CEQ invites industry to showcase solutions at the inaugural Permitting Innovators Expo.
The Council on Environmental Quality, in partnership with NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation, has opened the attendee interest form for the Permitting Innovators Expo. This full-day event is dedicated to advancing environmental review and permitting through collaboration between the public and private sectors.
Scheduled for July 31, 2026, the Permitting Innovators Expo will be held at the Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key. The event will highlight promising solutions, offering a platform for each to showcase its technology to federal agencies, policymakers, and industry leaders involved in environmental review and permitting. The program will also include plenary and breakout sessions where experts will discuss lessons learned and best practices for modern federal permitting.
“President Trump took decisive action to ensure the U.S. applies modern technology to longstanding problems in Federal permitting. Now, the private sector has the opportunity to play a valuable role in providing solutions,” stated Council on Environmental Quality Chairman Katherine Scarlett. “By bringing together innovators and government, the Permitting Innovators Expo will help identify high-potential solutions that can accelerate the delivery of critical infrastructure projects to the American people.”
Top-scoring solutions to be featured at Expo
The Expo will allow federal agency staff to assess all qualified solutions side by side, interact directly with the developers, and evaluate how these technologies could aid in executing the Permitting Technology Action Plan as part of President Trump’s Memorandum on Updating Permitting Technology for the 21st Century.
Solutions showcased at the Expo will also be compiled into the Permitting Innovators Solutions Catalog, which will be distributed to federal agencies by the end of 2026.
Earlier this year, CEQ initiated the Permitting Innovators Call for Solutions, inviting innovators to submit proposals that could modernize and expedite federal environmental reviews and permitting. CEQ will evaluate the submissions and invite the top-scoring candidates to participate in the Expo.
Interest form now open for prospective attendees
Space is limited. Leaders in environmental review and permitting from government, industry, and policy sectors interested in attending the Expo can submit an interest form.
