Exploring Ohio’s most pressing energy opportunities with an innovation-centric lens
BRITE’s Energy Innovation Summit is where industry leaders, founders, investors, policymakers, and community organizers unite to shape the future of energy solutions.
The 2026 Energy Innovation Summit, Grid to Growth, addresses the urgent need to modernize the energy system as demand increases and grid complexity grows. As the AI boom drives energy needs and Ohio emerges as a data center hub, the Summit asks: How can advanced energy solutions can fuel growth while maximizing reliability, affordability, and sustainability?
Through innovation-driven programming and cross-sector engagement, the we’ll examine the deployable technologies, forward-looking policies, and decisive leadership required to enhance grid resilience while fueling economic opportunity.
What to Expect
- Keynote fireside chat with national energy innovation leaders
- Dynamic, solutions-oriented leadership panels
- Cross-sector networking
- Advanced energy startup innovation showcase
- Complimentary networking happy hour
- Invite-only leadership roundtable + dinner
Agenda
*featured speakers and startups to be announced soon!
Why Wait?
Join us as we dive deep into Ohio's critical energy moment and hear from the innovators shaping its future.
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Hosted by BRITE Energy Innovators
BRITE Energy Innovators is 501(c)(3) nonprofit accelerating the advanced energy economy in Ohio and beyond. As Ohio’s only energy incubator, accelerator, and ecosystem, we support startup commercialization and hardware deployment.
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