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FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 2, 2011GAYLORD NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER
NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND
Presented by: With Key Support from:
Hosted by:
Catalyzing Breakthroughs to Secure America’s Future
Program 2011
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to the Second Annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit!
There are few events in the country that bring together such a diverse and important set of players from
the energy innovation ecosystem. Thank you for joining us.
As President Obama said, we are committed to winning the future. And to win the future, we must
invent the future. Ultimately, both ARPA-E and this summit are dedicated to catalyzing the game-changing
technologies that can launch us ahead of our global competitors, build new industries, create jobs and
secure our country’s future.
To help foster the energy breakthroughs of the future, the summit will include a Technology Showcase
featuring 100 ARPA-E-supported projects and dozens of other highly-ranked projects that ARPA-E could
not fund. We hope you will find them interesting and worthy of support.
We leave you with this challenge: while you explore the summit and connect with your peers, please
do what you can to help the next great energy innovators succeed. We look forward to joining you
in that important effort.
Warm regards,
Steven Chu Arun Majumdar
Secretary of Energy Director, ARPA-E
Welcome
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Who We AreThe Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is a new agency within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
that invests in breakthrough energy technologies that could fundamentally change the way we use, produce, and store
energy. Our staff combines industry-leading scientists, engineers, and executives to identify promising solutions to the nation’s
most critical energy problems. This unique team structure enables us to fast-track new game-changing technology towards
the marketplace – which is critical to securing the nation’s global technology leadership and creating new American jobs.
What We DoRather than performing research directly, ARPA-E invests in early stage high-risk, high-reward energy technologies being
developed by universities, startups, small businesses, and corporations – research that industry by itself cannot support but
where success would provide dramatic benefits for the nation. ARPA-E promotes the rapid advancement of these
technologies to a point where private investors and companies are willing to carry them forward.
How We’re DifferentUnlike conventional research funded by DOE, ARPA-E is the first government agency to focus exclusively on creative
“outside-of-the-box” energy solutions. ARPA-E is also different by design. We are modeled after the first ARPA agency, now
known as DARPA, at the Department of Defense – the agency responsible for radical innovations such as the Internet, Global
Positioning Systems (GPS), and aircraft stealth technology. This organizational design is explicitly designed to support flexibility,
creativity, and fast action. With this structure, ARPA-E was able to award more than $364 million in American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act funds to 121 groundbreaking energy projects distributed across 30 states in our first year.
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Contents
ProgramHighlights• Technology Showcase:
Over 200 Organizations
participating in the Energy
Innovation Showcase! Meet
the Nation’s top companies
& research organizations
transforming our energy
economy (Mon-Tue Expo)
• Pre-Summit Workshop: Meet with ARPA-E program
managers to discuss agency
priorities & future project
opportunities (Monday
1-day program)
• Summit Program: Join the nation’s key players
in energy innovation as we
discuss advancements in
Batteries, Fuels, Grid Storage,
Efficiency, Power Electronics
and U.S. Energy Innovation
Initiatives!
At-A-Glance
Welcome 2
About the Hosts 3
At-A-Glance 4-5
Speakers 6-9
Presenter & Supporters 9
Showcase & Floor Plan 10-11
Pre-conference Workshop - Monday, February 28th7:00am Registration Open and Continental Breakfast, Foyer
9:00am-9:50am Workshop Welcome and ARPA-E Primer, Rm AB
Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E
Eric Toone, Deputy Director for Technology, ARPA-E
Shane Kosinski, Deputy Director for Operations, ARPA-E
9:50am-10:05am Break, Foyer
