Welcome from the Chair

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 12^th anniversary IEEE Technologies for Sustainability Conference (SusTech 2025) held from April 20 to 23, 2025, in Santa Ana, California. Over the years this conference has attracted attendees from government, industry, business and manufacturing sectors as it rotated from its beginning in Portland through Arizona, California, Utah, Oregon and now back to California. We have scientists, academics, technologists, and scholars from many disciplines that share and contribute to the themes and tracks that we offer in the conference and who have published over 600 papers in IEEE Xplore.

This year’s program features an interactive workshop on Technologies for a Circular Economy, organized by the IEEE SusTech Initiative, keynote speakers, panel discussions, peer-reviewed technical paper presentations across 24 thematic sessions, a student poster contest, and a 1-day sustainability forum on Monday which is partnered with Armenian Engineers and Scientist of America featuring a unique blend of experts in policy, leadership, and technology. We also have a Networking Reception on Monday night with a networking session, speaker, panel discussion, and a mentor meet.

All sessions will be in a hybrid format using Zoom. You will find the program schedule with information about the scheduled technical papers for each track; bio-data of distinguished keynote speakers, and panelists; and student poster contestants in the Program Guide and on our website https://ieee-sustech.org/. The technical papers can be found in in the attendee proceedings ZIP file.

Undergraduate and graduate students submitted abstracts for the Student Poster Contest, representing ideas or designs for developing projects/products supporting the sustainability topics areas of the Conference. The accepted posters will be presented during the online SusTech 2025 Student Poster Competition on Sunday afternoon April 20, 2025. Prizes will be awarded to the top three posters; winners will be announced at the closing session.

We thank our sponsors: the IEEE Oregon, San Fernando Valley, Foothill, and Orange County Sections, IEEE Region 6, IEEE-USA and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT); co-sponsors IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), Oceanic Engineering Society, Power and Energy (PES) Society, Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and Technology and Engineering Management (TEMS).

We thank our Patrons and Exhibitor for their support, IEEE Humanitarian Activities Board, IEEE Young Professionals, Profitable Biodiversity, USCD Extended Studies and Hitachi.

I want to personally thank the members of the Organizing and Program Committees whose support and dedication have enabled us to reach this 12^th conference. Also, to thank you for participating in the IEEE SusTech 2025 conference. It is our sincere hope that you will enjoy and learn about the innovative developments in the area of sustainability.

Sincerely,