, policymakers, and the growing climatetech workforce in order to scale their critical technologies. The energy transition is here, and the climatetech ecosystem needs your involvement to propel climatetech out into the world. 

On Nov. 1 and 2, we’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our Houston, TX and Boston, MA incubators for a day of hands-on exploration with our 200+ startups and their climatetech solutions; keynotes and sessions featuring leaders across climatetech, finance, policy, and justice; and networking with key climate action pioneers.

We’ll highlight the momentum our startups, corporate partners, and ecosystem champions have been building together, how these collaborations will chart the course for climatetech deployment, and how everyone can play a role in commercializing climate technologies.

🔗 Registration link

?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

👉 Event title

MIT Climate & Energy Prize 2024 - Open for Applications!

🕑 Start time

11/6/2023 Mon 12:30 AM

🕓 End time

11/6/2023 Mon 12:30 AM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

The MIT Climate & Energy Prize (MIT CEP) is the longest-running and largest climatetech and energy startup competition for global university students. MIT CEP teams will compete for $100,000+ in non-dilutive cash prizes and have access to world-class mentoring and other resources. Over 220 MIT Climate & Energy Prize companies have successfully launched and raised $1.7+ billion in follow-on funding.

Starting in 2022-2023, we expanded the scope to include European universities and created the first MIT CEP European chapter in Paris. For the 2023-2024 prize, we will further expand our prize to welcome applicant teams from all over the world. Our goal is we expand the presence to APAC, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Follow us for more Information and updates at:

Website

https://cep.mit.edu/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/mit-cep

🔗 Registration link

www.cep.mit.edu?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 15 events in September- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• 🏠⚡ In the Boston area and interested in upgrading to a climate-friendly home? Our friends at Elephant Energy recently launched their new product, Your Electrification Roadmap for the Boston area. With your personalized roadmap in hand, Elephant makes it easy to install the recommended upgrades (think, heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, weatherization, and more). The best part? You save money because Elephant assembles and wrangles all of the rebates and incentives available to you. 👉 Check it out here

  

• 🔍Looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 19,000 jobs from 600+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily. ClimateTechList is the web’s most comprehensive climate tech job search tool.

📣 Interested in sponsoring/advertising on this newsletter (> 1,000 opens per issue)? - email me here.

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• How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs: 9/12 Tue

• Climatetech Career Fair 2023 : 9/12 Tue

• ✨ Future Changemakers Lab x Boston : 9/9 Sat

• Built Environment Plus: Bike Tour | MassCEC: 9/9 Sat

• How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs: 9/12 Tue

• Climatetech Career Fair 2023 : 9/12 Tue

• Out in Climate - Boston Meetup: 9/12 Tue

• Climatetech Cocktails - Greentown Labs: 9/13 Wed

• EBC Fifth Annual New England Energy Leadership Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 9/13 Wed

• Coffee Chat With MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative: 9/13 Wed

• Connecting with Americans on Climate Change - MIT Events: 9/13 Wed

• Prithvi Ventures Boston Roadshow: 9/19 Tue

• UMass Lowell Innovation Hub: Getting from Here to There - Advancing Your Sustainability Solution | MassCEC: 9/19 Tue

• Sustainability Ecosystem Mixer: Welcome Back! - Sustainability Initiative: 9/21 Thu

• EnergyBar: New Member Spotlight Tickets, Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 5:30 PM : 9/21 Thu

• Why Boston? Learn about Activate Boston from staff and fellows. — Activate: 9/27 Wed

• Waterfront ClimateTech hub info: 9/28 Thu

✨ Future Changemakers Lab x Boston 

🕑 Start time

9/9/2023 Sat 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

9/9/2023 Sat 9:07 AM

📍Location

Cafe Iterum

📍Address

11 Father Jacobbe Rd, East Boston, MA 02128, USA

📝 Notes

​Electric Potential, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to make socially impactful careers more accessible to Gen Z students, is inviting you to our first in-person event in Boston!

​This small group gathering will bring together 30-40 select student changemakers from various schools in the Boston area who are passionate about social change and building impact-driven career paths.

​There will be speakers, workshops with a Certificate of Impact, a social innovation idea competition, networking, a fireside chat, and more importantly, free snacks and swags.

​Event agenda:

​ ✨ Opening Keynote

Why Gen Z will build a better future and drive social change, and how to be a part of the change

🧑‍⚖️ Workshop I: Civics & Policy

How to understand civics and mobilize policy-driven action for wide-scale social change

​🍽 Lunch Break / Networking

​🗺 Workshop II: Career Mapping

How to explore and design career paths in social change

🌐 Workshop III: Social Issues

How to break media echo chambers, bias, and misinformation on social issues and take informed action

🧑‍💻 Social Innovation Idea Competition

Form small groups and design an innovative solution to tackle pressing social issues

​🏆 Presentation / Judging / Networking

​🎤 Fireside Chat

Panel with current changemakers in the field with an AMA session

​Find us on Instagram, Linkedin or TikTok to stay up-to-date with the latest news and announcements on this event and all things Electric Potential!

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/f6mhrbaz?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Built Environment Plus: Bike Tour | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

9/9/2023 Sat 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

9/9/2023 Sat 2:00 PM

📍Location

Alewife Brook Reservation

📍Address

📝 Notes

Brought to you by the Built Environment Plus Emerging Professionals Community, this bike tour will begin in Cambridge and end in Boston's Seaport, following the Green Line Extension community path. The tour will also explore projects from local architecture and engineering firms in their efforts in creating a more sustainable built environment.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/built-environment-plus-bike-tour?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs

🕑 Start time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:02 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing our world and there are countless ways to approach solutions. If you’re interested in founding a climate startup, we can help you get started.

What We’ll Cover“How to Create a Climate Venture” focuses on five key areas: unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network.

The first half of the program is focused on structured ideation, and the second half on idea evaluation.

Ideation sessions cover both mitigation and adaptation and use classic ideation frameworks to generate solutions to climate challenges. Climate entrepreneurs tackling both emissions and city-level adaptation share their journeys. Participants use these examples as well as structured exercises to formulate their own elevator pitches.

The second half of the training hones in on idea evaluation, with sessions focused on the five core areas to validate before diving into a startup. Sessions equip participants with tactical tools in demand validation, A/B waitlist testing, assessing climate impact, and ends with using ChatGPT as a co-ideation tool.

The instructor is Rebekah Emanuel, senior advisor for social impact and director of the Harvard Climate Circle at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The class also features entrepreneurs, operators, funders, and other speakers from the climate entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Who Is Eligible

If you are a member of an eligible university, you may enroll in a “How to Create a Climate Venture” program. Participants who work full-time are welcome to enroll if you can commit to attending sessions regularly.

“How to Create a Climate Venture” is designed for aspiring climate entrepreneurs who do not yet have an idea. We will provide structured activities to help you understand the climate venture space and come up with ideas you might want to work on, as well as meet others who are interested in starting climate ventures.

If you have an early-stage idea, and are just getting started on building it out or forming a team, you are welcome to register. If you are pivoting your idea and want to zoom out, you are welcome to register if you think broader ideation and startup tools will help you. Venture ideas may be for-profit or nonprofit or housed within larger institutions.

If your venture already has traction, this is likely not for you.

🔗 Registration link

https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/creating-climate-ventures/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Career Fair 2023 

🕑 Start time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/12/2023 Tue 6:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

We’re proud to support climatetech startups as they develop their technologies, scale their businesses, and grow their teams. Greentown startups are not only developing climatetech solutions—they’re building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition. And that climate workforce is hiring.

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech, whether you’ve previously worked in traditional energy, have experience tackling climate change, or are new to the climate and energy fields. The jobs are here. We just need you!

The types of roles you'll find at the fair:

• Business Administration

• Data

• Engineering

• Marketing

• Operations

• Sales

• Software

• And more!

You can view all job openings on our careers page here.

Venue Information

Parking is incredibly limited at Greentown Labs. We encourage attendees to consider taking advantage of public transportation. We’re a short walk from the newly opened Union Square station and 1 mile away from the Harvard MBTA station. Union Square in Somerville is easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. The closest Bluebikes stations are at Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.

Please note that by registering to attend this event you are accepting these terms: You consent to your image or likeness being used in content associated with the event; You release Greentown Labs and all partners from any and all liability stemming from any event-related incident.

This event is currently slated to be in-person and masks are encouraged but not required while inside Greentown Labs. Greentown provides medical grade masks at the front desk of each location. Please reach out Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com), Events Coordinator, with any questions on our safety policy.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climatetech-career-fair-2023-tickets-668291446707?aff=ebdsoporgprofile?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Out in Climate - Boston Meetup

🕑 Start time

9/12/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/12/2023 Tue 8:00 PM

📍Location

The Engine

📍Address

750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

Out in Climate is a non-profit dedicated to building community among LGBTQ+ professionals in the climate space. Our mission is to foster networking, community-building, and mentoring, and to help connect folks with opportunities and resources in the space.

Come join us at The Engine for our first meet up in the Boston area!

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/OutInClimateBostonSeptember?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Cocktails - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

9/13/2023 Wed 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/13/2023 Wed 9:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

🍀 Boston! Tis’ the season for CTC!  

🍻 CTC is back at Greentown Labs on 9/13 for a classic Climate Tech Cocktails happy hour(s) + startup showcase from 5:30-9pm!

🚨 Are you a climate tech startup and want to participate in the showcase? Apply HERE ASAP as we only have 13 spots available!

🎫 RSVP IS REQUIRED to attend so we have enough food+drinks!

🟢 Be a circle, 🙅‍♀️ not a square. See you there.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/climate-tech-cocktails/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC Fifth Annual New England Energy Leadership Conference - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

9/13/2023 Wed 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

9/13/2023 Wed 9:03 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Don’t miss the fifth annual EBC New England Energy Leadership Conference to hear the latest and greatest from state and regional leaders in energy policy and programs. If you’re in the business of energy, this is your opportunity to learn firsthand about the priorities and challenges faced by each state and the region, and how to help your clients navigate the policy and regulatory environment.

State leadership is tasked with addressing permitting and regulatory changes, policy developments, and what keeps them up at night. Also participating is ISO New England, the organization that is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to perform three critical, complex, interconnected roles: grid operation, market administration, and power system planning for the region.

A robust panel discussion between the speakers and attendees will conclude the program.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-fifth-annual-new-england-energy-leadership-conference/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Coffee Chat With MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

9/13/2023 Wed 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

9/13/2023 Wed 9:31 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Stop by the E62 café for an informal coffee chat to learn more about the Sustainability Certificate program and how to get connected to our ecosystem. We’ll provide the coffee, just drop by and get inspired to make a positive impact at Sloan!

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1927582?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Connecting with Americans on Climate Change - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

9/13/2023 Wed 12:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/13/2023 Wed 12:31 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

How do we engage Americans in areas of the country where many still are uncertain about the science of climate change, the seriousness of the impacts, or the practicality of the solutions?

Join a dialogue between celebrated climate scientist and communicator Prof. Katharine Hayhoe and the 2023 MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows on the challenges and rewards of connecting with Americans across the country on climate change. Moderated by Laur Hesse Fisher, Program Director at MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, this event will share best practices for understanding your audience, uplifting local trusted messengers, and bridge-building for impact, and will answer questions from the audience.

This event is part of the People, Prosperity and the Planet lecture series produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.

Presenting Speaker:

Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding what climate change means for people and the places where we live. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law in the Dept. of Political Science at Texas Tech University. She is the author of the book “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World,” has given a TED talk with over 4 million views, and she also hosts the PBS digital series Global Weirding. Katharine has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People, the United Nations Champion of the Environment, and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Climate Ambassador.

Featured Panelists:

The 2023 MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows developed deeply reported pieces from across the country that connect climate science and solutions with local priorities and opportunities.

Micah Drew covers local government, the environment and athletics for The Flathead Beacon in Northwest Montana. When not in the newsroom, Micah is routinely found running on alpine trails in Glacier National Park. 

Fellowship Project: An eight-part series in The Flathead Beacon: “Montana’s Climate Change Lawsuit”

Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, AZ. With a background in science writing and a Ph.D. in Ecology, she publishes a weekly story aimed at helping readers understand how climate change is altering life in the southwest and what we can do about it. 

Fellowship Project: A five-part series in the Arizona Republic on climate and housing. The first piece has been published, and there are four more forthcoming: “As Arizona builds to solve a housing crisis, will its homes withstand future heat extremes?”

Annie Ropeik is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Maine, where she reports on climate change, energy and environmental issues for The Maine Monitor and other outlets. 

Fellowship Project: A five-part series in the Maine Monitor: “Hooked on Heating Oil,” and “Making Maine’s next generation of housing fossil-free—and affordable” in Energy News Network

Mike Tony is The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s energy and environment reporter in Charleston, WV. He has written extensively about how West Virginia’s topographic and political landscapes make its residents vulnerable to climate impacts. 

Fellowship Project: A four-part series in The Charleston Gazette-Mail: ”‘We have to move on’: WV leaders pushing state flood risk upward by favoring resource extraction over climate action,””‘More intense, more water’: West Virginians call for greater flood protection amid climate concerns from extraction projects,” “‘Focus on the solutions’: Climate change communication looms large as WV faces flooded future,””Unfunded, uninsured and ignored: Experts urge support for flood protection solutions amid mounting disaster costs” 

Ryan Van Velzer is Louisville Public Media’s Energy & Environment reporter and is dedicated to covering climate change and environmental issues across Kentucky. He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards. 

Fellowship Project: A four-part series in Louisville Public Media: “Coal’s Dying Light”

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/connecting_americans_on_climate_change?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Prithvi Ventures Boston Roadshow

🕑 Start time

9/19/2023 Tue 2:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/19/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Prithvi’s Partner Dr. Vivek Soni, PhD will be leading a discussion on all the opportunities and challenges around decarbonizing metrics.

Ayuh’s & Prithvi’s Partner Kunal Sethi will be leading a discussion on all the opportunities and challenges around Syn Bio, differentiating between what’s real & reel in his climate journey.

🔗 Registration link

https://pp.events/av97LyB3?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

UMass Lowell Innovation Hub: Getting from Here to There - Advancing Your Sustainability Solution | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

9/19/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/19/2023 Tue 8:00 PM

📍Location

UMass Lowell Innovation Hub

📍Address

110 Canal St. 3rd FloorLowell, MA 01852

📝 Notes

The UMass Lowell Innovation Hub and Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds are putting on an amazing one night only experience geared toward startups and small businesses in the green tech and sustainability sectors.

Listen to startups speak on their experience making their way through the market in the Fireside Chat and learn from industry professionals during the Innovation Panel discussion. 

Also, don't miss the engaging Networking and Innovation Showcase sessions where you will have the chance to talk with entrepreneurs at various stages of development, as well as like-minded, sustainability focused community members

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/umass-lowell-innovation-hub-getting-here-there-advancing-your-sustainability-solution?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Sustainability Ecosystem Mixer: Welcome Back! - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

9/21/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/21/2023 Thu 5:32 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Welcome back to campus! Let's catch up over some (free) food and drinks! Join the Sustainability Initiative, fellow MIT sustainability students, and Boston-area sustainability alumni to celebrate the new semester. Open to MIT graduate students & sustainability alumni.

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1927411?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EnergyBar: New Member Spotlight

🕑 Start time

9/21/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/21/2023 Thu 7:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Thirty-five startups have joined the Greentown community so far in 2023, working on climate solutions across the agriculture, buildings, manufacturing, electricity, and resiliency and adaptation sectors. 

We're thrilled to support these groundbreaking startups—let us introduce you! Join us for our fall EnergyBar on Sept. 21 to hear lightning pitches from some of the newest members of our community and network with entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.

Presenting startups will be announced soon! You can learn more about all of our incredible new members in our Q1 and Q2 new member roundups.

About EnergyBar

EnergyBar is Greentown Labs’ signature networking event that fosters conversation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, neighbors, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.

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This event is in-person and masks are encouraged but not required while inside Greentown Labs. Greentown provides medical grade masks at the front desk of each location. Please reach out Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com), Events Coordinator, with any questions on our safety policy.

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Please note that by registering to attend this event you are accepting these terms: You acknowledge that alcohol will be served and all attendees are subject to be ID’ed (only those 21+ will be served); You consent to your image or likeness being used in content associated with the event; You release Greentown Labs and all partners from any and all liability stemming from any event-related incident.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/energybar-new-member-spotlight-tickets-686781912187?aff=ebdsoporgprofile?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Why Boston? Learn about Activate Boston from staff and fellows. — Activate

🕑 Start time

9/27/2023 Wed 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/27/2023 Wed 1:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

In this webinar, you will have the opportunity to hear more about why Boston is a great place to build your hard-tech company, and how the Activate Boston team will support you on this journey. You’ll hear from Activate Boston staff and current fellows and have a chance for Q&A.

REGISTER

The Activate Fellowship transforms scientists and engineers into hard-tech founders. The two-year experience provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, technologists, and fellow entrepreneurs.

