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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

Energy University
Energy University: Concept and Current Activities
Penn State faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in a series of forums that are focused on energy. The first forum, Energy University: Concept and Current Activities, will take place from 9–10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 11. Registration is required. The second and third events will occur in the spring.
Science Communication Climate Change Virtual Panel
Communicating Climate in a Complex World
Four leading experts—an atmospheric scientist, an archaeologist, a coral reef biologist, and a professor of media studies—share their diverse perspectives on what needs to be most urgently communicated about climate change now. Join us for an in-depth climate change panel discussion as scientists and journalists relate their experiences communicating their research with the media and other audiences. The panel discussion is free and open to the public, but you must register for the online event.
Building Convergence in Climate Research Community Forum
Community Forum: Building Convergence in Climate Science
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IEE and Erica Smithwick hosted a community forum on Building Convergence in Climate Science. A brief introduction was followed by three breakout groups:
Research to Action
Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown
Project Drawdown is partnering with Penn State to hold the first international conference on Drawdown — Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown. Join the world’s foremost scientific experts in a critical discussion about the most innovative and promising climate change solutions and upcoming research.
Katharine Hayhoe
Colloquium on the Environment with Katharine Hayhoe
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Noted atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe delivers the keynote for the 2018 Penn State Colloquium on the Environment.

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