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Monday, September 30, 2024
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM MST
Registration Open

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Eleven Mile Solar Center Tour hosted by Orsted

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM MST
Networking Breakfast

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM MST
Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM MST
Opening Session

8:20 AM - 8:25 AM MST
Opening Session

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM MST
Networking Break & Exhibits

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM MST
Whose Line is it Anyway? Energy Assessment Perspectives from Engineering, Tax Equity, and Operations
Moderator: Simone Marletti – RWE Clean Energy
Speaker: Ellen Abramowitz (she/her/hers) – Wells Fargo
Speaker: Haley DiGiovanni (she/her/hers) – Natural Power Consultants
Speaker: Connor Dixon – BlackRock
Speaker: Sanjay Shrestha – SOLV Energy
Solar

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM MST
Wind Turbine Performance Testing—Improving What We Have and the Impatience of the Future
Moderator: Dale Apgar – AES Clean Energy
Speaker: Andy Chang (he/him/his) – Bureau Veritas
Speaker: Samuel Davoust, PhD – Tipspeed
Speaker: Derek Roberts, PhD – DNV
Wind

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Transition Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Beyond Analysis Paralysis—Operational Software and Analytics for BESS Performance Improvements
Moderator: Clara Midgley, BSME – SparkCognition
Speaker: Valery Kang – ACCURE Battery Intelligence
Speaker: Shanay Kapadia, MS Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus on Climate – Key Capture Energy
Speaker: Kiran Kumar (he/him/his) – LG Energy Solution Vertech
Storage

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Solar Performance Testing & Optimization
Moderator: Michael Gostein (he/him/his) – Atonometrics
Speaker: Aslan Golant – Leidos
Speaker: Benjamin J. Mow, MS (he/him/his) – ENGIE
Speaker: Jeff D. Newmiller, MSME – DNV
Solar

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MST
Networking Lunch & Exhibits

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM MST
Changing the Solar Industry One Hail Impact at a Time
Moderator: Sanket Shah – Array Technologies
Speaker: Alexander Kubiniec, n/a – Natural Power Consultants
Speaker: Shawn Malone (he/him/his) – Ørsted
Speaker: Daran Rife, PhD (he/him/his) – DNV
Solar

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM MST
Wind Industry Standards Updates
Moderator: Duane Brown – American Clean Power Association
Speaker: Dylan Keefe-Reitzell – UL Solutions
Speaker: Gregory S. Poulos (he/him/his) – ArcVera Renewables
Wind

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM MST
Transition Break

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM MST
More Time Thinking, Less Time Clicking—Machine Learning Applications in the Wind Industry
Moderator: Devin Saywers, MS (he/him/his) – Natural Power Consultants
Speaker: Matthew Chan (he/him/his) – Apex Clean Energy
Speaker: Scott Eichelberger, PhD (he/him/his) – TGS
Speaker: Christopher Hayes – DNV
Speaker: Gibson Kersting – RWE Clean Energy
Speaker: Mike Optis (he/him/his) – Veer Renewables
Wind

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM MST
The Green Hydrogen Saga
Moderator: Marcel Mibus – Apex Clean Energy
Speaker: Dan W. Bernadett, P.E. – ArcVera Renewables
Speaker: Kaitlin Brunik, n/a (they/them/theirs) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Speaker: Shadi Darvish – DNV
Speaker: Aaron T. Perry – REsurety, INC
Hydrogen

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM MST
Transition Break

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Offshore Wind—Fishing for Solutions to Ocean-Specific Problems
Moderator: Lou Bowers, MS – Avangrid
Speaker: Cristina Benzo – Vaisala
Speaker: Anthony Kirincich, PhD – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Speaker: Raghu Krishnamurthy, PhD – PNNL
Speaker: Elizabeth A. Traiger, PhD – DNV
Wind

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Putting Clean Energy Projects on the Map
Moderator: Patrick Pyle – Pattern Energy
Speaker: Rachel K. Clement (she/her/hers) – EDF power solutions North America
Speaker: Daniel Creech – Ørsted
Speaker: Michelle Pruse – Pattern Energy
Speaker: Ian Sleeper – Terracon
Multi-Tech