For more information about the fellowship and this year's application process and to sign up for application updates, visit

🔗 Registration link

https://www.activate.org/events/why-boston?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Waterfront ClimateTech hub info

🕑 Start time

9/28/2023 Thu 11:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/29/2023 Fri 12:00 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Please take the brief climate ecosystem survey for BLUE a waterfront ocean innovation hub on Boston Harbor. 

https://blueonbostonharbor.com/

🔗 Registration link

https://blueonbostonharbor.com/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 3 events in August- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• 💻 Are you looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 19,000 jobs from 600+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily.

• 💬 Join the Boston Climate Crew WhatsApp group (over 300 participants) here for discussions and more informal announcements. Please send an intro message about yourself when you join!

To submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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• MassCEC: Long Duration Energy Storage Stakeholder Session 2 | MassCEC: 8/16 Wed

• MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Summer 2023: 8/17 Thu

• Bridging the Corporate and Startup Divide Tickets, Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite: 8/24 Thu

• How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs: 9/12 Tue

• Climatetech Career Fair 2023 : 9/12 Tue

MassCEC: Long Duration Energy Storage Stakeholder Session 2 | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

8/16/2023 Wed 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

8/16/2023 Wed 12:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Section 80 of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2022 (“An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind”) requires the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), in consultation with MassCEC, to conduct a study on mid- to long-duration energy storage. MassCEC, DOER, and consultant Environmental and Energy Economics, Inc. (E3) will be conducting stakeholder sessions to present interim work products, address technical questions, and collect feedback on the Study. The second and final stakeholder session will be held on August 16, 2023 from 9:30am-11:00am ET via Zoom.

🔗 Registration link

?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Summer 2023

🕑 Start time

8/17/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

8/17/2023 Thu 7:30 PM

📍Location

Trillium Brewing Company - Fenway

📍Address

Landmark Center, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA

📝 Notes

Sign up here- https://lu.ma/hl5myy9c

Come meet up with the Boston MCJ and climate tech community! MCJ is a podcast and community for those interested in climate, see here for more info.

​​This will be a casual meetup with no set agenda.

​Anyone interested or involved in climate is welcome! Please just make sure your guests register. There will be an opportunity to sign up for MCJ at the event.

​​Venue details: Nestled in the heart of Fenway only steps from the ballpark, Trillium Fenway offers indoor and outdoor seating for on-site draft pours and food provided by our neighbors at Time Out Market. 

PARKING: Garage parking entrance is now located off of Fullerton St. The first 15 minutes are free of charge. Anything under 3 hours will be reduced to a $10.00 charge using the venue's validation machine. Get parking directions here.

​To stay up to date on future events, checkout the #g-boston channel on MCJ or consider signing up for the Boston Climate Tech Newsletter.

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/hl5myy9c?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Bridging the Corporate and Startup Divide Tickets, Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

🕑 Start time

8/24/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

8/24/2023 Thu 5:03 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us on Aug. 24 at Greentown Boston for a discussion that will unlock the potential of corporate and startup partnerships in driving climatetech innovation to new heights.

Hosted in collaboration with ADL Ventures and Azolla Ventures, our expert panel will delve into the strategies, frameworks, and agreement mechanisms that pave the way for low-risk, high-reward partnerships.

This event will provide the opportunity to engage with a dynamic group of utility R&D/innovation leads, visionary investors, and other influential voices in the climatetech ecosystem. Attendees will gain invaluable insights from successful collaborations, as industry leaders share their experiences, lessons learned, and game-changing advice for today's startups.

Together, we'll explore commercial frameworks that ignite innovation, mechanisms that minimize risks, and avenues for startups to secure customers beyond the lab.

Agenda:

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Doors Open & Check-in

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Speaking Program

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.: Networking & Refreshments

Representatives from:

Eni Next

Autodesk

Azolla Ventures

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Masks are encouraged but not required while inside Greentown Labs. Greentown provides medical grade masks at the front desk of each location. Please reach out Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com), Events Coordinator, with any questions on our safety policy.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-the-corporate-and-startup-divide-tickets-668916205377?aff=ebdsoporgprofile?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

How to Create a Climate Venture - Harvard Innovation Labs

🕑 Start time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:02 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing our world and there are countless ways to approach solutions. If you’re interested in founding a climate startup, we can help you get started.

What We’ll Cover“How to Create a Climate Venture” focuses on five key areas: unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network.

The first half of the program is focused on structured ideation, and the second half on idea evaluation.

Ideation sessions cover both mitigation and adaptation and use classic ideation frameworks to generate solutions to climate challenges. Climate entrepreneurs tackling both emissions and city-level adaptation share their journeys. Participants use these examples as well as structured exercises to formulate their own elevator pitches.

The second half of the training hones in on idea evaluation, with sessions focused on the five core areas to validate before diving into a startup. Sessions equip participants with tactical tools in demand validation, A/B waitlist testing, assessing climate impact, and ends with using ChatGPT as a co-ideation tool.

The instructor is Rebekah Emanuel, senior advisor for social impact and director of the Harvard Climate Circle at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The class also features entrepreneurs, operators, funders, and other speakers from the climate entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Who Is Eligible

If you are a member of an eligible university, you may enroll in a “How to Create a Climate Venture” program. Participants who work full-time are welcome to enroll if you can commit to attending sessions regularly.

“How to Create a Climate Venture” is designed for aspiring climate entrepreneurs who do not yet have an idea. We will provide structured activities to help you understand the climate venture space and come up with ideas you might want to work on, as well as meet others who are interested in starting climate ventures.

If you have an early-stage idea, and are just getting started on building it out or forming a team, you are welcome to register. If you are pivoting your idea and want to zoom out, you are welcome to register if you think broader ideation and startup tools will help you. Venture ideas may be for-profit or nonprofit or housed within larger institutions.

If your venture already has traction, this is likely not for you.

🔗 Registration link

https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/creating-climate-ventures/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Climatetech Career Fair 2023 

🕑 Start time

9/12/2023 Tue 4:30 PM

🕓 End time

9/12/2023 Tue 6:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

We’re proud to support climatetech startups as they develop their technologies, scale their businesses, and grow their teams. Greentown startups are not only developing climatetech solutions—they’re building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition. And that climate workforce is hiring.

There’s a place for everyone in climatetech, whether you’ve previously worked in traditional energy, have experience tackling climate change, or are new to the climate and energy fields. The jobs are here. We just need you!

The types of roles you'll find at the fair:

• Business Administration

• Data

• Engineering

• Marketing

• Operations

• Sales

• Software

• And more!

You can view all job openings on our careers page here.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/climatetech-career-fair/?ref=climatetechlist.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 5 events in July- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• 💻 Are you looking for a climate tech job? Check out ClimateTechList Jobs - a live job openings tracker with over 16,000 jobs from 500+ climate tech companies, covering roles of all sorts- chemical engineer, sales, software, scientist, etc. Updated daily.

• 💬 Join the Boston Climate Crew WhatsApp group (over 300 participants) here for discussions and more informal announcements. Please send an intro message about yourself when you join!

To submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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• EBC Water Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 7/11 Tue

• US Offshore Wind 2023 Conference | MassCEC: 7/11 Tue

• U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Hydrogen: A rising pillar for our clean energy future - MIT Events: 7/13 Thu

• EBC Energy Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 7/18 Tue

• Innovation Intersection: Human Health and Climatetech at the Lab Bench: 7/26 Wed

EBC Water Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

7/11/2023 Tue 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

7/11/2023 Tue 11:30 AM

📍Location

Workbar Needham

📍Address

117 Kendrick StreetSuite 300Needham, MA 02494

📝 Notes

Please join EBC for a hybrid (both in-person and virtual) program planning meeting of the EBC Water Resources Committee on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to develop and plan water resources programs and topic-specific committee meetings for the following six months. EBC Members interested in participating and becoming more involved in the EBC Water Resources Committee are welcome to attend.

In-person attendees are encouraged to stay for a joint lunch with the EBC Solid Waste Management Committee. Lunch provided for in-person attendees.

Find out more about the EBC Water Resources Committee.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-water-resources-committee-program-planning-meeting-11/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

US Offshore Wind 2023 Conference | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

7/11/2023 Tue 12:00 AM

🕓 End time

7/12/2023 Wed 12:00 AM

📍Location

Hynes Convention Center

📍Address

900 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02115

📝 Notes

The US offshore wind industry boom, projected to generate over 30 GW of power in eight East and West Coast states by 2030, presents a $70 billion CAPEX revenue opportunity to businesses in the U.S. supply chain. An unprecedented 1,000 GW of U.S. offshore wind resource remains untapped, waiting to be unleashed!

The opportunity is in sight, and you’re invited to join local and international businesses at Reuters Events: US Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition, returning to Boston with one mission - to help you achieve 30 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030.

Supply chain deals, joint ventures and policy making – this is the place where it all happens for US offshore wind businesses. You’ll meet every major developer, investor, contractor, supplier, manufacturer, policy maker, who hold they keys to thousands of imminent supply chain and service contracts.

Backed by a brand you can trust, the Reuters Events: US Offshore Wind 2023 will deliver everything you need to know about US offshore wind markets and supply chain activity, helping you to resolve development bottlenecks and facilitate a multitude of supply chain matchmaking activity.

Register Here

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/us-offshore-wind-2023-conference-masscec-speaking?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Hydrogen: A rising pillar for our clean energy future - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

7/13/2023 Thu 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

7/13/2023 Thu 1:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Hydrogen has been recognized as a key pillar of decarbonizing the global energy system, with application across numerous sectors including transportation, heavy industry and energy storage. Indeed, it is anticipated that the use of clean hydrogen will avoid up to 60 Gt of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years (IEA). Developing the policy, technology and commercial solutions necessary to realize the full potential of hydrogen is not for the weak-hearted. In this webinar, we’ll hear from leading women experts who are paving the way forward for a hydrogen economy and discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

About the series

The C3E webinar series provides a forum to hear the latest on clean energy topics from women who are making a difference. The goal of the quarterly webinars is to highlight the outstanding work of clean energy professionals in various fields and to foster discussion around clean energy opportunities and solutions.

Get to know the work of today’s leaders, including C3E Ambassadors and recent Awardees, by participating in an upcoming webinar, followed by a discussion session, allowing participants to ask the speakers questions, share their own ideas and experiences, engage in conversation, and network with other clean energy professionals.

For more information on future webinars, subscribe to C3E email updates.

🔗 Registration link

https://energy.mit.edu/event/u-s-c3e-women-in-clean-energy-webinar-series-hydrogen-looking-forward/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

EBC Energy Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

7/18/2023 Tue 12:30 PM

🕓 End time

7/18/2023 Tue 12:30 PM

📍Location

Workbar Needham

📍Address

117 Kendrick StreetSuite 300Needham, MA 02494

📝 Notes

Please join EBC for a hybrid (both in-person and virtual) program planning meeting of the EBC Energy Resources Committee on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to develop and plan energy resources programs and topic-specific meetings for the following six months. EBC Members interested in participating and becoming more involved in the EBC Energy Resources Committee are welcome to participate.

In-person attendees are encouraged to arrive early (between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) for a joint lunch with the EBC Ocean and Coastal Resources Committee. Lunch provided for in-person attendees.

Find out more about the EBC Energy Resources Committee.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-committee-program-planning-meeting-14/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Innovation Intersection: Human Health and Climatetech at the Lab Bench

🕑 Start time

7/26/2023 Wed 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

7/26/2023 Wed 1:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us at Greentown Boston on Wednesday, July 26 for an event that will explore the convergence of human health and climatetech at the lab bench.

These two topics have significant overlap; climate change has had and will continue to have huge impacts on public health. This is just one of the intersections we see in Greentown Boston's 26-bench, BSL-2 wet lab, which is home to startups creating everything from alternative meats, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to metabolic assays. In this shared, multidisciplinary lab, our startups innovate in chemistry, biology, materials science, and much more.

This July, we’re bringing together experts in the fields of climatetech and public health for an insightful panel discussion. Whether you are a lab bench scientist looking for your place in the climate movement or are simply excited about exploring the intersection of these fields, this event is for you!

On this panel, you will hear from researchers, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders who are at the forefront of innovation in both human health and climate change mitigation; gain valuable insights from their experiences; and explore the potential of cross-disciplinary collaborations.

Together, we can find innovative ways to mitigate the impact of climate change on public health and promote a healthier, more resilient future.

Agenda (in ET):

10:00 to 10:30 AM: Networking over coffee and light breakfast*

10:30 to 11:10 AM: Panel discussion

11:10 to 11:30 AM: Audience questions

11:30 AM to 12 PM: Networking*

*in-person only

If you have questions or need to request accommodation, please reach out to Greentown Labs’ Events Coordinator, Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com).

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-intersection-human-health-and-climatetech-at-the-lab-bench-tickets-658720118607?ref=bostonclimatetech.com https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-committee-program-planning-meeting-14/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 14 events in the upcoming weeks- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• 💻 Do you have software engineer, data science, or machine learning friends interested in working in climate? Check out ClimateTechList - a guide/curated company list I launched recently for tech professionals looking to work in climate. I’ll be giving a talk about “Software Careers in Climate” at a virtual event on 5/31 7pm (see event list below)

• 🏢 What comes to mind when you think of business and climate change? No matter what you picture, one thing holds true: while the private sector is largely responsible for the climate crisis, businesses also have a tremendous amount of resources and influence—and therefore, an obligation—to take action. The Drawdown Roadmap for Business, presented by Project Drawdown, explores how businesses, with strategies backed by science, can leverage their clout and employee power to help the world address climate change. From deeply and quickly reducing emissions to advocating for critical climate policy, the video gives tangible examples of how businesses can utilize their influence and employee power to scale climate solutions. It’s time for companies to approach corporate sustainability with a new, holistic perspective that aligns all parts of their business with an equitable climate future.

  

• 💬 Join the Boston Climate Crew WhatsApp group (over 300 participants) here for discussions and more informal announcements. Please send an intro message about yourself when you join!

To submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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• Software Careers in Climate Learning Lab - Olin College of Engineering: 5/31 Wed

• Advanced Energy Group: Northeast Green Jobs Action Challenge | MassCEC: 5/31 Wed

• Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience – Climate Adaptation Forum: 6/2 Fri

• MCJ X SVB: Climate Tech Happy Hour & Podcast Recording: 6/7 Wed

• MassCEC: Long Duration Energy Storage Stakeholder Session 1 | MassCEC: 6/7 Wed

• EnergyBar: Go Energize 2023 Kickoff - Greentown Labs: 6/8 Thu

• Sustainability at Tang Hall! - MIT Events: 6/9 Fri

• Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality Tickets, Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite: 6/12 Mon

• FoodHack Boston | Precision Fermentation: Future of Nutrition? - Greentown Labs: 6/13 Tue

• Nano Explorations—The critical materials revolution: Low-cost & sustainable sourcing for global electrification - MIT Events: 6/13 Tue

• Transition-AI: Boston: 6/15 Thu

• YPE Boston & Constellation Energy Mystic Generating Station Tour: 6/21 Wed

• NECEC Climate Finance Summit Tickets, Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite: 6/21 Wed

• Scaling Clean Tech | Operators and Investors - Greentown Labs: 6/22 Thu

Software Careers in Climate - Olin College of Engineering

🕑 Start time

5/31/2023 Wed 7:00 PM

🕓 End time

5/31/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

(This event is open to the public)

In our first session, alumni Steven Zhang and Jaime and Jason Curtis will talk about frameworks for 1) - thinking about software careers in climate, and 2) thinking about personal career growth as a software engineer/professional. They will share how they got to where they are today, and how you can find the path, working on these hard problems, that is right for you. 

Who Are We?    

Meet Jaime, Jason, and Steven, all Olin class of 2012!  

· Jaime & Jason Curtis built on their combined 20 years of experience in software and climate solutions to launch Option Zero, the software consultancy for climate companies & initiatives. Fun fact: while at Olin, they co-founded Olin Sailbot (now Olin Aquatic Robotics). 

· Steven runs ClimateTechList.com, a company directory/job board for software engineers looking to work in climate. Previously he worked at Airtable and Tableau as a software engineer. Steven became an interviewing expert once culminating in getting 18 SWE offers out of 22 in a job search. Fun fact: he spent a year after Olin doing environmental journalism in China through the Fulbright program.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.olin.edu/events/olin-learning-lab-alumni-perspectives-sustainability?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Advanced Energy Group: Northeast Green Jobs Action Challenge | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

5/31/2023 Wed 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

5/31/2023 Wed 12:30 PM

📍Location

Roxbury Community College

📍Address

1234 Columbus AvenueBoston, Massachusetts, 02120

📝 Notes

Please join Advanced Energy Group (AEG) on May 31st for the Northeast Green Energy Job Action Challenge, “Why We Need to Disrupt the Traditional Hiring Process” at Roxbury Community College (RCC). In partnership with Advanced Energy Group, Roxbury Community College will facilitate a discussion with leading industry experts to explore new strategies to fill the immediate demand for workers in Greentech Industries.

