Department of Energy Hosting 2018 ARPA-E Summit Next Month
This year's Summit includes a Technology Showcase with more than 275 exhibitors and features presentations on topics such as autonomous robots, next-generation lithium-based batteries, high power systems and thermal management challenges in Defense, and quantifying technical risk for advanced nuclear reactors.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, known as ARPA-E, will host its ninth annual Energy Innovation Summit during March 13-15 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The event draws thousands of participants from across the United States and internationally to convene a forum on the future of energy innovation.
This year's Summit includes a Technology Showcase with more than 275 exhibitors and features presentations on topics such as autonomous robots, next-generation lithium-based batteries, high power systems and thermal management challenges in Defense, and quantifying technical risk for advanced nuclear reactors.
The event brings together experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to think about America's energy challenges in new and innovative ways, with DOE describing it as offering "a unique, three-day program aimed at moving transformational energy technologies out of the lab and into the market."