November 10: Powering Progress, Changing the Climate Symposium
At CEI’s inaugural Powering Progress, Changing the Climate Symposium, join leaders and innovators in academia, business, government, and philanthropy to explore how to:
- Accelerate deployment of transformative clean energy technologies and policies for the public good
- Forge cross-sector alliances that are agile, inclusive, and built to last
- Reignite leadership commitment to clean energy innovation
November 10, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Husky Union Building — South Ballroom, 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA
Doors open 8:30 am
Reception starts 5:00 pm in HUB Lyceum
Registration for Powering Progress, Changing the Climate 2026 is now closed.
Contact uwcei@uw.edu with any questions about registration.
Agenda
| 8:30 am | Doors Open |
| 9:00 am | Welcome Remarks: President Robert J. Jones, UW with David Ginger, CEI chief scientist, and Dan Schwartz, CEI director |
| 9:25 am | Fireside Chat: Jay Inslee and Ernest Moniz with Sally Jewell |
| 10:25 am | Battery Innovation & Commercialization: Yi Cui, Stanford University with Devin MacKenzie, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds technical director |
| 11:05 am | Break |
| 11:20 am | Emerging Leaders Panel: Dane deQuilettes, Devon Mortensen, Matt Murbach, and Sarah Palguta with Kate Brouns, Senior Climate & Energy Policy Advisor to Governor Bob Ferguson |
| 12:05 pm | Learning from Hundreds of Millions of Experiments in a Single Afternoon: Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University with Brandi Cossairt, UW Chemistry |
| 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 1:45 pm | Life Science Lessons: David Baker, UW Institute for Protein Design (keynote) with Xiaosong Li, UW Chemistry |
| 2:25 pm | High-Throughput Screening for Solar Materials: Tonio Buonassisi, CSEM with Lilo Pozzo, UW Chemical Engineering |
| 3:05 pm | Break |
| 3:20 pm | Battery Research & Development: Esther Takeuchi, Stony Brook University with Corie Cobb, UW Mechanical Engineering |
| 4:00 pm | Innovation Ecosystems Panel: Jonah Goldman, Karin Kidder, and Rogers Weed with Dan Schwartz |
| 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks: Joe Nguyễn, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; Hannah Contreras, UW Chemistry with David Ginger |
| 5:00 pm | Reception: Husky Union Building Lyceum |