• Governments & Non-profits register here for a no-cost ticket

•  All others register here for a $100 discount

Event Location:

Student Commons

Roxbury Community College

1234 Columbus Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts, 02120

See Map: Google Maps

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/advanced-energy-group-northeast-green-jobs-action-challenge?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

6/2/2023 Fri 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/2/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

State and local governments across the country are grappling with turning climate adaptation plans into action. These plans often involve expensive and large scale capital projects on both public and private property. This undertaking requires innovative thinking on governance from creating new county and statewide resilience authorities to empowering existing local boards and commissions. Join the Climate Adaptation Forum to hear how communities across the country are approaching this challenge and emerging models for governance and implementation.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/emerging-governance-structures-for-climate-resilience/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MCJ X SVB: Climate Tech Happy Hour & Podcast Recording

🕑 Start time

6/7/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/7/2023 Wed 9:00 PM

📍Location

53 State St., Boston, MA

📍Address

53 State St., Boston, MA

📝 Notes

MCJ and SVB invite you to hang out with other members of the Boston area Climate Tech community on Wednesday, June 7th from 5 - 9pm at SVB's office on 53 State Street in Boston. Come meet people who are working to build, support, and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem -- the entire MCJ team will be there! Attendance is capped so please RSVP early:

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank

🔗 Registration link

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

MassCEC: Long Duration Energy Storage Stakeholder Session 1 | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

6/7/2023 Wed 9:30 AM

🕓 End time

6/7/2023 Wed 11:00 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Section 80 of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2022 (“An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind”) requires the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), in consultation with MassCEC, to conduct a study on mid- to long-duration energy storage. MassCEC, DOER, and consultant Environmental and Energy Economics, Inc. (E3) will be conducting stakeholder sessions to present interim work products, address technical questions, and collect feedback on the Study. The first of two stakeholder sessions will be held on June 7, 2023 from 9:30am-11:00am ET via Zoom

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/masscec-long-duration-energy-storage-stakeholder-session-1?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

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EnergyBar: Go Energize 2023 Kickoff - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/8/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/8/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Energize 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing our energy system, in partnership with Vineyard Wind and MassCEC.

At this EnergyBar, attendees will hear lightning pitches from finalists hoping to accelerate environmental and digital solutions for responsible development in offshore wind industry—like the Vineyard Wind Project, the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm.

A total of 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity is set to come online in the United States in the next decade. Cutting-edge technology is key for offshore wind energy projects to be developed in an environmentally responsible manner while also delivering electricity for consumers. Go Energize 2023 aims to reduce barriers to entry through industry education and relationship-building across relevant networks.

AGENDA

5:00-6:00pm: Arrivals and Networking*

6:00-6:45pm: Speaking Program

• Remarks from Greentown Labs, Vineyard Wind, and MassCEC

• Lightning Pitches

• Greentown Closing Remarks

6:45-8:00pm: Networking *

*In-person only

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-energize-2023-kickoff/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Sustainability at Tang Hall! - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

6/9/2023 Fri 7:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/9/2023 Fri 8:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for a fun and eco-friendly event at Tang Hall where we promote sustainability and delicious desserts!

With funding from GSC Funding Board + GSC Sustainability.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/sustainability_at_tang_hall?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality Tickets

🕑 Start time

6/12/2023 Mon 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/12/2023 Mon 11:00 AM

📍Location

MIT Wong Auditorium

📍Address

Tang Center (E51) 2 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

Join MIT Climate Grand Challenges on June 12 as it hosts the authors of “Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality” for a seminar and discussion on building up, branding, and maintaining successful and transformative moonshot initiatives. The seminar and discussion will also contextualize the efforts of Climate Grand Challenges to establish and sustain MIT’s moonshot initiative to accelerate innovation for transformative climate solutions. Following the seminar, join us for a working lunch to hear ideas for ambitious Grand Challenges and to discuss tailored strategies for maximizing the impact of proposed challenges.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-moonshots-50-ways-to-turn-radical-ideas-into-reality-tickets-630170997417?aff=odeimcmailchimp&utm_source=MIT+Environmental+Solutions+Initiative+News&utm_campaign=7355f7941c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_20_05_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e72bab4498-7355f7941c-379533746&mc_cid=7355f7941c&mc_eid=8fa80903d7?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

FoodHack Boston | Precision Fermentation: Future of Nutrition? - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/13/2023 Tue 6:30 PM

🕓 End time

6/13/2023 Tue 8:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join FoodHack Boston’s meetup for entrepreneurs, professionals, investors and food enthusiasts to network and hear from food industry speakers.

Whether you’re just starting your food business, looking to connect with startups to invest in, or want to network with other like-minded professionals—this event is for you.

The event is free but registration is necessary. Click here to register.

AGENDA

• Q&A: You will have the opportunity to ask questions to your local speakers.

• Pitch: Are you launching a new product? Are you looking for your next R&D expert or your next CEO? Are you looking for a job or an internship? Join our 30-second pitch session and share your business update with the audience (open to anyone).

• Networking with Food & Drinks

GUEST SPEAKERS

• Aletta Schnitzler, Chief Scientific Officer at TurtleTree

• Del Afonso, Founder & CEO of Harmony Baby Nutrition

ABOUT THE ORGANIZER:

FoodHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects food entrepreneurs and innovators with meetups across the globe, a bi-weekly food industry newsletter, a membership program, and an annual summit.

Must RESERVE in advance and please do let us know for cancellation.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/foodhack-boston-meetup/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Nano Explorations—The critical materials revolution: Low-cost & sustainable sourcing for global electrification - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

6/13/2023 Tue 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/13/2023 Tue 12:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Brendan Smith, MIT PhD '18

Co-founder & CEO, SiTration

Brendan Smith will introduce the importance of critical materials to global electrification, and discuss SiTration's approach to providing a low-cost and sustainable process for extracting these materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries and waste streams in the mining sector. He will also share key learnings from SiTration's journey over the past three years since spinning out of MIT.

Attendees can join and participate in the series via Zoom.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/nano_explorationsthe_critical_materials_revolution_low-cost_sustainable_sourcing_for_global_electrification?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Transition-AI: Boston

🕑 Start time

6/15/2023 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/15/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

📍Location

Convene Boston

📍Address

One Boston Place, Boston, MA 

📝 Notes

A gathering of experts to help chart a path forward with AI in the energy transition. Post Script Media's inaugural conference, Transition-AI: Boston, brings together experts and executives from across the energy and innovation space to discuss where AI is already proving its value in use cases in electric utilities, renewable energy systems, EV charging solutions and a range of distributed energy resources, while promising critical new capabilities to further evolve the flexibility and efficiency of our electricity system.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transition-ai-boston-tickets-619429429097?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

YPE Boston & Constellation Energy Mystic Generating Station Tour

🕑 Start time

6/21/2023 Wed 2:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/21/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

Mystic Generating Station

📍Address

173 Alford Street, Charlestown MA

📝 Notes

Join YPE Boston and Constellation Energy in June for a tour of the Mystic Generating Station. Located right in the heart of Everett, Mystic Generating Station is a 1,413 MW natural gas-fueled electric generation facility.

Please have an ID available in order to get through security. Wear Sturdy Shoes (no open toes, flats, etc.) and dress accordingly for the temperature/weather as it can still be cold inside the Station. On-campus parking is available.

🔗 Registration link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYsoOjmDFWjjgTKx34O90Mr2fzddgIoKK4d2Gxcof2xSe_Jg/viewform?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

NECEC Climate Finance Summit Tickets, Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

🕑 Start time

6/21/2023 Wed 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/21/2023 Wed 6:30 PM

📍Location

Federal Reserve Bank Building - Dewey Square, Boston

📍Address

600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210

📝 Notes

Where: Federal Reserve Bank Building - Boston

When: Wednesday, June 21

The road to building decarbonization will involve complex projects with complex financing structures. The Northeast Clean Energy Council will gather state and municipal leaders, financial organizations, developers, installers, community based organizations, property and small business owners, utility industry leaders, regulators, and solution providers for a deep dive into how to secure the money needed to construct a new generation of green buildings.

We will also discuss how we can honor our environmental justice commitments while ensuring affordability, equity and resilience.

AGENDA

9:00am – Networking Breakfast

10:00am - Opening Remarks from Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Climate Chief and Director of Investment for Decarbonization and Resilience from the Office of Climate, Innovation and Resilience, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

10:45am - Panel: Aligning funding opportunities with emissions goals - How do we align the various federal opportunities with state emissions goals and the barriers/gaps that we have in reaching those goals?

• Kenzie Bok, Administrator, Boston Housing Authority

• David Davenport, Managing Director, NY Green Bank

• Sara Harari, Associate Director of Innovation & Senior Advisor to CEO, CT Green Bank

• Galen Nelson, Chief Program Officer, MassCEC

12:00pm - Break

12:30pm - Lunch with keynote

1:00pm - Tabletop exercise: Identifying capital obstacles and a constructive path forward, with group discussion

2:00pm - Break

2:30pm - Panel: Real world lessons on building a decarbonized future - What considerations would you suggest a proposed Climate Finance Entity focus on? What financing gaps have you seen related to electrification projects, and what products/services of a climate finance entity do you feel have the most potential to deploy scalable solutions like heat pumps, and ensure it is equitable and accessible?

• Robert Cooper, CEO, Embue

• DeWitt Jones, President, BlueHub Energy

• Glynn Lloyd, Executive Director, Mill Cities Community Investments + Foundation for Business Equity

• Mary Wambui-Ekop, Asset Manager for Affordable Housing, Planning Office for Urban Affairs

3:30pm - Closing remarks and discussion

4:30pm - Reception and networking on roof deck

6:30pm - End

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/necec-climate-finance-summit-tickets-619896395807?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

Scaling Clean Tech | Operators and Investors - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/22/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

6/22/2023 Thu 7:30 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/scaling-clean-tech-operators-investors/?ref=bostonclimatetech.com

This is Boston Climate Tech. This newsletter is a summary of community-submitted climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next few weeks.

We have 12 events in the upcoming weeks- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter.

Announcements

A few announcements before the event list:

• 💬 Join the Boston Climate Crew WhatsApp group (over 300 participants) here for discussions and more informal announcements. Please send an intro message about yourself when you join!

• 💻 Do you have software engineer, data science, or machine learning friends interested in working in climate? Checkout ClimateTechList - a guide/curated company list I launched recently for tech professionals looking to work in climate.

• 🎭 I recently read an interesting sociological/anthropological study about the 7 archetypes of people working in climate. I turned it into a personality-style quiz for fun- check it out here. 

As always, to submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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• Environmental League of Massachusetts Earth Night 2023: 5/18 Thu

• Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 Kickoff Tickets, Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite: 5/24 Wed

• YPE Boston & ENGIE Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) Tour: 5/30 Tue

• Proton exchange membrane electrolyzer technology: Challenges and advancements - MIT Events: 5/30 Tue

• Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience – Climate Adaptation Forum: 6/2 Fri

• MCJ X SVB: Climate Tech Happy Hour & Podcast Recording: 6/7 Wed

• EnergyBar: Go Energize 2023 Kickoff - Greentown Labs: 6/8 Thu

Environmental League of Massachusetts Earth Night 2023

🕑 Start time

5/18/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

5/18/2023 Thu 8:30 PM

📍Location

Fenway Park

📍Address

📝 Notes

Earth Night 2023 is ELM’s largest annual event and the kicks off their 125th anniversary year. At this event, celebrate both ELM’s impact as the state’s oldest environmental advocacy organization and their work to ensure Massachusetts leads the way on climate solutions.

With over 300 attendees, this engaging event includes ample networking time. ELM will also present the 2023 Commonwealth Environmental Leadership Awards. This year’s honorees have led the way to address the climate crisis on the local, state, and federal levels.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/elm-earth-night-2023/

Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 Kickoff Tickets, Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite

🕑 Start time

5/24/2023 Wed 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

5/24/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us virtually or at Greentown Boston on Wednesday, May 24 to celebrate the kickoff of Year 3 of the Carbon to Value Initiative!

The Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative is a multi-year collaboration between The Urban Future Lab (UFL), Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program. This unique partnership is driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture, convert and store carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services. The C2V Initiative is founded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Startups selected to participate in Year 3 of the Initiative will have the opportunity to work closely with the Carbontech Leadership Council, an invitation-only group of executive leaders across diverse industry sectors driving the future of carbontech. Year 3 of the C2V Initiative builds on two successful years (Cohort 1; Cohort 2) that led to partnerships, technology advancement, and industry growth.

At this event, attendees will hear from industry experts and hear pitches from this year's carbontech startup finalists. Register today!

About Greentown Labs

Greentown Labs is a community of climate action pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions. Driven by the mission of providing startups the resources, knowledge, connections, and equipment they need to thrive, Greentown Labs offers lab space, shared office space, a machine shop, an electronics lab, software and business resources, and a large network of corporate customers, investors, and more. With incubators in Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Greentown Labs is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011. These startups have collectively created more than 24,000 jobs, raised more than $4 billion in funding, and generated more than $9.8 billion in regional economic impact. For more information, please visit www.greentownlabs.com or Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

About Urban Future Lab

The Urban Future Lab (UFL) at NYU Tandon School of Engineering is New York City’s longest running cleantech startup incubator. As an integral part of the NYU Tandon Future Labs network, UFL provides unmatched access to industry stakeholders, strategic advice, marketing and branding support, investor networks, and a community of like-minded founders. Our portfolio includes industry-leading startups in the areas of renewable energy, smart buildings, transportation, and resource-efficiency. UFL is leading the way to a more sustainable world by connecting people, capital, and purpose to advance market-ready solutions to address climate change. Since 2009, UFL has incubated over 60 companies that have cumulatively raised $868M in capital with 88% survival rate. For more information, please visit ufl.nyc or find us on Twitter. For more information about NYU Tandon please visit engineering.nyu.edu.

About Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of applied research. Fraunhofer USA was founded to conduct applied R & D for customers from industry and state governments and the federal government in the United States. Partnering with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe's largest application- oriented research and development organization, Fraunhofer USA can offer both domestic and international resources to our customers. The TechBridge Program is led by Fraunhofer USA with the core offering being applied, industry-focused projects performed for entrepreneurs by the Fraunhofer Network with the express goal of de-risking novel technologies for the private sector. Projects may take the form of developing and testing prototypes, deploying field demonstrations, performing third-party validation, generating test data in an industry context, or manufacturability studies. For more information, please visit www.fraunhofer.org or find us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Venue Information

Parking is incredibly limited at Greentown Labs and we encourage attendees to consider taking advantage of public transportation. We’re a short walk from the newly opened Union Square station, as well as 1 mile away from the Harvard MBTA station. Union Square in Somerville is also easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. We offer indoor bike parking on-site and the closest Bluebikes stations are at Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.

Please reach out Kelly Wilson(kwilson@greentownlabs.com), Events Coordinator, with any questions about the event.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-to-value-initiative-year-3-kickoff-tickets-591466310657?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

YPE Boston & ENGIE Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) Tour

🕑 Start time

5/30/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

5/30/2023 Tue 8:00 PM

📍Location

MATEP

📍Address

474 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215

📝 Notes

Join YPE Boston and Engie to tour MATEP, a comprehensive energy facility and micro-grid located in Boston, MA that has been serving the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) with steam, chilled water and electricity for decades. 

Meet in the Reception area upon arrival. Please have an ID available in order to get through security.

🔗 Registration link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHLzX3PQ0fKIkOQQmIOvGKSkjNfFexZP6XDY87I2pU08AVmw/viewform

Proton exchange membrane electrolyzer technology: Challenges and advancements - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

5/30/2023 Tue 10:30 AM

🕓 End time

5/30/2023 Tue 11:30 AM

📍Location

MIT 66-110

📍Address

25 Ames Street

📝 Notes

The need for a sustainable source of hydrogen has been widely recognized, not just as a potential transportation fuel, but as a way to limit CO2 production and fossil fuel consumption from existing industrial processes such as ammonia generation, petroleum refining, and leveling electric grid power. The primary commercial electrolysis products today are 1) liquid alkaline electrolyte-based technology and 2) proton exchange membrane-based (PEM) technology. While liquid alkaline technology is currently cheaper initially and more efficient at beginning of life, the PEM technology is lower maintenance and has the potential for larger improvements. The slowness of this transition is largely due to the fundamental understanding needed to develop alternative manufacturing methods, which need to be more scalable than the baseline methods, while maintaining reliability and durability. For example, the formulation and deposition parameters for slow application of catalyst layers by hand over small areas are very different than rapid, automated application over large areas. Designing for lifetimes of several years is also very different than for lab experiments, which are typically operated for days or weeks at most. This talk will discuss some of the advancements made in recent years in PEM electrolysis and scientific challenges still being worked on.

