Bill Brooks, MSME, EEPE, EEME – Brooks Engineering ### 93698###Workshop Instructor @@@ Sean White, IREC Trainer of the Year – Diablo Valley College & White House Solar ### 93717###Workshop Instructor
Solar Energy International ### 118298###Workshop Instructor
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Energy Storage 201: The Energy Storage Market of Tomorrow - Detecting Sustainable Business Opportunities & Advancements in Energy Storage System Technologies
Julia Hamm – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 123019###Presenter @@@ Abigail Ross Hopper – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 338832###Presenter @@@ Rory McDonald, PhD – Harvard Business School ### 420126###Presenter
Abigail Ross Hopper – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 338832###Panelist @@@ Ed Fenster – Sunrun ### 427653###Panelist @@@ George Hershman – Swinerton Renewable Energy ### 118287###Panelist @@@ Bill Vietas – RBI Solar ### 427746###Panelist
Grant van Wyngaarden – Advanced Energy Agency ### 423469###Moderator @@@ Sean Hamilton – Sterling Municipal Light Department ### 334951###Speaker @@@ Frank E. Jakob, MS, PE, PMP – Black & Veatch ### 418813###Speaker @@@ Karen Butterfield – Stem ### 402067###Speaker
Keith Martin – Chadbourne & Parke LLP ### 95897###Moderator @@@ Mit Buchanan – J.P.Morgan ### 213850###Speaker @@@ Britta von Oesen – CohnReznick Capital ### 402060###Speaker @@@ Darren Van't Hof – U.S. Bank ### 93644###Speaker @@@ Jonathan Silver – Tax Equity Advisors ### 402061###Speaker
Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 146257###Moderator @@@ Joseph Reynolds – Public Utilities Commission of Nevada ### 412455###Speaker @@@ Greg Bernosky – Arizona Public Service ### 177500###Speaker @@@ Galen Barbose – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ### 134972###Speaker @@@ Anne Hoskins – Sunrun ### 402055###Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Using Data to Analyze System Operation and Failure
Michael Bolen – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) ### 402062###Moderator @@@ Rob Andrews, PhD – Heliolytics Inc. ### 393229###Speaker @@@ Laks M. Sampath – Alectris USA, INC. ### 402064###Speaker @@@ Allan Daly – NEXTracker Inc. ### 393244###Speaker @@@ Raymond Hudson – DNV-GL ### 171215###Speaker
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Mounting System Manufacturers CommitteeMeeting (Invite Only)
Michael H. Coddington, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Contractor, Licensed Commercial Electrical Inspector – National Renewable Energy Laboratory ### 93711###Moderator @@@ Caroline Choi – Southern California Edison ### 177340###Speaker @@@ Mike Hopkins – Ice Energy Inc. ### 203782###Speaker @@@ Dora Nakafuji – Hawaiian Electric Company ### 93705###Speaker @@@ Brian Theaker – NRG. Energy Inc. ### 402078###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Communicating the Value of Solar in Today’s Political Landscape
Dan Whitten – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 203729###Moderator @@@ Yann Brandt – SolarWakeup ### 402068###Speaker @@@ Julia Pyper – Greentech Media ### 203811###Speaker @@@ John Szoka – North Carolina General Assembly ### 420507###Speaker @@@ Mike Kruger – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 430416###Speaker
Michael Mendelsohn – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 112699###Moderator @@@ Doug Akerson – HSB ### 419232###Speaker @@@ Carl Mansfield – Sharp Electronics Corporation - Energy Systems and Services Group (ESSG) ### 203675###Speaker @@@ Fred Vaske – EnSync Energy Systems ### 393129###Speaker @@@ Michelle Mapel – Sonnen Inc. ### 402087###Speaker @@@ J.W. Postal – Nikola Power ### 429138###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Housing Finance and Appraisals for Residential Solar
Jamie Johnson – Energy Sense Finance ### 135046###Moderator @@@ Geoffrey Klise – Sandia National Laboratories ### 135047###Speaker @@@ David Battany – Guild Mortgage Company ### 425237###Speaker @@@ Chet McGensy – Dividend Finance, LLC ### 431170###Speaker
Michelle Moore – Groundswell ### 372169###Moderator @@@ Anne Evens – Elevate Energy ### 402080###Speaker @@@ Jacqui Patterson, MSW/MPH – NAACP ### 413509###Speaker @@@ Lisa Reed – Holy Cross Energy ### 413512###Speaker @@@ Ralph Williamson – First AME Church ### 402081###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Technical Symposium: Smart Software Solutions for Distributed Energy Storage
John Smirnow – Smirnow Law ### 109124###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Andrew Barron Worden – Gamechange Solar ### 430780###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Brett Long – State of Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development ### 430781###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Frank van Mierlo – 1366 Technologies ### 422618###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ James Ellington – Ellington Advanced Facilities Consulting ### 430783###Expo Hall Speaker
