The 2014 American Energy & Manufacturing Competitiveness (AEMC) Summit taking place in Washington DC next week couldn’t come at a more interesting time. News of increasing US manufacturing competiveness seems to be popping up all the time, boosted by the country’s energy production renaissance that has reduced feedstock costs for many manufacturers. This is rejuvenating production centers after an extended period of decline as homegrown entrepreneurs and overseas companies make long-term investments, based in large part, on the expectation of competitive energy costs.
At the same time, the country is experiencing a seismic shift in power generation technology with renewable distributed energy sources steadily gaining market share. Solar Energy Industries Association/Greentech Media Research put U.S. utility-scale solar capacity at the year’s midway point at 7,308 MW, a 309 percent increase in two years. Wind power is also expanding and could soon even begin moving offshore. Many of the parts and components used to build out these technologies are being manufactured here in the US.
2013 AEMC Summit
The 2014 AEMC Summit is convened by the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and the Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. The Summit is a gathering of hundreds of preeminent leaders from industry, government, academia, the national laboratories, labor and other key stakeholder communities that will come together to celebrate success and set an agenda for concrete policy actions to strengthen America’s manufacturing sector, and to catalyze new economic opportunity through the development and deployment of next-generation energy technologies.
The gathering will include remarks from:
Dr. Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy;
Dr. David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy;
Mr. Jason Miller, Deputy Director, National Economic Council, The White House;
Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith, President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness;
Mr. Samuel R. Allen, Chairman & CEO, Deere & Company;
Mr. Charles O. Holliday, Chairman of the Board, Bank of America
Ms. Amy Ericson, USA Country President, Alstom;
Mr. Jeff M. Fettig, Chairman & CEO, Whirlpool Corporation.
Throughout this full-day event, participants will:
- Network with C-suite and other high-level Summit participants from the energy, manufacturing, investment, startup, academic, and research communities;
- Visit – and interact with – exciting exhibits and demonstrations of American manufacturing innovation including a look at the world’s first 3-D printed car;
- Get exclusive, intimate opportunities to interact with Department of Energy program managers across a broad range of fields;
- Be the first to hear exciting announcements from government and industry leaders about partnerships to accelerate the growth of America’s manufacturing sector and enhance the nation’s overall competitiveness.
2013 AEMC Summit
This 2014 AEMC Summit is the second in a series of annual events to convene diverse and distinguished leaders to highlight advances in energy and manufacturing.
The Summit is a free event, but you must register to attend.
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Breaking Energy is a media partner for this event and Managing Editor Jared Anderson will moderate the Energy Technology Leadership panel featuring speakers Dr. Mark Johnson, Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at DOE and his colleague Mr. Minh Le, Director of the Solar Energy Technology Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at DOE.
