2nd Annual Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Conference

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.