Program

Note: Subject to change

See preliminary Program Sessions in EDAS

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
6:30 – 7:30 pm	Welcome Reception/Cash Bar

Day 2 – April 21 (Monday) 8am-4pm; w/evening reception/event 6:30pm
7:30 am	Set Up
8:00 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote
	Short Break
9:10 am	Keynote Speakers – Adamian and Ghafafian
	Short Break
10:20 am	Keynote Speaker – Zohrabian
	Short Break
11:30 am	Keynote Speaker – Abrahamian
12:30 pm	Lunch Break
1:30 pm	Panel: Shahnazarian, Ciulla, Etezadi
	Short Break
3:00 pm	Keynote Speaker – Etezadi
4:00 pm	Keynote Speaker – Adil Khurram, UCSD DER Project
5:00 pm	End Forum
5:30 – 8:00 pm	SusTech Networking Reception & Panel (Cash Bar) Sponsored by IEEE YP & WIE Networking Reception Speaker Panel Discussion

SusTech Conference Day 1

Setup

8:00 – 9:00 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 1: “Designing for Regeneration”
	Short Break
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: IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board (HTB) Student Poster Awards IEEE-USA Award SusTech 2026

SusTech Conference Day 2

Setup

8:00 – 8:45 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 4: “Advanced Electric Machines for Next Generation Electric Vehicles”
	Short Break
9:00 – 10:15 am	PS5A Alt Energy ML	PS5B Energy Efficiency IV	PS5C Software
	Short Break
10:30am	PS6A Agriculture	PS6B Electronics	PS6C Management
Noon	Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45 pm	Keynote 5: “hot topics”
	Short Break
2:00 – 3:15 pm	PS7A Transportation I	PS7B Smart Grid II	PS7C Water
	Short Break
3:30 pm	Panel on Sustainability Standards
	Short Break
4:45 pm	PS8A Transportation II/ML	PS8B eWaste II/Ecology	PS8C Tech track
6:30 pm	End