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Student Sustainability Summit

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You have put in the effort, now it is time to share your findings!

The theme of the summit is based on the UN SDGs which is condensed into the following five streams:

Good Health & Well-being
  • Sustainable farming (including climate resilient agriculture)
  • Food security
  • Sustainable food systems
  • Water purification/filtration
  • Heat island
  • Air quality
Affordable & Clean Energy
  • Renewable energy
  • Grid management and Net metering
  • Energy economics
  • Globalization and Energy independence
Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • Sustainability building regulation & policy
  • Green infrastructure economics
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Mineral recycling
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Green materials
  • Urban regeneration
  • AI/IoT for sustainability
Climate Action
  • Climate migration
  • Fast fashion
  • Sustainable transportation
  • Climate policy
  • Waste management
  • Climate anxiety
  • Climate models
Life on Earth
  • Extreme weather
  • Ecosystem study
  • Biodiversity/species decline
  • Forest cover
  • Marine biology
  • GIS study

What are we looking for?

Both oral and poster presentations require abstracts to be considered for presentation at the student sustainability summit (S^3). Authors are allowed to present their work which is already published in journal articles or presented in other scientific meetings/conferences. S^3 committee reserves the right to reject or modify abstracts, for the following reasons (but not limited to):

Learn more about writing abstracts
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Present your work in-person or virtually.

Presenters are encouraged to choose their mode of presentation: Oral presentation and/or poster presentation

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In-person

Oral Presentation

Thursday, April 13th 2023 | TBD
Location TBD
  • Contributed oral presentations by students will be 10 minutes long followed by a short Q&A discussion.
  • All oral presentations presentations will be streamed and recorded.
  • In-person presentations are, in general, reserved for students in and around Maryland as we do not provide any accommodation/transportation or reimbursement for them. However, other students are welcome to present if they can manage their own accommodations.
Best practices for oral presentations

Poster Presentation

Thursday, April 13th 2023 | TBD
University of Maryland Colony ballroom at STAMP student union
  • Poster presentations will be an in-person event only.
  • Poster presentations are, in general, reserved for students in and around Maryland as we do not provide any accommodation/transportation or reimbursement for them. However, other students are welcome to present their posters at the in-person event if they can manage their own accommodations.
  • Recommended poster size: 5 ft and 6 inches tilted, 5ft and 5.5 inches center to ground, Standard length between rods is 1 foot.
  • Maximum poster size: 5ft and 6 inches tilted, 5ft and 3 inches from center to ground, standard length between rods is 1 foot.
  • Recommended font size of 24-32 points for body text and 72-100 points for the poster's main title text
  • Choose one of the following font styles - Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia
  • Limit your font colors to 2-3
Best practices for poster presentations

Virtual

Oral Presentation

Saturday, April 15th 2023 | TBD
Zoom Events Platform
  • Contributed oral presentations by students will be 10 minutes long followed by a short Q&A discussion.
  • All oral presentations presentations will be streamed live and recorded through Zoom.
Best practices for virtual oral presentations

Join us in-person or virtually (or both). We can't wait to see you there!

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