WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will host its annual Energy Innovation Summit from Feb. 29-March 2, 2016 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The seventh Summit comes just months after the historic United Nations climate negotiations in Paris where countries around the world committed to combating climate change. To implement these ambitious targets, the United States looks to ARPA-E’s portfolio of innovative energy technologies to provide options for a low-carbon economy and to help convene America’s top scientists and engineers to solve pressing energy challenges in the U.S. and around the globe.
The ARPA-E Summit brings together more than 2,000 stakeholders from across the energy and technology sectors to discuss cutting-edge issues and facilitate relationships geared toward moving transformational energy technologies into the marketplace. The Technology Showcase – a key attraction at the Summit – provides a first-hand look at the latest energy innovations. The Technology Showcase includes displays from more than 240 ARPA-E-funded high-potential, high-impact energy technologies – many appearing in public for the first time – as well as a select number of vetted energy technologies from innovative organizations.
WHAT: ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
WHO:
Featured speakers include:
- Former Vice President Al Gore
- U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy
- U.S. Senator Christopher Coons
- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
- U.S. Representative Bill Foster
- ARPA-E Director Ellen Williams
- President of the World Bank Group Dr. Jim Yong Kim
- Xerox Chief Technology Officer Dr. Sophie Vandebroek
- BASF Corporation Chairman and CEO Wayne T. Smith
Featured Technology Showcase demonstrations:
- Air & ground robotics display for bioenergy crop breeding
- Personalized wireless heating & cooling device for building efficiency
- Converted shipping container with solar charging station for four Current Motor Electric Cargo Motorcycles
- Aerial robotics systems for natural gas monitoring
WHEN: Monday, February 29 - Wednesday, March 2, 2016
WHERE: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, Maryland
RSVP: Accredited members of the media may register here:
http://www.arpae-summit.com/Press/Press-Passes
For additional information on the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, including the full Summit agenda, please visit http://www.arpae-summit.com/.