Sustainability Connect | April 17 | Samberg Conference Center

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Student Poster Session

This year's Sustainability Connect will include a Student Poster Session. Do you have sustainability research, project, or advocacy work you would like to showcase? Learn more and submit your idea. 

2025 Agenda

8:30-9 | Check in
Coffee and breakfast pastries served

9-9:15 | Opening Remarks and Updates from Leadership
Julie Newman, Director of Sustainability
Joe Higgins, Vice President for Campus Services and Stewardship

9:15-9:30 | Climate Project Update

9:30-10:30 | Power in Partnership: Aligning Campus, City, and State for Climate Leadership
Julie Wormser, Chief Climate Officer, City of Cambridge
Brian Swett, Chief Climate Officer, City of Boston
Sanjay Seth, Former Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor for Climate and Equity, EPA New England
María Belén Power, Undersecretary of Environmental Justice and Equity, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Moderated by Julie Newman, Director of Sustainability

10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break

10:45-11:40 | The Climate Kitchen: Zero Waste Cooking and Community
Chef Irene Li
Susy Jones, Senior Sustainability Project Manage, Office of Sustainability
Chris Rabe, Education Program Director, Environmental Solutions Initiative
Ananda Santos Figueriedo '25

11:45-12:30 | Sustainability in Motion
An interactive e-poster session featuring MIT community members reflecting on their work in multiple areas including implementation of campus climate action plan projects, student research and other sustainability and climate initiatives across campus.

12:15-1:00 | Lunch and Closing