Energy Secretary Moniz to Keynote ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Henry Paulson, Janet Napolitano, Doyle N. Beneby, Nancy Pfund, Lyndon Rive, Patricia Woertz Will Also Address Summit Attendees
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that Secretary Ernest Moniz will serve as a keynote speaker for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit, which will be held from Feb. 9-11, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. In addition, other renowned speakers at the Summit will include, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, University of California President Janet Napolitano, CPS Energy CEO Doyle N. Beneby, DBL Investors Founder and Managing Partner Nancy Pfund, SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive and Archer Daniels Midland Company Chairman and CEO Patricia Woertz. Additional speakers will be announced as the agenda is finalized.
“The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit represents our commitment to advancing breakthrough technologies that are critical for America’s energy future,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. “I look forward to participating in the ARPA-E Summit, and seeing once again firsthand how America’s top scientists and engineers are developing the energy technologies that will help continue our role as a global leader in innovation and in addressing the risks of climate change.”
Now in its sixth year, the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit draws more than 2,000 participants from all across the United States and over 20 countries to discuss cutting-edge energy issues and cultivate relationships with thought leaders from business, government and academia to help move technologies into the marketplace. The ARPA-E Summit will also feature a variety of hands on workshop sessions led by today’s top minds in the industry.
The Technology Showcase at the ARPA-E Summit features more than 250 cutting-edge technologies from across all energy sectors, including prototypes and commercial-ready products–many on public display for the first time. The Showcase brings ARPA-E awardees and other technologists together with investors and corporate decision makers who look to move technologies forward.
For more information, or to register for the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, please visithttp://www.arpae-summit.com.
ABOUT ARPA-E
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) catalyzes the advancement of transformational energy technologies to enhance the economic and energy security of the United States by investing in high-potential, high-impact energy projects that are too early for the private sector. Launched in 2009, ARPA-E explores uncharted territories of energy technology to generate options for entirely new paths to create, store and use energy. Learn more at www.arpa-e.energy.gov.
