About Industrial Energy Technology Conference

The Industrial Energy Technology Conference is a leading forum dedicated to advancing innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness across industrial energy systems. The conference promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing around practical technologies, operational strategies, and policies that improve industrial performance while reducing energy use and emissions.

Hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory, part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, IETC 2026 will take place in Houston, Texas, May19-21, 2026.

IETC focuses on improving industrial energy performance through smart manufacturing, process optimization, electrification, decarbonization strategies, and advanced energy management. Sessions are designed to move beyond theory—highlighting real-world case studies, emerging technologies, and actionable solutions that deliver measurable cost savings and emissions reductions.

Attendees represent a diverse mix of manufacturers, plant managers, corporate energy leaders, utilities, government program managers, researchers, consultants, and technology providers. Topics include industrial efficiency, digitalization, storage integration, grid interaction, funding mechanisms, and strategies that strengthen both economic and environmental performance.

More than just a conference, IETC is a platform for action—bringing together leaders committed to driving practical solutions that enhance operational resilience, reduce costs, and support a stronger industrial future.

Industrial Energy Technology Conference
Executive Director

Dana Harmon

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Dana Harmon is an energy strategy leader with over 20 years of experience across the Texas energy system through executive leadership, convening and facilitation, policy engagement, and strategic advising. She has worked across the energy landscape in oil & gas, the power sector, industrial operations, and the built environment.

She is a Marshall Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, an Energy Transition Fellow of the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute, and a winner of the Austin Under 40 Award for Energy, Sustainability, and Transportation. She previously served as the chair of the City of Austin Resource Management Commission and currently serves on the Research Advisory Board of the American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy in Washington, D.C. and on the City Council of West Lake Hills, Texas.

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