About the speaker

Kathy Ayers is vice president of R&D for Nel Hydrogen U.S., with responsibility for developing and executing Nel’s technology strategy in proton exchange membrane electrolysis. Ayers received her PhD in chemistry at Caltech while working with Nate Lewis, and spent several years in the battery industry before joining Nel in 2007. Ayers manages a broad portfolio of internally and externally funded research projects, across a range of collaborators in academia, industry, and national labs. She is also the lead principal investigator on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) benchmarking program, spanning the primary water splitting technologies funded by the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), with the goal of providing protocols and standards for consistency in water splitting research.

Ayers has served on multiple scientific advisory boards for Energy Frontier Research Centers and similar consortia such as the JCAP Solar Fuels Hub, as well as two federal level advisory committees for the DOE: HTAC (Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technical Advisory Committee) and BESAC (Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee). She received R&D Awards at the 2012 and 2021 DOE Merit Reviews from the HFTO Production Team, and an American Chemical Society Rising Stars Award in 2014 from the Women Chemists Committee. She became a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 2020 and received the inaugural Walter van Schalkwijk award in 2022.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/proton_exchange_membrane_electrolyzer_technology_challenges_and_advancements

Emerging Governance Structures for Climate Resilience – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

6/2/2023 Fri 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

6/2/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

State and local governments across the country are grappling with turning climate adaptation plans into action. These plans often involve expensive and large scale capital projects on both public and private property. This undertaking requires innovative thinking on governance from creating new county and statewide resilience authorities to empowering existing local boards and commissions. Join the Climate Adaptation Forum to hear how communities across the country are approaching this challenge and emerging models for governance and implementation.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/emerging-governance-structures-for-climate-resilience/

MCJ X SVB: Climate Tech Happy Hour & Podcast Recording

🕑 Start time

6/7/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/7/2023 Wed 9:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

MCJ and SVB invite you to hang out with other members of the Boston area Climate Tech community on Wednesday, June 7th from 5 - 9pm at SVB's office on 53 State Street in Boston. Come meet people who are working to build, support, and join ventures in the local climate tech ecosystem -- the entire MCJ team will be there! Attendance is capped so please RSVP early:

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank

🔗 Registration link

https://events.svb.com/mcjcollectivesiliconvalleybank

EnergyBar: Go Energize 2023 Kickoff - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

6/8/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

6/8/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Energize 2023, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing our energy system, in partnership with Vineyard Wind and MassCEC.

At this EnergyBar, attendees will hear lightning pitches from finalists hoping to accelerate environmental and digital solutions for responsible development in offshore wind industry—like the Vineyard Wind Project, the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm.

A total of 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity is set to come online in the United States in the next decade. Cutting-edge technology is key for offshore wind energy projects to be developed in an environmentally responsible manner while also delivering electricity for consumers. Go Energize 2023 aims to reduce barriers to entry through industry education and relationship-building across relevant networks.

AGENDA

5:00-6:00pm: Arrivals and Networking*

6:00-6:45pm: Speaking Program

• Remarks from Greentown Labs, Vineyard Wind, and MassCEC

• Lightning Pitches

• Greentown Closing Remarks

6:45-8:00pm: Networking *

*In-person only

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-energize-2023-kickoff/

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

We have 15 events in the upcoming 3 weeks- use this calendar or table view if you’d like to sort/filter

Finally we have a new domain name!

https://bostonclimate.com/ and http://bostonclimatetech.com/ both now redirect to our calendar/table landing pages, so feel free to use those when sharing with friends :) 

As always, to submit events, use this form

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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Massachusetts Climate Action Network: How Massachusetts Can Become A Leader In Reducing Embodied Carbon In Buildings | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

4/25/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/25/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

📝 Notes

Join the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) on Tuesday, April 25th at 6:00 PM to discuss steps Massachusetts can take to become a leader in reducing embodied carbon in buildings. The event features a fantastic group of guest speakers, including Thomas O’Neill from the City of Cambridge, as well as a number of incredible legislators who have been champions for increasing our efforts to reduce embodied carbon in buildings. While the event will include some helpful information about what embodied carbon is, the focus of the event will be on steps that can be taken to reduce embodied carbon, and how you can be a part of this critical work.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/massachusetts-climate-action-network-how-massachusetts-can-become-leader-reducing-embodied

Legacies of Coal: In Search of a Just Transition - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/25/2023 Tue 11:30 AM

🕓 End time

4/25/2023 Tue 1:30 PM

📍Location

Nexus (14S-130) in Hayden Library, 14S-130

📍Address

160 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

The Environmental Solutions Initiative and MIT Anthropology welcome the MIT community and the broader public to explore just energy transitions in coal dependent communities during a lunchtime presentation and conversation.

The event will begin with a brief overview of the ESI’s ongoing work from ESI Director John Fernández. Next, Technology and Policy Program master’s student, Yiran He, will present her thesis findings on energy transitions in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The featured panel discussion will follow with three invited guests from Greene County, who will join Associate Professor of Anthropology Amy Moran-Thomas for a moderated discussion on the economic and community challenges facing coal dependent regions as a result of decarbonization and the ongoing energy transition. Participants will also offer insights into how MIT might contribute its institutional expertise to increasingly urgent issues of climate justice.

This event is the first of two MIT Earth Month events marking the public launch of the ESI's Climate Justice Program. Climate Justice Program postdoc Briana Meier will provide brief comments on the program. Please register in advance. Lunch will be provided to registered attendees.

This event is sponsored by the MIT Climate Nucleus.

Speakers:

• John Fernández, ESI Director

• Briana Meier, ESI Climate Justice Program Postdoctoral Associate

• Yiran He, Technology and Policy Program Master’s Student, ESI Research Assistant

Moderator:

• Amy Moran Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Invited Guest Speakers:

• Mike Belding, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for Greene County

• Veronica Coptis, former Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice and current Senior Advisor for Taproot Earth

• Tonya Yoders, Greene County Community Organizer at the Center for Coalfield Justice

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/legacies_of_coal_in_search_of_a_just_transition#.ZC8R8hXMKU8

Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/26/2023 Wed 3:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/26/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

This event is part of the Boston Design Week.

How can design address different dimensions of sustainability? We will explore this question through three dialogues, ranging from the design of solar-powered vehicles, to the definition of analytical and sensing mechanisms to improve buildings' thermal performance, to the elaboration of energy-efficient systems to cook. The event will show how sustainable design solutions are possible for every scale and context, and how these solutions can transition from academic experimentation and research to real-world implementation.

This contribution to the Boston Design Week visualizes the MIT Morningside Academy for Design and MIT’s commitment to finding sustainable design solutions for a planet subjected to multiple environmental and climatic crises. The dialogue will complement the many activities programmed around Earth Day in the Boston area.

TOPICS & SPEAKERS

Our dialogues, presented and moderated by Tony Hu, will present three main design projects, all sharing the same desire to identify the most apt environmental solutions for a particular geographic context, using the most appropriate technological means.

- MIT's first solar-powered car, designed and manufactured by the Solar Electric Vehicle Team, a student group under the MIT Edgerton Center. Every two years they create a solar powered vehicle that competes in prestigious national and international competitions.

- Technology leveraging robotics and AI to design impactful solutions for the built environment, imagined and developed by Norhan Bayomi, co-founder of Lamarr.AI.

- Clean cooking products for the developing world: led by Daniel Sweeney, D-Lab's "Biomass Fuel and Cookstove Group" researches, designs and tests solutions to reduce the environmental repercussions of food preparation on contexts reliant on the use of biomass.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/making_sustainable_design_from_the_classroom_to_the_world?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+

EBC Energy Resources Webinar: The Challenge of Net Zero – Can We Electrify to Our Goal? - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

4/26/2023 Wed 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/26/2023 Wed 11:30 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The federal government’s ambitious goal to be Net Zero by 2050 means big changes for the electric grid and how we generate and use electricity. This EBC Energy Resources webinar brings together experts and industry leaders to discuss what it will take to meet the immense increase in electricity demand required to accomplish the drastic move away from fossil fuels.

A robust panel discussion with the audience will conclude the webinar.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-webinar-the-challenge-of-net-zero-can-we-electrify-to-our-goal/

👉 Event title

Green Justice: A Climate Crisis Conversation - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

4/27/2023 Thu 4:30 PM

🕓 End time

4/27/2023 Thu 7:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave

 Somerville, Massachusetts

 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us for the screening of Mossville: When Great Trees Fall and a panel discussion on the impact of commercialization on vulnerable communities

Join Greentown Labs and Blacks In Tech for Green Justice: A Climate Crisis Conversation, featuring a screening of “Mossville: When Great Trees Fall” and a discussion with Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer, Fire River Films Producer Daniel Bennett, and Beacon Climate Innovations Principal Moneer Azzam. This film tells the story of a centuries-old Black community uprooted by petrochemical plants, and will be the launchpad for an evening of conversation around climate justice, building resilient communities, and innovative startups working to combat climate change.

The event is co-sponsored by Blacks In Technology New England Chapter. Please visit Blacks In Tech to get more information on events, resources, and membership.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/green-justice-climate-crisis-conversation/

ESI Climate Justice Program Public Launch; Keynote Roundtable: Building an Infrastructure of Climate Justice—Energy Democracy, Disaster Displacement, and Mobilizing for Increasing Climate Risk in New York City - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/27/2023 Thu 4:30 PM

🕓 End time

4/27/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Media Lab Dreyfoos Lecture Hall E14-633, E14-633

📍Address

MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

The MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative welcomes the MIT community and the broader public to join us in celebrating the public launch of the ESI Climate Justice Program.

This three-part event will introduce the ESI Climate Justice Program focal areas and first year priorities, with a special focus on how this program can serve as a cross-Institute resource for future work and an invitation for collaboration; introduce special guests working on urgent climate justice issues to the MIT community to spark ideas and conversation; and provide an opportunity for participants to gather for food, drinks, music, and conversation.

Agenda:

4:30: Showcase Presentations: Ongoing climate justice initiatives at MIT

• Noelle Selin, Co-Chair, MIT Climate Nucleus; Institute for Data, Systems and Society and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

• Chris Cappozola, Senior Associate Dean for Open learning

• Haruko Wainwright, Departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Bettina Stoetzer, Department of Anthropology

• Chakunetsa Mahvunga, Science, Technology and Society Program

• Imran Ali Sultan, Department of Urban Studies and Planning SPURS Fellow

• Susy Jones, MIT Office of Sustainability

• Jungwoo Chun, Department of Urban Studies and Planning

• Justin Steil, Department of Urban Studies and Planning

• Christopher Rabe, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

5:30: ESI Climate Justice Program Announcement with ESI Director John Fernández and Postdoctoral Associate Briana Meier

5:45: Building an Infrastructure of Climate Justice in New York City: A roundtable discussion with invited guest speakers

• Elizabeth Yeampierre, Uprose Executive Director, Climate Justice Alliance Co-Chair

• Louise Yeung, Chief Climate Officer, NYC Comptroller’s Office

• Amy Chester, Managing Director, Rebuild by Design

• Phil Thompson (moderator), MIT Associate Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning, Former Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives for NYC.

7:00: Reception with music, food, drinks

This event is the second of two MIT Earth Month events marking the public launch of the ESI's Climate Justice Program. Please register in advance.

This event is sponsored by the MIT Climate Nucleus.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/esi_climate_justice_program_public_launch#.ZC8TEBXMKU8

2023 NEWIEE Annual Awards Gala | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

4/27/2023 Thu 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/27/2023 Thu 6:00 PM

📍Location

The Westin Copley Place

📍Address

10 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02116

📝 Notes

Join us for New England Women in Energy and the Environment's (NEWIEE) 12th Annual Awards Gala celebrating the accomplishments of women in the energy and environment fields! The Gala draws professionals (women and men) from across New England for an inspirational evening celebrating distinguished women from New England who have driven change. The evening includes networking opportunities both before and after a seated dinner and the Gala program. 

Register Here

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/2023-newiee-annual-awards-gala

👉 Event title

Igniting the Sunrise Movement: Strategies for U.S. Climate Activism | DUSP

🕑 Start time

4/27/2023 Thu 12:30 PM

🕓 End time

4/27/2023 Thu 12:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Building 9, 450

📍Address

📝 Notes

How have American youth organized to change national, state, and local climate policy? How have they nudged (motivated, persuaded, sharply prodded) national leaders to take a stand on our generation's defining issue? Are coalitions to win elections different than alliances to shape effective climate policy?

Dyanna Jaye, Master's in City Planning at DUSP, shares her experience co-founding the Sunrise Movement, which in 2020 The Atlantic called "the highest-profile American climate-activism group." She will discuss the group's organizing strategies in their campaign for federal climate policy, including high points and disappointments, and what approaches work in the unique context of the American political economy.

The Sunrise Movement calls itself "a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process." Its mission is to "build an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and well-being of all people."

🔗 Registration link

https://dusp.mit.edu/events/igniting-sunrise-movement-strategies-us-climate-activism

MIT 15th Annual Sustainability Summit: De-mystifying Carbon Markets

🕑 Start time

4/28/2023 Fri 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

4/28/2023 Fri 6:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Samberg Conference Center

📍Address

50 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

This year’s theme of De-mystifying Carbon Markets seeks to educate present and future leaders on carbon markets as we move towards durable, equitable climate solutions.

Our summit will bring together diverse perspectives on sustainability—from established thought leaders to emerging innovators—to discuss how we can create this future. We invite you to join us at the 2023 MIT Sustainability Summit as we explore the future of carbon markets. Be a part of these meaningful discussions!

For more information, please visit our website, Instagram and LinkedIn, and reach out to sustainabilitysummit@mit.edu with any questions.

STUDENT TICKET SCHOLARSHIPS: If you are a current student and the ticket price is a barrier for you to attend our summit, please fill out this form to request a scholarship and we will get back to you shortly. Note that we only have a limited number of scholarships available.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-15th-annual-sustainability-summit-de-mystifying-carbon-markets-tickets-511285517747?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

👉 Event title

Atlas of Disaster: Tracking Climate Disasters and Building Resilience Across the U.S. | DUSP

🕑 Start time

4/28/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/28/2023 Fri 1:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Building 9-255

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join us for a lunchtime discussion, as Amy Chester, the Managing Director of Rebuild by Design, shares about the Atlas of Disaster project. Assembled by a team of engineers, researchers, finance experts, data managers and volunteers, the digital atlas synthesizes data into a county-by-county map illustrating the extent and severity of climate impacts across the United States.

What can we learn from this information? How can this prepare localities to manage a pattern of increasing climate disasters?

🔗 Registration link

https://dusp.mit.edu/events/atlas-disaster-tracking-climate-disasters-and-building-resilience-across-us

2023 SSL Transdisciplinary Climate Justice Research Workshop - UMass Boston

🕑 Start time

4/29/2023 Sat 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/29/2023 Sat 8:00 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

The UMass Boston Sustainable Solutions Lab is hosting a workshop for members of the Northeast Climate Justice Research Collaborative. The event will consist of in-depth sessions on communication and collaboration in cross-disciplinary research and practice led by the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative. There will also be time for connection and networking and limited slots for sharing your research and receiving feedback.

For disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu two weeks prior to the event.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/2023_ssl_transdisciplinary_climate_justice_research_workshop

MIT Solve | Solve at MIT 2023 - Schedule | Solve at MIT 2023

🕑 Start time

5/4/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

5/4/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

MIT Solve is a marketplace for social impact innovation with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges.

🔗 Registration link

https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit-2023/schedule#page-subnav

Harvard Climate Action Week - The Salata Institute (5/8-5/11)

🕑 Start time

5/8/2023 Mon 12:00 AM

🕓 End time

5/8/2023 Mon 12:00 AM

📍Location

Various

📍Address

📝 Notes

Harvard Climate Action Week is a celebration and acceleration of climate research, education, and engagement across Harvard University.

Climate change touches every discipline we teach, research, and learn here at Harvard University. That’s why every School at Harvard is home to students and scholars working to meet the climate challenge. Harvard Climate Action Week, May 8 – 12, 2023, is a celebration and acceleration of that work. Harvard Climate Action Week will convene thousands of experts, decision–makers, students, alumni, and scholars across campus and online.

🔗 Registration link

https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/hcaw/

Mass Tech 15 | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

5/10/2023 Wed 9:15 AM

🕓 End time

5/10/2023 Wed 9:15 AM

📍Location

📍Address

📝 Notes

Join The Engine, The Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC), and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) to learn from and build on the burst of activity that created the life science initiative and important climate legislation. Fifteen years ago, Massachusetts leaders drove a burst of catalyzing activity: creating the billion-dollar Life Science Initiative and passing important climate legislation that kickstarted the energy transition. Join Deval Patrick, Katie Rae, and more colleagues across business and government in the Commonwealth for a retrospective on the decade and a half since and a call to action on where we go next.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/mass-tech-15

EnergyBar: Go Move 2022 Final Showcase - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

5/11/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

5/11/2023 Thu 7:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave

 Somerville, Massachusetts

 02143 United States

📝 Notes

This EnergyBar is focused on celebrating the culmination of of Go Move 2022, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing automotive manufacturing and reducing vehicles’ life-cycle impact, in partnership with BASF and Magna.

