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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Conference
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.\n\nJoin us as we\n\n\n	Convene regional partners in person to offer networking opportunities.\n	Cross-pollinate information\, knowledge\, and make introductions across Merrimack Valley   North Shore MA CEC-defined corridor.\n	Share action/successes over the last year around our regional assets (which were defined by stakeholders at 2025 conference report).\n\n\n\n	Highlight examples of what Climatetech looks like in our region.\n\n\n CONFERENCE AGENDA\n\n7:30am                 Registration\, Breakfast & Networking\n\n8:00am                 Program Opening\n\n8:15am                 Keynote Speaker   Secretary Rebecca Tepper\, Executive Office of Energy and\n\nEnvironmental Affairs\n\n8:45am                 Climatetech Workforce Update (Ed O'Sullivan\, Executive Director\, MassHire North                                             Shore Workforce Board)\n\n9:15am                 UMass Amherst GMS Economic & Ecological Resilience Study (Katherine J. Kahl\, PhD\n\nDirector\, UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station)\n\n9:45am                 IMPLAN analysis for Essex County (Nataly Medina & Kate Quigley\, NOAA OCM\n\nEconomics)\n\n10:15am              UMass Lowell Rist Institute (Ruairi O'Mahoney\, Associate Vice Chancellor for\n\nSustainability and Enterprise Development\, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy)\n\n10:45am              Regional Innovation Update  (Chris Ilsley\, President & CEO\, InnoVenture Labs)\n\n11:15am              Mass CEC Program Offerings (Ben Downing\, CEO\, Mass CEC)\n\n11:30am              Conference Recap\, Next Steps\, Adjournment\n\n \n\nNortheast Massachusetts Climatetech Consortium\n\nA regional public-private consortium leveraging regional strengths to increase equitable\, sustainable\, and innovative economic competitiveness.\n\nConsortium Conference Co-Sponsors\n\n\n	City of Salem                                                   \n	Essex County Community Foundation     \n	Greater Lowell Community Foundation                  \n	InnoVenture Labs                                                         \n	MassHire North Shore Workforce Board               \n	Middlesex 3 Coalition                                                  \n	North Shore Alliance for Economic Development              \n	Northern Middlesex Council of Governments                    \n	UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station           \n	UMass Lowell                                                              \n\n\n \n\nFree to attend Registration Required\n\nThe [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
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The goal of the&nbsp\;2<span style="font-size:13.5px">nd</span>&nbsp\;Annual Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Conference&nbsp\;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.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Join us as we</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Convene regional partners in person to offer networking opportunities.</li>\n	<li>Cross-pollinate information\, knowledge\, and make introductions across Merrimack Valley &ndash\; North Shore MA CEC-defined corridor.</li>\n	<li>Share action/successes over the last year around our regional assets (which were defined by stakeholders at 2025 conference report).</li>\n</ul>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>Highlight examples of what Climatetech looks like in our region.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong><strong>CONFERENCE AGENDA</strong></p>\n\n<p>7:30am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Registration\, Breakfast &amp\; Networking</p>\n\n<p>8:00am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Program Opening</p>\n\n<p>8:15am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Keynote Speaker &ndash\; Secretary Rebecca Tepper\, Executive Office of Energy and</p>\n\n<p>Environmental Affairs</p>\n\n<p>8:45am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Climatetech Workforce Update (Ed O&rsquo\;Sullivan\, Executive Director\, MassHire North&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Shore Workforce Board)</p>\n\n<p>9:15am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; UMass Amherst GMS Economic &amp\; Ecological Resilience Study (Katherine J. Kahl\, PhD</p>\n\n<p>Director\, UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station)</p>\n\n<p>9:45am&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; IMPLAN analysis for Essex County (Nataly Medina &amp\; Kate Quigley\, NOAA OCM</p>\n\n<p>Economics)</p>\n\n<p>10:15am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; UMass Lowell Rist Institute (Ruairi O&rsquo\;Mahoney\, Associate Vice Chancellor for</p>\n\n<p>Sustainability and Enterprise Development\, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy)</p>\n\n<p>10:45am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Regional Innovation Update&nbsp\; (Chris Ilsley\, President &amp\; CEO\, InnoVenture Labs)</p>\n\n<p>11:15am&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Mass CEC Program Offerings (Ben Downing\, CEO\, Mass CEC)</p>\n\n<p>11:30am &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Conference Recap\, Next Steps\, Adjournment</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Northeast Massachusetts Climatetech Consortium</strong></p>\n\n<p>A regional public-private consortium leveraging regional strengths to increase equitable\, sustainable\, and innovative economic competitiveness.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Consortium Conference Co-Sponsors</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>City of Salem&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>Essex County Community Foundation&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>Greater Lowell Community Foundation&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>InnoVenture Labs&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>MassHire North Shore Workforce Board&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>Middlesex 3 Coalition&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>North Shore Alliance for Economic Development&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>Northern Middlesex Council of Governments&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>UMass Lowell&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>Free to attend Registration Required</p>\n\n<p>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</p>\n
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