ARPA-E Energy Innovation Pre-Conference Workshop
Monday, February 28, 2011
One-day program focused on helping researchers, entrepreneurs and technology agents gain strategic insights into the ARPA-E agency. Participants will be briefed about existing and future program priorities, learn the key criteria used in evaluating proposals, meet and ask questions directly to ARPA-E program managers, interact with DOE lawyers about IP protection, and gain insight into energy commercialization.
Benefits
- Learn about existing and potential future funding programs
- Help shape the Agency’s vision and future programmatic topic areas
- Understand what ARPA-E Program Directors are looking for in winning research proposals
| Pre-conference Workshop - Monday February 28th | |||||
| Separate registration required for Pre-conference Workshop! | |||||
7:00am |
Registration Open and Continental Breakfast | ||||
| 9:00am-9:50am |
Workshop Welcome and ARPA-E Primer: Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E Eric Toone, Deputy Director for Technology, ARPA-E Shane Kosinski, Deputy Director for Operations, ARPA-E |
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| 9:50am-10:05am | Break | ||||
| 10:05am-10:50am | Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Future Technology Workshops | ||||
| Sunshot | Rare Earth and Critical Materials Technology | High Density Thermal Energy Storage | |||
| 10:55am-11:40am | Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Future Technology Workshops | ||||
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| 11:40am-12:40pm | Lunch | ||||
| 12:40pm-1:30pm | Breakout Sessions: Technology Town Halls | ||||
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| 1:35pm-2:35pm | Building Strategic Partnerships | ||||
| 2:35pm-3:00pm | Break | ||||
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | Breakout Panels | ||||
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| 4:00pm-5:30pm | The Government Role in Energy R&D -- followed by Focused Networking Session with Funding Programs |
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| 5:30pm-8:00pm | Technology Showcase and Reception - Open to all workshop and conference participants | ||||
Monday February 28 | ||
| Pre-Conference Workshop - Separate Registration Required Until Evening Showcase | ||
| 7:00 AM | Registration Open and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening and ARPA-E Primer | |
| Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| Eric Toone, Deputy Director for Technology, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| Shane Kosinski, Deputy Director for Operations, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| 10:00 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 AM | Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Workshop Reports | |
| To explore the “white space” of energy research and identify critical new areas for technology development, ARPA-E has held a number of workshops with researchers and thought leaders from academia, national labs, government, and industry. These breakout sessions will present some of the key findings from these workshops and will invite additional discussion from those in attendance. | ||
| $1/W Solar | ||
| Rajeev Ram, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Program Manager, Solar Energy Technologies Program | ||
| Rare Earth and Critical Materials Technologies | ||
| Mark Johnson, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| Thermal Batteries | ||
| Ravi Prasher, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| 11:05 AM | Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Workshop Reports | |
| Applied Biotechnology for Transportation Fuels | ||
| Jonathan Burbaum, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| Green Electricity Network Integration (GENIUS GRID) | ||
| Rajeev Ram, Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy | ||
| TBA | ||
| 11:50 AM | Networking Lunch | |
| 12:50 PM | Breakout Sessions: Technology Town Halls | |
| ARPA-E actively looks for new areas for investment that could result in a transformation of the energy system. This session will provide an opportunity for the community to participate in discussion with industry leaders on two new areas of interest: “The Energy-Water Nexus” and “Natural Gas Conversion to Liquid Fuels”. | ||
| The Energy-Water Nexus | ||
| Natural Gas to Liquid Fuels | ||
| 1:35 PM | Building Strategic Partnerships | |
| In developing new energy technologies, partnering with a large industry player can provide access to the capital, knowledge, and resources necessary to succeed in scaling up and reaching the marketplace. Recently, large corporations are becoming increasingly active in investing, partnering with, and acquiring new energy technologies. This panel will focus on how small businesses can engage with large corporations and what mechanisms (e.g., joint ventures, joint development agreements, licensing agreements, equity investments, distribution partnerships) have proven successful. | ||
| Moderator - Tom Baruch, Chairman; Founder, Codexis, CMEA Capital | ||
| Joel Moxley, CEO, Foro Energy | ||
| Russ Frew, VP of Programs & Technology, Lockheed Martin | ||
| Steven Taub, Senior Vice President, Investment Strategy, GE, Energy Financial Services | ||
| Alan Shaw, President & CEO, Codexis, Inc. | ||
| 2:35 PM | Break | |
| 3:00 PM | Breakout Panels | |
| Venture Capital Funding: Prospecting in a Constrained Environment | ||
| Moderator - Will Coleman, Partner, Mohr Davidow | ||
| Technology Launch: From Universities and National Labs to the Marketplace | ||
| Moderator - Bilal Zuberi, Principal, General Catalyst Partners | ||
| Eric Isaacs, Director, Argonne National Laboratory | ||
| Luis Mejia, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University | ||
| Howard Lee, Founder & CTO, Stion Corporation | ||
| Colin South, Founder & CEO, Novogy Corporation | ||
| 4:00 PM | “The Government Role in Energy R&D” -- followed by Focused Networking Session with Funding Programs | |
| The Federal government invests billions of dollars each year in energy R&D. This panel brings together senior leaders from the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Small Business Administration to discuss their agencies’ roles in funding and supporting energy R&D, including a range of new and recently created programs. Following the panel, there will be a networking session where participants can meet representatives from DOE, DoD and SBA to learn more about their energy R&D programs, including how to apply for funding. | ||
| Sean Greene, Associate Administrator for Investment & Special Advisor for Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration | ||
| Henry Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy | ||
| Zach Lemnios, Director, Defense Research & Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense | ||
| 5:30 PM | Technology Showcase and Reception | |
| Open to All Registered Attendees - Showcase closes at 8:00pm | ||
