Wednesday 2017

Wednesday, February 8

Electricity

9:00 – 10:00	Keynote: The Electric Cooperative Model: The PEC Story & the Future of the Utility Industry! Peter Muhoro, Director of Energy Research and Strategies, Pedernales Electric Co-op • Click to view PDF slides
10:00 – 11:15	Panel: Integrating Renewables into the Grid Dan Smith, Vice President, Electric Service Delivery, Austin Energy Patrick Chapman, Senior Director – Development, SunPower Paul Wattles, Senior Analyst – Market Design and Development, ERCOT • Click to view PDF slides Bill Muston, Manager of R&D, Oncor • Click to view PDF slides Lenae Shirley, Senior Director, Technology Innovation and Market Adoption, Environmental Defense Fund (Moderator) Back to top of page
11:30 – 12:30	Panel: Evolving ISO Market Design: TX, CA, NY & Mexico Cheryl Mele, Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, ERCOT Dede Hapner, Vice President, FERC & ISO Relations, Pacific Gas & Electric Jose Maria Lujambio, Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton (CCN) Law Laura Manz, Director, Navigant Consulting • Click to view PDF slides Ross Baldick, Professor, UT Austin Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Moderator) • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page
1:00 – 2:15	Panel: Smart Building Technologies Pliny Fisk, Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems • Click to view PDF slides Michael Sciortino, Sales Executive, View Dynamic Glass • Click to view PDF slides Gavin Dillingham, Program Director, Clean Energy Policy, HARC • Click to view PDF slides Doug Lewin, VP, Regulatory Affairs and Market Development, CLEAResult • Click to view PDF slides Scott Hinson, Director of Engineering, Pecan Street Inc • Click to view PDF slides Michael Garrison, Professor, UT Austin School of Architecture (Moderator) • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page
2:15 – 3:15	Panel: The Changing Consumer-Utility Relationship Paula Gold-Williams, President & CEO, CPS Energy • Click to view PDF slides James Faulk, Director, KPMG Strategy • Click to view PDF slides Debbie Kimberly, Vice President, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy • Click to view PDF slides Dana Harmon, Executive Director, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute • Click to view PDF slides Roger Duncan, Research Fellow, UT Austin Energy Institute (Moderator) Back to top of page
3:30 – 4:30	Panel: Grid of the Future: Centralized or Distributed? Jeffery Sabins, Senior Development Manager, RES America • Click to view PDF slides Erich Schneider, Associate Professor, UT Austin Department of Mechanical Engineering Colin Meehan, Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, First Solar • Click to view PDF slides Dan Seif, Managing Director, Grid Economics, LLC • Click to view PDF slides Fred Beach, Assistant Director, UT Austin Energy Institute (Moderator) Back to top of page
4:45 – 5:45	Panel: Energy Security & Resilience Jimmy Glotfelty, Executive Vice President, Clean Line Energy Partners • Click to view PDF slides Lt Gen Ken Eickmann, United States Air Force (Ret) Michael Goin, IT Manager, Austin Energy • Click to view PDF slides Robert Hebner, Director, UT Austin Center for Electromechanics (Moderator) Back to top of page
6:00 – 7:30	Reception & Award Ceremony (Startup Competition & Poster Competition) Back to top of page