Theme 1: Advanced Distribution Operations
9:00 am – 10:00 am
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
10:00 am – 11:30 am
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
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break Presentation by William LeBlanc, President, Boulder Energy Group, Senior Advisor, E Source
Live Advanced Distribution Demonstrations
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Theme Overview: Challenges & Opportunities
Presented by: James Newcomb, Rocky Mountain Institute
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Presentation1:20 pm – 2:15 pm
Renewables Integration
Demonstration Partners: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Navigant, Gridpoint
Demonstration: Large-scale Photovoltaic Integration
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Advanced Network Management Systems
Demonstration Partners: Avista Utilities, Efacec Advanced Control Systems
Demonstration: Advanced Network Management for Large Power Systems
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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
4:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Demonstration Panel Discussion
5:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Cocktail Reception Rooftop Terrace featuring Jazz and Conference Posters
Sponsored by: Colorado State University
Theme 2: Secure Microgrid Operations
9:00 am – 10:00 am
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
10:00 am – 11:30 am
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
Live Secure Microgrid Demonstrations
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Theme Overview: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by: Angela Watmore, Boeing Energy
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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
3:15 pm – 5:15 pm
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
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Demonstration Panel Discussion
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Networking and Beer Tasting
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Dinner: Food & Beer Pairing
Sponsored by: New Belgium Brewing Company
Keynote Speaker: Robert S. Shapard, Chairman & CEO, Oncor, Inc., Chairman, Gridwise Alliance
Theme 3: Smart Grid to Smart Cities
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Keynote Martin Damm, Mayor of Kalundborg, Denmark
9:00 am – 10:30 am
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
Live Smart City Demonstrations
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Theme Overview: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by: Miriam Horn, Environmental Defense Fund
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
PowerLabDK and the Island of Bornholm as Live Laboratory
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
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
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
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Demo Panel Discussion
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
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
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Closing Remarks
3:45 pm
Conference Adjourns
3:45 pm and 4:45 pm
Optional Tours at New Belgium Brewing Co., the Innosphere and the InteGrid Test and Development Lab
Location Magnolia Theatre, Lincoln Center
Time September 27th, 2012, 12pm – 1:45pm
Moderator Stephanie Fry, Groundwork Denver
Facilitator Dan Bihn, DanBihn.com
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm
Welcome
Monisha Merchant, Sr. Advisor for Business Affairs, Office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Introduction
Dan Bihn, DanBihn.com, Education Track Facilitator
12:05 pm – 1:20 pm
Smart Grid and Hands-On Demonstrations
Facilitator Dan Bihn
1:20 pm – 1:25 pm
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
1:25 pm – 1:45 pm
Career Panel
1:45 pm
Closing Remarks