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GTM Squared livestreamed our most popular event right here on May 1 and 2.
Squared members get exclusive access to Solar Summit 2018 from San Diego.
That's more than 11 hours of panels and presentations from the conference, as well as unlimited access to the video on-demand after the event. See the complete two-day agenda below and start watching!
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (all times PT)
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. GTM Research Presentation: The Transformation of Solar and the Future of Energy
- MJ Shiao, Global Lead, Renewables & Emerging Tech, GTM Research
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9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Keynote Interview with NRG
- Craig Cornelius, Senior Vice President, Renewables, NRG
- Moderator: Julia Pyper, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
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10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Solar in the Trump Era: The Effects of Tax Reform, Section 201 and Further Unknowns
- Laura Beane, President & CEO , Avangrid Renewables
- Dr. Charlie Gay, Solar Energy Technologies Office Director, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy
- Abigail Ross Hopper, President & CEO, SEIA
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
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11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Keynote Interview With Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Katherine Ryzhaya, Chief Commercial Officer, Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Moderator: Stephen Lacey, Editor-in-Chief, Greentech Media
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11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Solar as an Electricity Market Disruptor
- Anne Hoskins, Chief Policy Officer, Sunrun
- Jeff Lyng, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, Xcel Energy
- Matthew McGovern, Co-Founder & CEO, Cypress Creek Renewables
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
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1:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. Keynote Interview With ENGIE North America
- Frank Demaille, President & CEO, ENGIE North America
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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1:50 p.m.-2:30 p.m. What to Expect for Solar Modules 2018: Ramifications of 201, Technology Improvements, and Supply-Demand
- David Chang, Sr. Director, Head of Sales – Solar & Energy Storage, LG
- Nigel Cockroft, General Manager, Jinko Solar U.S. Inc.
- Hongbin Fang, Ph.D., Director of Technical Marketing, LONGi Solar
- Nicola Sicchieri, VP Business Development Americas, Royal DSM B.V.
- Moderator: Jade Jones, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
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2:30 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Key Trends in Solar Inverters and Power Electronics
- Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Schneider-Electric
- Levent Gun, CEO, Ampt, LLC
- Bates Marshall, Vice President, General Manager, North America Smart PV Plant Solutions, Huawei
- Mahesh Morjaria, Vice President, PV Systems Development, First Solar
- Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
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3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Solar as a Platform: Fitting Solar With EVs, IOT, HEMS and Other Fun Acronyms
- Samuel Adeyemo, Chief Operating Officer, Aurora Solar
- Chadwick Manning, Co-Founder & CEO, ElectrIQ Power
- Michael Rogerson, Marketing Director, North America, SolarEdge
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
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4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Why the Solar Tracker Market Is Going Gangbusters
- Colin Caufield, VP of Sales, North America, Soltec
- Ron Corio, Founder & CEO, Array Technologies
- Yury Reznikov, Consultant & Advisor, Renewable Energy, Axsus
- Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
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4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Crowdsourced: The Future of PV Systems and Technologies
- Eva Pauly-Bowles, Representative Director, Ciel et Terre USA, Inc.
- Dean Solon, Founder & CEO, Shoals Technologies Group
- Costa Nicolaou, CEO, PanelClaw, Inc.
- Moderator: Benjamin Gallagher, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 (all times PT)
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Live Podcast: Political Climate
- Terry Tamminen, CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- Brandon Hurlbut, Co-Founder & Partner, Boundary Stone Partners
- Shane Skelton, Partner, S2C Pacific
- Moderator: Julia Pyper, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
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9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Keynote Interview
- Pierre-Pascal Urbon, CEO, SMA (Replaced by Shayle Kann, Senior Vice President of Research and Strategy, Energy Impact Partners)
- Moderator: MJ Shiao, Global Lead, Renewables & Emerging Tech, GTM Research
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10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Bringing Scale, Profitability & Value to the Distributed Solar Market
- Jonathan Doochin, CEO, Soligent
- Billy Parish, Founder & CEO, Mosaic
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
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11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Emerging States for Distributed Solar
- Andrew Christensen, Director, Markets & Regulatory Affairs, Vivint Solar
- Caroline Golin, Regulatory Director, Vote Solar
- Suzanne Leta, Global Market Strategy, SunPower
- Eric Luesebrink, Senior Vice President of Development, SoCore Energy
- Moderator: Austin Perea, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
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12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Where and When Will We See Distributed Solar-Plus-Storage Flourish?
- Ani Backa, Director, Regulatory Strategy & Utility Initiatives, Sonnen
- Polly Shaw, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Communications, Stem
- Doug Staker, Vice President of Utility Business Development, Enel X/ EnerNOC
- Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Director, Energy Storage, GTM Research
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12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Solar to the Rescue? Solar's Role in Disaster Relief and Energizing Remote Communities
- Meghan Nutting, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Sunnova
- Nick Smallwood, Senior Director, Business Development, Sunrun
- Moderator: MJ Shiao, Global Lead, Renewables & Emerging Tech, GTM Research
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2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Research Presentation: The Outlook for North American Power Markets
- Robert Whaley, Principal Analyst, Americas Power and Renewables Research, Wood Mackenzie
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2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Beyond the RPS: IRPs, QFs and CCAs — The New Alphabet Soup of Utility Solar
- Bret Sowers, President of Development & Strategy, Southern Current
- Geoffrey S. Underwood, Director, Eastern U.S. Markets, 174 Power Global
- Julia Zuckerman, Manager, Policy & Market Strategy, NRG
- Moderator: Colin Smith, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
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3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Community Solar: Beyond the Hype
- Richard DiMatteo, Principal, Blue Mountain Power, LLC
- Melissa Kemp, Director of Policy, Northeast, Cypress Creek Renewables
- Moderator: Michelle Davis, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
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3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. The Wild West of Solar (Plus Storage)
- Thomas Koch Blank, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Steven Chan, CEO, Sungrow USA
- Steve O’Rourke, Managing Partner, Capitas Energy
- Mike Toomey, Director, Development, Recurrent Energy
- Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Director, Energy Storage, GTM Research
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