Date: Wednesday, 19 April
Session
Session
8:00AM - 9:00AMTutorial #1: Sizing of DERs (Solar, Wind)
Speaker: Dr Irfan Khan, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M College Station, USA
Conference Room VI
9:10AM - 10:10AMTutorial #2: Model-free real-time optimization and control in solar and wind systems
Speaker: Dr Sameh Eisa, Assistant Professor, UC Cincinnati, USA
Conference Room VI
10:10AM - 10:40AMMorning Coffee Break
10:40AM - 12:00PMTutorial #3: Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Dr Ahmed Mohamed,
Senior Specialist, Eaton Corporation, CO, USA
Conference Room VI
12:00PM - 1:00PMBreak
1:00PM - 1:15PMConference Opening
Aurora Ballroom II
1:15PM - 2:00PMKeynote #1: Energy System Security, Policy, and Investment
Speaker: Dr Morgan Bazilian
Director, Payne Institute & Professor of Public Policy – Colorado School of Mines
Aurora Ballroom II
The energy landscape is changing rapidly. That includes a renewed focus on energy security, and a redrawn map of geopolitics. It is now time to better understand these dynamics and how they inform policy and investment decisions.
2:05PM - 2:50PMIndustry Panel #1: AI and data analytics for energy system operation and management at the edge- Part 1
(Dr. Qiuhua Huang, Associate Professor, CSM, CO, USA)
Conference Room VI
Industry Panel #3: Harnessing Grid Edge Resources via Grid-Interactive Smart Building Control Part I
(Xiangyu Zhang, Research Scientist, NREL, CO, USA)
Conference Room VII
2:55PM - 3:40PMIndustry Panel #2: AI and data analytics for energy system operation and management at the edge- Part 2
(Yiyun Yao, Research Scientist, NREL, CO, USA)
Conference Room VI
Industry Panel #4: Harnessing Grid Edge Resources via Grid-Interactive Smart Building Control Part II
(Ahmed Zamzam, Research Scientist, NREL, CO, USA)
Conference Room VII
3:40PM - 4:10PMAfternoon Coffee Break
4:10PM - 5:50PMTS 1: Wind Energy Systems
Conference Room VI
TS 2: Photovoltaic Energy Systems
Conference Room VII
6:30PM - 8:00PMReception
Aurora Ballroom II
Date: Thursday, 20 April
Session
Session
7:00AM - 8:00AMBreakfast
Aurora Ballroom II
8:00AM - 8:45AMKeynote #2: Virtual Power Plants and Energy Justice
Speaker: Dr Adam Warren
Director, Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center – NREL
Aurora Ballroom II
Virtual Power Plants and Energy Justice – The replacement of conventional dispatchable power plants with renewable energy sources—including distributed energy resources (DERs)—presents new challenges for grid operators.
8:55AM - 9:40AMIndustry Panel #5: The critical role of medium-duty vehicle electrification in meeting emissions goals
(Jim Castelaz, Founder and CTO, Motiv Power Systems)
Conference Room VI
Industry Panel #6: Microgrids and DER Integration
(Larry Rozcicha & Dan Schmidt; Eaton Corporation, USA)
Conference Room VII
9:40AM - 10:10AMMorning Coffee Break
10:10AM - 11:50AMTS 3: Smart Grids Applications
Conference Room VI
TS 4: Electric Vehicle: Powertrain, Charging & Grid Integration
Conference Room VII
12:00PM - 1:00PMLuncheon
Aurora Ballroom II
1:00PM - 1:30PMPlenary Session 1: The vital role of high-efficiency motors and drives in reducing energy consumption
Speaker: Matti Laitinen (ABB, Finland)
Aurora Ballroom II
1:30PM - 2:00PMPlenary Session 2: Carbon-Free Grid Architecture – The Missing Pieces
Speaker: Joe Zhou (Black & Veatch, USA)
Aurora Ballroom II
2:05PM - 3:45PMTS 6: Modern Power System: Analysis, Communication, & Control
Conference Room VI
TS 5: Energy Conversion for Power & Energy Systems
Conference Room VII
3:45PM - 4:10PMAfternoon Coffee Break
4:10PM - 5:50PMTS 8: Distributed Energy Resources
Conference Room VI
TS 7: Energy Storage Systems
Conference Room VII
Date: Friday, 21 April
Session
Session
7:00AM - 8:00AMBreakfast
Aurora Ballroom II
8:00AM - 8:45AMTS 9: Reliability, Resilience, and Blockchain
Conference Room VI		Panel #7: High Efficiency Electric Motors for Industry and Electric Vehicles- Part I
(Dr. Steven Englebretson, ABB, USA)
Conference Room VII
8:55AM - 9:40AMTS 9: Reliability, Resilience, and Blockchain (con't)
Conference Room VI		Panel #8: High Efficiency Electric Motors for Industry and Electric Vehicles- Part II
(Dr. Steven Englebretson, ABB, USA)
Conference Room VII
9:40AM - 10:10AMMorning Coffee Break
10:10AM - 11:50AMTS 11: Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Energy Systems
Conference Room VI
TS 10: Clean Energy Systems
Conference Room VII
12:00PM - 1:00PMLuncheon
Aurora Ballroom II
1:00PM - 1:30PMPlenary Session 3: Safety Management Systems & Management of Change
Speaker: Jo Ellen Scott (Entrust, USA)
Aurora Ballroom II
1:30PM - 2:00PMPlenary Session 4: Environmentally Sustainable Thermal Management
Speaker: David W. Sundin, Ph.D. (Engineered Fluids, USA)
Aurora Ballroom II
2:05PM - 3:45PMTS 12: Open Topics in Power and Energy Systems (Remote)
Conference Room VII
3:45PM - 4:10PMAfternoon Coffee Break