Go Move is a program that aims to decarbonize the transportation sector, which is responsible for 16 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. While the transition to electric vehicles garners the bulk of industry and media attention, there are also countless areas across the automotive manufacturing value chain that are in vital need of innovative climatetech solutions.

Together, our partners have supported five innovative startups to accelerate the commercialization of technologies seeking to solve these issues. Attendees will hear the Go Move 2022 cohort speak about their technologies, their work with our corporate partners, and where they are headed next.

AGENDA

Agenda (times are in ET):

5:00-5:30 PM: Check-in and Networking*

5:30-7:00 PM: Speaking Program

7:00-8:00 PM: Networking and Showcase*

*In-person only

ABOUT ENERGYBAR

EnergyBar is Greentown Labs’ signature networking event that fosters conversation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, neighbors, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.

ABOUT GREENTOWN GO

The climate crisis urgently demands sweeping climatetech deployment. While startups bring the solutions, corporates often bring commercialization pathways and scale. That’s why Greentown Go builds partnerships that propel climatetech solutions to market—at the pace needed to tackle climate change.

With a mission of decarbonizing the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, Greentown Go programs inject momentum and traction into startup-corporate collaborations, unlocking the power of climate solutions at scale.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-move-2022-final-showcase/

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

We have a new home for the full calendar here: https://www.climatetechlist.com/blog/boston-climate-tech-events-calendar , where you can view upcoming events as a table:

Or a calendar vie:

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• U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets and the clean energy transition - MIT Events: 4/6 Thu

• Canary Live Boston Tickets, Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite: 4/6 Thu

• Sustainability Ecosystem Happy Hour - Sustainability Initiative: 4/6 Thu

• Permitting Reform: The Key to Unlocking Massachusetts’ Energy | MassCEC: 4/6 Thu

• MIT Energy Conference — MIT Energy & Climate Club: 4/11 Tue

• YPE Boston April Happy Hour: 4/12 Wed

• Climate and the Classroom: Unlocking the Potential of K-12 Education for Climate Action - MIT Events: 4/13 Thu

• 2023 MIT Climate & Energy Prize: Final : 4/13 Thu

• Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders – Climate Adaptation Forum: 4/14 Fri

• D^3 Catalyst | A trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight - the Circular Revolution | APR 14-15, 2023: 4/14 Fri

• MechE Health of the Planet Showcase - MIT Events: 4/19 Wed

• America's Big Year of Climate Action: A TILclimate Liveshow - MIT Events: 4/19 Wed

• UMass Lowell Innovation Hub presents: The Clean Green Challenge (Applications Close 3/3/23) | MassCEC: 4/20 Thu

• EnergyBar: Where Art & Climatetech Meet - Greentown Labs: 4/20 Thu

• SOSV DeepTech Boston Mixer: 4/20 Thu

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets, and the clean energy transition - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/6/2023 Thu 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/6/2023 Thu 2:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📝 Notes

Climate change is creating new, unforeseen challenges to maintaining reliability for utility customers across the nation. From ice storms to heat domes, utilities face unprecedented operational challenges with increasing frequency. This webinar will present the reliability challenges caused by extreme weather events and discuss how utilities are leveraging regional collaboration and market enhancements to maintain reliability while continuing to make progress on long term decarbonization goals.

Speakers

Moderator: Maria Pope, President and CEO, Portland General Electric; C3E Ambassador

Rebecca Dayhuff Matsushima, Vice President, Resource Procurement, Hawaiian Electric

Kristen Sheeran, Director of Sustainability and Resource Planning, Portland General Electric

Pam Sporborg, Director of Transmission and Market Services, Portland General Electric

Jessica Waldorf, Chief of Staff & Director of Policy Development, New York State Department of Public Service

About the series

The C3E webinar series provides a forum to hear the latest on clean energy topics from women who are making a difference. The goal of the quarterly webinars is to highlight the outstanding work of clean energy professionals in various fields and to foster discussion around clean energy opportunities and solutions.

For more information on future webinars, subscribe to C3E email updates.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/us_c3e_women_in_clean_energy_webinar_series_reliability_energy_markets_and_the_clean_energy_transition

Canary Live Boston

🕑 Start time

4/6/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/6/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Canary Media and Post Script Media — leaders in climate journalism — are hosting a live event at Greentown Labs in Somerville, Ma. on Thurs., April 6 from 5:00–9:00pm ET.

On stage: The leading voice in clean energy podcasting, Stephen Lacey, will record a live episode of The Carbon Copy with some very special guests. Then experienced New England reporters will dig into a discussion on the region's efforts to decarbonize.

Off stage: We'll be celebrating Canary's 2nd birthday! And you’ll have time for socializing and networking over food and drink. See the agenda and speakers below.

Thank you to our Signature Sponsor: Nexamp.

Our Supporting Sponsors: Boston Metal and Greentown Labs.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-live-boston-tickets-539295245597

Sustainability Ecosystem Happy Hour - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

4/6/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/6/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

📝 Notes

Join the Sustainability Initiative team for an informal happy hour at the Muddy! The SI team will buy pitchers for the group- join us for a chance to network peers in the sustainability ecosystem!

Please be sure to bring your MIT ID and a physical ID with proof of age.

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1926762

Permitting Reform: The Key to Unlocking Massachusetts’ Energy | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

4/6/2023 Thu 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/6/2023 Thu 8:00 AM

📍Location

MCLE New England

📍Address

MCLE New England10 Winter Pl #4751Boston, MA 02108

📝 Notes

The path to achieving decarbonization goals and ultimately a net-zero Commonwealth faces a challenge: the arduous and lengthy process of upgrading the local and regional electric grid and permitting new energy infrastructure. The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law lay the financial incentives and support to expand ambitious infrastructure investments that can usher in a clean energy future. But projects typically encounter an uncertain fate on the ground, including a maze of litigation and unnecessary permitting delays that are making climate goals increasingly difficult to meet.

The permitting reform challenge involves balancing critical review processes that ensure equitable stakeholder participation with the urgency to upgrade current infrastructure and install the next generation equipment. As Massachusetts considers reforms designed to streamline energy infrastructure regulation, join the State House News Service for an important panel discussion on this critical policy issue with Massachusetts energy leaders, advocates, and key legislators.

Event Contact: 

Dylan Rossiter

Dylan.Rossiter@StateHouseNews.com

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/permitting-reform-key-unlocking-massachusetts-energy

MIT Energy Conference — MIT Energy & Climate Club

🕑 Start time

4/11/2023 Tue 12:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/12/2023 Wed 12:00 AM

📝 Notes

Stay updated about 2022 MIT Energy Conference tickets and content by signing up for the Conference mailing list here. By being on the Conference’s mailing list, you’ll be the first to know of important updates! Don’t miss out!

As the largest student-led energy conference in the U.S., the MIT Energy Conference has become a premier event to connect professionals, policymakers, academics, and students in the energy industry.

The conference brings together leaders and visionaries from industry, government, the scientific community, and the private sector to look at the entire value chain in a holistic way to speak about and debate the development of these complex changes that are redefining the future of energy worldwide.

We warmly invite you to join the conversation!

Follow the Conference's Facebook and Twitter pages to stay up to date with the event.

🔗 Registration link

https://mitec-club.org/energy-conference

YPE Boston April Happy Hour

🕑 Start time

4/12/2023 Wed 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/12/2023 Wed 9:00 PM

📍Location

M.J. O'connor's

📍Address

27 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA, US, 02116

📝 Notes

Join Young Professionals in Energy Boston for our April happy hour to celebrate the start of a new season. Bring your friends and colleagues!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.linkedin.com/events/ypeaprilhappyhour7044042062043697152/

Climate and the Classroom: Unlocking the Potential of K-12 Education for Climate Action - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/13/2023 Thu 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/13/2023 Thu 2:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

Surveys show that teachers, students and the American public at large all agree that climate change should be taught in schools. Yet only a minority of teachers include climate change in their coursework, and those who do are often unsupported by the curricula, standards and policies that guide their instruction.

In this event, specialists in K-12 climate education will discuss the benefits of climate education in a variety of courses at the high school level and earlier, and the challenges teachers face in finding or creating appropriate climate coursework and bringing it to their classrooms. They will introduce resources for teaching climate, best practices from schools and educational institutions around the U.S., and new ideas to support teachers at every level, and take audience questions.

This event is part of the People, Prosperity and the Planet lecture series produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.

Speakers:

Margaret Wang, Chief Operating Officer, Subject To Climate. Subject To Climate is on a mission to make climate change teaching and learning accessible to all, by connecting educators to resources and collaborating with local stakeholders to meet their climate education needs. Prior to joining Subject To Climate, Wang studied and worked at Harvard Graduate School of Education, conducting research in education policy as well as sustainability education, and has been an economics and social studies teacher and a product manager in an edtech company.

Dr. Lauren Madden, The College of New Jersey. Dr. Madden is a science educator who advocates for scientific literacy and the health of our planet through teaching and learning. She is currently the Principal Investigator on a US EPA grant, Ecoteachers: Protecting Waters and Connecting Minds which provides professional development for local teachers focused on integrating environmental education across the curriculum. She is active in the Hunterdon, Somerset, and Mercer County STEM Ecosystem and enjoys leading professional development that connects teachers around STEM.

Alice Fan, Schools Coordinator, Spring Forward. Spring Forward is a high school student-led organization whose goal is to ensure all students understand the basic science, history, and far-reaching consequences of climate change, and give them the tools and resources to make the right choices in their daily life. Fan, a Spring Forward co-founder, is a senior at Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Massachusetts, and has been a student climate advocate in a variety of organizations and campaigns.

Sylvia Scharf, Climate Education Specialist, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (moderator). Scharf's work focuses on teacher use of the Environmental Solutions Initiatives’s public-facing climate change materials, especially the podcast TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) and the MIT Climate Portal. Before joining ESI, Sylvia was at New England Aquarium, where she honed her climate change communication skills with teachers, teens, staff, and the general public.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/climate_and_the_classroom_unlocking_the_potential_of_k-12_education_for_climate_action

2023 MIT Climate & Energy Prize: Final 

🕑 Start time

4/13/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/13/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

📍Location

The Engine

📍Address

750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

Final of the MIT Climate and Energy Prize, the world's largest student-led competition for climate startups

The MIT Climate & Energy Prize competition seeks to move the world closer to net zero carbon emissions by empowering ambitious entrepreneurs to solve the world’s most difficult climate-related challenges.

We are the largest and longest-running competition for student-led climate startups in the world. Since its founding in 2007, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize has received more than 750 applications, offered world-class mentoring to over 260 teams, and granted more than $3.3M in non-dilutive cash prizes. Teams compete for $100,000+ in prize money and have access to mentoring and other resources. Over 220 MIT Climate & Energy Prize companies have successfully launched and raised $1.7+ billion in follow-on funding.

During the final round, teams of student entrepreneurs will present their business plans and prototypes to a panel of judges and a live audience, who will then evaluate the teams based on criteria such as the potential impact of their solution, the feasibility of their business model, and the strength of their team. The final round is a significant opportunity for these teams to showcase their solutions to a broad audience and gain recognition in the industry.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mit-climate-energy-prize-final-tickets-512535857547

Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders – Climate Adaptation Forum

🕑 Start time

4/14/2023 Fri 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/14/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

📍Location

Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP 

📍Address

Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston MA

📝 Notes

The climate resilience field is rapidly growing. As climate disasters increase and climate risks become more and more obvious, the need for adaptation professionals continues to increase. Who is training the next generation of climate resilience leaders? How can we ensure that these jobs are going to a diverse group of people? And what are the skills necessary to be able to meet challenges we don’t yet know we will face? Join the Climate Adaptation Forum to hear about best practices nationally and local efforts to train climate adaptation professionals in a wide range of fields.

Forum Co-Chairs

Rebecca Herst, Director

Sustainable Solutions Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston

Gabriela Boscio Santos, Associate Director

Sustainable Solutions Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston

Forum Speakers

Matt Holzer, Head of School

Boston Green Academy

Rachel Jacobson, Acting Director

American Society of Adaptation Professionals virtual speaker

Davo Jefferson, Executive Director

PowerCorps Boston

Registration Information

This forum will be organized in a hybrid format. Attendees have the option to attend in-person OR virtually.

In-Person Registration

In-person attendees are required to submit the COVID-19 vaccination verification and health form embedded in the registration process.

Online registration for in-person attendees will close at of 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

In-Person Registration Rates

EBC Member: $35

EBC Membership is corporate – all staff from our member companies can register as an EBC Member. Not sure if you’re a member? Visit our online Member Directory.

Non-members: $45

Government/Nonprofit: $15

This rate is available for those employed by Government, Municipal, or Nonprofit organizations. Not available to those in a volunteer position (e.g. Board Member of a Nonprofit).

Administrative fee: $25

Applies to any changes in registration after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2023.

In-Person Registration

Virtual Registration

Virtual attendees will be able to see and hear the speakers, slideshow presentations, and questions from the audience. Virtual attendees will be able to ask questions through the chat function.

Virtual registration will close at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14, 2023.

Virtual Registration Rates

EBC Member: $35

EBC Membership is corporate – all staff from our member companies can register as an EBC Member. Not sure if you’re a member? Visit our online Member Directory.

Non-members: $45

Government/Nonprofit: $15

This rate is available for those employed by Government, Municipal, or Nonprofit organizations. Not available to those in a volunteer position (e.g. Board Member of a Nonprofit).

Administrative fee: $25

Applies to any changes in registration after 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2023.

Virtual Registration

Fine Print

The refund deadline is 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 7, 2023. for all registrations.

Students:

• University of Massachusetts – If you are affiliated with the University of Massachusetts, please send an email to SSL@umb.edu, for registration information.

• All others affiliated with universities or colleges – please use the above Nonprofit rate for registration.

Media: Please contact EBC at ebc@ebcne.org.

🔗 Registration link

https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/creating-pathways-into-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-training-future-leaders/

D^3 Catalyst | A trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight - the Circular Revolution | APR 14-15, 2023

🕑 Start time

4/14/2023 Fri 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/15/2023 Sat 12:00 AM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Open to the Harvard Community.

Are you ready to unlock the trillion-dollar opportunity of the Circular Economy?

Join us at the Circular Economy Catalyst, where you'll learn about new technologies and innovative business models spurred by the Circular Economy, an innovative production and consumption model driving economic growth while reducing environmental degradation.

At this event, you'll discover new products and processes emerging across industries; you’ll hear from executives who have successfully implemented circular economy models at companies like Apple, Google, Nike, Procter & Gamble, and McKinsey; and you’ll explore how startups and investors are creating value in the circular economy. With interactive sessions and a design sprint, you'll leave the event armed with innovative and actionable ideas for adopting circular economy solutions now and in the future.

This is your chance to stay ahead of the curve and tap into the circular economy's potential. Become a part of a global movement towards sustainable growth and join a group of leaders making a positive impact on the planet.

Organized and moderated by prof George Serafeim and HBS Executive Fellows Vladimir Jacimovic and Reynir Indahl, this event features speakers Marcelo Claure, Chairman of the Board at WeWork and COO at Softbank, Maria McClay, Director of Fashion and Beauty at Google Cloud, Hari Nair, Vice President at Procter & Gamble and Paul Parker, Head of Corporate Strategy and Development at Thermo Fischer Scientific.

ABOUT CATALYST

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Catalyst series brings together researchers, students, alumni, and leading industry practitioners to learn about the future of business and forge connections to begin solving ambitious problems. These 1.5 day intensive programs will cover a range of topics related to D^3’s focus areas. By engaging in case-based inquiry, design thinking sprints, and active applied learning, participants will come away with new tools and new networks to catalyze the impact of their work.

🔗 Registration link

https://web.cvent.com/event/9f5c2e5e-c3a7-42ff-b709-706d63f75562/summary?rt=G0hxu9p9okCMWNTuSoUY9Q

MechE Health of the Planet Showcase - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/19/2023 Wed 3:30 PM

🕓 End time

4/19/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Building 10

📍Address

222 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

With Earth Day approaching, the department declares April as MechE Health of the Planet Month! 

Join us to celebrate all our community is doing regarding the planet's health in an in-person MechE showcase.  We welcome community members to share their health of the planet-related research, educational effort, or hobby. Presenters will receive a MechE branded reusable water bottle. 

The winner of the Chandler Fellowship, which provides students funding for bold ideas to improve the health of our planet, will be announced during the event.

Sign up today to be a presenter; space is limited. This showcase is open to all members of the MechE community.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/meche_health_of_the_planet_showcase

America's Big Year of Climate Action: A TILclimate Liveshow - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

4/19/2023 Wed 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

4/19/2023 Wed 11:00 AM

📝 Notes

The first liveshow from MIT's award-winning TILclimate podcast welcomes Dr. Elisabeth Reynolds to break down America's big new climate investments.

Between November 2021 and August 2022, the United States passed a series of bills featuring the largest investments in climate change solutions in history. But the size of these investments is not the whole story. They also commit the U.S. to a new approach to climate: creating large consumer markets, demonstrating new technologies quickly, and manufacturing at a massive scale at home.

