The MIT Energy Conference is the world’s largest student-run energy and climate event, bringing together leaders from industry, policy, academia, finance, and technology to address the most urgent challenges of the global energy transition. The 2026 Energy Conference will take place Feb 23-24, 2026 in Cambridge, MA.
This year’s theme, Securing the Energy Future: Resources for Resilience, focuses on the accelerating demand for reliable, affordable, and low-carbon energy amid grid strain, electrification, rapidly expanding digital infrastructure, and rising energy needs across emerging economies.
The conference examines the technologies and systems that enable resilience, from advanced generation to grid modernization, AI and Data Centers, supply chains, Heavy Industries and capital deployment. It highlights the cross-sector engineering, economic, and operational solutions required to scale them.
Join in to hear from the leaders, innovators, and changemakers shaping resilient energy systems and powering a secure, sustainable energy future.