JISEA Annual Meeting

The JISEA Annual Meeting brings together energy leaders from across the country to discuss the evolving clean energy climate and highlight strategic directions.

A key pillar in JISEA's approach to identifying and addressing emerging clean energy challenges is network development through regular convenings. The JISEA Annual Meeting is JISEA's largest convening of the year and brings together clean energy experts from across research, universities, nonprofits, and industry to share crosscutting insights. This multi-day event gives attendees the opportunity to:

The 2024 JISEA Annual Meeting will be held on Feb. 26–27, 2024, at NREL's campus in Golden, CO. Subscribe to our email list to get the latest updates on the agenda, side meetings, and registration information for the 2024 JISEA Annual Meeting.

Sponsorship Opportunities

JISEA is actively seeking sponsors to support the 2024 JISEA Annual Meeting and to help integrate voices from across research, universities, nonprofits, and industry. The following list provides the different levels, costs, and benefits of sponsorship:

• Student Sponsor: $100 (10 available) or $1,000 (one available). Sponsor a single student or a group of 10 students to attend the meeting. The sponsor can select the student or JISEA can help coordinate (note: there are foreign national entry requirements on NREL’s campus).
  Benefits:
  • Showcasing of logo in annual meeting materials including event website and agenda
  • Single or ten annual meeting registrations for student attendees.
• Forward Thinker: $1,500
  Benefits:
  • Showcasing of logo in annual meeting materials including event website and agenda
  • Five annual meeting registrations for your distribution.
• Problem Solver: $3,000
  Benefits:
  • Showcasing of logo in annual meeting materials including event website and agenda
  • Opportunity to work together on formation of premeeting discussions on one of the JISEA exploratory areas: Clean Energy and Climate Adaptation, Energy Workforce, Technology-Society Interface, Agricultural Decarbonization, Industrial Decarbonization
  • Eight annual meeting registrations for your distribution.
• Coalition Champion: $4,000 (five available). Support coalition and network development through a sponsored coffee and discussion break at the meeting.
  Benefits:
  • Showcasing of logo in annual meeting materials including event website and agenda
  • Ten annual meeting registrations for your distribution
  • Choice of lanyard co-branding with JISEA or 10-minute presentation opportunity to highlight your organization.
• Integration Innovator (Reception Sponsor): $6,000 (one available). Enable a relaxed networking environment for idea generation after Day 1 (February 26) of the annual meeting.
  Benefits:
  • Showcasing of logo in annual meeting materials including event website and agenda
  • Ten annual meeting registrations for your distribution
  • Opportunity to address the audience at the beginning or end of the break and at the reception
  • Branded materials on display at tables and signs at reception.

We are also building longer-term institutional sponsoring partnerships, such as:

• Catalyzer Contributor: $25,000—$200,000. If your organization has an interest in one of the core complex challenges that JISEA is exploring, partner with us for a multiyear collaboration.
  Benefits:
  • Advisory capacity on exploratory projects
  • Early access to interim results and discussions
  • Logo representation at annual meeting and associated meetings as a Catalyzer Contributor
  • Note: Because these are researcher-led exploratory projects, Catalyzer Contributors are advisors and do not have editorial or research design control.
• American-Made Contributor: $25,000+. Partner with American-Made to incentivize innovation by awarding prizes, providing training, and fostering connections.
  Benefits:
  • Support innovators by increasing prize pool awards
  • Co-sponsor a prize with the U.S. Department of Energy or run your own prize.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities or would like to discuss a bespoke sponsorship approach, contact Elizabeth Doris at [email protected] or (202) 277-4012.

Sessions and Events

The JISEA Annual Meeting hosts a variety of presentations, panels, and roundtables to give attendees the opportunity to engage with the latest high-impact research and emerging issues in the clean energy space. These interactive sessions include Q&As, group discussions, and live polling, and focus on JISEA's five exploratory areas, including climate adaptation, technology and society interface, workforce development, agricultural decarbonization, and industrial decarbonization.

Learn more about the 2023 JISEA Annual Meeting presentations:

• Clean Energy Research to Implementation Research Outputs: Economic and Environmental Impacts
• JISEA Catalyzer Spotlight: The Energy and Atmospheric Systems Catalyzer
• Technical Talk: Green Computing Opportunities 
• Connect, Innovate, and Scale Up
• Prizes Influencing Research and Technology Innovation
• Addressing Real Life Data Challenges and Novel Solutions for Applied Science Projects

In addition to the exciting sessions, JISEA hosts the JISEA Annual Meeting reception to give speakers and attendees the opportunity to connect in an unstructured setting. This reception is a great time to follow up on presentation content and lay the groundwork for future partnerships.