MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium Member Meetings

Time: 12:00 – 7:30 p.m. ET

Locations: Varied (See below for each activity)

MIT Building Access: On the day of the event, no sooner than 24 hours prior to the start, click on this link. If this is your first visit to the Tim Ticket system, complete the requested information. If you are returning, select your ticket for MIT Climate & Sustainability (MCSC) Symposium 2022. You will receive a QR code that you will use to scan into the building. Have your QR code ready on your phone (take a picture or bring a printed copy for quicker access). QR codes are only valid for 24 hours. For the Media Lab, the Tim Ticket reader is located on the door entrance at the corner of Amherst and Ames St.

Detailed Agenda:

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Optional Activities

• Visit to Computational and Visual Education (CAVE) Lab
  • Location: CAVE Lab (MIT E40, Floor 2 | 1 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142)
• Cross-industry perspective on circularity challenges – co-creation of written perspective from initial vignette drafting
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Industry Advisory Board (IAB) and Technical Teams Meetings & Lunch

• IAB: Meeting & Lunch
  • Location: Samberg Conference Center (MIT E52, Floor 7 | 50 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.
• Technical Teams: Integrated map of infrastructure, energy mix and CO2 emissions for CCS and value chain resilience impact pathways & Lunch
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.

2:15 – 3:45 p.m. Parallel Sessions 1

• Biomass feedstocks and tipping points – deep dive on biomass feedstock allocation across materials circularity and tough transportation modes impact pathways
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.
• Soil carbon measurement case study discussion on impact pathway for natural carbon sinks
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.
• Reuse of structural components in the built environment including technical economic and social barriers to component circularity
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions 2

• Electrification and cross sector coupling – study group addressing knowledge gaps around fleet and fuel choice using trucking electrification as a case study
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.
• Creating value in social dimensions of sustainable solutions (learn more)
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.
• Data and machine learning challenges
  • Location: Media Lab (MIT E14, Floor 6 | 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139)
  • Virtual participation Zoom link.

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Reception

• Reception with MCSC seed award PIs
  • Location: MIT Museum (MIT E28, Side entrance | 314 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142)

Session Topics

Read more about the day’s session topics here.

Remote participation links will be provided.