10:05am-10:50am Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Future Technology Workshops
Sunshot, Rm C Rare Earth and Critical
Materials, Rm 1-3
High Density Thermal
Energy Storage, Rm 4-6
10:55am-11:40am Breakout Sessions: ARPA-E Future Technology Workshops
Green Electricity Network
Integration (GENI), Rm C
Applied Biotechnology
for Transportation Fuels, Rm 4-6
11:40am-12:40pm Lunch, Expo Hall A
12:40pm-1:30pm Breakout Sessions: Technology Town Halls
The Energy-Water Nexus, Rm AB Natural Gas to Liquid Fuels, Rm 1-3
1:35pm-2:35pm Building Strategic Partnerships, Rm AB
2:35pm-3:00pm Break
3:00pm-4:00pm Breakout Panels
Venture Capital Funding: Prospecting
in a Constrained Environment, Rm C
Technology Launch: From Universities
and National Labs to the Marketplace,
Rm AB
4:00pm-5:30pm The Government Role in Energy R&D -- followed by Focused Networking Session
with Funding Programs, Rm AB
5:30pm-8:00pm Technology Showcase and Reception - Open to all workshop and
conference participants, Expo Hall B
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Tuesday, March 1st - Summit - Day 17:00am Registration Open and Continental Breakfast, Foyer
8:30am-8:55am Keynote: Steven Chu, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Rm AB
8:55am-9:20am Congressional Keynotes: Senator Mark Udall, (D-CO);
Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-AK), Rm AB
9:20am-9:45am Keynote: Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E, Rm AB
9:45am-10:15am Break, Foyer
10:15am-10:25am ARPA-E Profile Video 1, Rm AB
10:25am-10:50am Keynote: Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, Rm AB
10:50am-11:50am Re-Inventing American Energy Manufacturing, Rm AB
11:50am-12:30pm Break to Visit Technology Showcase, Expo Hall B
12:30pm-1:45pm Lunch, Expo Hall A
1:45pm-2:30pm ARPA-E Project Spotlights
Advanced
Batteries, Rm AB
Advanced Fuels, Rm C Zero Carbon Power,
Rm 4-6
2:30pm-3:30pm Breakout Panels
Electric Vehicles: Moving
Beyond Early Adopters,
Rm AB
Advanced Fuels, Rm C 80x35: The Race to Low-
Cost, Low-Carbon Power,
Rm 4-6
3:30pm-4:05pm Networking Sessions
Electric Vehicles, Foyer Advanced Fuels, Foyer Zero Carbon Power, Foyer
4:05pm-4:30pm Keynote: Charles Holliday, Jr., Chairman, Bank of America; former Chairman and
CEO, DuPont, Rm AB
4:30pm-5:30pm Efficiency as the Path to Business Profitability, Rm AB
5:30pm-8:00pm Technology Showcase and Reception - Open to all conference participants,
Expo Hall B
Wednesday, March 2nd - Summit - Day 27:00am Registration Open and Continental Breakfast, Foyer
8:30am-9:00am Congressional Keynotes: Senator Lamar Alexander, (R-TN);
Representative Steve Israel, (D-NY, 2nd District), Rm AB
9:00am-9:10am ARPA-E Profile Video 2, Rm AB
9:10am-9:30am Keynote: Ray Mabus, Secretary, U.S. Navy, Rm AB
9:30am-10:30am Changing the Game in Natural Gas: The Role of Breakthrough Technologies,
Rm AB
10:30am-11:00am Break, Foyer
11:00am-12:00pm The Future Grid, Rm AB
12:00pm-1:15pm Lunch, Expo Hall A
1:15pm-1:55pm ARPA-E Project Spotlights
Grid Storage, Rm 4-6 Building Cooling, Rm C Power Electronics, Rm 1-3
1:55pm-2:55pm Industry Panels
Energy Storage, Rm 4-6 Energy Efficiency -
The Smart Home, Rm C
Power Electronics, Rm 1-3
2:55pm-3:35pm Networking Sessions
Grid Scale Energy
Storage, Foyer
Energy Efficiency, Foyer Power Electronics, Foyer
3:35pm Conference Close
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Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Thomas R. BaruchFounder & Managing Director,
CMEA Capital
John BaumstarkChairman & CEO, Suniva, Inc.
Chad BellSenior Director/Platform Lead
Best Buy Company
David BerryPartner, Flagship Ventures
Ron BloomAssistant to the President for
Manufacturing Policy (National
Economic Council),
The White House
Michael BorrusGeneral Partner,
X/Seed Capital
Terry BostonPresident & CEO,
PJM Interconnection
Paul BryanProgram Manager, Biomass,
U.S. Department of Energy
Jonathan BurbaumProgram Director, ARPA-E
Bill CappPresident & CEO,
Beacon Power Corp.
Steven ChuSecretary of Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy
Nicholas CizekFellow, ARPA-E
Will ColemanPartner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Stephan DolezalekManaging Director & Group
Leader, CleanTech ,
VantagePoint Venture Partners
John EnglerPresident, Business Roundtable
Luka ErcegPresident & CEO
Simbol Materials
Seth Frader-ThompsonCo-Founder & CEO, EnergyHub
Sean GreeneAssociate Administrator
for Investment & Special
Advisor for Innovation, U.S. Small
Business Administration
Daniel GrossPartner, Hudson Clean Energy
Partners, L.P.
