Program Schedule

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

1:00 - 5:00 pm        Pre-Conference Workshop: Mandates for DR and DER Communications in California -- What it Means for Building Controls Vendors, Aggregators and DR/DER Vendors     details

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

8:00 - 9:00 am        Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15 am        Next-Gen Storage Plus EV Charging and Their Role in Demand Response     abstract
    - Carl Besaw, Senior Project Manager, Product Management, Southern California Edison
    - Karen Hsu, Senior Director, eMotorWerks, an Enel Group Company
    - Rolf Bienert, Technical Director, OpenADR Alliance
    - Clay Collier, Vice President, ChargePoint
10:15 - 10:45 am        Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15 am        Keynote Address
11:15 - 12:15 pm        Senior Perspectives on DER Evolution
    - Paul DeCotis, Senior Director-Energy & Utilities Practice, West Monroe Partners
    - Rex S. Motes, Chief of Corporate Development, PXiSE Energy Solutions
    - Dr. Erin Boyd, Chief Research Officer and Data Scientist & Senior Director of Distributed Energy Resources, Center for Sustainable Energy
12:15 - 1:15 pm        Networking Lunch

1:15 - 2:15 pm        The Struggle for DER Control     abstract 2:15 - 3:30 pm        FERC DER Aggregation Opportunities for DR and DERs     abstract 3:30 - 4:00 pm        Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:15 pm        From Pilot to Program to Portfolio: How to Scale DR/DER Offerings While Minimizing False Starts     abstract 5:15 - 6:15 pm        Networking Reception


Thursday, October 17, 2019

8:00 - 9:00 am        Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 am        Thermal Energy Storage as a Key DER Innovation and Asset     abstract 9:30 - 10:00 am        Advancing Demand Response Capability of Variable Refrigerant Flow Controls     abstract
    - Kitty Wang, Technical Director, Distributed Energy Resources Energy Solutions
    - Kevin Chan, Engineer, Southern California Edison
10:00 - 10:30 am        Engaging and Serving the Emerging Prosumer     abstract
    - Emilie Stone, Head of Product for Demand Management Solutions, Uplight
10:30 - 11:00 am        Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30 am        Communications and Cybersecurity of Grid Connected Devices     abstract
    - Girish Ghatikar, Senior Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
    - Alekhya Vaddiraj, Engineer/ Scientist II, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
11:30 - 12:30 pm        Innovations in DERMS
    - David South, Senior Principal, Sustainability Practice, West Monroe Partners
    - Peter Maltbaek, Executive Vice President and General Manager-North America, Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS)
    - Justin Orkney, Senior Program Manager, Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Deployment, Tucson Electric Power (TEP)
    - Steve Acevedo, CEO and Founder, Agave Systems
    - Dave MacRae, Director, Energy Markets, Opus One Solutions
12:30 - 1:30 pm        Networking Luncheon

1:30 - 2:45 pm        International Initiatives, Projects and Case Studies 2:45 - 3:00 pm        Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:30 pm        How Utility Demand Response Programs for EV Charging are Transitioning From Load-Shed Pilot Programs to Dynamic, Real-Time Control Programs