| Monday, September 11, 2023 |
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| 12:30 PM | Planning Electric Vehicles into the Distribution Grid | Learning Lab | | |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2023 |
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| 7:30 AM | Commercial Electric Vehicle & Infrastructure Conference | | | |
| 8:00 AM | Next Generation ADMS/DERMS for Managing the Clean 21st Century Distribution Grid | Learning Lab | | |
| 8:00 AM | Finding Meaning in Utilities Data: Visualization and Storytelling | Utility Analytics Course | | |
| 1:30 PM | How Today's Trends Shape Tomorrow's Grid | Breakout Session |    | Carol Johnston, IFS (Moderator)
Darius Elder, Xcel Energy
Enrique Ochoa Reza, IFS
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| 1:30 PM | Case Studies: Projects that Improve Transmission Reliability | Opening Panel Session | | |
| 1:30 PM | Addressing Workforce and Training Needs | Opening Panel Session |   | Darren Tillman, Baltimore Gas & Electric - Exelon Company
Tanika Davis, Exelon
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| 1:30 PM | Quantifying and Modeling Climate Impacts | Opening Panel Session |    | Scott Strenfel, PG&E
Nic Wilson, DTN
Judsen Bruzgul, ICF
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| 1:30 PM | Fifty Percent Underground by 2040 | Opening Panel Session |    | Mike Beehler, Power Delivery Intelligence Initiative (Moderator)
Janet Lonneker, Anaheim Public Utilities
Joseph Svachula, Exelon
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| 2:30 PM | Grid Booster Assets - Using Storage as Transmission Assets | Super Session |  | Lars Stephan, Fluence Energy
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| 2:30 PM | California Wildfire Mitigation Plans and Strategies | Super Session |   | Thuan Tran, Southern California Edison
Dave Canny, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
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| 2:30 PM | Renewables and DER Decarbonization Goals: What will the Utility Landscape be in 30 Years? | Super Session |     | Ann Moore, AVEVA
Hani Alarian, CAISO
Larry Bekkedahl, Portland Gas & Electric
Mark Gabriel, United Power
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| 3:45 PM | Plenary Session 1: Transportation Electrification: Getting it Together | | | |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
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| 8:30 AM | Keynote Session | |   | Heidi Sanborn, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Frankie McDermott, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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| 1:00 PM | Technology Options to Operate the Future Grid | Breakout Session |  | Scott Hayes, PG&E
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| 1:00 PM | A Data Driven Approach to Future Proof Grid Investment Planning | Breakout Session |  | Mohammed Zakaria, ComEd
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| 1:00 PM | Real World Substation Management Challenges and Opportunities for the Near Future | Breakout Session |  | Mark Christensen, SCE
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| 1:30 PM | Predictive Analytics-Will Big Data Change our World? | Breakout Session | | |
| 1:30 PM | Managing Vegetation Risks with Satellite Vegetation Intelligence | Breakout Session |  | Ms. Grace Malcolm, Delaware Electric Cooperative
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| 1:30 PM | Electric Fleet Vehicle Charging’s Impact on LV and MV Power Quality | Breakout Session |     | Mariano Palacios, Amazon
Nina Sadighi, Amazon
Sowmya Holla, Amazon
Muhammad Mobeen Mahmood, Rivian Automotive
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| 1:30 PM | Optimizing Preventative Maintenance for Substation Transformers using Machine Learning | Breakout Session | | |
| 1:30 PM | The Awakening of the Distribution System | Breakout Session |   | Richard Wernsing, Wernsing Consulting LLC (Session Chair)
Amanda Welch, BloombergNEF
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| 1:30 PM | Case Studies: Co-op and Muni Microgrid Experiences | Breakout Session |  | Manish Murudkar, Cobb EMC
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| 2:15 PM | Duke Energy's Experience with Inverter-based Microgrids | Breakout Session |    | Trent Miller, Duke Energy
Brian Dale, Duke Energy
Ke (Kevin) Chen, Duke Energy
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| 2:15 PM | Utilizing Drones to Inspect Utility T&D Infrastructure | Breakout Session |   | Don Bowman, Wake Electric
Eric Bitzko, Firmatek
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| 2:15 PM | Case Study: Exelon Improves Customer Experience During Outages | Breakout Session |  | Valliappan Muthukaruppan, Exelon Corporation
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| 3:00 PM | Improving Performance with GETs: Solution Providers Panel | Breakout Session |    | Duncan Burt, Reactive Technologies
Eran Inbar, Prisma Photonics
Hilary Pearson, LineVision
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| 3:00 PM | Utilites Talk DER Integration | Breakout Session |  | Madalyn Coughran, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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| 3:00 PM | The New Innovator’s Dilemma: What Can Utilities Learn from Pfizer to Drive the Clean Energy Transition Faster? | Breakout Session |    | Larry Bekkedahl, Portland Gas & Electric
Kimberly Getgen, InnovationForce
Bilal Khursheed, Microsoft
Cheryl Whaley, Paradox Strategies
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| 3:00 PM | Transmission Scale Utility BESS Projects in California and Arizona | Breakout Session |   | Matthew Rhodes, Salt River Project
Eric John, Quanta Technology
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| 3:00 PM | International Use Cases | Breakout Session |   | Robert Falco, Accenture
Vikas Kumar, Powergrid Corporation
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| 3:00 PM | Experiences with HVDC | Breakout Session |    | Robert Schulte, Power from the Prairie LLC
Atousa Yazdani, California State University
Robert Neumann, Andritz Hydro
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| Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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| 9:00 AM | Storm Characterization, Outage Prediction Modeling, and Resilience Analysis | Breakout Session | | |
| 9:00 AM | Identifying Overhead Hardware with Engineering Principals and ML | Breakout Session |   | Sasha Yan, PG&E
Gitanjali Bhattacharjee, Exponent
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| 9:00 AM | PG&E’s Grid Modernization and Construction Lessons Learned | Breakout Session |   | Ahmad Ababneh, PG&E
Shawn Adderly, PG&E
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| 9:00 AM | Using LiDAR and Satellite for Grid Inspection and Vegetation Management | Breakout Session | | |
| 9:00 AM | Utility Experiences with EV Demonstrations | Breakout Session | | |
| 9:00 AM | Reducing Wildfire Risk in California with Ground Fault Neutralizer | Breakout Session |  | Franz Stadtmueller, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
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| 10:30 AM | DERs Impact on Transmission System Protection | Breakout Session |  | Ajmal Saeed, Pacific Gas & Electric
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| 10:30 AM | Case Study: FirstEnergy's Portal Digitally Links Thousands of Contractors, Speeds Restoration | Breakout Session |  | Stephanie Morman, FirstEnergy
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| 10:30 AM | Drone and AI-enabled Power Line Damage Inspection | Breakout Session |  | Zefan Tang, Eversource Energy
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