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Envisioning a New “Water Ethic” for the Engineering Community
Virtual Preview – April 8, 2025
In-Person Summit – May 6-7, 2025, Arizona St. University, Tempe, AZ
Information regarding this summit is available on the Knowledge Hub page.
2025 Events
Cities and Urbanization: Challenges of the 21st Century
Virtual Preview – October 7, 2025
In-Person Summit – November 2025, Tampa, FL
Cities are at the same time the largest technologies humans make and the most complex living systems humans occupy. This summit will take a deep dive into the promises, perils, and paradoxes of the on-going transformation of cities and urban systems in the United States and explore the necessary role that the engineering community plays as stewards, guiding and shaping that evolution for the benefit of society.
The summit will inquire into transformational forces that will reshape urban environments in the next quarter century, such as:
- Remote work and other legacy conditions of the pandemic.
- New urban mobility and transportation technologies.
- Climate change imperatives.
- Sustainability and resilient infrastructure.
- Housing and homelessness.
- Smart cities and other disruptive technologies (AI).
- Social justice and equity challenges.
- Resource, environmental, and social stresses.
- Regenerative and circular economy approaches to urban transformation.
Learning Objectives for 2025 Summits
Our learning objectives for participants in both 2025 summits include helping members of the engineering community to be able to:
- Perceive and address systemic challenges and dynamics.
- Imagine and explore possible futures.
- Take responsibility for action and catalyzing change.
- Pursue positive change strategies within organizations and communities.
- Adopt and evolve an ethic of stewardship of technology and nature on behalf of society.
About Our Events
Each year, Engineering Change Lab–USA (ECL) hosts virtual summits and in-person summits. We convene to learn from thought leaders, share perspectives, provoke new ways of thinking, deepen understanding of engineering’s emerging future, and launch experiments and focused initiatives.
Contact us to learn more about how you or your organization can engage with and benefit from ECL events.
Anyone who is connected to the engineering community is welcome to join us — no membership is required.
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