Events Overview
We host a wide variety of events throughout the academic year, ranging from our flagship Stanford Cleantech Challenge hackathon to year-round social events that bring together the student energy community on campus. Learn more about our events here.
Energy Week
Stanford Energy Week is a four-day conference bringing together students, academics, and industry leaders at the frontier of energy. This is SEC’s largest event and features high-profile speakers, company tours, workshops, and seminars. For more details and registration, click here.
Professional Development
For students seeking to expand their professional network, find energy-related jobs or internships, or learn about the latest developments in the energy sector, Stanford Energy Club hosts a variety of professional development events, including:
Networking Night
SEC’s single largest networking event, Networking Night has attracted representatives from over 40 local companies, generating student turnouts of over 200. Networking Night is held once in Fall quarter and once in Spring quarter, and is a great opportunity to network with a wide-variety of industry professionals.
Speed Mentoring
Speed Mentoring events are an excellent opportunity for aspiring students to find a mentor in fields of interest, as well for Stanford alumni to from a network of current students with interest and expertise in their professional field.
Partnerships with Careered
Stanford Energy Club routinely partners with Stanford’s student career education hub, hosting roundtables and discussions with alumni and industry representatives to give students a unique insight into energy careers and opportunities for internships or jobs with hosted companies.
Other Events
Stanford Energy Club is a firm believer that education does not stop with the classroom. Many of SEC’s events are held primarily for the purpose of informing attendees about specific issues, sectors, opportunities, or research. Here is a running of events SEC currently hosts:
Stanford Cleantech Challenge
The Cleantech Challenge is Stanford's annual clean energy hackathon each spring. Cutting-edge companies from various areas of the clean energy space pose compelling, real-world challenges to teams of students. Cleantech hackers have 7 days to collaborate and develop a creative, innovative solution proposal. Moved to a virtual format since 2019, the challenge is now accessible to all university students across the world! Challenges draw from a wide variety of disciplines, including engineering, finance and policy (this is not the traditional computer science hackathon!)
CLIMATE WARRIORS
Climate warriors is a speaker series open to all students.
Industry Lunches
SEC often invites high-level industry leaders to talk about the innovations and opportunities their company offers, as well as such company’s existing or growing connection to Stanford and SEC. These events offer a high level of interaction with energy industry leaders, making for an amazing meal experience!
Energy & Chill
Usually held once a quarter, Stanford Energy Club invites both officers and the campus community to an informal dinner to get to know each other with pizza, beer, energy-related discussions, or casual conversation.
Interested in our events? Want to co-host an event with us? Want to join our Events Team? Email the Co-VPs of Events, Griffin Clark (griffinrclark@stanford.edu) and Vivek Vajipey (vvajipey@stanford.edu)