Join MIT's TILclimate podcast for our first live event, as host Laur Hesse Fisher sits down with Dr. Elisabeth Reynolds—Lecturer in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, former Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing and Economic Development in the White House, and a partner in the investment firm Unless focused on industrial transformation—to understand the new course of American climate action, why it came about, and what it means for the U.S. and the world moving forward.

The show will take place from 11:00 to 12:30 with time for audience questions, and will be followed by a light lunch for all attendees.

Hosted by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, with support from the MIT Climate Nucleus. Presented as part of Earth Month at MIT.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/americas_big_year_of_climate_action_a_tilclimate_liveshow

UMass Lowell Innovation Hub presents: The Clean Green Challenge (Applications Close 3/3/23) | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

4/20/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/20/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

UMass Lowell Innovation Hub

📍Address

110 Canal St. 3rd FloorLowell, MA 01852

📝 Notes

Are you an Environmental Science Innovator, Sustainability Entrepreneur, or simply interested in seeing start-ups that are trying to save our planet? Join the Massachusetts environmental sciences community as local startups pitch their sustainability solution to a panel of judges! The winners will take home thousands of dollars worth of in-kind prizes from our partners!

Applications will be open until March 3rd! Apply here.

Learn more about this event

Learn more about the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/umass-lowell-innovation-hub-presents-clean-green-challenge-applications-close-3323

EnergyBar: Where Art & Climatetech Meet - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

4/20/2023 Thu 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/20/2023 Thu 9:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

How can art propel forward conversation and engagement around preserving planet Earth? 

Greentown Labs, Boston Ballet, and the Netherlands Innovation Network are delighted to present an immersive dance experience with Boston Ballet’s ÜNI, a multimedia pop-up experience dome! Through ÜNI, you will experience La Mer, a powerful brand-new ballet created by lauded Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning with Boston Ballet. Inspired by the ocean, La Mer seeks to inspire curiosity about our shared ocean planet and to raise hope for a sustainable future for all, through Linning’s theatrical and dramatic movement and designs.

Join us on April 20 and jeté beyond the tech community to explore how the intersection of art and technology inspires ideas that lead to new innovations and spark engagement to solve the climate crisis through collaboration.

ABOUT ENERGYBAR

EnergyBar is Greentown Labs’ signature networking event that fosters conversation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, neighbors, and other climate champions passionate about innnovations in climatetech and the energy transition.

ABOUT NETHERLANDS INNOVATION NETWORK

The Netherlands Innovation Network in Boston is the science and technology arm of the Dutch diplomatic network. Their goal is to strengthen relationships between the US and the Netherlands in the fields of innovation, technology and science. They assess the potential and impact of latest tech trends and connect Dutch stakeholders with potential partners on this side of the Atlantic.

ABOUT BOSTON BALLET

Since 1963, Boston Ballet’s internationally acclaimed performances of classical, neo-classical, and contemporary ballets, combined with a dedication to world class dance education and community initiative programs, have made the institution a leader in its field, with a 53-year history of promoting excellence and access to dance. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Executive Director Meredith (Max) Hodges, the Company maintains a diverse repertoire, ranging from full-length ballets to new works by some of today’s finest choreographers. Boston Ballet’s second company, Boston Ballet II, is comprised of dancers who gain experience by performing with the Company and independently, presenting special programs to audiences throughout the Northeast.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-where-art-climatetech-meet/

SOSV DeepTech Boston Mixer

🕑 Start time

4/20/2023 Thu 6:00 PM

🕓 End time

4/20/2023 Thu 8:00 PM

📍Location

Goodwin Procter Boston

📍Address

100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210

📝 Notes

Come join SOSV's programs IndieBio and HAX in bringing together the founders, scientists, engineers, investors and academics!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deep-tech-boston-meetup-with-sosvs-indiebio-and-hax-tickets-595986621027

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

If you’re looking for some interesting reads this week, here’s the climate essay of the week from our friends running the NY Climate Tech newsletter re: NYC coastal flooding, climate change, and building codes

For the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy  - we have 14 other events coming up in April!

To submit events, use this form

• The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration - A conversation with author Jake Bittle - UMass Boston: 3/23 Thu

• Decarbonization Transformation in Chinese Cities: A Talk by Daizong Liu - MIT Events: 3/23 Thu

• Tough Tech Talent Fair - The Engine: 3/24 Fri

• 2023 Cleantech Open Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs: 3/28 Tue

• NESEA's BuildingEnergy Boston Conference | MassCEC: 3/28 Tue

• MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Spring 2023 · Luma: 3/29 Wed

• EnergyBar: Go Make 2022 Final Showcase - Greentown Labs: 3/30 Thu

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration - A conversation with author Jake Bittle - UMass Boston

🕑 Start time

3/23/2023 Thu 3:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/23/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

📍Location

UMass Boston

📍Address

📝 Notes

Or, attend online via Zoom, free with registration!

https://umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/register/1916787339408/WN_NZzWmfHmRaOPjkWcfB567w

In the coming decades millions of Americans will be uprooted by wildfires, floods, and rising seas in the largest migration in our country’s history. And many are already on the move. "The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration" by Jake Bittle compassionately tells their stories and uncovers how government and insurance policies are shaping who rebuilds and who retreats. Read an excerpt from the book here.

The Living on Earth Book Club, UMass Boston School for the Environment and Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston proudly present this free, live conversation between author Jake Bittle and Host Steve Curwood, with a special introduction by distinguished guest, UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco. There will be an opportunity for the audience to submit questions during the event. 

About the author of "The Great Displacement"

Jake Bittle is a journalist based in Brooklyn who covers climate change and energy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper’s Magazine, and a number of other publications. He is also a contributing writer for Grist. (Photo: Jasmine Clarke)

For disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu two weeks prior to the event.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/the_great_displacement_climate_change_and_the_next_american_migration

Decarbonization Transformation in Chinese Cities: A Talk by Daizong Liu - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

3/23/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/23/2023 Thu 7:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Building 9, 9-255

📍Address

105 MASSACHUSETTS AVECambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Urban Science (11-6) and Sustainable Urbanization Lab (SUL) at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning are hosting a talk by Daizong Liu (刘岱宗), China Director of World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

Daizong has over 20 years of professional experience in Urban Sustainable Development Strategy, Planning and Design, and Zero Carbon City Roadmap and Inventories.  In his talk, Daizong will share his projects promoting sustainable cities in a number of cities in China, and discuss challenges and opportunities that China faces in achieving its decarbonization goals.

We welcome you to join in-person at 9-255. Please register if you intend to attend the event so we can plan food accordingly. https://forms.gle/fYuHdmSJK1kHSK986

Zoom option please register at https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvcuqorDIiE9xj-UuqMsvKjPUII8AwpHXd

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/dinner_seminar_decarbonization_transformation_in_chinese_cities

Tough Tech Talent Fair - The Engine

🕑 Start time

3/24/2023 Fri 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/24/2023 Fri 4:00 PM

📍Location

The Engine

📍Address

750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

Interested in working at a mission-focused startup driving the future of industry? The Tough Tech Talent Fair is your chance to engage with Tough Tech founders looking for candidates to join their team.

🔗 Registration link

https://toughtechtalentfair.splashthat.com/?autoopen=1&mc_cid=c11686b436&mc_eid=dc56449188

2023 Cleantech Open Boston Kickoff Party - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

3/28/2023 Tue 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/28/2023 Tue 7:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us for an evening of food, drink, and celebration!

Join Cleantech Open Northeast for their kickoff at Greentown Labs! Since 2005, more than 70% of Cleantech Open’s reporting U.S. alumni companies are still active and have collectively raised over $2B in external funding.

Learn how the accelerator program can help you develop your cleantech venture and how to apply to the accelerator. Cleantech Open welcomes entrepreneurs, students, investors, savvy technologists, and those interested in joining the growing cleantech community.

Register here!

AGENDA

About Cleantech Open – meet the Cleantech Open Northeast team and learn about opportunities to be involved.

Alumni Lightning Talks – hear from Cleantech Open alumni about their experiences in the program.

Entrepreneur Introductions – tell us about yourself and your clean technology & business. To participate in this part of the program, please sign up when you register!

Q&A – ask your questions about the program, application process, and more.

Networking – meet people in the local ecosystem who are interested in and support Boston cleantech entrepreneurs in a wide variety of ways.

The Cleantech Open early bird application is open NOW through February 28! For more information, read The 2023 Cleantech Open Northeast 1-pager which includes application info & deadlines.

REGISTER NOW

Register here!

Questions? Reach out to Greentown Labs’ Events Coordinator, Kelly Wilson (kwilson@greentownlabs.com).

Please note that by registering to attend this event you are accepting these terms: You acknowledge that alcohol will be served and all attendees are subject to be ID’ed (only those 21+ will be served); You consent to your image or likeness being used in content associated with the event; You release Greentown Labs and all partners from any and all liability stemming from any event-related incident.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/cleantech-open-northeast-kickoff-2023/

NESEA's BuildingEnergy Boston Conference | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

3/28/2023 Tue 8:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/28/2023 Tue 6:00 PM

📍Location

Westin Boston Seaport District

📍Address

425 Summer StreetBoston, MA 02210

📝 Notes

BuildingEnergy Boston is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Conference sessions and showcase demos offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical how-to’s, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs. If you are a professional in the built environment in any stage of your training and career, plan to immerse yourself in twio days of networking and intensive learning on March 28th and 29th. BuildingEnergy Boston 2023 anticipates offering credits for AIA, BPI, GBCI, PHIUS, and RESNET.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/neseas-buildingenergy-boston-conference

MCJ Climate Tech Meetup Boston - Spring 2023 · Luma

🕑 Start time

3/29/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/29/2023 Wed 8:00 PM

📍Location

Cambridge Brewing Company

📍Address

1 Kendall Square Bldg 100, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

📝 Notes

​​​Come meet up with the Boston MCJ and climate tech community! MCJ is a podcast and community for those interested in climate, see here for more info.

​​This will be a casual meetup with no set agenda.

​​

When you register, you'll have the option to input an 'ask' and an 'offer'. These will be shared with the group beforehand, alongside a full list of who has signed up.

​Anyone interested or involved in climate is welcome! Please just make sure your guests register. There will be an opportunity to sign up for MCJ at the event.

​​Venue details: we have one of the bars at Cambridge Brewing Company. The venue is a 10min walk from Kendall/MIT station!

🔗 Registration link

https://lu.ma/MCJ-Boston

EnergyBar: Go Make 2022 Final Showcase - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

3/30/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/30/2023 Thu 5:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

This EnergyBar is focused on celebrating the culmination of Go Make 2022, a startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on decarbonizing supply chains. This program was developed in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and M-Lab Companies, a consortium of top-tier Japanese corporations based in Silicon Valley.

Manufacturing contributes 31 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. From production to packaging to distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation to decarbonize the manufacturing sector.

Together, our partners have supported five innovative startups accelerate the commercialization of technologies to revolutionize supply chains. Attendees will hear the Go Make 2022 cohort speak about their technologies, their work with our corporate partners, and where they are headed next.

Agenda (times are in ET):

5:00-5:30 PM: Check-in and Networking*

5:30-6:45 PM: Speaking Program

6:45-8:00 PM: Networking and Showcase*

*In-person only

ABOUT ENERGYBAR

EnergyBar is Greentown Labs’ signature networking event that fosters conversation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, neighbors, and other climate champions passionate about innovations in climatetech and the energy transition.

ABOUT GREENTOWN GO

The climate crisis urgently demands sweeping climatetech deployment. While startups bring the solutions, corporates often bring commercialization pathways and scale. That’s why Greentown Go builds partnerships that propel climatetech solutions to market—at the pace needed to tackle climate change.

With a mission of decarbonizing the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors, Greentown Go programs inject momentum and traction into startup-corporate collaborations, unlocking the power of climate solutions at scale.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-go-make-2022-final-showcase/

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

• YPE Boston March Happy Hour | Young Professionals in Energy Boston: 3/8 Wed

• White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions - MIT Events: 3/8 Wed

• Speaker Series: Liz Mettetal and Tory Clark — HUCEG: 3/8 Wed

• EBC Annual Meet the Committees Wine & Cheese Night - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 3/15 Wed

• 2023 MIT Climate & Energy Prize: US Semi-Final: 3/16 Thu

• Alpacas and Farm Friends - MIT Events: 3/16 Thu

• EBC Rhode Island Program: Congressional Briefing with U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.: 3/17 Fri

• MIT Climate Machine: The Image-in Session - MIT Events: 3/18 Sat

• Energy storage student slam - MIT Events: 3/21 Tue

Announcements

1. Be sure to check out our full calendar here: https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy  we have over 20 additional events listed for late March-April that are not on this week’s newsletter. To submit events, use this form

2. Here’s the climate essay of the week from our friends running the NY Climate Tech newsletter on climate change  and water adaptation. 

3. Special callout notice regarding the MIT Energy Conference (MITEC) happening April 11th and 12th. Since 2006 the MITEC has been a staple of the Boston cleantech/climate tech scene. Here’s a word from co-organizer Anne Liu:

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Get your 2023 MIT Energy Conference ticket soon to win a free VIP promotion! All attendees who purchase a General Admission ticket before March 17th, 2023 will automatically be entered into a VIP ticket raffle to win a free VIP promotion.

As a VIP ticket holder, you would be invited to the exclusive VIP & Speaker Dinner and receive 1-on-1 networking opportunities with speakers, VIP break room access, front-row seating, and merchandise. The 2023 MIT Energy Conference will bring together experts across the three key fields of technology, finance, and global policy to discuss critical solutions that will shape the future of the energy landscape, particularly during this time of uncertainty and hardship. To learn more about the Conference and purchase tickets, please click here.

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Investing In Our Future: Food, Science And Agriculture - MIT Food & Agriculture Club

🕑 Start time

3/7/2023 Tue 11:45 AM

🕓 End time

3/7/2023 Tue 12:45 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📍Address

📝 Notes

Please join the Food & Agriculture Club on March 7th as we host Dr. Ashlie Burkhart, MD to discuss trends in sustainable investing and the emerging importance of a role of a CSO given the increasing intersection of science, food and agriculture.

Dr. Burkart is the Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures (https://germin8ventures.com/) — a venture capital firm and thought-leader in food and agriculture innovation- and an Associate in the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. Dr. Burkart is also a practicing gastrointestinal pathologist and grant-funded researcher in gut health. We are also pleased to have Dr. Burkhart serve as a judge for the MIT Water, Food & Agriculture Innovation Prize in May 2023!

Our global food system is also a key contributor to our health crisis due to nutrient collapse, inequity of high-quality food, and lack of diversity in our diets – 75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and 5 animals. Additionally, the lack of crop and livestock diversity makes this sector extremely vulnerable to pests, diseases, climate change, and food security.

Food will be provided for those registered and attending in person.

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/FoodandAg/rsvp_boot?id=1926489

White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

3/8/2023 Wed 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/8/2023 Wed 3:30 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

On March 8, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the University of Washington will convene U.S. Government officials with climate, sustainability, and resilience leaders and educators from colleges and universities—including MIT—for a virtual forum. These stakeholders will showcase how innovative ideas and actions can advance climate change efforts on college campuses while benefitting the surrounding communities and beyond.

The discussions will include:

• Making campuses more sustainable and resilient, including pathways to demonstrating net-zero emissions;

• Ensuring that students have the knowledge and skills to lead in the clean industries of tomorrow and to plan, deploy, and maintain the climate-smart infrastructure needed;

• Providing climate information services to states, municipalities, and indigenous communities; and

Serving as proving grounds for new climate solutions and strategies to bring them into the innovation ecosystem.

Speakers will include:

Sally Benson – Deputy Director for Energy, OSTP

Mary Frances Repko – Deputy National Climate Advisor, White House

Alexandra Isern – Assistant Director for Geosciences, NSF

Laura Petes – Chief of Staff for Climate & Environment and Assistant Director for Climate Resilience, OSTP

Maya Tolstoy – Dean of the College of the Environment, University of Washington

College and University panelists will include:

Matt St. Clair, University of California System (Moderator)

Jennifer Haverkamp, University of Michigan

Chris Caldwell, College of Menominee Nation

Julie Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Randi Thomas, Miami University

Peter Dorhout, Iowa State University

Todd Crowl, Florida International University (Moderator)

Erika Bailey-Johnson, Bemidji State University

Robert Kopp, Rutgers University

Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University

Lara Skinner, Cornell University

Erica Fleishman, Oregon State University

U.S. Government panelists will include:

Costa Samaras, OSTP

Caitlin Simpson, NOAA

Julian Reyes, USDA

David Nemtzow, DOE

Anjuli Bamzai, NSF

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/white_house_forum_on_campus_and_community-scale_climate_change_solutions

Speaker Series: Liz Mettetal and Tory Clark — HUCEG

🕑 Start time

3/8/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/8/2023 Wed 6:00 PM

📍Location

Harvard University

📍Address

📝 Notes

Dr. Liz Mettetal teaches Economics of the Environment at Harvard and is an Associate Director of E3, an energy consulting firm. Tory Clark is a Partner at E3 and a trained engineer and expert in environmental policy. Come join our interactive discussion!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.huceg.org/calendar/speaker-series-liz-mettetal-and-tory-clark

YPE Boston March Happy Hour | Young Professionals in Energy Boston

🕑 Start time

3/8/2023 Wed 6:30 PM

🕓 End time

3/8/2023 Wed 8:30 PM

📍Location

730 Tavern

📍Address

 730 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Come together with other energy enthusiasts to network and celebrate Holi, International Women's Day, and St. Paddy's Day! Open to both students and current YPE members. Bring your friends!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.linkedin.com/events/marchhappyhour7030972878229532672/

EBC Annual Meet the Committees Wine & Cheese Night - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

3/15/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/15/2023 Wed 4:00 PM

📍Location

Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP 

📍Address

Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston MA

📝 Notes

Enjoy wine? How about a fine piece of cheese? Maybe a delightful mocktail? Well now is your chance to combine your love of good food, drink, and your curiosity about the various EBC Committees, Chapters, and Working Groups.

