The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse disciplines to highlight how they are addressing the world’s most pressing energy and environmental challenges. Many of these presenters have been supported by the research infrastructure – DNA sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, data analysis, and new technology developments – that the JGI offers through its User Programs on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis to the worldwide scientific community. This year’s Meeting, to be held August 29 – 31, will be a hybrid event – in person at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) – and virtually through the Social27 platform.