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The Northwestern University Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience will host a climate change symposium on Friday, October 29 titled “Technology, Policy, and Business: Three Approaches to Address Climate Change.” A major objective of this event is to help engineering researchers place their energy- and climate-related research in the context of other drivers of change, as well as provide updates on the latest in technology development for addressing climate change.

The symposium will begin with a keynote lecture by Karen Weigert, Executive Vice President, Slipstream, and Sustainability Contributor for Reset, WBEZ Chicago.

This will be followed by topical panels on Technology Advances, Just Energy and Climate Transitions, and Welcome to the Party: Why have companies come to care about climate change?

The symposium will conclude with a Synthesis Panel. Panels will consist of brief presentations by each panelist followed by moderated discussion and audience Q&A. The event will be virtual for the audience, while the panelists and moderators will attend in person.