Media Advisory: Secretary Granholm Announces the 2021 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit

May 24-27, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the 2021 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, hosted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), will take place from May 24 to 27 in a fully virtual format.

The ARPA-E Summit brings together top minds from industry, investment, academia, and government to discuss some of the toughest challenges facing the energy community. The 2021 Summit’s theme is “Expanding American Energy Innovation,” a nod to both the agency’s energy research and development mission and its goal to grow the energy innovation community.

The virtual event will combine the most popular elements from past ARPA-E Summits with new ways to stay connected in the virtual format, including four days of main-stage speakers and panels, a virtual technology showcase for attendees to meet with and learn about ARPA-E awardees, as well as networking sessions and other new ways to stay connected virtually.