COMPASS 2025

The School of the Environment is please to support COMPASS 2025, which will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada from July 22-25, 2025. 

COMPASS is an international forum for the presentation and publication of original research that supports the growth of sustainable societies worldwide, from disciplines including computer and information sciences, social sciences, environmental sciences, and engineering.

The theme of the conference will be computing in place.

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COMPASS 2025, hosted in Toronto, invites interdisciplinary research on sustainability with a focus on how computing and moves toward sustainability are embedded in and shaped by specific local contexts—computing in place. Rooted in the broader discourse of sustainability but also open to questioning its prevailing narratives, COMPASS welcomes work that critically examines how technology intersects with social, environmental, and economic systems. This year’s theme encourages a deeper, situated perspective on how technological practices emerge as solutions, but also contributors to the complexities they claim to address.

Participation opportunities include:

• Join one of our Research-to-Impact Collaboratives (RICs) to collaborate with other attendees on connecting research findings to practical problems: click to learn more
• Give a Lightning Talk about one of your projects, or something you are passionate and knowledgeable about: click to learn more
• Organize a Panel on a theme related to your expertise: click to learn more

Schedule TBA, please see the Conference website for the most updated details.