Ken Kramer – Rushton Atlantic ### 430775###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Shri Anand Kumar – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India ### 430776###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Carlos Augusto Brandao – Brazil Energy Storage Association ### 430777###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Paul Frink – Parsons ### 430778###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Manish Kumar – The AES Corporation ### 430779###Expo Hall Speaker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Emerging Trends in Microgrid Communication Technologies
Peter Knazko – Renesas Electronics America ### 428261###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Vivek Sardana – Renesas Electronics America ### 426056###Expo Hall Speaker
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on DER Aggregation: An Overview of Comments
Erika H. Myers – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 265619###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Brenda Chew – SEPA ### 402050###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Lola Infante – Edison Electric Institute ### 426038###Expo Hall Speaker
Sara Birmingham – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 402140###Moderator @@@ Paul Anderson – Nevada State Legislature ### 420999###Speaker @@@ Chris Brooks – Nevada State Legislature ### 421001###Speaker @@@ Rose McKinney-James – Energy Works LLC and McKinney-James & Associates ### 421002###Speaker
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Microgrids: The Next Step in Battery and Solar Deployment
Peter Muhoro, PhD – National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation ### 385789###Moderator @@@ Todd Hiemer, PE – Central Electric Cooperative ### 428753###Speaker @@@ Kate Sherwood – 3M ### 402292###Speaker @@@ Howard Smith – Southern Company Services ### 424458###Speaker @@@ Clark Wiedetz – Siemens ### 424459###Speaker
Katherine Gensler – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 390467###Moderator @@@ Emily Felt – Duke Energy ### 431135###Speaker @@@ Todd Glass – Wilson Sonsini ### 203657###Speaker @@@ Matthew McGovern – Cypress Creek Renewables ### 260950###Speaker @@@ Max Minzner – Jenner & Block ### 427705###Speaker
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Scratching the Surface: How Improved Policy Can Unlock the C&I Market
Rick Umoff – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 118331###Moderator @@@ Katie Bolcar Rever – IGS Solar ### 171508###Speaker @@@ Graham Smith – Open Energy ### 203778###Speaker @@@ Sarah Wochos – Borrego Solar ### 177498###Speaker @@@ Merrill L. Kramer, Chair, Sustainable Energy Practice, Sullivan & Worcester – Sullivan & Worcester, LLP ### 424014###Speaker
MJ Shiao – GTM Research ### 109238###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Brian O’Hanlon – Overseas Private Investment Group ### 430538###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Pablo Otin – 8minutenergy ### 430764###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Slav Gatchev – Delphos International ### 430765###Expo Hall Speaker
Jon Powers – CleanCapital ### 266521###Moderator @@@ Jigar Shah – Generate Capital ### 113512###Speaker @@@ David Benson – K&L Gates ### 284418###Speaker @@@ Laura E. Stern – Nautilus Solar Energy ### 402106###Speaker @@@ Kim Saylors-Laster – Black Bear Energy ### 422329###Speaker
James Kiehl, PE – WSP ### 402108###Moderator @@@ Dan Shugar – NEXTracker, Inc. ### 203812###Speaker @@@ Michael Maulick – SunLink Corporation ### 255580###Speaker @@@ Martin Hermann – 8minutenergy Renewables ### 393203###Speaker
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Help Us Help You: Navigating Federal, State, and Local Engagement on Solar
Dana Sleeper – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 402101###Moderator @@@ Brandon Audap – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 357800###Speaker @@@ Amy Heart, JD – Sunrun ### 385785###Speaker @@@ Rosalind Jackson – Vote Solar ### 414164###Speaker @@@ Betsy McCorkle – Kairos Government Affairs ### 402103###Speaker
David Gahl – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 256113###Moderator @@@ Ben Downing – Nexamp ### 428707###Speaker @@@ Robin K. Dutta – SunPower Corporation ### 423981###Speaker @@@ Sean Garren – Vote Solar ### 203724###Speaker
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Market Readiness for Microgrid Deployments (Technology, Products, Supply Stream, etc.)
