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Using innovation to impact transformation
May 21, 2024, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thank you for your interest in the ERCOT Innovation Summit.
In-person attendance is now full, but we will be live streaming the event.
Join us for the inaugural ERCOT Innovation Summit
As the electric power grid is undergoing rapid transformation, join us to learn about today's opportunities and challenges.
- Online attendees: Additional information (how to view, links, etc.) will be shared to the registrants watching via live stream as the Summit date approaches.
- In-person attendees: If you registered to attend in-person or were on the waiting list as of March 31, 2024, you have a confirmed in-person seat and ERCOT will send a confirmation/RSVP email to you.
- Should seats become available, ERCOT will open the registration for in-person attendance until hotel capacity has been reached.
Hear from industry leaders
Learn from various stakeholders on the future themes that impact grid transformation.
Contribute to the discussion
Be part of the discussion and leave with new ideas that could help you and your organization.
Panel Topics
Essential Reliability Services
Demand Flexibility
Energy Storage Resources
Uncertainty Management
Transmission Planning
Technology Trends
Opportunities
Agenda
- Pablo Vegas, President and CEO, ERCOT
- Announcing soon
- Moderator: Fred Huang, Director of Operations Support, ERCOT
- Panelist: Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer, Energy System Integration Group
- Panelist: Deepak Ramasubramanian, Electric Power Research Institute
- Panelist: Sirajul Chowdhury, California ISO
- Moderator: Dave Maggio, Principal - Market Design, ERCOT
- Panelist: Michael Lee, CEO, Octopus Energy NA
- Panelist: Dr. Le Xie, Professor, Texas A&M University
- Panelist: Maria Belenky, Lead Market Design Specialist, PJM
- Panelist: Jesse Aragon de Galvez, Staff Technical Program Manager, Tesla
- Moderator: Kenneth Ragsdale, Principal - Market Design, ERCOT
- Panelist: Erik Ela, Technical Executive and Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
- Panelist: Jason Houck, Senior Manager of Policy Strategy, Form Energy
- Panelist: Daniel Johnson, Market Design Sector Manager, California ISO
- Moderator: Jeff Billo, Director of Operations Planning, ERCOT
- Panelist: Garrett Crowson, Manager of Uncertainty Response, SPP
- Panelist: Jason Howard, Director of Operations Risk Management, MISO
- Panelist: Guillermo Bautista Alderete, Director of Market Analysis and Forecasting, California ISO
- Moderator: Prabhu Gnanam, Director of Planning, ERCOT
- Panelist: Kamran Ali, Vice President of Transmission Planning & Analysis, AEP
- Panelist: Dr. Thomas Overbye, Professor, Texas A&M University
- Panelist: Casey Cathey, Senior Director of Grid Asset Utilization, SPP
- Moderator: Ajay Mannepalli, Director of IT Architecture & Strategy, ERCOT
- Panelist: Xing Wang, Global Leader of Energy & Utilities, AWS
- Panelist: Dag Bøye, Industry Advisor for Energy & Utilities, Microsoft
- Panelist: Achalesh Pandey, Vice President of Innovation, GE
- Panelist: Ravi Pradhan, Vice President of Technology Strategy, Siemens
- Venkat Tirupati, Vice President of DevOps & Grid Transformation, ERCOT
Location
Hilton Austin Airport
9515 Hotel Drive, Austin, Texas 78719
(512) 385-6767
ERCOT has a block of rooms available at the Hilton Austin Airport hotel. In-person attendees staying at the hotel should mention the ERCOT Innovation Summit when booking to receive the special room rate, or book directly on this site to receive the rate. The hotel also offers 24-hour complimentary shuttle service to and from the main terminal at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Questions? Please see our FAQ or send an email to InnovationSummit@ercot.com