William HeiseyDirector, Programs &
Technology, Lockheed Martin
Electronic Systems
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.Chairman, Bank of America
Corporation; Former Chairman
and CEO, DuPont
Michael HowardPresident & CEO, Electric Power
Research Institute
Speakers
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Laura K. IpsenSenior VP & GM, Connected
Energy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Eric IsaacsDirector, Argonne
National Laboratory
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY, 2nd District)
Mark JohnsonProgram Director, ARPA-E
Henry KellyPrincipal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, U.S.Office of
Energy Efficiency &
Renewable Energy
Shane KosinskiDeputy Director for Operations,
ARPA-E
Zachary J. LemniosAssistant Secretary of Defense for
Research & Engineering
Department of Defense
Eugene LitvinovSenior Director of Business
Architecture & Technology,
ISO New England
John LushetskyDeputy Program Manager, Solar
Energy Technologies Program,
U.S. Department of Energy
Arun MajumdarDirector, ARPA-E
Ray MabusSecretary of the Navy, U.S. Navy
David McCalpinGeneral Manager, Home Energy
Management, GE Appliances
Colin McCormickSenior Advisor for R&D,
U.S. Department of Energy
Kathleen McGintySenior VP & Managing
Director, Strategic Growth
Weston Solutions, Inc.
J. Michael McQuadeSenior VP, Science & Technology,
United Technologies Corporation
Luis R. MejiaSenior Associate, Office of
Technology Licensing,
Stanford University
David MohlerSenior VP & CTO,
Duke Energy Corp.
Ernest J. MonizProfessor, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Joel Mo xleyFounder & CEO, Foro Energy
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Richard G. NewellAdministrator, Energy Information
Administration
John PalmourChief Technology Officer,
Power & RF, Cree, Inc.
Donald L. PaulExecutive Director, University of
Southern California
Energy Institute
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William PerryFormer Secretary of Defense;
Professor, Stanford University
John PodestaPresident & CEO, Center for
American Progress
Arati PrabhakarPartner, US Venture Partners
Ravi PrasherProgram Director, ARPA-E
John QuinnDeputy Director, CNO Energy &
Environmental Readiness,
U.S. Navy
Rajeev RamProgram Director, ARPA-E
Ramamoorthy RameshPlato Malozemoff Chair
Professor, University of
California, Berkeley
Dan RastlerProgram Manager, Energy
Storage & Distributed Energy
Resources, Electric Power
Research Institute
Matthew RogersDirector, McKinsey & Company
Arthur H. RosenfeldDistinguished Scientist Emeritus,
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Mark RoskerDeputy Director MT, Defense
Advanced Research Projects
Agency
David SandalowAssistant Secretary for Policy &
International Affairs, U.S. Dept
of Energy
Ajit SapreGroup President R&T,
Reliance Industries Ltd
Karma SawyerFellow, ARPA-E
Arnold SchwarzeneggerFormer Governor of California
Alan ShawPresident & CEO, Codexis
Chris SheltonPresident, AES Energy Storage
Tom SiebelChairman, First Virtual Group
Bruce SohnPresident, First Solar
Peter Y. SolmssenBoard of Directors, Chairman
Siemens Corporation
Le TangVice President & Head of US
Corporate Research Center,
ABB Inc.
Steven TaubSenior Vice President, Investment
Strategy, GE Energy Financial
Services, Inc.
Ralph TeichmannManager, Product Line Power
Electronics, GE Infrastructure
Speakers Continued
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Alex TkachenkoPresident,
Siluria Technologies, Inc.
Lee TonkovichCTO, Velocys & Oxford
Catalysts Group.
Eric TooneDeputy Director for
Technology, ARPA-E
Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)
Nikolay VoutchkovPresident, Water Globe
Consulting, LLC
Sanjay J. WagleAssociate Director for
Commercialization,
ARPA-E
Presenter and Supporters
Presented by
Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries OrganizationThe Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), a
501c6 non-profit industry association, represents the organizations
developing, commercializing, and implementing energy, water, and
environmental technologies. Clean technologies offer much needed
solutions to growing resource security and sustainability concerns and are
critical to maintaining economic competitiveness. CTSI brings together
global leaders for advocacy, community development, networking,
and information sharing to help bring these needed technologies to
market more rapidly.
Website: www.ct-si.org
With Key Support From
The American Energy Innovation CouncilThe mission of the American Energy Innovation Council is to foster
strong economic growth, create jobs in new industries, and reestablish
America’s energy technology leadership through robust, public invest-
ments in the development of world-changing energy technologies.
In the defense, health, agriculture, and information technology
industries, this country has made a deliberate choice to use intelligent
federal investments to unleash profound innovation. As a result, the
country leads in all those realms. In energy, however, the United States
has failed the grade, and is paying a heavy price for that failure. We are
optimistic about the potential for dramatic change in the energy realm.
To seize this opportunity, America must put aside partisan interests and
make a strong, bold commitment.