Brian T. Patterson, EMerge Alliance, IEEE, IEC – EMerge Alliance ### 173133###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ David E. Geary, PE – dcFusion ### 278919###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Hardy Massoudi – CE+T Power ### 426051###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Sharmila Ravula – Bosch Building Grid Technologies ### 426055###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Paul Savage – Nextek Power Systems ### 278956###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Rick Whisman – EnSync Energy Systems ### 426049###Expo Hall Speaker
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Solar Plus: Opportunities for New Technologies in the Residential Market
John Sterling – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 109160###Moderator @@@ Kristen Ardani – National Renewable Energy Laboratory ### 109170###Speaker @@@ Erik Ellis – Arizona Public Service Electric Company ### 256822###Speaker @@@ Sarah Singleton – Sunverge Energy, Inc. ### 402112###Speaker @@@ Andrew Tanner, BE/BCom/MBA – Geli ### 135169###Speaker
Nicholas Tumilowicz – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) ### 263504###Moderator @@@ Daniel Crotzer – Fractal Energy Storage Consultants ### 422487###Speaker @@@ John Jung – Greensmith ### 203622###Speaker
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Sterling Example- How one Massachusetts Municipal Utility Invested in Energy Storage through Strong National, Regional and State Partnerships
Sean Hamilton – Sterling Municipal Light Department ### 334951###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Roger Lin, M.Eng – NEC Energy Solutions ### 113482###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Todd Olinsky-Paul – Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance ### 428692###Expo Hall Speaker
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
TOU rate changes in California: the risk and what SEIA is doing about it
Julia Hamm – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 123019###Presenter @@@ Hugh Bromley, B.Eng - Photovoltaic and Solar Energy (Hons) – Bloomberg New Energy Finance ### 264221###Presenter @@@ David Bywater – Vivint Solar ### 420127###Presenter @@@ Susan Kennedy – Advanced Microgrid Solutions ### 207639###Presenter
Shawn Rumery – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 335699###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Ed Gilliland, AICP, CEcD, PMP – The Solar Foundation ### 426040###Expo Hall Speaker
Jared Leader – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 422220###Moderator @@@ Hannah Masterjohn – Clean Energy Collective ### 118532###Speaker @@@ Seth Ginsberg, LEED AP – Apis Energy Group LLC ### 393212###Speaker
Erika H. Myers – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 265619###Moderator @@@ Fred Ligouri – Chevrolet ### 429656###Speaker @@@ Pete Marte – Hannah Solar ### 380633###Speaker @@@ Philip Sheehy – ICF ### 421577###Speaker @@@ Marie Steele – NV Energy ### 428850###Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Getting Out of the Race to the Bottom: Best Practices for Running a Profitable Solar Contracting Business
Pamela Cargill – Chaolysti ### 97083###Moderator @@@ Vincent J. Battaglia, MBA – Renova Solar ### 402118###Speaker @@@ Barry Cinnamon – Spice Solar ### 109067###Speaker @@@ Boaz Soifer – BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC ### 420506###Speaker @@@ Peter Troast – Energy Circle, LLC ### 413506###Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Markets (and Policy): Will Storage Scale Bigger than You Think?
