Continental Breakfast & Check-In
GTM Research Presentation

This panel will bring together research governing the intersection of the Grid Edge practice and provide thought leadership in the space. The conversation will focus on innovations behind-the-meter, front-of-the-meter and the meter and infrastructure itself. The grid-edge analysts (including 4 women!) will cover customer energy management and the challenges and opportunities afforded to utilities and customers in the space. The analysts will also cover the significance of the infrastructure and platforms needed to bring real-time communication and control to fruition. Additionally, the presentations will tackle the evolution of utility business models and technology investment is signaling a push for change in workflows and the workforce itself.

Elta Kolo, Ph.D., Grid Edge Content Lead, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
Colleen Metelitsa, Evaluation Manager, Energy Efficiency and Demand Management, Con Edison
Paulina Tarrant, Research Associate, GTM Research
Fei Wang, Grid Edge Research Manager, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Moderator: Kristen Brown, Ph.D., Principal, Innovation & Partnerships, Exelon Utilities

Keynote Interview: Innovation Strategies

Gil C. Quiniones, President & CEO, New York Power Authority (NYPA)

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

Energy Investor - How They Invest in Energy Frontier Technology & Business Models

Keynote panel: the investment thesis of a company

Rishi Bhakar, Vice President, Tenaska
Ugo Catry, Investment Manager, Total Energy Ventures
Bosco Lai, Senior Vice President, Commodities and Global Markets Group, Macquarie

Moderator: Eric Wesoff, Founder , Sage Marketing

Networking Break

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Proof of Concept - Strategies to Pilot Frontier Grid Edge Technologies

How utilities research, manage and pilot new technologies and business models

Hilary Flynn, Director, External Innovation, National Grid
Lee Krevat, Director of New Ventures, PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC, Sempra Renewables
Lydia Krefta, Principal Product Manager for Grid Innovation, PG&E

Moderator: David Groarke, Managing Director, Indigo Advisory Group

Can Blockchain Change the Paradigm of how Energy is Transacted at the Grid Edge?

Panel: How distributed ledger technology solutions, tokenization and decentralized energy markets are accelerating the future of P2P energy

Stina Brock, Senior Vice President, North America, Electron
Stefan Jarnason, Co-Founder & CEO, Solar Analytics
Chris Moris, Advanced Product Team Lead, Sunrun

Moderator: Colleen Metelitsa, Evaluation Manager, Energy Efficiency and Demand Management, Con Edison

Grid Edge Innovation Awards

Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Networking Lunch
Lunch Workshop: Growing the Market for Virtual Power Plants

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Technological change and innovation in the energy market is here to stay. Growth in investments in distributed energy resources is outpacing grid investments by between three to seven times as their value to grid operations grows. And as this trend continues, these technologies likely won’t only moderate peak load and smooth the dispatch curve, but will increasingly take share from baseload capacity—including new natural-gas combined-cycle assets.

Rocky Mountain Institute will lead a dynamic discussion on the disruptive forces at play in today’s markets and their effect on capital investments, grid planning, and incumbent business models. Participants then will have the chance to interact with utilities and technology providers who are leading the pack and scaling this market up to reach an expected size in the hundreds of billions over the next decade.

Colton Ching, Senior Vice President, Planning & Technology, Hawaiian Electric Company
Audrey Lee, Vice President, Energy Services, Sunrun
Marc Romito, Manager, Renewable Energy Resources, Arizona Public Service

Moderator: Mark Dyson, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute

Building Smart Energy, Smart City and IoT Platforms and Products for the Future

How should power companies integrate intelligence, sensing technologies and dynamic applications at the grid edge.

Chris Brazell, Infrastructure Program Manager, Appalachian Regional Commission
Itai Dadon, Director of Smart Cities and IoT, Itron
Margarett Jolly, Director, Demonstration Projects, Customer Energy Solutions, Con Edison

Moderator: Daniel Muñoz-Álvarez, Senior Analyst, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Managing the DER Life Cycle – Policy, Planning, Interconnection, Integration and Operations

New technology is changing the entire DER management process, join experts discuss the impact

Mark McGranaghan, Vice President of the Integrated Grid Sector, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Stephen Prince, Senior Vice President, North America, Centrica Business Solutions
Joshua Wong, President & CEO, Opus One Solutions

Moderator: Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

IBM Case Study: Blockchain & Energy

Neil Gerber, Director, New Energy & Environment, IBM

Moderator: Colleen Metelitsa, Evaluation Manager, Energy Efficiency and Demand Management, Con Edison

Networking Break
Securing the Edge - Balancing Innovation & Cybersecurity

Panel: How system design, new technologies and cybersecurity need to happen in tandem

Ray DeMeo, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Virsec
Lara Pierpoint, Director, Technology Strategy, Exelon
Craig Watson, Senior Manager, West Monroe Partners

Moderator: Randy Bishop, General Manager, Energy, Gaurdtime

The Past, Present & Future of Smart Buildings Vendors: Offerings, Positioning & Value Propositions

In this panel, leading experts in smart buildings will discuss the landscape of technology solutions, how the offerings have changed, and some of the new models being employed to deliver smart building solutions to owners and operators. The goal of the panel is to educate attendees on the smart building vendor landscape and recent developments.

John Elliott, Chief Sustainability Officer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ben Sampson, Director, GE Ventures

Moderator: Joseph Aamidor, Senior Product & Market Strategy Consultant, Aamidor Consulting

Closing Remarks

Ben Kellison, Director, Grid Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

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