Website: www.americanenergyinnovation.org
Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationThe Kauffman Foundation is often referred to as one of the largest
foundations in the United States-or as the world’s largest foundation
devoted to entrepreneurship. Both are true, thanks to Ewing Kauffman’s
generosity and foresight. However, these “largest” factoids may give the
false impression that we can influence society just by virtue of our size or
spending power.
Website: www.kauffman.org
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more
than 400 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents
the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA’s mission is to foster greater
understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy,
and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA
represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community,
strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable
industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates
interaction among its members.
Website: www.nvca.org
Jon WellinghoffChairman, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
Andrew WinstonEnvironmental Strategist, author
of Green Recovery, co-author of
Green to Gold
Jonathan S. WolfsonCEO, Solazyme, Inc.
Mary Ann WrightVP Global, Technology &
Innovation, Johnson Controls
Power Solutions
Kurt YeagerExecutive Director,
Galvin Electricity Initiative
Bilal ZuberiPrincipal,
General Catalyst Partners
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Technology Showcase Participants and Floor Plans
Showcase listings by Type
ARPA-E Awardees 1366 Technologies ............................................... 137ABB, Inc. ..................................................................... 236ADMA Products, Inc. ........................................... 445Agrivida, Inc. ........................................................... 248Algaeventure Systems ....................................... 149Architectural Applications LLC...................... 447Arizona State University ..................................... 156Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. ............................................................................ 467ASU LightWorks ...................................................... 154ATK ................................................................................ 432Beacon Power Corp. ...........................................121Bio Architecture Lab, Inc. ................................. 148Boeing ......................................................................... 117Caitin, Inc.................................................................. 130Case Western Reserve University ..................317Ceres, Inc. ................................................................. 147City College New York ........................................218Codexis, Inc. ............................................................ 237Columbia University ............................................ 251Columbia University ............................................ 330Cree, Inc. ....................................................................319CUNY Energy Institute ......................................... 320Dais Analytic Corporation ............................... 451Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC ...................215EaglePicher Technologies, LLC ..................... 234Exelus, Inc. ................................................................ 425FastCAP Systems Corporation ....................... 463FloDesign Wind Turbine .................................... 128GE ................................................................................. 337GE Global Research ......................................... 323General Atomics................................................... 222General Compression, Inc. ..............................216General Motors Research and Development ...................................................... 120GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. .........................316Georgia Institute of Technology ................... 321Georgia Institute of Technology ................... 322Georgia Institute of Technology ................... 434Georgia Institute of Technology ................... 453Ginkgo BioWorks ................................................... 350Harvard University, Wyss Institute .................. 348HRL Laboratories ................................................... 166Infinia Corporation .............................................. 444Iowa State University ........................................... 150ITN Energy Systems .............................................. 448Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 220Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 338Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 354Lehigh University ................................................... 332Makani Power ........................................................ 132Massachusetts Institute of Technology ..... 247Massachusetts Institute of Technology ......314Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Dept. of Chemical Engineering ............................ 235
Material Methods LLC ........................................ 446Michigan State University ................................. 163MIT Electroville - Liquid Metal Battery ........ 238Nalco Company .................................................. 334North Carolina State University ..................... 253Oak Ridge National Laboratory .................. 430Ohio State University ........................................... 329OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. ............................... 346Pacific Northwest National Laboratory .... 443Penn State University........................................... 455Phononic Devices, Inc. ...................................... 122Planar Energy Devices, Inc. .............................461PolyPlus Battery Company .............................. 460Porifera, Inc. ............................................................. 239Power Partners, Inc. ............................................. 454Proton Energy Systems ........................................115ReVolt Technology LLC ...................................... 465RTI International ..................................................... 250RTI International ..................................................... 333Sheetak, Inc. ............................................................ 452Stanford University ................................................ 429Sun Catalytix Corporation ............................... 245Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC ............... 328Teledyne Scientific & Imaging ...................... 139Teledyne Scientific Company ........................318Texas A&M University .......................................... 438The Ohio State University .................................. 352United Technologies Corporation ................331United Technologies Research Center......119United Technologies Research Center..... 449United Technologies Research Center..... 457University of California, Los Angeles .......... 249University of Colorado at Boulder ............... 436University of Illinois ................................................ 124University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research ............................................... 335University of Maryland ....................................... 450University of Massachusetts ............................ 255University of Minnesota and BioCee ......... 152University of Notre Dame ................................. 336University of Southern California ...................214Virginia Tech ............................................................219Virginia Tech ........................................................... 422Wildcat Discovery Technologies .................. 267