Christopher Mansour – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 95896###Moderator @@@ Steven Koerner, Ph.D – Recurrent Energy ### 409568###Speaker @@@ John Marciano, III – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP ### 413515###Speaker @@@ Ashley Patterson – Ameresco ### 409567###Speaker
Tom Kimbis – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 135135###Moderator @@@ Marc H. Burns, J.D. – Sunstreet Energy Group ### 245072###Speaker @@@ Steven Burt – Vivint Solar ### 402996###Speaker @@@ Janine Migden-Ostrander – Regulatory Assistance Project ### 420556###Speaker @@@ Nicole W. Sitaraman – Sunrun ### 402132###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Large-Scale Solar Procurement: A Candid Conversation
Matt Cheney – CleanPath Ventures LLC ### 103745###Moderator @@@ Jim Green – CSA Group ### 419236###Speaker @@@ Pat Hayes – ABB Inc ### 163757###Speaker @@@ Andrew Tanner, BE/BCom/MBA – Geli ### 135169###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Taking a Pulse: Insight and Perspectives on TOU Rates and Demand Charges
Brandon Smithwood – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 247324###Moderator @@@ Alice K. Jackson – Xcel Energy ### 420590###Speaker @@@ Briana Kobor – Vote Solar ### 402124###Speaker @@@ Alex McDonough – Sunrun ### 402123###Speaker @@@ Kristin Munsch – Illinois Citizens Utility Board ### 414304###Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Technical Symposium: Battery Chemistry and its Application
Laura Wisland – Union of Concerned Scientists ### 109559###Moderator @@@ Raghu Belur – Enphase Energy ### 109086###Speaker @@@ Charlie Gay – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ### 422405###Speaker @@@ Clyde Loutan – CAISO ### 124400###Speaker @@@ Mahesh Morjaria, PhD – First Solar ### 358292###Speaker
Roger Lin, M.Eng – NEC Energy Solutions ### 113482###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Chris Lawson ### 428206###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ C. Michael Hoff – NEC Energy Solutions ### 429651###Expo Hall Speaker
Julia Hamm – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 123019###Panelist @@@ Abigail R. Hopper, B.A .; J.D. – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 368990###Panelist @@@ Karen Butterfield – Stem ### 402067###Panelist @@@ Ja Kao – Onyx Renewable Partners, LP ### 430836###Panelist @@@ Andrea Luecke – The Solar Foundation ### 109528###Panelist
Jon Previtali, MS – Wells Fargo ### 427781###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Michelle Savage ### 427782###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Aaron Smallwood – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 385792###Expo Hall Speaker
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Top Solar Contractor Chat: Residential and Commercial
Christopher J. Colavito, NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ , Certified Renewable Energy Professional – Standard Solar, Inc ### 109179###Presenter
Heather Whitpan – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 426044###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Antuan Scott – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 426045###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Jessica Booker – Sunrun ### 427783###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Jacqui Patterson, MSW/MPH – NAACP ### 413509###Expo Hall Speaker
Dan Chwastyk – SEPA ### 319042###Moderator @@@ Jeffrey Cramer – Coalition for Community Solar Access ### 402145###Speaker @@@ Becky Campbell – First Solar ### 109627###Speaker @@@ Andrew Cotter – National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) ### 203642###Speaker @@@ Sara Baldwin Auck – Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) ### 122065###Speaker
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Customer Acquisition: Navigating Your Way to Success
Ruben D. Ugarte – Horizon Solar Power ### 386543###Moderator @@@ Kyle Cherrick, MBA – Pick My Solar ### 264222###Speaker @@@ Colin J. Walsh – Wave Solar ### 402144###Speaker @@@ Glenna R. Wiseman – Identity3 ### 109201###Speaker
Craig Conner – Building Quality ### 424409###Moderator @@@ Joe Cain – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 422404###Speaker @@@ Jim Edelson – New Buildings institute ### 422406###Speaker @@@ Maziar Shirakh – California Energy Commission ### 422407###Speaker
Suzanne Shelton – Shelton Group ### 256823###Moderator @@@ Katherine Hammack – US Army ### 414300###Speaker @@@ Steve W. Chriss – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ### 430056###Speaker
Mike Fife, PhD, PE – Demand Energy Networks ### 422619###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Tucker Ruberti – Demand Energy, an Enel Group Company ### 429151###Expo Hall Speaker
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
SEPA’s 51st State: What’s the Utility’s Role in a Clean Energy Future?
