The world is changing fast. With the rapid transformation in our physical environments comes a new urgency to ensure a safe and livable planet for future generations. Join us Fri, Sept. 16 for STEM City USA’s inaugural Green Summit.

This event is a forum for some of the brightest minds in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) who are working to save the planet. Click here to register.

STEM City USA’s Green Summit will kick off with a conversation featuring Gerald Johnson, executive vice president for global manufacturing & sustainability at General Motors (GM). Johnson is the recipient of the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) and is recognized for advancing GM’s diversity and inclusion programs and COVID-19 responses.

As a keynote speaker for STEM City USA’s Green Summit, Johnson will discuss GM initiatives, including the accomplishments of Factory ZERO, the company’s first electric vehicle assembly plant, and GM’s plans to improve the planet’s climate from their platform in the auto industry.

Also on the agenda are four-panel discussion sessions:

• Climate Change: What is Happening to our Planet
• HBCUs: Fighting Climate Change to Save Our Planet
• Climate-Improvement Government: Fresh Perspectives on Climate Change
• Clean Energy Climate Solutions: Saving the World One Step at a Time

Click here to register and stay up-to-date on session details and panelist information.