UNC Cleantech Summit
2023 UNC Cleantech Summit
March 27 – 28, 2023
The Friday Conference Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Keynotes and Featured Speakers
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Arizona Public Service
Director, Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP)
United States Department of Energy
Award Recipients
Cleantech Pioneer Award
Cleantech Trailblazer Award
Chief of Staff, Office of State and Community Energy Programs
U.S. Department of Energy
Visit the registration page for ticket pricing!
The 2023 Summit will feature keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and TED Talk-style engagement opportunities for the following topics.
- Carbon Capture and Removal Strategies
- The Global Energy Transition
- Green Hydrogen and Energy Storage
- Building Foundations for Cleantech in the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Energy Policy
- Smart Mobility and Electric Vehicles
- Nuclear Power and the Energy Transition
- Manufacturing and Supply Chains
- Bluetech and Ocean-related Solutions
- Green Finance: Investing in Our Future
- Agriculture’s Solutions to Climate Change
In addition, the Mentor Match program will return this year and there will be an in-person career fair.
Need a hotel? Book with the Courtyard Chapel Hill for our special UNC Cleantech Summit group rate of $144 USD per night. The last day to book this rate is Friday, February 24, 2023.
Panelists
Chief of Staff, Office of State and Community Energy Programs
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Manufacturing Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Director of R&D, Strategy, Advanced Nuclear, and Crosscutting Technology
Southern Company
Gendell Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Public Policy
Duke University
Director, UNC Institute for the Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer
UNC Chapel Hill
Senior Advisor for Climate Change Policy
NC Department of Transportation, Board of NC Clean Energy Fund
We invite you to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and partner with us.
2023 Sponsors
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Why participate in the 2023 UNC Cleantech Summit?
[VIDEO] Learn more about this two-day event and how you can be involved! The UNC Cleantech Summit is the largest event of its kind by a university in the United States. Contact Gregory Gangi, Ph.D., or Kiersten Wolf Williams about sponsorship opportunities.
Fall Virtual Cleantech Career Fair, A Success!
Thank you to all of the companies and students who participated in the Cleantech Career Fair on 10/11/22. More than 100 students registered and met in groups and 1:1 with hiring managers at the following companies: Dominion Energy, Strata Clean Energy, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), Cypress Creek Renewables, FlexGen, White Pine Renewables, BIOMILQ, and Pine Gate Renewables.
We are planning an in-person career fair on day two of the 2023 UNC Cleantech Summit (March 28).
This event is co-hosted by the UNC Institute for the Environment and the Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability (ACES) at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business.
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