Featured Speakers - Confirmed (and Invited)
Terry Boston
Former CEO of PJM
Vivek Ramaswamy
Candidate - Ohio Gov
Jud Virden
Director - NLR Labs
Dr. William Joyce
CEO - Advanced Fusion
Gen. Luke Reiner
Adjutant General - WY
Mike Watson
President - INCOSE
Chris Ciuca
Sr. VP SAE International
(Robert Pearce)
NASA Assoc. Admin ARMD
Dr. Jimmie Kenyon
Director - NASA GRC
(Dr. Amy Acton)
Candidate - Ohio Governor
(Hon. Josh Shapiro)
Governor- Pennsylvania
(Hon. Gretchen Whitmer)
Governor - Michigan
(Hon. Mike Braun)
Governor - Indiana
(Hon. Andy Beshear)
Governor - Kentucky
Where leadership meets innovation. Energy & Mobility 2026 brings together top experts from industry and the public sector to share ideas, align on solutions, and shape the technologies powering a secure, resilient, and electrified future. Be part of it.
THE CHALLENEGE
We Are Scaling Faster Than Our Infrastructure
AI is Exploding
From autonomous systems to real-time analytics, intelligence is advancing faster than the power grids and infrastructure built to support it.
Data Centers are Scaling
Hyperscale computing and cloud infrastructure are demanding more energy than ever, faster, smarter, and more reliable.
Mobility is Electrifying
Electric vehicles, connected transit, and smart logistics are converging, creating unprecedented strain on energy delivery systems.
THERE IS A MASSIVE GAP
The next era of energy and infrastructure is being built here, join the Energy & Mobility Conference and Expo to lead, showcase, and be part of it.
THE TURNING POINT
Defining Tomorrow Through Four Themes of Innovation
THEME ONE:
Transforming the Energy System: Essential Capacity and Leadership with GRID 2.0
This theme opens the conversation on grid modernization by underscoring the importance of energy independence, resilience, and a renewed examination of the DC value proposition. It highlights how the nation can reclaim leadership by advancing high-capacity transmission, next-generation infrastructure, and a unified strategy for meeting unprecedented electrification and AI-driven demand.​
THEME TWO:
Powering Mobility and Mobile Power: Achieving New Frontiers with Technology Advancements
Powering Mobility spotlights the rise of next-generation propulsion; electric, hydrogen, hybrid, and biofuel systems; transforming how we move across land, sea, air, and space. These technologies reduce emissions, increase efficiency, and enable smarter, lighter, and more autonomous platforms. But propulsion alone isn’t enough. Scalable energy systems; from battery storage and charging networks to microgrids; are critical to support this shift. From urban fleets to lunar rovers, the future of mobility depends on reliable power generation, storage, and delivery.
THEME THREE:
Microgrids: Powering Energy Independence, Security, and Resilience
This theme explores the advantage of Microgrids for transforming the grid into a decentralized, dynamic, adaptive system that powers progress while countering threat scenarios and vulnerabilities. It highlights innovative strategies that combine capacity growth, adaptive resilience, and decentralized empowerment to ensure a secure and luminous energy future.
THEME FOUR:
Policy, Regulation, and AI-Optimized Market Transformation for Economic Advantage
This theme brings together lawmakers, regulators, and industry leaders to define the frameworks needed to accelerate grid modernization. It explores incentives, interconnection standards, and market reforms that enable innovation, investment, and the widespread deployment of advanced technologies like HVDC corridors, microgrids, and distributed energy resources.​
Powering the Next Great American Grid Revolution
The First Nationally Coordinated Redesign of the U.S. Power Grid - From AC to HVDC
At the 2026 Energy and Mobility Conference, we’re featuring HVDC America, an initiative reimagining how the U.S. transmits power by converting nearly 100,000 miles of aging AC lines into high voltage DC superhighways. More than an infrastructure upgrade, it forms the backbone of a resilient, high capacity grid built to meet soaring demand, strengthen national security, and keep America competitive globally. Bringing together regulators, utilities, national labs, and engineering leaders, this effort represents a once in a generation transformation shaping the future of electrification and building the foundation for what comes next.
​INFRASTRUCTURE BREAKTHROUGHS:
America’s Next Monumental Transformation
Manhattan Project
(1942 - 1946)
In a race against time and global threat, the nation’s brightest minds came together with unmatched focus and collaboration, delivering groundbreaking science that reshaped the course of history and demonstrated the power of decisive, coordinated action on a national scale.
Interstate Highway
(1956 - 1992)
Facing the challenge of uniting a sprawling, car-driven nation, America built a seamless network of highways. This monumental feat didn’t just move vehicles - it connected communities, transformed commerce, strengthened national cohesion, and became the backbone of modern mobility.
Apollo Program
(1961 - 1972)
Tasked with reaching the Moon before the decade’s end, America fused ingenuity, determination, and audacious vision. This historic endeavor proved that no frontier - terrestrial or celestial - was beyond human grasp and set the stage for technological leaps for generations to come.
ARPANET
(1969 - 1980)
Confronting the limits of communication and computation, visionary minds designed the first digital networks. ARPANET ignited the information revolution, fundamentally transforming how the world connects, collaborates, and innovates in the modern era. It laid the foundation for the connected, digital world we rely on today, proving that pioneering technology can redefine society itself.
AMERICA'S GRID 2.0
HVDC and Microgrids (2025 - 2035)
Today, facing an unprecedented surge in AI-driven energy demand, electrification of transportation, and the reshoring of critical manufacturing, America is uniting its full energy ecosystem to convert the grid from AC to HVDC. This historic movement secures national capacity, resilience, and leadership - powering the next century of innovation and establishing GRID 2.0 as the foundation for a sustainable, modern civilization.
The Event Powering the Next Great Leap in Infrastructure
Energy & Mobility Conference Supporters
More than a decade in the making, ENERGY & MOBILITY: Technology, Systems, and Value Chain builds on the legacy of Cleveland’s EnergyTech conference, long celebrated for uniting engineers, innovators, and system thinkers tackling the world’s toughest infrastructure challenges. Supported by major institutions including INCOSE, NASA, SAE, IEEE, ISA, AIAA, PMI, InfraGard, and U.S. agencies such as FAA, DOE, DOD, DHS, FEMA, and FBI, this interdisciplinary platform convenes global leaders from energy, transportation, aerospace, mobility, and advanced systems to accelerate the policies, technologies, and market transformations shaping a resilient, decentralized, digitally optimized, and climate-aligned Grid of the Future.
Organized and sponsored by:
THE VENUE
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
The Energy & Mobility Conference 2026 will take place in the heart of downtown Cleveland at the Huntington Convention Center, over 500,000 sq ft of modern, LEED Gold-certified event space connected directly to the 600-room Hilton Cleveland Downtown and historic Public Auditorium. With walkable access to top hotels, restaurants, and lakefront landmarks, the venue offers the ideal blend of scale, convenience, and modern infrastructure, providing an exceptional setting for the Energy & Mobility Conference 2026.
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