Excerpt from Massachusetts Daily Collegian story: On Nov. 9, the University of Massachusetts integrated concentrations in STEM program hosted the iCons Idea Slam, with the years topic being “the business of the energy transition.” Students discussed the detrimental impacts that climate change and fossil fuels have on our earth and ways to implement green solutions going forward.
Students came together to plan proposals for the many problems that industries are still struggling to solve. According to its page on the University’s website, iCons “recruits quality students across a diverse range of science, engineering, and business disciplines to identify global problems and find cutting edge solutions.”
Dr. Scott Auerbach, UMass chemistry professor and director of the iCons program, hosted the event in the Integrated Learning Center. During his opening remarks he said the meeting would be centered around pitching new ideas that were derived from questions asked by Tricia Canavan, CEO of Tech Foundry in the Western Mass Economic Development Council. Each team prepared a one-minute problem-solving pitch.
Panelists responded to student questions throughout the event. The panel included Dr. Mike Fogwill from Waters Corporation, Dr. Laura Draucker from Ceres Inc. and Dr. Anna Goldstein from Prime Coalition.
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