Bridging Sustainable Tech and Climate Action
When: October 5th, 2023 | 1:30PM – 5:00PM
Location: Tan Hall 775
EarthTech2023 is a Symposium organized by the College of Computing, Data
Science, and Society in partnership with the Bakar Institute of
Digital Materials for the Planet at UC Berkeley, with the goal
of bringing together experts and students around campus for an
afternoon of discussion on the role of emerging technologies in
addressing the climate challenge.
REGISTER HERE (limited spots)
Calling all students to apply for the Future Leader of Environmental Innovation Prize
We want to hear from you and your efforts in addressing climate change! Please see the link below to apply for the prize with a chance to be selected to present your project at EarthTech2023.
Link to Undergraduate/Graduate Student Application
Link to High School Student Application
Event Program
- 1:30 – 1:45 PM | Christian Borgs – An Introduction to BIDMaP and its Role in the Climate Fight
Director Bakar Institute Digital Materials for Better Planet - 1:45 – 2:15 PM | Bruce Riordan – Big Problem! Big solution! Faster!
Director of the Berkeley Climate Change Network - 2:15 – 2:45 PM | Fernando Pérez – Open Science for Earth and Environmental Science
Professor Statistics, UCB - 2:45 – 3:15 PM | William D. Collins - Huge Ensembles of Weather Extremes using the Fourier Forecasting Neural Network
Associate Laboratory Director, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, LBNL
Professor in Residence, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley - 3:15 – 3.45 PM | Prof. Rebecca Abergel - f-Element Recovery: Accelerating Processes at the Heart of Clean Energy and New Technologies
College of Chemistry and Nuclear Engineering - 3:45 – 4:00 PM | Coffee Break
- 4:00 – 4:10 PM | Award ceremony presented by Christian Borgs
- 4:10 – 4:25 PM | Invited talk – Prize Winner
- 4:25 – 4:55 PM | Prof. Kwabena Bediako- Two Dimensional Materials for Sustainable Energy and Electronics
College of Chemistry - 4:55 – 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks