The 1st Colorado River Basin Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Urban Development (CRB-SEED) will be held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (UNLV) on March 14 and 15, 2024. CRB-SEED aims to bring STEM researchers from eight Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRUs) and four more Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to exchange ideas and encourage new perspectives on Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Urban Development in the Colorado River Basin region while fostering collaboration among HSIs. The target universities include University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (UNLV), University of California (UC) Riverside (UCR), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Irvine (UCI), University of Arizona (UA), Arizona State University (ASU), University of New Mexico (UNM), and University of Colorado Denver (UCD), California State University (CSU) Bakersfield (CSUB), CSU Northridge (CSUN), CSU San Bernardino (CSUSB), San Diego State University (SDSU).

Programs include paper presentations, keynote speeches on diversity, equity, inclusive in STEM research, and panel discussions on funding opportunities from NSF, DoE, NASA and private foundations, as well as facility visits at UNLV. Graduate and undergraduate students and post-docs from participating universities are invited to submit one-page abstracts and present sustainability research at CRB-SEED. Researchers from historically marginalized groups, including people of color and women are strongly encouraged to participate. Topics of interests include: