Cradle to Commerce Summit 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
Now in its third year, the C2C Summit is an invite-only, single-day event convening leaders, researchers, founders, investors, and policy experts across five domains help shape the future of energy and national security:
Grid, Storage, and Data Centers (Domain co-Leads: Arman Shehabi, Doug Black, Vincent Battaglia, Staff Scientists, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Nuclear Energy (Domain Lead: Chris Lohse, Innovation and Technology Manager, Idaho National Lab)
Critical Materials & Minerals, and Advanced Manufacturing (Domain Lead: Braeton Smith, Energy Economics Group Leader, Argonne National Lab)
AI, Quantum Computing & Energy Security (Domain Lead: Kathleen McDonald, Senior Commercialization Manager, Los Alamos National Lab)
Energy Generation and Fuels (Domain Lead: Juan Lopez-Ruiz, Catalyst Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Lab)
The full agenda and speaker lineup will be published soon. Watch this space as we add more details. We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
In 2023, four National Labs and three technology incubators launched Cradle to Commerce (C2C) to build a public-private infrastructure for energy breakthroughs. Now, C2C has grown into a powerful network of 10 national labs and commercial partners. By connecting inventors and entrepreneurs with state-of-the-art test beds, prototyping facilities, and world-class scientific resources, C2C is actively accelerating the future of energy security and affordability.