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Engineering Climate Solutions
In support of Climate Week NYC, we join Columbia Climate School and others in sharing how we’re tackling the global climate problem.
This year, Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School join several other schools, centers, and divisions in hosting a variety of climate-centered lectures, symposia, and receptions during Climate Week, which will be held September 17-24, 2023.
In echoing this year’s theme — “We can. We will.” — the events and activities will reflect the determination, focus, action, and hope necessary to tackle climate change together.
Here are a few featured events slated to take place at Columbia and timed to Climate Week NYC. For a comprehensive list of what’s happening at Columbia University for Climate Week, visit Columbia Climate School.
Monday, September 18, 2023
Tech CEO Series – Inaugural Lecture
Can Buildings Help Fight Climate Change? – Leveraging Engineering Technology to Fight Climate Change
Speaker: Benoit Bazin, CEO of Saint-Gobain
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Davis Auditorium
Reception
Time: 5:40 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Carleton Commons
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Rethinking Water 2023: Solutions Now for America's Water Infrastructure
Speaker: Upmanu Lall, Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia Engineering; Columbia Water Center in The Earth Institute Director
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Forum
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Lecture in Climate Data Science
Improving Aerosol in an Earth System Model with AI / ML (Hybrid Event)
Speaker: Po-Lun Ma, Global Atmospheric Modeling Earth Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tang Family Hall @ Innovation Hub and Zoom Webinar (Live Stream)
LEAP Open House Reception
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tang Family Hall @ Innovation Hub
Balancing Lithium Production, Investment, and Policies for a Sustainable Energy Transition (Hybrid Event)
TIme: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers:
- Juan Carlos Jobet, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, CGEP and former Chile Minister of Mines
- Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Senior Vice-President, Albemarle
- Ahmed Mehdi, Non-Resident Fellow, CGEP and Principal Advisor, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence
- Brian Menell, Chairman and CEO, Techmet
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University In Person) and Zoom Webinar (Live Stream)
Friday, September 22, 2023
LEAP / UN Environment Programme Workshop
Climate Data + Modeling For the Financial Sector
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Columbia Business School, Geffen 570
