Buckle Up! CMU Energy Week 2024 Will Tackle Decarbonizing Transportation
By Anthony Wallace, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation Intern
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The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation would like to extend a personal invitation to you to be a part of our energy innovation ecosystem by participating in CMU Energy Week 2024!
Hosted by the Scott Institute, CMU Energy Week brings energy and sustainability leaders from across the nation together to combine forces in exploring the world’s most pressing energy issues. Through a series of panels, forums, and networking events, Energy Week helps attendees––ranging from graduate students preparing startup pitches to investors looking for innovative solutions to pressing problems––come together to assess where we are, clearly identify where we want to go and begin asking questions about how to solve the most significant energy problems facing our society today. CMU Energy Week 2023, the first in-person Energy Week since 2019, brought together over 500 attendees from over 200 organizations to discuss the challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the industrial sector.
CMU Energy Week 2024 will shift focus to addressing challenges in the transportation sector, which accounts for just under 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector. As the largest contributor to GHG emissions of all sectors, we face a pressing challenge to decrease carbon emissions caused by transportation. From March 19th to March 21st, attendees will explore this challenge through a series of events and panel discussions to begin envisioning more effective ways to move people, to move things, and to move equitably.
This flagship event offers a fantastic opportunity to participate in discussions about and drive action toward decarbonizing our energy economy. Whether in formal settings like the event’s startup pitch showcase or informal conversations during receptions, attendees leave Energy Week every year with new connections, who may turn into future research collaborators or business partners. By fueling these conversations and helping create new professional relationships, CMU Energy Week 2024 will build momentum and enthusiasm to continue pushing decarbonization efforts in the transportation sector long after the conference ends.
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