Coal Innovation & Materials Summit

The Coal Innovation & Materials Summit will convene leaders from industry, government, national laboratories, and academia to advance the future of coal-derived and carbon-based materials in the United States.

Coal and carbon-based materials are foundational to U.S. energy systems, advanced manufacturing, defense applications, infrastructure, and strategic supply chains. As the United States works to strengthen domestic manufacturing capacity and reduce reliance on foreign sources of critical materials, coal-derived carbon products represent an important opportunity for innovation, commercialization, and regional economic growth.

Hosted by Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology, the Summit will bring together stakeholders across the coal value chain to align around domestic feedstocks, carbon materials production, commercialization pathways, manufacturing scale-up, and national strategy.