Join EBC’s Annual Meet the Committees Wine & Cheese Night to sample some lovely snacks and drinks all while mingling with your contacts in the industry and learning all about EBC’s ten Committees, three Working Groups, and three State Chapters.

Along with your registration comes unlimited (but responsible) beverages, appetizers, and great conversation.

To get a better understanding of the various EBC Committees, Chapters, and Working Groups who will be attending the event, please visit the ‘About’ section of the EBC website to brush-up on your EBC knowledge.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-annual-meet-the-committees-wine-and-cheese-night/

2023 MIT Climate & Energy Prize: US Semi-Final

🕑 Start time

3/16/2023 Thu 2:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/16/2023 Thu 7:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

US Semifinal of the MIT Climate and Energy Prize, the world's largest student-led competition for climate startups.

The MIT Climate & Energy Prize competition seeks to move the world closer to net zero carbon emissions by empowering ambitious entrepreneurs to solve the world’s most difficult climate-related challenges.

We are the largest and longest-running competition for student-led climate startups in the world. Since its founding in 2007, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize has received more than 750 applications, offered world-class mentoring to over 260 teams, and granted more than $3.3M in non-dilutive cash prizes. Teams compete for $100,000+ in prize money and have access to mentoring and other resources. Over 220 MIT Climate & Energy Prize companies have successfully launched and raised $1.7+ billion in follow-on funding.

During the semifinal round, teams of student entrepreneurs will present their business plans and prototypes to a panel of judges, who will then evaluate the teams based on criteria such as the potential impact of their solution, the feasibility of their business model, and the strength of their team. The semifinal round is an opportunity for the teams to receive feedback and guidance from experienced industry leaders and to compete for a chance to advance to the final in April.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mit-climate-energy-prize-us-semi-final-tickets-512506620097

Alpacas and Farm Friends - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

3/16/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/16/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

📍Location

Hockfield court

📍Address

Hockfield CourtCambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

Have you dreamed about alpacas and other farm animals by Kenall Square? Dream no more! Stop by Hockfield Court between 10am–2pm to say hello to alpacas and other furry friends from Pine Meadow Farm!

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/alpacas_and_farm_friends

EBC Rhode Island Program: Congressional Briefing with U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.

🕑 Start time

3/17/2023 Fri 8:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/17/2023 Fri 10:45 AM

📍Location

Hybrid

📍Address

📝 Notes

Plan to attend this EBC Rhode Island Leadership program with the Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator for the State of Rhode Island. This congressional briefing will update EBC members on recent developments in Washington, D.C. and on his priorities for the year ahead. The discussion will cover energy, the environment, and climate change.

A senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a Senate climate champion, Whitehouse will discuss his focus on fighting for smart solutions to address climate change and position Rhode Island as a leader in the clean energy economy. As a co-founder of the Senate Oceans Caucus, Senator Whitehouse will discuss his role in crafting bipartisan policies to protect Rhode Island’s oceans and coasts.

Take this unique opportunity to meet with your US Senator (invite your clients) and discuss issues of importance to the growth of your business.

A moderated discussion will follow the keynote presentation.

8:30 a.m. Registration & Networking (in-person attendees)

9:00 a.m. Program Begins

9:35 a.m. Moderated Discussion

10:15 a.m. Networking Opportunity (in-person attendees)

10:45 a.m. Program Adjourns

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-rhode-island-program-congressional-briefing-with-u-s-senator-sheldon-whitehouse-2/

MIT Climate Machine: The Image-in Session - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

3/18/2023 Sat 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

3/18/2023 Sat 12:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The MIT Climate Machine, a program of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, brings climate knowledge and engagement to arts experiences. After piloting its interactive exhibits at music festivals across the United States and Europe in 2022, the program is now seeking input on its products, strategy and future direction.

We all engage with climate change in our own ways. Your unique experiences in your neighborhood and hometown shape your vision for our climate's future. Join us for an hour-long workshop of music sharing, AI art, and sharing to envision the future of climate change.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit_climate_machine_the_image-in_session

👉 Event title

Energy storage student slam - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

3/21/2023 Tue 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/21/2023 Tue 6:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Welcome Center (E38)

📍Address

292 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

This event is open to the MIT community.

Interested in finding out about energy storage projects at MIT? Join us for an exciting student competition! The energy storage student slam will be held on Tuesday, March 21 at 5:00 pm ET. 

MIT undergraduate and graduate students will participate in a rapid-fire series of presentations on energy storage projects they are currently conducting or have recently completed that will help fight the climate crisis. The students will be judged in separate undergraduate and graduate student competitions—both will include prizes for first, second, and third place.

More information is available on the event webpage.

Agenda

• 5:00 pm Welcome and competition framing

• 5:05 pm Graduate student slam presentations

• 5:50 pm Undergraduate student slam presentations

Accessibility information

MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need a disability-related accommodation or have questions, please contact us at miteievents@mit.edu.

MIT Event Policy

All MIT Event Policy rules in place at the time of the event will be adhered to. By registering, you acknowledge that you will follow MIT policy. Current policy can be viewed here.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/energy_storage_student_slam

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

If you’re looking for some interesting reads, here’s the climate essay of the week from our friends running the NY Climate Tech newsletter on trash, circular economy , and EU’s proposed regulations on packaging. 

I’d like to try sending a few interesting Boston-related climate / climate tech news articles in a future edition of the newsletter, so please send me author/article recommendations! 

For the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy  . To submit events, use this form

• Climatetech Intern Fair 2023 - Greentown Labs: 3/2 Thu

• Sloan Sustainability Lunch Series: From Farm To Cup: Sustainable Procurement For Positive Change Featuring Alex Gerszten, '22 & Khalyani Sankar, '23 - Sustainability Initiative: 3/2 Thu

• Prospering Beyond 1.5°C: Tools, Data, and Analytics for Entrepreneurs Driving Climate Adaptation: 3/3 Fri

• Climate Positive Design - Going Beyond Neutral | MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism: 3/6 Mon

• Sloan Energy Club - Enel Company Presentation - Sloan Energy Club: 3/6 Mon

• Investing In Our Future: Food, Science And Agriculture - MIT Food & Agriculture Club: 3/7 Tue

• Speaker Series: Liz Mettetal and Tory Clark — HUCEG: 3/8 Wed

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

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Climatetech Intern Fair 2023 - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

3/2/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/2/2023 Thu 4:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave

Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Calling all students and soon-to-be graduates! Please join us for a virtual edition of our annual Intern Fair, which focuses on connecting rockstar interns directly with Greentown Labs’ network of cutting-edge climatetech startups looking for bright and eager talent.

At this virtual internship fair, students from Greater Boston, Houston, and beyond can connect with Greentown startups and learn more about opportunities at their companies. Attendees will be able to connect via video, audio, and text-based chat during the fair, enabling the personal connection of in-person events in a virtual setting.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/climatetech-intern-fair-2023/

Sloan Sustainability Lunch Series: From Farm To Cup: Sustainable Procurement For Positive Change Featuring Alex Gerszten '22 & Khalyani Sankar '23 - Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

3/2/2023 Thu 11:45 AM

🕓 End time

3/2/2023 Thu 12:30 PM

📝 Notes

Join us for a fireside chat in partnership with the MIT Food & Agriculture Club featuring Alex Gerszten, MBA 2022 and Khalyani Sankar, MBA 2023 about their work with Enveritas, providing sustainability assurance solutions for smallholder coffee and cocoa farming communities. Learn about the importance of sustainability in their supply chains and how ethical and environmentally friendly practices are implemented.

Food will be provided for those attending in person.

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1926425

Prospering Beyond 1.5°C: Tools, Data, and Analytics for Entrepreneurs Driving Climate Adaptation - D^3 Catalyst | HBS

🕑 Start time

3/3/2023 Fri 

🕓 End time

3/4/2023 Sat

📍Location

Harvard Business School/Hybrid

📝 Notes

Prospering Beyond 1.5°C: Tools, Data, and Analytics for Entrepreneurs Driving Climate Adaptation

This catalyst event targets the entrepreneurs, investors, and data analysts interested in climate change who are seeking to understand the landscape and magnitude of opportunity in climate adaptation. Through a series of live case discussions, workshop exercises, and interactive class discussions, participants will: gain perspective on climate adaptation broadly, including a taxonomy of risks and opportunities in adaptation; dive into a range of tools available in different locations; develop an understanding of how to use the data and information that drive decision-making; and gain contextual intelligence that can help entrepreneurs decide what to avoid, what to embrace, and how.

About Catalyst

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Catalyst series brings together researchers, students, alumni, and leading industry practitioners to learn about the future of business and forge connections to begin solving ambitious problems. These 1.5 day intensive programs will cover a range of topics related to D^3’s focus areas. By engaging in case-based inquiry, design thinking sprints, and active applied learning, participants will come away with new tools and new networks to catalyze the impact of their work.

Both in-person and virtual participants are expected to attend all sessions and complete all required pre-work.

🔗 Registration link

https://web.cvent.com/event/d0f5769e-58bf-4873-b031-b5071527a517/regProcessStep1

Climate Positive Design - Going Beyond Neutral | MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism

🕑 Start time

3/6/2023 Mon 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

3/6/2023 Mon 6:30 PM

📍Location

MIT Long Lounge (7-249)

📝 Notes

2023 Urbanism Spring Lecture Series

Monday, March 6, 2023 – 5:30pm-6:30pm EST

Webcast here: https://web.mit.edu/webcast/lcau/s23/lecture/3/

Co-hosted by the City Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT.

The lecture, Climate Positive Design - Going Beyond Neutral, will be in the Long Lounge (7-429) for members of the MIT community; register for webcast here.

Pamela is a Principal at CMG Landscape Architecture with 19 years of experience. She brings a strong ecological background to her projects and works on resiliency and climate change solutions. Her drive to protect the environment stems from her childhood on a farm, education in plant science and regenerative landscape architecture, and experience restoring waterways at the US Army Corps of Engineers.

She focuses on transforming challenged urban areas into socially valued and ecologically performing public open spaces – with experience on two of the largest environmentally innovative projects in the Bay Area responding to Climate Change — Treasure Island Parks and Open Space and the San Francisco Waterfront Resilience Program.

She is a recipient of the 2018 Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellowship for the development of the award-winning Pathfinder landscape carbon calculator application and the Climate Positive Design Challenge – products of an extensive research initiative, which she is sharing around the globe. Pamela serves as a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects Climate Action Committee and was recognized by the SF Business Times in 2019 as a NCRE Woman of Influence.

Pamela is currently participating in the 2022-2023 Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

🔗 Registration link

https://lcau.mit.edu/events/pamela-conrad

Enel Company Presentation - Sloan Energy Club

🕑 Start time

3/6/2023 Mon 11:30 AM

🕓 End time

3/6/2023 Mon 11:30 AM

📝 Notes

Please join us for a company presentation by Enel, an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas.

Speakers

Steve Doremus

Senior Director, Sales Strategy

Enel

Steve focuses on driving new product opportunities for Enel’s customers, by leveraging all the capabilities Enel has across utility renewable development, onsite solutions, demand flexibility, and energy trading. Prior to his current role, Steve worked in both BD functions and portfolio management, leading the team managing Enel’s demand response portfolios across North American wholesale markets, where he focused on many of the major North American RTOs/ISOs. He received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Bucknell University.

 Cathy Wang

Product Marketing Manager, Distributed Energy Solutions

Enel

Cathy simplifies the complex value proposition of energy storage and other distributed energy solutions for Enel’s customers, through brochures, webinars, and other thought leadership activities. Prior to her current role, Cathy worked as a consultant at The Brattle Group, where she supported energy experts on providing comments and testimonies to market operators, regulators, and governments on issues of wholesale power market reform, capacity market design, and analysis of emerging technologies. She received her master’s from the MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society and her bachelor’s in mathematics and economics from Washington and Lee University.

 Jeff Pickett

Senior Program Manager, Energy Markets

Enel

Jeff manages portfolios of demand response assets in North American electricity markets with a focus on developing innovative commercial opportunities, maintaining strong relationships with utility partners, and delivering against the annual budget and business plan. Prior to his current role, Jeff served in the United States Army as an Aviation Officer, where he flew Black Hawk helicopters and lead cross-functional aviation maintenance and logistics operations. He received his master’s of engineering and management from the MIT System Design and Management program

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/energy/rsvp_boot?id=1926273

Investing In Our Future: Food, Science And Agriculture - MIT Food & Agriculture Club

🕑 Start time

3/7/2023 Tue 11:45 AM

🕓 End time

3/7/2023 Tue 12:45 PM

📍Location

Private Location (register to display)

📝 Notes

Please join the Food & Agriculture Club on March 7th as we host Dr. Ashlie Burkhart, MD to discuss trends in sustainable investing and the emerging importance of a role of a CSO given the increasing intersection of science, food and agriculture.

Dr. Burkart is the Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures (https://germin8ventures.com/) — a venture capital firm and thought-leader in food and agriculture innovation- and an Associate in the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. Dr. Burkart is also a practicing gastrointestinal pathologist and grant-funded researcher in gut health. We are also pleased to have Dr. Burkhart serve as a judge for the MIT Water, Food & Agriculture Innovation Prize in May 2023!

Our global food system is also a key contributor to our health crisis due to nutrient collapse, inequity of high-quality food, and lack of diversity in our diets – 75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and 5 animals. Additionally, the lack of crop and livestock diversity makes this sector extremely vulnerable to pests, diseases, climate change, and food security.

Food will be provided for those registered and attending in person.

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/FoodandAg/rsvp_boot?id=1926489

Speaker Series: Liz Mettetal and Tory Clark — HUCEG

🕑 Start time

3/8/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

3/8/2023 Wed 6:00 PM

📍Location

Harvard University

📝 Notes

Dr. Liz Mettetal teaches Economics of the Environment at Harvard and is an Associate Director of E3, an energy consulting firm. Tory Clark is a Partner at E3 and a trained engineer and expert in environmental policy. Come join our interactive discussion!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.huceg.org/calendar/speaker-series-liz-mettetal-and-tory-clark

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so. 

As always, for the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy  . To submit events, use this form

• Sustainability Connect 2023 - MIT Events: 2/14 Tue

• Boston FoodHack Meetup : 2/15 Wed

• EBC Tenth Annual Offshore Wind Conference: : 2/15 Wed

• ESG Mess? On The Trajectory Of ESG In Venture Capital - Sustainability Initiative: 2/15 Wed

• Kendall Cogeneration Station Tour - YPE Boston: 2/22 Wed

• Enabling Sustainable Digital Infrastructure - MIT Events: 2/22 Wed

• ACCEL Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs: 2/23 Thu

• Lunch & Learn: Passive House Institute Path to Certification for Multifamily Projects | MassCEC: 2/23 Thu

Cheers,

Steven Zhang

Sustainability Connect 2023 - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

2/14/2023 Tue 9:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/14/2023 Tue 2:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Samberg Conference Center

📍Address

📝 Notes

Sustainability Connect brings together the community working to create a more sustainable MIT. For Sustainability Connect 2023, we’re looking back on ten years of the Office of Sustainability, celebrating the successes you made possible, and envisioning the future of a sustainable MIT as guided by Fast Forward: MIT's Climate Action Plan for the Decade.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/sustainability_connect23?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+

Boston FoodHack Meetup 

🕑 Start time

2/15/2023 Wed 6:30 PM

🕓 End time

2/15/2023 Wed 8:30 PM

📍Location

The Engine

📍Address

750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

📝 Notes

About this Event

FoodHack meetups for food tech entrepreneurs, investors and food enthusiasts to network and hear from food industry speakers.

This meetup, co-hosted with Ark Biotech, will address "Challenges to tackle in 2023 to reach scale in alternative protein".

Whether you're growing your food business, looking to connect with startups to invest in or want to network with other like-minded professionals - this event is for you.

