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We broadcast two full days of panels and presentations on June 18-19 from San Diego. As a Squared member, you get exclusive access to the broadcast and video on-demand afterwards. Watch the video on demand below!
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 (all times PT)
8:50 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Welcome and Opening Polling Session: Getting to Know the Audience
- Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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9:20 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Keynote Interview
- Shay Bahramirad, Ph.D, Vice President, Engineering & Smart Grid, ComEd
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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9:50 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Keynote Panel: Digitalization as the Key to Decentralization – In Pursuit of an Atomized, Prosumer-Led Intelligent Grid
- Jacob Tetlow, Vice President Transmission & Distribution Operations, APS
- Ram Sastry, Vice President, Infrastructure & Business Continuity, American Electric Power
- Joshua Wong, President & CEO, Opus One Solutions
- Tim Weidenbach, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations, Landis+Gyr North America
- Moderator: Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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11:05 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Research Presentation: The Data-Driven Transformation of the Distribution Utility
- Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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11:35 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Panel: Cutting Through the Data Cacophony - Successes and Pitfalls in Developing a Culture of Data Maximization
- Julio Romero Agüero, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, JEA
- Devin Hampton, Vice President of Corporate Development, UtilityAPI
- Bob Champagne, Senior Vice President, Innowatts
- Stephen Johnston, CEO, SmartSynch
- Moderator: Brett Simon, Senior Analyst, Storage, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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12:20 p.m.-12:50 p.m. Fireside Chat with IBM
- Gregory McKim, Chief Technology Officer: Energy, Environment, and Utilities, IBM
- Moderator: Emma Foehringer Merchant, Writer, Greentech Media
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1:50 p.m.-2:35 p.m. Panel: Enabling More Resilient Grid Infrastructure Through Distribution Automation and Real-Time Data Analytics
- Curt Kirkeby, Fellow Engineer, Technology Strategy, Avista Utilities
- Jonathan Woldemariam, Director of Wildfire Mitigation and Vegetation Management, San Diego Gas & Electric
- Luis Reyes, CEO, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative
- Moderator: Jeff St. John, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
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2:35 p.m.-2:55 p.m. S&C Electric Company Case Study
- Michael Edmonds, Chief Commercial Officer, S&C Electric Company
- Moderator: Isaac Maze-Rothstein, Research Associate, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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2:55 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Fireside Chat: Digitalizing the Grid, a Co-Op Perspective
- Curtis Wynn, President & CEO, Roanoke Electric Cooperative
- Moderator: Peter Muhoro, Ph.D., Vice President, Strategic Industry Research & Analysis, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
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3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Research Presentation: What’s Next for Customer Energy Management?
- Fei Wang, Senior Grid Edge Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Panel: Bracing for EV Mass Adoption
- Lara Pierpoint, Director, Technology Strategy, Exelon
- Adam Langton, Energy Services Manager, BMW
- Jenifer Lee, Principal Manager Emerging Technologies & Valuation, Southern California Edison
- Fouad Dagher, Director of Innovation, National Grid USA
- Moderator: Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Closing Roundtable Discussion: From Commodity Providers to Digital Service Companies – The Road to Customer Centricity
- Willa Hightower, Director of Strategic Planning, Exelon Utilities
- Alex Rojas, Director, Distributed Technologies, Ameren Services Company
- Manish Rukadikar, Manager - Business Planning and Development, DTE Energy
- Moderator: Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 (all times PT)
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Breakfast Briefing: Mapping Out the Investment and M&A Landscape for Grid Edge in 2019
- Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Panel: Fueling Utility Digitalization - Global Investment Perspectives
- Ashwin Shashindranath, Managing Director, Evergy Ventures
- Rishi Bhakar, Vice President, Tenaska
- Wade Bitaraf, Global Head of Energy & Sustainability, Plug & Play
- Ramsay Huntley, Vice President, Clean Technology and Innovation Philanthropy Program Officer, Wells Fargo
- Moderator: Erik Birkerts, CEO, Clean Energy Trust
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10:15 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Case Study: A Platform Fit for the Future – Coupling the Physics and the Economics Together
- Matthew Williams, Founder & CTO, Faraday Grid
- Moderator: Fei Wang, Senior Grid Edge Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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10:35 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Emerging Tech Speed Pitch
- Venkat Bahl, Chief Revenue Officer, Sentient Energy
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Panel: Key Strategies for DER Integration
- Vibhu Kaushik, Director of Grid Technology & Modernization , Southern California Edison
- Kristin Swenson, DER Program Lead, MISO
- Jorge Pikunic, Managing Director, Centrica Business Solutions
- Dylan Cutler, Senior Research Engineer, NREL
- Moderator: Jeff St. John, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
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12:00 p.m.-12:10 p.m. Emerging Tech Speed Pitch
- Ana-Paula Issa, Vice President of Sales, Zen Ecosystems
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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12:10 p.m.-12:55 p.m. Panel: Global Experiences on Consolidating an AI-Powered, Automated Grid Through an Integrated Data Platform
- Nick Osborn, Director, AES Digital Foundry
- Rebekah Eggers, WW Leader - IoT for Energy, Environment, & Utilities, IBM
- Shuli Goodman, Ph.D., Founder & Executive Director, Linux Foundation Energy
- Moderator: Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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1:55 p.m.-2:25 p.m. Research Presentation: Venturing into Performance-Based Ratemaking
- Fei Wang, Senior Grid Edge Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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2:25 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Panel: Leveraging DERMS to Optimize Virtual Power Plants
- Adam Todorski, Senior Director, Product Technology, AutoGrid Systems
- Jason Rondou, Manager of Strategic Development & Programs, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
- Moderator: Brett Simon, Senior Analyst, Storage, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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3:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Case Study: How SGGC's Is Revamping the World's Largest Distribution Network Through IoT
- Zheng Yu, Business Director, State Grid Corporation China
- Moderator: Francesco Menonna, Research Analyst, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Panel: Integrating DERs into Wholesale Markets - What to Expect from FERC?
- Anne Hoskins, Chief Policy Officer, Sunrun
- Doug McMahon, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, New York Power Authority
- Peter Mostow, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Moderator: Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
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3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Closing Roundtable with Wood Mackenzie Analysts
- Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
- Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Research Manager, Grid Edge, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
- Fei Wang, Senior Grid Edge Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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