Lee Ball, chief sustainability officer at Appalachian, spoke to an audience of students, educators and business leaders about the importance of sharing ideas and best practices to support a clean energy economy at the 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit’s midyear meeting. BOONE, N.C. — The seventh annual Appalachian Energy Summit midyear meeting, which was held at the Wake Forest Biotech Place Conference Center this month in Winston-Salem, brought together students, faculty and leaders in academia and business to exchange ideas and share best practices in support of a clean energy economy. Appalachian Energy Summit 2018 Leadership for Good The 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit is the seventh-annual meeting of some of the world’s most brilliant minds in energy policies and practices.