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MST
Poster & Networking Reception

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM MST
Sweatworking - Yoga

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MST
Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
Registration Open

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM MST
Advancements in Transmission Technology—Focus on GETs
Moderator: Sarah Toth – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Speaker: Saugata Biswas – GridAstra
Speaker: Ted I. Bloch-Rubin – Smart Wires Inc.
Speaker: Sarah Sofia – REsurety, INC
Speaker: Allison Wilkes – LineVision
Transmission

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM MST
Wake Watchers—Insights into Behavior, Modeling, and Impacts of Wakes
Moderator: Meghan Mitchell – Ørsted
Speaker: Nicola Bodini (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Speaker: Praanjal P. Nasery – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Speaker: Nicholas Robinson – UL Solutions
Speaker: Kyle D. Walden, MSc (he/him/his) – DNV
Wind

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM MST
Networking Break & Exhibits

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM MST
Leveraging Innovative Software Solutions for Enhanced Grid Reliability and Efficient Interconnection Requests
Moderator: Carrie Zalewski, JD – American Clean Power Association
Speaker: David Bromberg – Pearl Street Technologies
Speaker: Will Gorman, PhD – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Transmission

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM MST
Revolutionizing BESS Design and Optimization
Moderator: Chinmay Morankar (he/him/his) – WSP
Speaker: Adile Ajaja – EVLO Energy Storage
Speaker: Uday Guntupalli – DNV
Speaker: C. Michael Hoff – American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI)
Storage

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Transition Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Solar Best Practices from Resource Assessment to O&M
Moderator: William F. Holmgren – DNV
Speaker: Alexander Kubiniec, n/a – Natural Power Consultants
Speaker: Keith R. McIntosh, PhD – PV Lighthouse
Speaker: Abhishek Parikh – EDF power solutions North America
Speaker: Bill Shisler – Clearway Energy
Solar

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Your Project is Operational…Now What? [Operational Assessment]
Moderator: John Corson (he/him/his) – Swift Current Energy
Speaker: Daniel Burtch, M.Sc. (he/him/his) – DNV
Speaker: Rob Cirincione – Sunairio
Speaker: Petros Paterakis – RWE Clean Energy
Multi-Tech

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MST
Networking Lunch & Exhibits

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM MST
R&T Program Committee Meeting

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM MST
Lighting the Way—Lidar Advancements in TI Corrections and Complex Flow
Moderator: Rachel Redburn (she/her/hers) – Avangrid
Speaker: Shannon Beebie (she/her/hers) – UL Solutions
Speaker: Cristina Benzo – Vaisala
Speaker: Scott Eichelberger, PhD (he/him/his) – TGS
Speaker: Kyle Sun (he/him/his) – Natural Power Consultants
Speaker: Catherine Taylor-Hell (she/her/hers) – DNV
Wind

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM MST
State of the Art in PV Modules—What’s Here and What Might be Coming
Moderator: Paul Wormser – Clean Energy Associates (CEA)
Speaker: Colin Bailie, PhD (he/him/his) – Tandem PV, INC
Speaker: Adam Dietrich – Jinko Solar
Speaker: Erin Pincombe – First Solar
Speaker: Gang Shi – Tellus Solar
Solar

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM MST
Transition Break

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM MST
Addressing Climate Variability and Climate Change Impacts in Clean Energy Resources
Moderator: Justin Sharp, MS, PhD – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Speaker: Gerard Cavero (he/him/his) – Vortex
Speaker: Jim Wilczak – NOAA
Wind

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM MST
Long-Duration Energy Storage—The Time is Now
Moderator: Pooja Shah (she/her/hers) – DNV
Speaker: Dominik Cramer (he/him/his) – SLC
Speaker: Mike Meehan (he/him/his) – Invinity Energy Systems
Speaker: Victor Saade (he/him/his) – Calpine
Storage

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM MST
Networking & Ice Cream Bar Break

4:15 PM - 5:30 PM MST
Closing Session

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM MST
Closing Reception Jam Session