Tanuj Deora – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 171993###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Anne Hoskins – Sunrun ### 402055###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Scott Vogt – ComEd ### 431112###Expo Hall Speaker
Mike Kruger – Smart Electric Power Alliance ### 430416###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Rebecca Cantwell – Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association ### 431113###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Bill Dudley – Xcel Energy ### 431114###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Gwen Farnsworth – Western Resource Advocates ### 431115###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Lindsey Stegall, – Colorado Energy Office ### 431116###Expo Hall Speaker
Paul Savage – Nextek Power Systems ### 278956###Moderator @@@ Brian T. Patterson, EMerge Alliance, IEEE, IEC – EMerge Alliance ### 173133###Speaker @@@ Larisa Dobriansky – General Microgrids ### 426047###Speaker @@@ Mike Kernagis, PHIUS Co-Founder – PHIUS ### 426059###Speaker
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
SEPA’s 51st State: What’s the Utility’s Role in a Clean Energy Future?
Michael O’Boyle – Energy Innovation ### 431117###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ James Mazurek – Accenture ### 431118###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Jeff Weiss – Distributed Sun ### 431119###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Jake Levine – Covington & Burling ### 431120###Expo Hall Speaker
Margaret Miller – Customized Energy Solutions ### 428249###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Patrick Shoop ### 428251###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Jacqueline DeRosa – Customized Energy Solutions ### 418944###Expo Hall Speaker
Nick Esch – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 264226###Moderator @@@ Eos Energy Storage ### 429157###Presenter @@@ NEC Energy Solutions, Inc ### 430828###Presenter @@@ Stem ### 430829###Presenter
John R. Balfour, PhD – TRIP for Energy and the Environment, and High Performance PV ### 134984###Moderator @@@ Also Energy, Inc. ### 429143###Presenter @@@ Trimark Associates , Inc. ### 429152###Presenter @@@ EDF Renewable Energy ### 430469###Presenter @@@ Ingeteam ### 431168###Presenter
Brian T. Patterson, EMerge Alliance, IEEE, IEC – EMerge Alliance ### 173133###Moderator @@@ Renesas Electronics America Inc. ### 429834###Presenter @@@ Nextek Power Systems ### 429836###Presenter @@@ DCFusion ### 429837###Presenter
Azeez Mohammed – GE Power Conversion ### 430810###Panelist @@@ Tanuj Deora – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 171993###Panelist @@@ Justin Baca – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 107194###Panelist
Julie Brazeau, NABCEP Solar Electric Installation Professional (Emeritus), WI Master Electrician, IREC Certified Instructor for PV Installation Courses – Midwest Renewable Energy Association ### 109049###Workshop Instructor
Shawn Rumery – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 335699###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Ed Gilliland, AICP, CEcD, PMP – The Solar Foundation ### 426040###Expo Hall Speaker
Colin Silver – Solar Energy Industries Association ### 426004###Expo Hall Speaker @@@ Roxie Brown – The solar foundation ### 427785###Expo Hall Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Technical Symposium: Advanced and New Materials for Photovoltaic Cells and Modules