SXSW 2023

Energy Challenges and the Defense Department

Description:

Academia and industry have been partnering to solve energy challenges for decades. The Defense Department wasn’t part of the conversation – until now. The war in the Ukraine changed the world. Join leading energy experts from the Pentagon and learn how the adoption of commercial energy technology on the battlefield is accelerating change in the energy sector. Hear how government funding can also propel development of new consumer energy products for non-defense companies with novel technologies.


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Takeaways

  1. he DoD is invested in helping solve the energy crisis. New technologies used on the battlefield have the potential to benefit consumers at home.
  2. The DoD wants to work with novel technologies in the energy sector and is willing to bankroll them to accelerate the technology.
  3. The DoD is very interested in new energy technologies such as advanced batteries, optimizing energy generation, storage, delivery, & infrastructure.

Speakers


Organizer

Jeni Howard, Pr Director, Hacking for Defense at Stanford University


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Energy
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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