Dedicated to advancing sustainable laboratories globally.
The 2027 Call for Presenters will open in December. The following information is for reference only and is subject to change.
Each year, I2SL invites lab designers, builders, managers, owners, manufacturers, green labs professionals, and other industry leaders to present their latest sustainable lab advancements, projects, programs, and technologies during the I2SL Annual Conference. Presentations will cover a broad range of topics in sustainable lab design, ventilation/system optimization, sustainable science initiatives, AI, decarbonization, and more. Applicants will be notified in late April 2027 of their speaker status. I2SL will hold the 2027 Annual Conference at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, September 27 through 29.​
Anticipated Presenter Deadlines
Friday, February 26, 2027
Abstracts Due
Friday, March 5, 2027
I2SL member extended abstract deadline
Late April 2027
Applicants will be notified via email of their status
Friday, July 30, 2027
Deadline to cancel speaking
Wednesday, September 22, 2027
Conference presentations due to I2SL in advance of the conference
September 27- 29, 2027
Conference in San Francisco
Conference Topics
I2SL is looking for submissions geared toward the following audiences on the topics listed below, but presentations are not limited to these areas, as long as the topic is relevant to sustainable laboratories:
Topic
Architects and Sustainable Designers
Lab Owners, Operators, and Managers
Engineers and Energy Efficiency Professionals
Green Labs Professionals/
EH&S Officers
Adaptive Reuse of Buildings
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Artificial Intelligence: Innovation and Impacts
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Balancing Safety and Sustainability
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Climate Resilience
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Commissioning
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Controls
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Decarbonizing Lab Buildings
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Designing for Decarbonization
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Electrification Strategies
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Energy Storage
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Energy/Heat Recovery
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Energy-Efficient Technologies
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Equity and Inclusion
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Finance and Incentive Programs
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Fume Hood Strategies
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Green Labs in Action
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Labs2Zero in Action
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Modeling and Benchmarking
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Net-Zero Case Studies
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Renewable Energy/Microgrids
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X
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Renovations and Retrofits
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Reusing and Sharing Lab Resources
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X
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Smart Labs in Action
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X
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Space Evaluation and Optimization
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X
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Standards and Codes
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X
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X
Sustainable Building Materials
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Sustainable Design
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Sustainable Procurement
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Ventilation Management and Planning
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X
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Waste Reduction
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Water Efficiency
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Presentation Guidelines
Each presentation in a technical session, whether one or more speakers, will have a total of 20 minutes for the presentation and up to 10 minutes for questions and answers. Consider limiting your presentation to 10 to 20 slides to allow enough time for each slide. Our technical audience is looking for in-depth information on your projects, including challenges faced, lessons learned, and specific innovations incorporated. Presentations that mention the Labs2Zero Energy or Emissions Scores of lab buildings, or projects that used the Actionable Insights and Measures (AIM) Report software will be given preference. Sales presentations are prohibited.
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If your presentation could be condensed to 5 to 10 minutes and your project or program information challenges and lessons learned shared in a panel discussion format with other speakers, you may be given the opportunity to indicate that option when you submit an abstract.
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Presentations will be given live and in-person in San Francisco, September 27 through 29. This is not a hybrid conference; remote presentations will not be accommodated.
Registration Requirements
All speakers are required to pay to register and attend the conference during their presentation time. The registration fees for 2027 have not been finalized, however in 2026, the discounted speaker fee was $950 for I2SL members and $1,150 for non-I2SL members.
​If you cannot present, you must notify I2SL by Friday, July 30, 2027, and provide a replacement speaker if possible. If you do not notify I2SL and provide a replacement speaker by this deadline, I2SL may not consider you as a speaker for future conferences.
Speaker Benefits
I2SL offers the following benefits to speakers:
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Discounted registration fee (two discounts available per presentation).
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Name, abstract, biography, and presentation posted on the I2SL website, with speaker's permission.
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​Graphics provided to promote your presentation at the conference on LinkedIn.
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Networking opportunities with other leaders in your field.
Ready to Get Started?
Before filling out your abstract online in December, you will need the following information related to your presentation:
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Name, organization, email address, and a speaker biography for you and any co-presenter(s) (350 character limit for each biography)
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Headshots for you and any co-presenter in JPG or PNG file format
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Proposed presentation title (short, catchy, and clear what the topic is)
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Brief presentation abstract (please keep presentation description to 1,500 characters)
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Four learning objectives that attendees will be able to achieve upon hearing the presentation. Each learning objective must start with a verb that describes a measurable outcome attendees will get from your talk. (Example: learn, understand, identify, analyze, etc.)
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Five keywords that pertain to your presentation (e.g. fume hoods, ventilation, embodied carbon, mass timber, green labs)
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Select from a list of pertinent lab sustainability topics
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Identify the audience with which this presentation most closely aligns (e.g. architects, engineers, facility managers, researchers etc.).
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If your presentation is a case study of a lab building construction, renovation, or retrofit project, you should enter your building’s energy and utility data into the I2SL Lab Benchmarking Tool to get your free Energy Score and/or Operational Emissions Score; providing these scores as part of your abstract submission will give preference to your presentation. Those who used I2SL’s AIM Report software in projects highlighted will also receive preference.
If you have any questions, please reach out to info@i2sl.org.