American-Made Network Innovation Summit

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NREL and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are excited to host the American-Made Network Innovation Summit, happening this November in Golden, Colorado.

The Summit's theme this year is Forging the Path Ahead. American-Made aims to be at the forefront of the clean energy revolution. And we want you—your voice, your ideas, your perspectives—to help forge our path forward.

Event Details

This free, two-day, in-person event will occur Nov. 7-8 at NREL's South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado. Speakers and attendees include prize administrators from DOE and NREL; American-Made Network members; prize alumni and cleantech startups; investors; and potential energy industry partners. Because of the highly collaborative nature of our agenda, we will not be offering an option to join virtually.

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Agenda

Day 1

• Opening session: American-Made Network today & vision for the future 
• Presentations from alumni & investment opportunities
• Working lunch/presentation
• Networking activity
• Panel: Power Connectors
• Voice of the investor: private investment & the U.S. Department of Energy
• Alumni/Startup "jam session"
• Off-site networking happy hour – Sponsored by ADL Ventures

Day 2

• Networking session
• Panel: Public/Private partnerships 
• Focused working sessions
• Lunch & working session summary sharing
• Brainstorm: Tackling Network challenges
• Closing session: Summary of summit & next steps
• Optional NREL campus tour 
• Off-site happy hour

Networking Happy Hour, Sponsored by ADL Ventures

Power Connector ADL Ventures is hosting a networking happy hour at the Denver Marriott West on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 5-7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. This is a great opportunity to extend the networking that happens during the Summit and continue the conversations after Day 1.

Speakers

Some of the summit guest speakers will include:

• Debbie Brodt-Giles, American-Made Program Manager, NREL
• Victor Kane, Deputy Director for Commercialization Programs, DOE Office of Technology Transitions
• Eric Byington, American-Made Network Innovation Lead, NREL
• Katie Taylor, American-Made Network Program Manager, DOE
• Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network
• Jade Garrett, Owner, Positive Deviancy
• David McFeeters-Krone, Partnership Expert, Intellectual Assets Corp.
• AJ Rossman, Managing Director, IoT Conduit
• Startups and alumni from the: Solar Prize, E-ROBOT Prize, Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize, EPIC Prize, Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Plus, more to come! The Summit is structured to be highly collaborative, so you’ll have numerous opportunities to network, learn, provide feedback, brainstorm, and ask questions with fellow attendees.

Why Attend

By attending the American-Made Network Innovation Summit, you will learn about our channel of vetted, early-stage cleantech entrepreneurs and get connected to many of them. Additionally, you will play an important role in the conversation surrounding how the American-Made program can encourage innovation and improve your investment pipelines.

We hope you join us for the annual Network Innovation Summit to learn from industry visionaries, Network members, prize alumni, fellow investors, and beyond to help forge our path toward a clean energy future.