Save the Date!
The fifth annual UW–Madison Sustainability Symposium will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the Discovery Building. The event will feature lightning talks, poster sessions, and a keynote address on sustainability and entrepreneurship.
Hosted in partnership with Facilities Planning & Management, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and the UW Environmental Awareness Fund, the Sustainability Symposium offers a space to share research, spark ideas, and foster collaboration across campus.
Wondering what to expect?
You can read the 2024 event recap or explore abstracts from last year’s posters and lightning talks to get a sense of what to expect. Details for this year’s event—including registration and proposal information—will be shared soon. To stay informed, please subscribe to UW–Madison’s monthly sustainability newsletter.
Questions? Please email Will Erikson.
"In the face of [climate change] you are not being resigned, or quiescent. You are finding ways to move forward and make a difference and to pull people together collaboratively to engage around these issues of sustainability. We need that, we need you, and we all need to figure out what we can do to help create a world that can sustain itself.”
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Closing Remarks at the 2022 Sustainability Symposium