The event is free but registration is necessary.

Guest Speakers

• Christophe Chantre, Co-Founder & CEO, Tender Food

• Lauren Abda, Partner & Founder, Branch Venture Group

• Yossi Quint, Co-Founder & CEO, Ark Biotech

Pitch:

Are you launching a new product? Are you looking for your next R&D expert or your next CEO? Are you looking for a job or an internship? Join our 30-second pitch session and share your business update with the audience (open to anyone).

Date : February 15th 2023

Hour : 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Venue: The Engine

Language : English

The FoodHack Meetup concept:

Global food industry meetups to network, learn and get inspired.

Always free to attend and open to everyone

Industry guest speakers speaking and answering questions from the audience

Opportunity to pitch your business, venture, etc. on stage

About the Organizer:

FoodHack is a global community for FoodTech founders and Funders. We inspire, highlight and help fund Foodtech founders.

Must RESERVE in advance and please do let us know for cancellation

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-foodhack-meetup-tickets-519617609257

EBC Tenth Annual Offshore Wind Conference: T-minus 7 years to 30GW by 2030 - Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc. (hybrid)

🕑 Start time

2/15/2023 Wed 7:30 AM

🕓 End time

2/15/2023 Wed 12:30 PM

📍Location

Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP (hybrid)

📍Address

Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston MA

📝 Notes

We are 7 years away from the Biden Administration’s goal of achieving 30 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind by 2030.  The past year saw many positive developments in support of this ambitious goal. Massachusetts has announced plans to expand the Commonwealths’ offshore wind goal to 11,000 MW; The August 2022 “Inflation Reduction Act” provides ~$100 billion in renewable energy tax incentives.  New England continues to be in great position for reaping the environmental, economic and social benefits of building commercial-scale offshore wind energy.

Here in Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind LLC, a joint venture of AVANGRID and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, is building the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project, located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.  The first year of construction has focused on the onshore substation, the duct bank system for ~4.5 miles of underground cables, the horizontal directional drilling shoreline transition at Covell’s Beach in Barnstable and the initial runs of offshore cable  When completed in 2024, Vineyard Wind  will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses, create an estimated 3,600 full time equivalent job years, save their electricity customers an estimated $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation, and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million metric tons per year (the equivalent of taking 325,000 cars off the road annually).

A second utility scale project, South Fork, is under construction in federal waters off Rhode Island.  Jointly owned by Orsted and Eversource, this 132 MW twelve turbine project will provide renewable energy to the New York grid via a connection in the Town of East Hampton NY.  The South Fork project is located about 35 miles east of Montauk Point, and BOEM approved the Project’s COP in January 2021.  Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.   Updates on construction progress for both Vineyard Wind 1 and South Fork will be provided at the conference.

Active permitting efforts are underway for several major projects off the southern New England coast, including Revolution Wind, Park City Wind, Mayflower, Sunrise and Beacon Wind.  Offshore Wind Port planning and development activity is advancing in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The 1200 MW Mayflower Wind project, owned by Shell and Ocean Winds (a joint venture between Engie and EDP Renewables) received their contract approvals in 2019 and 2021 and are advancing through permitting.

Off the coast of Maine, RWE Renewables Americas and Diamond Offshore Wind are advancing their New England Aqua Ventus LLC (NEAV) floating wind demonstration project. NEAV uses a concrete semi-submersible floating platform supporting a 10-12 MW commercial wind turbine and is in a federally designated area 2 miles south of the island of Monhegan, 14 miles offshore.

In October 2022, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources and Rhode Island Energy, a PPL company, announced its procurement process for 600-to-1,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy.   Rhode Island Energy is considering a series of non-pricing criteria in the proposals, including statewide economic impacts, proposed labor agreements, siting and permitting and an Environmental Impacts and Environmental and Fisheries Mitigation Plan. Proposals are expected to create benefits in social, environmental justice, economic development, job creation and port development. In addition to the RI procurement, the first half of 2023 is expected to bring additional procurements from NYSERDA and Massachusetts.   In a related development, AVANGRID made a recent filing with the MA Department of Public Utilities (DPU) indicating that its 1,232 MW Commonwealth Wind project, under the terms of an earlier award, was no longer commercially viable due to unexpected and unforeseeable cost escalation.  Given DPU’s denial of a request to renegotiate the original power purchase agreement, AVANGRID expects to rebid the project into an upcoming Massachusetts procurement.

This year’s EBC offshore wind conference will start off with an update from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) will provide an update and forecast on offshore wind procurement in the Commonwealth. Representatives from port facilities and wind developers will summarize their progress and outlook for their projects.

We will also include an update on trends and innovations driving the industry including new technical engineering guidance from National Renewable Energy Laboratory and American Clean Power, new research on gravity-based foundations from Tufts and improved efficiency of offshore wind production by MIT, advancements in floating wind, lessons learned from litigation, and draft guidance to improve the federal permitting process.

The conference will conclude with the ever popular “developer update” presentations!   We invite you to join us in person for what promises to be an exciting and informative half day event.

General Continuing Education Certificates are awarded by the EBC for this program (3.5 training contact hours). Please select this option during registration if you wish to receive a certificate.

🔗 Registration link

https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-tenth-annual-offshore-wind-conference-t-minus-7-years-to-30gw-by-2030/

Sustainability Researcher Lunch: ESG Mess? On The Trajectory Of ESG In Venture Capital - MIT Sustainability Initiative

🕑 Start time

2/15/2023 Wed 11:30 AM

🕓 End time

2/15/2023 Wed 1:30 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

ESG has started to impact venture capital investors and technology startups about two years ago, especially since the advent of European regulation (especially SFDR). Based on participant observation and interviews with VCs between the US and Europe, Dr. Lenhard will outline the development of the industry’s struggle with integrating ESG over years.

From its professionalized and fragmented beginnings when ESG (or even DEI) were perceived as mere distractions, we arrived at its current state of reporting and disclosure requirements mostly because of regulatory and asset owner (limited partner, LP) pressure. Not only will these requirements lead to an 'ESG mess' this year (with the first reporting under SFDR happening in Europe), its longer-term impact on actually changing investment practices is unclear. I will finish with a utopian vision of an ordered and standardized ESG for VC world, in which investors are not only ticking reporting boxes but have made ESG part of their day-to-day practices.

Dr Johannes Lenhard is affiliate lecturer and researcher at the University of Cambridge and the co-director of VentureESG. He has recently published a monograph on people experiencing homelessness in Paris (Making Better Lives), a co-authored book on diversity and inclusion in venture capital and tech (Better Venture) and his forthcoming book on the ‘Ethics of venture capital investors’ is under contract with Columbia University Press. He writes regular for a variety of journalistic outlets and runs the non-profit CHIRN (Cambridge Homelessness Impact Research Network).

🔗 Registration link

https://sloangroups.mit.edu/sustain/rsvp_boot?id=1926087

Kendall Cogeneration Station Tour - YPE Boston

🕑 Start time

2/22/2023 Wed 5:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/22/2023 Wed 7:00 PM

📍Location

Kendall Cogeneration Station

📍Address

21 Athenaeum Street Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about the largest combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the New England area! The tour will take place on February 22, 2023 at 5 pm. Attendance is capped at 25 people, so sign up as soon as you can! Don't forget to bring your ID and wear close-toed shoes.

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YPE expects that all members and attendees will conduct themselves in a professional manner when interacting with others at in-person and virtual events. Unacceptable behavior (including bullying and harassment) may involve actions, words, or physical gestures that could reasonably be perceived to be the cause of another person’s distress or discomfort. Failure to follow these simple rules will result in you being removed from the event and blocked from joining future events.

Thank you for helping us build a strong and respectful community.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kendall-cogeneration-station-tour-tickets-527912760277?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Enabling Sustainable Digital Infrastructure - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

2/22/2023 Wed 11:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/22/2023 Wed 11:30 AM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

The lack of transparency concerning the climate impact of digital resources and infrastructure is leading to less-than-optimal decision-making, and little information has been shared on the societal, economic, and other environmental downsides. Sustainable digital infrastructure expert Daan Terpstra will join MIT Horizon to provide his perspectives on the current problems in this field and discuss potential solutions. After his talk, Terpstra will take questions from the audience.

Register for this MIT Horizon webinar: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ELb3C7ltRMGaZG9ZGyC3zw

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/enabling_sustainable_digital_infrastructure?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=MIT+Events+

ACCEL Kickoff Event - Greentown Labs

🕑 Start time

2/23/2023 Thu 10:00 AM

🕓 End time

2/23/2023 Thu 12:00 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

Join us for an opportunity to celebrate the kickoff of ACCEL, an accelerator program developed in partnership between Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS). At this event, hear from innovative startups with BIPOC leaders who are developing climate solutions for sectors including electricity, transportation, buildings, manufacturing, and agriculture.

Greentown Labs and BGS recognize that the climate tech industry must change the status quo to put founders of color in the position to lead technology-driven companies that address climate change, support the development of diverse workforces, and fiercely advocate for the deployment of clean technologies in underserved communities.

Take this opportunity to network and build community around this incredible program, all while enjoying brunch!

ABOUT ACCEL

ACCEL is a year-long program that combines acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation through a Greentown membership, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and BGS’s networks of industry experts. The program is designed to bolster BIPOC-led startups as they develop critical climatetech solutions by offering access to funding, networking connections, resources, and opportunities that structural inequities put out of reach. Learn more about ACCEL here.

ABOUT BROWNING THE GREEN SPACE

Browning the Green Space is a coalition of leaders and organizations, primarily in the New England region, that share the passion to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) in clean energy. Their goal is to increase the participation and leadership of Black and Brown people and of women (collectively, “underrepresented groups”) in the clean energy space and beyond (e.g., wasted food, water, agtech) in the Northeast. Learn more about Browning the Green Space here.

🔗 Registration link

https://greentownlabs.com/event/accel-kickoff-event/

Lunch & Learn: Passive House Institute Path to Certification for Multifamily Projects | MassCEC

🕑 Start time

2/23/2023 Thu 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

2/23/2023 Thu 12:00 PM

📍Location

Virtual

📍Address

📝 Notes

In this Lunch & Learn session, Ken Levenson, the Executive Director of The Passive House Network, will review the process for Passive House certification of multifamily buildings using Passive House Institute (PHI) standards, discussing common steps, challenges, and best practices. There will be a review of the certifier options, the certification criteria, and critical resources and references that support completing PHI certification successfully.

🔗 Registration link

https://www.masscec.com/event/lunch-learn-passive-house-institute-path-certification-multifamily-projects

This is the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next two weeks or so.

• Slow Fashion: Mending for Sustainability - MIT Events: 1/30 Mon

• Environmental Sensing and Opportunistic Air Quality Monitoring: Coding Workshop - MIT Events: 1/31 Tue

• Mini-Symposium on Environmental Justice & Energy Sustainability: 1/31 Tue

• EnergyBar: Celebrating a Decade of Impact Tickets, Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite: 2/2 Thu

• BlueSweel Demo Day - Cohort III : HOSTED BY SEAAHEAD AND THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM : 2/9 Thu

As always, for the full calendar, check out https://airtable.cool/shrfu1ovRrNCh7SGy  . To submit events, use this form 

Announcements

Finally two special announcements for this issue

1. Starting this issue we will doing a trial of linking to the weekly essays by our friends running the NY Climate tech/SF climate tech newsletters. Here's their essay this week on hitting a trillion dollars in global investment in energy transition

2. Special callout notice regarding the MIT Energy Conference (MITEC) happening April 11th and 12th. Since 2006 the MITEC has been a staple of the Boston cleantech/climatetech scene. Here’s a word from co-organizer Anne Liu:

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Early-bird tickets for The MIT Energy Conference 2023 are available! MIT Energy Conference annually gathers around 1,000 industry professionals, policy makers and scholars to discuss and challenge the status quo in the energy field. This year, we face a pressing global energy crisis, spurred by the economic rebound from the pandemic and the War in Ukraine. We will bring together experts across the three key fields of technology, finance, and global policy to discuss critical solutions that will shape the future of the energy landscape, particularly during this time of uncertainty and hardship. To learn more about the MIT Energy Conference and purchase tickets, please click here.

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Cheers,

Steven Zhang

Slow Fashion: Mending for Sustainability - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

1/30/2023 Mon 12:00 PM

🕓 End time

1/30/2023 Mon 12:00 PM

📍Location

MIT E19-202

📍Address

40 Ames StCambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

Fast fashion is one of the leading offenders of environmental pollution, human rights abuses, and overconsumption. Unlike many looming challenges, we as the consumers have the power to divest by choosing responsible clothing and making it last longer.

Join us for an empowering hour where we build not only your mending know-how, but also a common ground of sustainable fashion.

This event is open to the entire MIT community, but space is limited to 30 attendees. Lunch will be served (note dietary restrictions on the sign up form). Please register in advance and indicate any dietary needs by emailing arielack@mit.edu.

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/slow_fashion_mending_for_sustainability

Environmental Sensing and Opportunistic Air Quality Monitoring: Coding Workshop - MIT Events

🕑 Start time

1/31/2023 Tue 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

1/31/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

📍Location

MIT Building 9-217

📍Address

Samuel Tak, Lee building105 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02142

📝 Notes

In this workshop, participants will engage with, learn from, and understand patterns in environmental data, using the results and data from MIT’s City Scanner, a low-cost sensing platform that has been deployed in several cities including Cambridge and NYC. The activity centers around a workshop and coding activity focusing on providing an overview of environmental data collection and analysis, including plotting trends, detecting pollution hotspots, and producing air quality maps. The workshop will begin with a background lecture providing an overview of the science of environmental sensing, common measurement techniques, and key pollutants to track. Students will then begin to work on an interactive Python coding exercise. No previous knowledge is required, all are welcome

🔗 Registration link

https://calendar.mit.edu/event/environmental_sensing_and_opportunistic_air_quality_monitoring_coding_workshop

Mini-Symposium on Environmental Justice & Energy Sustainability

🕑 Start time

1/31/2023 Tue 1:00 PM

🕓 End time

1/31/2023 Tue 4:00 PM

📍Location

Stata center Room 32-141

📍Address

32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

📝 Notes

Decarbonization in electricity generation is advancing at a rapid pace. However, there is a growing recognition that this rapid transition has wider consequences, motivating the need to consider existing and emerging challenges such as environmental justice, mining impacts, "Not In My Backyard" oppositions to siting of carbon-free energy facilities, and others. Clearly, a broader global perspective as well as social dimensions are essential to tackling climate change as well as to improving the equity of energy generation. Our goal is to increase the awareness about environmental justice issues among the MIT students/community and to seed research/development for tackling these issues. 

This symposium is supported by the MIT Climate Nucleus’ new Independent Activities Program (IAP) 2023 funding opportunity, ‘The Imperative of Justice,’ which aims to support climate justice and just transition work across the Institute.

Haruko Wainwright, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Michael Howland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sili Deng, Department of Mechanical Engineering

David Hsu, Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Anne White, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Speakers

Janelle K Knox-Hayes

Associate Professor of Economic Geography and Planning

MIT

Michael Ash

Professor of Economics and Public Policy

U. Mass. Amherst

Emily Grubert

Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Policy

University of Notre Dame

Adam Low

Director of Upward Bound Program

University of Alaska

🔗 Registration link

https://sites.google.com/mit.edu/symposium-ej-es/?pli=1

EnergyBar: Celebrating a Decade of Impact Tickets, Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite

🕑 Start time

2/2/2023 Thu 8:30 PM

🕓 End time

2/2/2023 Thu 10:30 PM

📍Location

Greentown Labs Somerville

📍Address

444 Somerville Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States

📝 Notes

EnergyBar is Greentown Labs' signature networking event devoted to connecting partners and investors to our community of climatetech entrepreneurs, so it's only right that we dedicate our first EnergyBar of 2023 to the incredible tenure of Greentown's first employee, Emily Reichert, as she steps down as CEO after ten years leading our organization.

Join us on Thursday, February 2 to celebrate a decade of impact together as a team, community, and ecosystem and cheers to all that the future holds for Greentown!

🔗 Registration link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/energybar-celebrating-a-decade-of-impact-tickets-487594116127?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

BlueSweel Demo Day - Cohort III : HOSTED BY SEAAHEAD AND THE NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

🕑 Start time

2/9/2023 Thu 5:30 PM

🕓 End time

2/9/2023 Thu 9:00 PM

📍Location

Simons Theatre at New England Aquarium

📍Address

1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110

📝 Notes

SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium are proud to present BlueSwell's six graduating bluetech startups charting the course for ocean impact in their emerging industries.

Fathom  -  Berkeley Marine Robotics  -  Current Lab  -  Ocean Data Network  -  Radmantis  -  Aloft Systems

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

5:30PM – 9:00PM EST

SIMONS THEATRE AT NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

1 CENTRAL WHARF

BOSTON, MA 02110

🔗 Registration link

https://www.paperlesspost.com/go/NozwKKbUJBp90gf3dAQW7/