ARPA-E Encouraged Applicants ADI Solar Corp ..................................................... 232Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. .................231Appollo Wind Technologies ........................... 353Bandgap Engineering, Inc. ............................ 135Boston University.................................................... 230Bright Energy Storage Technologies .......... 229Ceramatec .............................................................. 144CFD Research Corporation .............................431Contour Energy Systems ....................................261Diversified Technologies, Inc. ........................ 246Eltron Research & Development ................. 437Energy Compression Inc. ................................. 233
Florida International University ...................... 351Gibbs Energy, LLC ................................................ 435Honeywell International .................................... 433Howell Cooling Technologies, LLC .............. 347Liquid Light, Inc ......................................................417Lithos Biofuels ......................................................... 146Machflow Energy, Inc. ....................................... 355MagiQ Technologies .......................................... 362MTPV LLC .................................................................. 126NAVITASMAX ........................................................... 228NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc .418Oak Ridge National Laboratory .................. 344Oscilla Power, Inc. .................................................131Pacific Northwest National Laboratory .... 439Pacific Northwest National Laboratory .... 441Plasma Kinetics Corporation ......................... 462QM Power, Inc. ...................................................... 160Robert Bosch LLC (Bosch) ................................361Savannah River National Laboratory ....... 366Seeo, Inc. .................................................................. 363SiWire Solar, Inc. .................................................... 133Solar Semiconductor, Inc. ................................ 420TIAX LLC ..................................................................... 360Transonic Combustion Inc............................... 164Uni-Control, LLC...................................................... 428United Technologies Corporation ............... 345University of Central Florida ............................ 223University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign .........................................................416University of Maryland ....................................... 129University of Maryland Energy Research Center ........................................................................ 158University of Nevada, Reno..............................419University of Notre Dame ..................................414University of Southern California .................. 162Virginia Tech ........................................................... 244Vorbeck Materials Corp. .................................. 263Xergy Incorporated ............................................. 349Xylofuel, LLC ............................................................ 145
Showcase Submissions Altaeros Energies .................................................. 140American Science and Technology Corporation ......................................................... 254Atmocean, Inc. ...................................................... 134BuildingIQ ................................................................. 459CanmetENERGY/Natural Resources Canada ..................................................................415Cascade Clean Energy, Inc. .......................... 155Cool Energy, Inc. ....................................................116Echogen Power Systems, Inc. .........................114Enventix, Inc. ............................................................151FlexEnergy, LLC ...................................................... 421Flux Energy GS, LLC ............................................. 136GridManager A/S ................................................ 427Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. .................413Ideal Power Converters .................................... 221LiquidPiston, Inc..................................................... 260Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. ......................161
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Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc...................118Pilus Energy .............................................................. 252Proterro ....................................................................... 153Reliability Information Analysis Center ..... 142Rolith, Inc. .................................................................. 138Scientific Applications & Research Associates (SARA), Inc. .................................. 339Tour Engine, Inc. .................................................... 262US Synthetic Bearings ......................................... 423Xtreme Power ......................................................... 123
DOE, Partners & SponsorsApplied Materials................................................. 302Argonne National Laboratory ....................... 409Autodesk ................................................................... 304Battelle ....................................................................... 400Bosch .......................................................................... 202Bridging Nations ....................................................110Brookhaven National Laboratory ................ 401Case Western Reserve University ................. 203Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries (CTSI) ................................................. 300Cleantech Open .................................................. 107CleanTECH San Diego ...................................... 105Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels ....................................................................112Constellation Energy .......................................... 205DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory ............................................................ 104DOE Office of Science ...................................... 100DOE SunShot Initiative ........................................ 106elstat ............................................................................ 303EWI ................................................................................ 207General Atomics................................................... 305General Motors ..................................................... 167Idaho National Laboratory ............................. 406Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 407Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ............................................................. 404Lockheed Martin .................................................. 206Massachusetts Clean Energy Center ........ 201MDB Capital Group ............................................ 307National Renewable Energy Laboratory 403Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization (NIREC) ........................ 103Oak Ridge National Laboratory .................. 405Palo Alto Research Center ............................... 411Silicon Valley Bank ............................................... 301The Dow Chemical Company ...................... 200Toyota ......................................................................... 367U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy ..................................................................... 108UTC/United Technologies Research Center ......................................................................101Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati ................ 204
Showcase participants labeled as “Finalists” or “Encouraged Applicants”
includes those applicants who were encouraged by ARPA-E to submit a full
application to one of its funding opportunity announcements, but were not
selected for funding. Neither the Department of Energy nor ARPA-E endorses or
sponsors the individuals, organizations, and/or technologies identified below.
Thank you for attending. We look forward to seeing you next year!