Registration

Continental Breakfast

Welcome: Steve Hauser, Chief Technology Officer, New West Technologies

Opening Remarks: [invited]

Keynote Address: The Honorable Bruce Oreck, US Ambassador to the Republic of Finland

Panel 1: Transforming the Electric Power System

Moderator/Vision: Jeff St. John, Green Tech Media

US Utility Perspective: Tom Bialek, San Diego Gas & Electric
Storage, EV and Grid Ops: Micheal Austin, BYD America
Investments Landscape: Peter Moeckel, International Finance Corporation
Project Finance & Policy: Craig S. O’Connor, Export Import Bank of the U.S.
Energy Systems Integration: Dana Christensen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Lunch Break Presentation by William LeBlanc, President, Boulder Energy Group, Senior Advisor, E Source

Theme Overview: Challenges & Opportunities

Presented by: James Newcomb, Rocky Mountain Institute

Renewables Integration

Demonstration Partners: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Navigant, Gridpoint
Demonstration: Large-scale Photovoltaic Integration

Coffee Break

Advanced Network Management Systems

Demonstration Partners: Avista Utilities, Efacec Advanced Control Systems
Demonstration: Advanced Network Management for Large Power Systems

Market Integration with Grid Operations

Demonstration Partners: Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project Team: Battelle – Pacific Northwest Division, Flathead Electric Cooperative, Avista Utilities, Idaho Falls Power, Demand Energy
Demonstration: Transactive Controls for Market Participation

Demonstration Panel Discussion

Cocktail Reception Rooftop Terrace featuring Jazz and Conference Posters
Sponsored by: Colorado State University

Registration

Continental Breakfast

Welcome: Mayor Karen Weitkunat, City of Fort Collins

Day Opening Remarks: The Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr., Founding Director, Center for the New Energy Economy (CSU)

Keynote Remarks and Conversation: Ake Almgren, President, Orkas, Inc., Board Member, PJM Interconnection and Active Power

Panel 2: Microgrids for Infrastructure Security and Energy Surety

Moderator/Vision: Peter Asmus, Pike Research

Cyber Security and Energy Surety: Tim Noonan, Boeing Energy
Utility Business Case: Mark Rawson, SMUD
Utility Perspective: Tom Eyford, Oracle Utilities
Market Integration: Audrey Zibelman, Viridity
Energy Analytics Raj Chudgar, Power Analytics
Security of Supply: The Danish Cell Controller Project: Dr. Sunil Cherian, Spirae

Lunch

Theme Overview: Challenges and Opportunities

Presented by: Angela Watmore, Boeing Energy

Power System Simulation for Microgrid Operations

Demonstration Partners: Spirae, Exponential Engineering
Demonstration: Controls Integration with Dynamic Power System Simulation

Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure

Demonstration Partners: Boeing
Demonstration: Enterprise Level Assessment Technologies and Secure Distributed Operations Services Bus

Coffee Break

Market Operations with Distributed Energy Resources

Demonstration Partners: Viridity
Demostration: Market and Economic Optimized DER Portfolio Management

Microgrid Operations

Demonstration Partners: Boeing, Spirae
Demonstration: Islanding with Secure Controls Infrastructure

Demonstration Panel Discussion

Networking and Beer Tasting

Dinner: Food & Beer Pairing
Sponsored by: New Belgium Brewing Company
Keynote Speaker: Robert S. Shapard, Chairman & CEO, Oncor, Inc., Chairman, Gridwise Alliance

Registration

Continental Breakfast

Keynote Martin Damm, Mayor of Kalundborg, Denmark

Panel 3: Smart Grid to Smart Cities

Moderator/Vision: Rick Nicholson, IDC Energy Insights

Smart Cities Overview: Dr. David Hodgson, UK Trade & Investment
Danish Cities: Mayor Martin Damm, Kalundborg
Smart Grid for Smart City Kalundborg: Carsten Fosvang, SEAS-NVE
Danish Utility Perspective Jorgen Christensen, Danish Energy Association
Investments & Financing: Brian Chappell, Hogan Lovells
Fort Collins, FortZED: Julie Sieving, The Brendle Group

Coffee Break

Theme Overview: Challenges and Opportunities

Presented by: Miriam Horn, Environmental Defense Fund

Bornholm Ecogrid.EU and Live Demonstration of PowerLab Denmark

Demonstration Partners: Danish Technical University, Center for Electrical Power and Energy and the Bornholm Utility Oestkraft.
Demonstration: PowerLabDK and the Island of Bornholm as a Live Laboratory with control of large-scale Storage, Photovoltaics, and Wind Resources

Boxed Lunch

Fort Collins Zero Energy District

Demonstration Partners: FCU Smart Grid Team, Calico, Aclara, Elster, Spirae
Demonstration: Fort Collins Utilities’ Smart Grid Platform: FortZED, RDSI, FCU Customer Portal & Enabling Energy Apps

Demo Panel Discussion

Panel 4: US Policy Perspectives

Moderator/Vision: Dennis Arfmann, Hogan Lovells

Micheal Austin, BYD America
Tom Plant, Center for the New Energy Economy
Miriam Horn, Environmental Defense Fund
Rick Gilliam, The Vote Solar Initiative

Welcome
Monisha Merchant, Sr. Advisor for Business Affairs, Office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Introduction
Dan Bihn, DanBihn.com, Education Track Facilitator

Smart Grid and Hands-On Demonstrations
Facilitator Dan Bihn

Career Panel / introduce moderator and panelists

Moderator: Dele Johnson, Groundwork Denver

Utility Perspective: Baird McKevitt, Responsible by Nature, Design Supervisor, Xcel Energy
Education Perspective: Conwell Dickey, Scholar-in-Residence, Program Manager for Digital Energy Program, University of Colorado, Boulder
Industry Career Perspective: Darren Edgar, Software Engineer, Spirae
Hiring/Recruitment Perspective: Lanie Prouse, Managing Director, Mycoff, Fry & Prouse

Career Panel

Closing Remarks