2026 MES Workshop

Georgia Institute of Technology | August 13-14, 2026

Abstract submissions are now closed.

The fourth Macro-Energy Systems (MES) Workshop will be held August 13-14, 2026 at the Georgia Institute of Technology! If you are interested in presenting your MES-relevant research, please see below for information on submitting an abstract. All abstracts must be submitted by March 1, 2026. Decisions on abstracts will be made and communicated by April 1, 2026. MES Workshops provide an intimate venue for participants to receive feedback on their work, learn about cutting-edge macro-energy system research, and foster new collaborations. If interested, please see the agendas and outcomes from the Workshops held in 2024, 2022, and 2020. The 2026 MES Workshop will feature multiple poster and lightning talk sessions, keynote speakers, and other MES community activities. We hope to see you there!

Macro-Energy Systems is an emergent field and research community that focuses on large-scale, systems-level, long-term aspects of energy systems and their implications for other systems, including the environment, economy, and human wellbeing. Sustainability, equity concerns, and computational advances have fueled a growing area of study with an increasingly rich set of tools and questions. Until now, this work has been scattered across many research communities. Macro-Energy Systems unites these efforts within a common field to foster better research, collaboration, education, and policy-making. Please visit the MES website for more information or watch this brief video for an overview of MES.

Abstract submissions to the 2026 MES Workshop are now closed.
Thank you for your interest!

Feedback will be released to those who submitted shortly. Registration will first be made available to invited abstracts,
then interested community members. If you are a graduate student or postdoc, you can also consider applying to
Catalyst Cooperative’s Open Energy Data for All: Summer Data Lab 2026, a two-day workshop held right before the MES workshop.