On this page you will find details about the workshops, tutorials, & industry sessions offered at the conference. Tutorials provide in-depth learning opportunities led by experts who cover both fundamentals and emerging topics, while panels bring together thought leaders to discuss challenges, innovations, and future directions in the field. Together, these sessions are designed to enhance technical knowledge, spark new ideas, and foster engaging dialogue among attendees.
Special Session: Building Resilience in the Energy Sector: Lessons from the Caribbean
Residents of the Caribbean region are among the first to see direct climate change impacts, including more frequent and severe storms, and sea level rise. However, islands are taking action and leading an energy transition that not only improves their safety, independence, resilience, and economic development, but also shows that islands can provide solutions to the global climate challenge. Each island is unique, with different objectives for their energy future and different options available. At the same time, islands in the Caribbean have utilized common practices to plan for and implement a shift to clean energy, rather than the imported fossil fuel that is commonly used. Resilience has been a core priority in both the overall design and the implementation of this energy transition. The experience of islands in creating an energy future that is resilient, reliable, low-cost, and sustainable can inform similar transitions in other countries and regions.
Industry Session: Data Centers as Grid Assets: Coordinated BESS Control for Grid Stability and Demand Flexibility
As data center power demand grows across the U.S., grid infrastructure faces mounting pressure, as highlighted by the July 2024 NERC incident where 1,500 MW of load cascaded offline. This session presents a coordinated control strategy using the Verrus StabiliGrid™ architecture and Power Flow Management System (PFMS) to transform data centers into active, grid-supporting assets. Through controller-hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL) validation at NLR, we demonstrate how coordinated BESS control enables voltage ride-through, fast demand flexibility, and seamless islanding without compromising mission-critical IT availability.
Special Session: Powering the Space – Moon, Mars, and Beyond
This talk examines how modern power electronics and power systems are shaping the energy backbone of future space missions, enabling reliable, efficient, and autonomous operation from lunar surface grids to Mars habitats and deep-space platforms. It highlights key challenges and emerging solutions in power conversion, distribution, and system resilience that will define the next generation of space exploration infrastructure.
