“The country’s entire economic well-being is tied to innovation.” — Congressman Chaka Fattah The AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition (AIAA Propulsion and Energy) integrates the Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit (JPC) with the International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC) into an annual event that brings together technologists, developers, operators, program managers, chief engineers, and policy makers to address aerospace propulsion and energy issues and challenges. Both JPC and IECEC have a long history and started as intersociety conferences. JPC…