2nd Annual Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Conference
Date and Time
Wednesday May 13, 2026
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Fees/Admission
Free to attend Registration Required The [ticket] holder consents to the use of his or her image, likeness, actions and statements in connection with any recorded audio, photograph, video or other publication of the event
Description
The goal of the 2nd Annual Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Conference is to build upon the work of the Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Consortium to leverage regional strengths and to increase equitable, sustainable and innovative economic competitiveness.
Join us as we
- Convene regional partners in person to offer networking opportunities.
- Cross-pollinate information, knowledge, and make introductions across Merrimack Valley – North Shore MA CEC-defined corridor.
- Share action/successes over the last year around our regional assets (which were defined by stakeholders at 2025 conference report).
- Highlight examples of what Climatetech looks like in our region.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
7:30am Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:00am Program Opening
8:15am Keynote Speaker – Secretary Rebecca Tepper, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
8:45am Climatetech Workforce Update (Ed O’Sullivan, Executive Director, MassHire North Shore Workforce Board)
9:15am UMass Amherst GMS Economic & Ecological Resilience Study (Katherine J. Kahl, PhD
Director, UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station)
9:45am IMPLAN analysis for Essex County (Nataly Medina & Kate Quigley, NOAA OCM
Economics)
10:15am UMass Lowell Rist Institute (Ruairi O’Mahoney, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Sustainability and Enterprise Development, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy)
10:45am Regional Innovation Update (Chris Ilsley, President & CEO, InnoVenture Labs)
11:15am Mass CEC Program Offerings (Ben Downing, CEO, Mass CEC)
11:30am Conference Recap, Next Steps, Adjournment
Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Consortium
A regional public-private consortium leveraging regional strengths to increase equitable, sustainable, and innovative economic competitiveness.
