2025 Energy Transition Symposium at UMass Amherst

April 25th, 2025 | Amherst Room, Campus Center | UMass Amherst

Is a a just energy transition best achieved through conservation or through technology-driven abundance?

Join us for the 2025 Energy Transition Symposium at UMass Amherst, for a lively afternoon of discussion and research presentations focused on the energy transition. The event begins with a friendly debate on the relative merits of a conservation-driven approach versus an abundance-based technology-driven approach, to achieving a just energy future. The debate will be followed by two poster sessions where UMass graduate and undergraduate students will be presenting their research on clean energy, climate, and decarbonization.

About the Symposium

The Energy Transition Symposium is an annual opportunity for students, faculty, and staff, from across the UMass Amherst campus, to focus on the needs, challenges and opportunities of a just energy transition. This event is open to all fundamental and applied areas of energy research and climate action work including (but not limited to) work in STEM, social sciences, humanities, business, and interdisciplinary studies. We welcome area schools, colleges, and community members to attend. The symposium is free and open to the public.

Schedule of the day’s events:

2:00 - 2:15 pm | Welcoming Remarks

2:15 - 3:30 pm | Conservation Versus Abundance Debate

Is a just energy transition best achieved through conservation or through technology-driven abundance?

3:30 - 4:10 pm | Poster Session A*

4:10 - 4:50 pm | Poster Session B*

4:50 - 5:00 pm | Closing

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

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

*There will be a cash bar and hors d'oeuvre served during the poster sessions.