About the TAMEST 2026 Annual Conference: Pioneering Climate Innovations
Save the date for the TAMEST 2026 Annual Conference: Pioneering Climate Innovations, Feb. 2–4, 2026, at the Kimpton Santo Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
The 2026 meeting will showcase creative interventions and innovations in sustainability and climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation across a wide range of disciplines.
Speakers and sessions will explore real-world, scalable climate solutions and collaborative problem-solving for sustainability in medicine, engineering, science and technology. Don’t miss this opportunity to take an in-depth look at how science and innovation can help navigate the challenges of our changing world.
The conference is open to all in the research community.
Program Committee
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Michael Webber, Ph.D.
Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs
John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Jean Patterson, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Ph.D.
Professor and Founding Chair
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Robert Kester, Ph.D.
Partner, Technology & Innovation
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Honorary Chair: Ganesh C. Thakur, Ph.D. (NAE)
President, TAMEST
Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Director of UH Energy Industrial Partnerships
University of Houston
