Energy for a Smart Grid (ESmart) Consortium

PROGRAM

8:10 - 8:25 am

Welcome and Opening Speech, UCLA

Rajit Gadh
Director,
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

8:35 - 9:00 am

Keynote Speech

Mike Gravely
Deputy Division Chief of the Energy Research and Development Division,
California Energy Commission

9:00 - 10:35 am

Electric Utility Panel

Speakers:

	"Renewable Energy - The power to transform our society" Tom Doughty Vice President, Customer and State Affairs California ISO
	"Grid 3.0: Future Directions in Smart Grid Standards and R&D" David Wollman Deputy Director, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office, U.S. Department of Commerce - NIST
	"Moving to the Grid of the Future" Jim Parks Program Manager, Energy Research and Development Sacramento Municipal Utility District
	"ComEd's Journey to the Grid of the Future" Adrienne Grier Manager, Smart Grid Programs ComEd

10:35 - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 - 11:30 am

"R&D and Vision for Consortium"

Rajit Gadh
Director,
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

11:30 - Noon

"Consortium Structure, Functions, Objectives, Deliverables, and, Long Term Goals"

Michael Boehm
Advanced Sustainability Institute

Noon - 12:30 pm

Lunch Break

12:30 - 12:50 pm

Luncheon Speaker:

Jayathi Murthy
Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science,
University of California, Los Angeles

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Technology, Policy and Innovation - The changing face of Smart Grid

Speakers:

	Dhaval Dagli Principal Manager of Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Affairs, Southern California Edison (SCE)
	Peter Schwartz Principal Investigator and Program Manger, Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
	Martha Symko-Davies Director of Partnerships, Energy Systems Integration (ESI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
	Mark Feasal Vice President, Electric Utility Segment & Smart Grid, Schneider Electric
	"We make what matters work." Ramanath Ramakrishnan EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Eaton

2:30 - 3:00 pm

Consortium Member Potentials and Input from Industry and Utilities

3:00 - 3:20 pm

"The Hawaii Perspective"

Colton Ching
Vice President, Energy Delivery
Hawaiian Electric Company

3:20 - 4:00 pm

Feedback from industry on Consortium structure, plans, objectives, and deliverables.

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Visit to UCLA Microgrid Facility. Technology demonstrations and cocktail hour.