ARPA-E Summit Information

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit is an annual conference that brings together thought leaders from business, government, and academia to discuss cutting-edge energy issues and cultivate relationships to help move technologies into the marketplace. Summit topics range from high-level industry overviews to focused discussions on developing and deploying next-generation energy technologies. In addition, the Technology Showcase is a major attraction of the Summit that includes hundreds of carefully selected transformational technologies-many of which are demonstrated publicly for the first time during the Summit. How many years has ARPA-E held the Summit? ARPA-E will host its eighth Energy Innovation Summit in February 2017. How many people attend the Summit? In 2016, the Summit hosted more than 2,200 registered attendees. How many technologies are featured in the Showcase? The 2016 Technology Showcase featured 275 transformational energy technologies and innovations. Technology Showcase participants are ARPA-E awardees, entrepreneurs, researchers, and experts ready to collaborate with investors and decision-makers to move their ideas into the marketplace. How many projects has ARPA-E funded? As of February 2016, ARPA-E has invested in more than 475 projects. When was ARPA-E created? The America COMPETES Act of 2007 authorized ARPA-E within the U.S. Department of Energy. However, ARPA-E was not established until early 2009, when it received $400 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.