| INTERSECT 2019: The New Energy Ecosystem | |||
| Day 1. Wednesday, April 10th | |||
| Agenda Item | Speakers | Discussion Topic | |
| 12:00-12:45pm | Registration at the Georgia Hotel and Conference Center (GTHCC) | ||
| 12:45-2:15pm | Innovation Trek | ||
| 2:15-2:30pm | Travel to GTHCC | ||
| 2:30-4:00pm | Welcome and Overview: EPICenter’s First Two Years | Richard Simmons | |
| EPICenter Announcements | Dan Matisoff, John Thornton, Scott Duncan | ||
| Energy Infrastructure and Community Resilience | Scott Ganz, Chuanyi Ji | ||
| Energy Storage Southeast | Santiago Grijalva | ||
| Industrial Data & IioT | Milton Mueller | ||
| Creating the Next in Logistics | Valerie Thomas | ||
| The Energy Burden in the Southeast | Marilyn Brown | ||
| Looking Ahead | Richard Simmons | ||
| 4:00-4:30pm | BREAK | ||
| 4:30-4:40pm | Welcome Remarks | Tim Lieuwen: Executive Director, Strategic Energy Institute | |
| 4:40-5:40pm | Leadership Panel |
Jim Hannan: Executive VP, KOCH Industries Inc.; CEO, KOCH Enterprises Tom Fanning: Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company Mary Anne Hitt: Director, Beyond Coal campaign, Sierra Club Terry Boston: President and CEO (retired), PJM Interconnection Moderator: “Bud” Peterson, President, Georgia Tech |
What will the energy company of the future look like? What will be the greatest opportunities and challenges of the new energy ecosystem? What relationship will producers and consumers have with utilities in the future? |
| 5:40-6:40pm | Reception | ||
| 6:40-7:40pm | Dinner | ||
| 7:30-8:00pm | Evening Keynote | Charles Whitmore: Senior Market Analyst (retired),US EIA | The New Energy Ecosystem: A Historical Perspective |
| 8:00-8:50pm | Panel 1: New Energy Platforms |
Dennis McGinn: Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired) Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Alistair Warwick: VP Fleet Services, BP Wind Energy Wallace Buran: Partner, Consequent; Managing Director, CXO Advisors George Karayannis: Vice President CityNOW, Panasonic USA Moderator: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Former Deputy Secretary of Energy & Distinguished Professor of Practice, Georgia Tech |
What platforms will dominate energy production and consumption? Who will be the digital leader of the future? What will the energy company of the future look like? |
| 8:50-8:55pm | Closing Remarks | Tim Lieuwen: Executive Director, Strategic Energy Institute | |
| Day 2. Thursday, April 11th | |||
| Agenda Item | Speaker | Discussion Topic | |
| 7:30-8:30am | Breakfast and Registration | ||
| 8:30-8:40am | Morning Welcome | Representative Don Parsons, Georgia House of Representatives | |
| 8:40-8:45am | ARPA-E Remarks | James Zahler; Associate Director for Technology to Market, ARPA-E | |
| 8:45-9:30am | Morning Keynote |
John Rice: Vice Chair, GE; President & CEO, GE Global Growth Organization Moderator: Chaouki Abdallah, Executive VP for Research, Georgia Tech |
The New Energy Ecosystem: A Global View Looking In |
| 9:30-10:20am | Panel 2: New Energy Producers and Consumers |
Moe Khaleel: Associate Lab Director for Energy and Environmental Sciences, ORNL Susan Kennedy: Founder, Director & CEO, Advanced MicroGrid Solutions John Jones: SVP Development & Strategy, Extol Energy Services LLC Kelly Speakes-Backman: CEO, Energy Storage Association Moderator: Nicole Holmes, SVP of Sales and Contracts, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy |
What does the energy consumer and producer of the future look like? Who will make money and how will benefits be distributed? How will this change the national energy mix? |
| 10:20-10:30am | BREAK | ||
| 10:30-11:20am | Panel 3: The New Transportation Ecosystem |
Phil Jones: Executive Director, Alliance for Transportation Electrification Mike Hunter: Professor of Transportation Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech Arshad Mansoor: SVP Research & Development, EPRI Mike Whitlatch: VP of Global Energy & Procurement, UPS Moderator: Tom Madden, Chairman (retired), ScottMadden |
Will transportation and electricity markets become coupled? Who will reap the benefits of this convergence? What does the transportation system of the future look like? |
| 11:20-11:35pm | Closing Remarks | Tim Lieuwen: Executive Director, Strategic Energy Institute | |
| 11:35-1:00pm | Closing Lunch | All | |