Breakfast & Check-In
GTM Welcome
Morning Theme: The Evolution of U.S. Solar

The morning will feature a variety of valuable and content-rich sessions, including exclusive GTM Research presentations, Fireside Chats with top solar executives, and a debate among the industry's key players. We will also present a live poll of ten questions to the audience and compare the popular opinion to the voice of a panel of experts.

GTM Research Keynote: The Future of U.S. Solar

Shayle Kann, Senior Vice President, Research & Strategy, Energy Impact Partners

Fireside Chat

Moderator: Stephen Lacey, Senior Editor, Greentech Media

Julie Blunden, Board Member, CalCEF Ventures & Former Chief Strategy Officer, SunEdison

Three Trends You Need Know About: Solar Venture Capital, Solar Project Finance and Solar M&A

Moderator: MJ Shiao, Director, Solar Research, GTM Research

Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures
PJ Deschenes, Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
Yuri Horwitz, CEO, Sol Systems, LLC

Networking Break
Fireside Chat

Moderator: Shayle Kann, Senior Vice President, GTM Research

Peter Rive, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, SolarCity

Sizing the Solar Plus Storage Market

Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Senior Analyst, Energy Storage, GTM Research

Madeleine Klein, Managing Director, Energy Storage Solutions, Edison Energy
Ivo Steklac, Vice President & General Manager R&C Energy Solutions, SunPower Corp.
Boris von Bormann, CEO, Mercedes-Benz Energy Americas, LLC

Fireside Chat

Moderator: Shayle Kann, Senior Vice President, GTM Research

Lynn Jurich, CEO, Sunrun

Lunch

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Track 1: Charting the U.S. Solar Market
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Track 2: Solar That Lasts: Optimizing System Performance
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GTM Research: The States of the Solar Union

Cory Honeyman, Director of Business Development & Strategy, AES Distributed Energy

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GTM Research: Building Best-in-Class PV Systems

MJ Shiao, Director of Community Solar, Arcadia Power

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The Utility-Distributed Solar Nexus

Moderator: Julia Pyper, Senior Writer, Greentech Media

Lee Gabler, Senior Director, Customer Strategy and Solutions, Xcel Energy
Dan Halperin, Director, Distributed Generation, Pacific Gas & Electric
Kaiulani Shinsato, Director, Customer Solutions Distributed Energy Resources, Hawaiian Electric

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Metrics that Matter for Module Reliability

Moderator: Jade Jones, Senior Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Nigel Cockroft, General Manager, Jinko Solar U.S. Inc.
Bill Gambogi, Research Fellow, DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials
Jenya Meydbray, Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, DNV GL
Alex Zhu, President, Suntech USA

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Hungry, Hungry Yieldcos: The Future of Solar Finance?

Moderator: Nicole Litvak, Senior Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Evelyn Lim, Managing Director, TerraForm
Frank Palladino, VP, CohnReznick Capital Markets Securities, LLC
Peter Tawczynski, Vice President, Finance, Nexamp

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Trackers Come of Age: Long-term Reliability and Performance Implications

Moderator: MJ Shiao, Director, Solar Research, GTM Research

Bob Bellemare, COO, Array Technologies, Inc.
Dan Shugar, CEO, NEXTracker
Kate Trono, VP of Products, SunLink

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Competitive Utility-scale Solar: Growth Outside the RPS

Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Senior Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Hans Isern, Senior Vice President of Origination, sPower
Kristina Peterson, Senior Vice President, Solar Operations, Terraform Power / Brookfield Renewable Partners
Richard Rambaldo, Origination / Mergers & Acquisitions, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power

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The Inverter Reliability Throwdown: Real Data, Real Performance

Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Frank Berring, Global Portfolio and Markets Manager, SMA America, LLC
Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Schneider-Electric
Brian Van Heel, Director of Sales North America, Smart PV Plant Solutions, Huawei

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Networking Break
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Networking Break
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Rate Reform and the DG Value Proposition

Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Senior Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Adam Browning, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Vote Solar
Todd Glass - old, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Meghan Nutting, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Sunnova
Dr. Ryan Wiser, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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The Role of Advanced Analytics in Solar

Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Senior Storage Analyst, GTM Research

Brian Grenko, CEO, Amplify Energy
Richard Matsui, CEO, kWh Analytics
Robert Schaefer, CEO, Also Energy

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Cracking the Code on Small Commercial

Moderator: Nicole Litvak, Senior Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Jesse Grossman, CEO & Co-Founder, Soltage
Erik Fogelberg, Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales & Storage Solutions, SolarCity
Stacey Lawson, CEO, Ygrene

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Inverters at the Grid Edge

Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Solar Analyst, GTM Research

Jurgen Krehnke, CEO, Americas, KACO new energy
Chavonne Yee, Director of Product Management, Power Conversion, North America, ABB

Networking Reception

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Pre-Conference Seminar:Day 2