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8:00AM-8:30AM |
Registration and breakfast
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8:30AM-8:50AM |
Introduction to UCLA SMERC
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8:50AM - 9:15AM |
Morning keynote
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Courtney P. Smith
Chief Deputy Director
California Energy Commission |
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9:15AM - 10:30AM |
Panel Discussion: "DER Technologies under deployment and/or consideration at Utilities"
Chair:
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Rajit Gadh
University of California, Los Angeles |
Speakers:
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Recent Energy Storage Projects at SCE
Vibhu Kaushik Director of Grid Technology and Modernization
SCE |
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Transitioning to 100% Renewable Energy Future for ALL Sectors
Angelina Galiteva Board of Governors
Renewables 100 Policy Institute and CAISO |
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Residential and Small Commercial Distributed Energy Resource Integration Platform - the Smart Power Integrated Node
Sunil Chhaya Technical Executive
EPRI |
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10:30AM-10:45AM |
Break
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10:45AM - 12:00PM |
Panel Discussion: "Advances in Electric Vehicles and Battery Energy Storage and their impact on the grid of the future"
Chair:
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Josh Sperling Urban Futures and Energy-X Nexus Engineer
National Renewable Energy Lab |
Speakers:
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BMW ChargeForward: A Smart Charging Pilot Program
Michelle Bogen Advanced Technology Engineer
BMW Group Technology Office |
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James Tong Director, Utility and Grid Services
Chanje Energy |
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Michael Liu Director, Energy Storage Business Development
BYD America |
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Ryan Harty Manager of Connected and Environmental Business Development
American Honda Motor Co. |
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12:00PM-12:30PM |
Lunch Break
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12:30PM - 1:15PM |
Luncheon Keynote
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The Road to 10,000 Charging Stations
Marvin D. Moon
Director of Power Engineering Division
LADWP |
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1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Luncheon Talk
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Scaling up DER with EV and Storage to enable high levels of renewable integration
Rajit Gadh
University of California, Los Angeles |
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1:45PM - 2:25PM |
Afternoon Keynote
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Grid Modernization Strategy
Colton Ching
Senior Vice President, Planning & Technology
Hawaiian Electric Company |
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2:25PM - 3:45PM |
Panel Discussion: "How the U.S. DOE Labs are looking at and trying to solve the challenges caused by increasingly larger levels of DER on the Power Grid"
Chair:
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John Beck Senior Systems Engineer
Idaho National Laboratory |
Speakers:
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Scott Haase Partnership Development Manager
NREL |
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Transmission-Distribution-Communication Co-simulation
Liang Min Group Leader, Energy Delivery/Utilization
LLNL |
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DOE SMART Mobility and Why It Is Important to DERs John Beck Senior Systems Engineer
Idaho National Laboratory |
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3:45PM - 5:00PM |
Panel Discussion: "Deploying advanced DER technologies – EV, Storage, Solar and Microgrids – in the real world and lessons learnt"
Chair:
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Michael Boehm Managing Director
Advanced Sustainability Institute |
Speakers:
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John Bryan VP of Commercial Applications
EPC Power |
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Lee Krevat Director, New Ventures
PXiSE Energy Solutions |
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Hyun Soo Kim Sr. Technical Sales Engineer
Romeo Power |
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