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Energizing@MIT: MITEI’s Annual Research Conference will be held on September 22 and 23, 2026. This year’s theme is “Transitioning energy at a pivotal moment.” Topics include robotics for energy and materials, AI and energy infrastructure, fission, quantum computing and sensing, and social acceptance of energy advances. We will also hear from MITEI Seed Innovation Fund project teams and present posters from Energy Scholars, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program students, and Future Energy Systems Center project teams. MITEI’s Annual Research Conference frames the key technology, policy, and economic drivers that are shaping today’s energy system and its future.
| Tuesday, September 22 | |
| 8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast and registration |
| 9:00-9:15 am | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 9:15-10:00 am |
Keynote address |
| 10:00-11:15 am |
Robotics for energy and materials |
| 11:15-11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 am-12:45 pm | Panel session |
| 12:45-2:00 pm | Lunch with MIT Energy Scholars poster presentations |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | MITEI Seed Innovation Fund project updates |
| 3:15-3:45 pm | Break |
| 3:45-5:00 pm |
AI and energy infrastructure |
| 5:00-5:05 pm | Closing remarks |
| 5:00-7:00 pm | Reception with MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program poster presentations |
| Wednesday, September 23 | |
| 8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast and registration |
| 9:00-10:15 am | The revival of fission |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:45 am | Social acceptance of energy advances |
| 11:45 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch featuring Future Energy Systems Center project posters |
| 1:00-1:45 pm | Keynote address |
| 1:45-3:00 pm | Quantum computing and sensing |
| 3:00-3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15-4:30 pm | Panel session featuring startup companies |
| 4:30-4:45 pm | Summary and reflection |
| 4:45-6:30 pm |
Reception celebrating MITEI’s 20th Anniversary |
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