Speakers

2015

Ernest Moniz
Secretary, US Department of Energy
Ali Zaidi
OMB Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science, White House
Alice Hill
Senior Director for Resilience Policy, National Security Council, White House
Anne Hoskins
Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission
Jeff Guldner
SVP, Public Policy, Arizona Public Service
Melissa Lavinson
Corporate Sustainability Officer, Pacific Gas & Electric
Jeff Burleson
VP of System Planning, Southern Company
Erika Diamond
VP Energy Markets, EnergyHub
David Terry
Executive Director, NASEO
Will Agate
Senior Vice President, Philadelphia Navy Yard Management and Development
Eric Schmitt
VP of Operations, California ISO
Karen Butterfield
Chief Commercial Officer, STEM
Mike Winka
Administrator, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Dave Oberholzer
VP of Partner and Business Development, Weatherbug Home
Bryan Hannegan
Associate Laboratory Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Mike Hoover
Senior Director, State Energy Regulation, Southern California Edison
Tom Bialek
Chief Engineer, Smart Grid Integration Team, San Diego Gas & Electric
Mike Johnson
Project Director, Duke Energy Carolinas
Judi Greenwald
Deputy Director for Climate, Environment, and Energy Efficiency, US Department of Energy
Paul Stergiou
Department Manager, Distribution Engineering, Con Edison
Dan Ton
Smart Grid R&D Program Manager, US Department of Energy
Joe Paladino
Senior Advisor, US Department of Energy
Mike Sullivan
SVP, Utility Services, Nexant
Howard Smith
Manager, Resource Planning and Load Management, Southern Company
Matt Stanberry
Vice President of Market Development, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)
Karen Studarus
Power Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Ryan Wiser
Senior Scientist and Deputy Group Leader in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Abigail Daken
Environmental Engineer/Program Manager, US EPA
Jessica Lau
System Planning Engineer, ISO New England
David Littell
Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project
Ken Horne
Associate Director, Navigant
Peter Cappers
Research Scientist and Assistant Group Leader in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Todd Olinsky-Paul
Project Director, Clean Energy States Alliance, Clean Energy Group
Maria Seidler
Energy Attorney and Policy Analyst, DVI
Mark Dyson
Senior Associate, Rocky Mountain Institute
Ethan Goldman
Energy Informatics Architect, VEIC
Carol Miller
Co-founder of E2i (Energy Emissions Intelligence), Director of Locational Emissions Estimation Methodology (LEEM), and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University
Caroline Pakenham
Dynamic Pricing Program Lead, Elevate Energy
Birud Jhaveri
Senior Associate, Cadmus
Manish Rukadikar
Manager, Strategy, DTE Energy
Wayne Harbaugh
Director, Pricing and Regulatory Strategy, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Frank Lacey
SVP, Regulatory and Market Strategy, CPower
Christopher Gillman
Director, Demand Response Operations, Duke Energy
Rick Counihan
Head of Energy Regulatory and Government Affairs, Nest Labs
Mike Hyland
VP Engineering, American Public Power Association

2014

John Podesta
Climate Change and Energy Policy Advisor, White House
Cheryl LaFleur
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Doug Scott
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
John Rhodes
President and CEO, NYSERDA
Michael Picker
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
Asim Haque
Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Ohio
Mitch Carpen
Executive Director, New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank (ERB)
Ed White
VP of Customer Strategy and Environmental, National Grid
John Trawick
Sr. VP Commercial Operations and Planning, Southern Company Services
Bill Gausman
SVP, Strategic Initiatives, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Phil Sharp
President, Resources for the Future
Peter Fox-Penner
Principal, The Brattle Group
Chris King
Global Chief Regulatory Officer, Smart Grid Solutions, Siemens Smart Grid
Jim Gallagher
Executive Director, NYS SmartGrid Consortium
Eric Lightner
Director of the Federal Smart Grid Task Force in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Andy Bennett
SVP, Infrastructure, Schneider Electric
Holly Rachel Smith
Assistant General Counsel, NARUC
Lew Milford
President and Founder, Clean Energy Group
Karen Lefkowitz
Vice President, Business Transformation, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Laney Brown
Director of Smart Grid Planning and Programs, Iberdrola USA
Tom Weaver
Manager, Distribution System Planning, American Electric Power (AEP)
Shay Bahramirad
Manager of Smart Grid and Technology- Innovation Ambassador, ComEd
Aleksandar Pregelj
Manager, Distribution Automation & Technology, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Todd Sankey
Chief Architect, ENBALA
Mike Hopkins
CEO, ICE Energy
Matt Stanberry
Vice President of Market Development, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)
Mike Sullivan
Sr. VP Utility Services, Nexant
Kelly Warner
President, Deerpath Associate
Ward Camp
VP Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, Landis+Gyr
Paul Sotkiewicz
Chief Economist, PJM Interconnection
Joe Paladino
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Rich Sedano
Principal and US Programs Director, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Colman Keane
Director of Fiber Technology, EPB Chattanooga
Parag Parikh
Smart Grid Consultant, Ventyx
Larisa Dobriansky
Senior Vice President Regulatory and Energy Policy, General Microgrids
Kyle Haas
Energy Policy Program Manager, Maryland Energy Administration
Peter Cappers
Research Scientist and Assistant Group Leader in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Ethan Goldman
Energy Informatics Architect, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)
Dick Bratcher
Senior Principal Consultant, DNV-GL Energy
Kevin Jones
Deputy Director at the Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School
Rob Pratt
Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Seth Kiner (Communications Workshop)
Founder and Managing Principal, Charlotte Street Advisors
Jennie Stephens (Communications Workshop)
Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, University of Vermont
Judith Schwartz (Communications Workshop)
President, To the Point
Cindy Sargent (Communications Workshop)
Owner/Partner, Co-Creative Director, brainspur
Dave Dobratz (Communications Workshop)
Supervisor, Direct Install & Load Response, Northeast Utilities (NU)
Joseph Laquatra (Communications Workshop)
Professor, Cornell University
Dave Kolata (Communications Workshop)
Executive Director, Illinois Citizens’ Utility Board (CUB)
Nikolas Rechtiene (Communications Workshop)
Project Manager, Customer Strategy SMUD
David Weitz (Communications Workshop)
Director of Applied Building Science at Conservation Services Group