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SusTech 2025 Program Outline

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Day 1 – April 20 (Sunday) 12:00-7:30 pm

12:00 – 05:00 pm

Registration

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Workshop
Technologies for a Circular Economy
A one-day workshop included with SusTech registration, sponsored by the IEEE Technical Activities’ Future Directions SusTech Initiative

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Student Online Poster Competition – Santa Ana Room

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception/Cash Bar

 

Sustainability Forum

Day 2 – April 21 (Monday) 8am-4pm;
w/evening reception/event 6:30pm
7:30 am Set Up/Registration
8:00 am Opening Remarks and Keynote – Megerdichian
Short Break
9:00 am Keynote Speakers – Adamian and Ghafafian
Short Break
10:00 am Keynote Speaker – Zohrabian
Short Break
11:20 am Keynote Speaker – Abrahamian
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm Keynote Speaker – Etezadi
Short Break
2:10 pm Keynote Speaker – Khurram
3:00 pm End Forum

5:30 – 8:00 pm

SusTech Networking Reception & Panel (Cash Bar)
Sponsored by IEEE YP & WIE

Speaker: “Creating and Crossing Capitalism’s Continuum of Chasms”
Sustainability Panel Discussion
Mentoring  Reception

 

SusTech 2025 conference sessions daily time line
(Parallel Sessions)

Day 3 – April 22 (Tuesday – Earth Day 2025) 8am-6pm;
w/dinner 6:30pm

SusTech Conference Day 1

Setup/Registration

8:00 – 9:00 am

Opening Remarks and Keynote 1: “Designing for Regeneration”

Short Break

Ballroom

Santa Ana

Huntington

9:15 – 10:45 am

 PS1A
Society/QoL I

 PS1B
Energy Efficiency I

 PS1C
Smart Grid I

Short Break

11:00 am

IEEE SSIT Panel: Is Sustainability Socialism?

Noon

Lunch Break

1:00 pm

Keynote 2: “Carbon Dioxide Measurement for Climate Restoration”

Short Break

2:00 – 3:15 pm

  PS2A
Society/QoL II		  PS2B
Energy Efficiency II		  PS2C
eWaste I

Short Break

3:30 – 4:45 pm

  PS3A
Machine Learning I		  PS3B
Energy Efficiency III		  PS3C
Alternate Energy I

Short Break

5:00 – 6:00 pm

  PS4A
Machine Learning II		  PS4B
Carbon		  PS4C
Alternate Energy II

6:00 pm

Wrap Up/Networking Break

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Conference Dinner

Keynote 3: “The IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board (HTB)”
Student Poster Awards
IEEE-USA Award

SusTech 2026

 

Day 4 – April 23 (Wednesday) 8am-6pm

SusTech Conference Day 2
Setup/Registration
8:00 – 8:45 am Opening Remarks and Keynote 4: “Advanced Electric Machines for Next Generation Electric Vehicles”

Ballroom

Santa Ana

Huntington
Short Break
9:00 – 10:15 am  PS5A
Alt Energy ML		  PS5B
Energy Efficiency IV		  PS5C
Software
Short Break
10:30am – Noon  PS6A
Agriculture		  PS6B
Electronics		  PS6C
Management
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45 pm Keynote 5: “Late Breaking Considerations in Sustainability”
Short Break
2:00 – 3:15 pm  PS7A
Transportation I		  PS7B
Smart Grid II		  PS7C
Water
Short Break
3:30 pm IEEE SA Panel: Sustainability Standards
Short Break
4:45  pm  PS8A
Transportation II/ML		  PS8B
eWaste II/Ecology		  PS8C
Tech track

6:30 pm

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