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Penn State Energy and Environment Calendar

See the full calendar of all upcoming events.

Keystone Events

The Institutes of Energy and Environment organizes and hosts a number of recurring events.

Climate Solutions Symposium

Climate Solutions Symposium

The Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium highlights innovations from numerous disciplines through dynamic workshops, keynote talks from leaders in the climate solutions space, and a poster session.

Science Communication Program

Science Communication

The Institute of Energy and the Environment offers training and resources to help Penn State researchers improve their science communication skills to build collaborative interdisciplinary research teams, develop successful proposals, and communicate the impact of their science with the media, fellow researchers, policymakers, and funding agencies.

Energy Days

Energy Days

Energy Days is a recurring conference that brings together leaders from across the energy realm, including members of industry, government, non-profits, and academia. The purpose is to identify and discuss the regional, national, and global energy challenges facing society and provide innovative solutions to those challenges.

Katharine Hayhoe

Colloquium on the Environment

The Colloquium on the Environment features a nationally known speaker discussing a current topic related to energy and/or the environment. 

Past Event Highlights

Penn State Water Initiative Fall 2022 Event
Fall 2022 Water Community Event
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The Penn State Water Event is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students who are working in water or its related topics to get updates from the water community at Penn State, share research, and network.
Cancer and the Environment Symposium
Cancer and the Environment Symposium
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Several components of the environment, including the built environment and contaminants found in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat and the environment in which we live, can have positive or negative health consequences.
Health and the Built Environment Workshops
Health and the Built Environment Workshops
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Participate in a series of four workshops on topics related to health and the built environment throughout the 2021–22 academic year. 
Energy Days
Energy Days 2022: Mobilizing Energy and Climate Solutions
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The theme for Energy Days 2022 is Mobilizing Energy and Climate Solutions. The focus will be on what it will take to mobilize solutions that achieve net-zero emissions or beyond. Within this theme, there will be four conference tracks: Advancing Technology Research and Development; Addressing Energy Inclusion, Equity, and Justice; Catalyzing Capital Investment; and Achieving Implementation.
Fungal Biomatericals and Biofabrication Workshop
Fungal Biomaterials and Biofabrication Workshop
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The workshop will feature interdisciplinary presentations, panels and discussion groups with the goal of initiating new research collaborations and initiatives on fungal biomaterials.
Colloquium on the Environment, Climate Change: Profitably Solving the Problem, L. Hunter Lovins
Colloquium on the Environment—Climate Change: Profitably Solving the Problem
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This year's Colloquium on the Environment speaker is L. Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a non-profit founded in 2002 to champion sustainable development.

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