6th Annual Demand Response & Distributed Energy Resources World Forum - 2019
The Forum brings together stakeholders from across the DR / DER industry and internationally to examine the latest technology advances, case studies, and business strategies for optimizing demand response, energy efficiency, DER integration and control, and demand side management programs. The event will help utilities and C&I end users realize the full economic benefits of incorporating these capabilities into their operations, and leveraging the next-generation smart grid to optimize performance.
- Event Type:
- Conference/Seminar
- Date:
- Oct. 11-12, 2017
- Venue:
- Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center, San Diego State University
- Location:
- San Diego , CA , USA
Overview
Utilities around the world are under increasing pressure to accommodate energy efficiency, control load, and integrate distributed energy resources such as renewables. These factors plus an urgent need to control greenhouse gasses are driving new requirements for energy resiliency, sustainability, and power quality -- all of which impact the traditional utility business case. For utilities to thrive in this changing market, they must embrace greater network agility and work with customers to maximize value for all stakeholders in the value chain.
Topics To Be Addressed Include:
- The evolving business model for the 21st Century energy provider
- Integrating and controlling distributed energy resources
- Refining market design to accommodate DERs
- Regulatory and policy trends impacting DR and DER
- DER standards and developments: towards unification
- New technologies and strategies for maximizing demand response performance
- Big Data analytics in optimizing DR, energy efficiency, and DER management
- The role of electric vehicles and energy storage going forward
- Tools and techniques for addressing the Duck Curve
- Electrifying the load: strategies for accommodating growing distributed renewable generation
- Next-generation microgrids and demand response
- Solar + PV
- Valuation of PV and DER within distribution networks
- Preserving and enhancing the role of demand response in capacity performance markets
- Emerging load control strategies
- Next-gen energy efficiency advances
- DR / DER role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Using grid management technologies to address distribution challenges
- Transitioning from demand response to distributed energy resources
- The evolving IoT smart building, BMS, and the relation to DR and DER
- Green Button, customer interaction, and achieving new levels of end user engagement
An Open, Cross-Stakeholder Networking Event
Global in Focus
Network with industry colleagues from around the world who are shaping the future energy network
Objective and Authoritative
In-depth presentations and panel discussions address the very latest technology advances and business issues facing DR / DER deployment
Timely and Strategic
Discuss the implications of recent court rulings, market drivers, and policy trends shaping the next-generation smart grid / demand response industry
Interactive and Practical
Key case studies and lessons learned from the field will help attendees gain real-world insight into DR / DER success strategies and best practices
Who Should Attend?
- Large wholesale renewable energy generators -- wind and solar
- Energy professionals at municipal, investor-owned, and rural utilities
- Energy managers at commercial and industrial end-user organizations
- Regional transmission system operators
- Curtailment service providers
- Building energy management (BEM) companies
- Regulators and government policy makers
- DR aggregators
- IT and software providers
- Smart grid technology providers and network operators
- Communications network service providers and vendors
- Financial and venture capital professionals
- Consultants and system integrators
- Researchers, analysts, and university professionals
Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship of the Forum ensures that your technology solutions and expertise are positioned prominently to a range of international energy professionals interested in demand response and distributed energy resources management.
This is a unique opportunity to target a key group of decision-makers, network managers, utility executives, investors, and energy providers who will be in attendance.
Sponsors receive a range of valuable exposure opportunities for highlighting their involvement in the Forum and maximizing their interaction with attendees. Prominent logo positioning on event website, Tabletop Exhibit space, and an opportunity to distribute corporate information to attendees are just a few benefits of sponsorship.
Agenda
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop: Mandates for DR and DER Communications in California -- What it Means for Building Controls Vendors, Aggregators and DR/DER Vendors
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am
Next-Gen Storage Plus EV Charging and Their Role in Demand Response
- Represenatives from OpenADR Alliance, Southern California Edison, eMotorWerks. Additional panelist TBA
10:15 - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15 am
Keynote Address
- Courtney Prideaux Smith, Chief Deputy Director, California Energy Commission
11:15 - 12:30 pm
Senior Utility Perspectives on DER Evolution
- Moderator: Paul DeCotis, Senior Director-Energy & Utilities Practice, West Monroe Partners
- Panelists to be announced
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 pm
The Struggle for DER Control
- Rolf Bienert, Technical Director, OpenADR Alliance
- James Mater, General Manager, Smart Grid Business, QualityLogic
- Mike Bourton, Vice President, Kitu Systems
- Additional panelist TBA
2:30 - 3:00 pm
FERC DER Aggregation Opportunities for DR and DERs
- Rao Konidena, President, Rakon Energy
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:45 pm
From Pilot to Program to Portfolio: How to Scale DR/DER Offerings While Minimizing False Starts
- Chris Walls, Residential Energy Efficiency Programs Manager, Baltimore Gas and Electric
- Nick Bengtson, Senior Manager, CLEAResult
- Additional panelists TBA
4:45 - 6:00 pm
Drink Reception
Thursday, October 17, 2019
7:30 - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 am
Advancing Demand Response Capability of Variable Refrigerant Flow Controls
- Kitty Wang, Technical Director, Energy Solutions
- Kevin Chan, Engineer, Southern California Edison
9:00 - 9:30 am
Thermal Energy Storage as a Key DER Innovation and Asset
- Collin Coker, Vice President, Viking Cold Solutions
9:30 - 10:00 am
Water Heating DER as a Prime Target to Engage Communities in Utility DER Programs
- Randall E. Fish, Director, Shifted Energy
10:00 - 10:30 am
Engaging and Serving the Emerging Prosumer
- Emilie Stone, Head of Product for Demand Management Solutions, Tendril
10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 pm
Innovations in DERMS
- Panelists to be announced
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:15 pm
International Initiatives, Projects and Case Studies
- Markku Kivistö, Head Of Cleantech, Business Finland
- Felix Jedamzik, Next Kraftwere
- Ross Malme, Partner,Skipping Stone
2:15 - 2:45 pm
Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm
How Utility Demand Response Programs for EV Charging are Transitioning From Load-Shed Pilot Programs to Dynamic, Real-Time Control Programs
- Ram Ambatipudi, Vice President, EV Connect
- Additional panelists to be announced
3:45 - 4:45 pm
Toward the Future: Transactive Energy and Other Demand Response / DER Advances
- Panelists to be announced
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