RE+ Concurrent Education Schedule

Speaker: Sheri Givens – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Speaker: Suzy Macke – Duke Energy

Speaker: Dan Shugar – Nextracker

QuickTalk Moderator: Ben Norris – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Brian A. Ewing – SOLV Energy

QuickTalk Panelist: Eric Grenz – Mortenson

Moderator: Justin Baca – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Cora Dickson (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Commerce

Panelist: Arthur Haubenstock (he/him/his) – Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Jessica Lawrence-Vaca – Array Technologies

Panelist: Kelly Speakes-Backman (she/her/hers) – Invenergy, LLC

Moderator: Mary Grikas (she/her/hers) – emgee strategic communications

Panelist: Vidha Dixit (she/her/hers) – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Brett C. Henderson – (SPR) SolarPanelRecycling.com

Panelist: Justin Lindemann (he/him/his) – NC Clean Technology Center

Panelist: Robert Nicholson – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

RE+ Tech Moderator: Weston P. Dengler (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

RE+ Tech Panelist: Cedric Tai (he/him/his) – SWTCH Energy

RE+ Tech Panelist: Colleen Lueken (she/her/hers) – AES

RE+ Tech Panelist: Mathew Sachs – CPower

RE+ Tech Panelist: Andrew Tang – Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation (ES&O)

RE+ Tech Moderator: Erika Myers (she/her/hers) – Charging Interface Initiative North America (CharIN Inc.)

RE+ Tech Panelist: Jonathan Levy – Kaluza

RE+ Tech Panelist: Jacqueline Piero – The Mobility House

RE+ Tech Panelist: John Holmes – American Honda Motor Co.

Moderator: Elizabeth Mathis (they/she) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Julia Leopold (she/her/hers) – The Nature Conservancy

Panelist: Bradley S. Pischea (he/him/his) – Land & Liberty Coalition

Panelist: Julia Poska (she/her/hers) – Lightsource bp

Panelist: Stephanie Zawistowski (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association

Moderator: Brad Benton – Darcy Partners

Panelist: Marion Gold (she/her/hers) – National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO);the Ad Hoc Group

Panelist: Elizabeth Salerno (she/her/hers) – GQS New Energy Strategies

Panelist: Andrew Williams (he/him/his) – Canadian Solar USA

Moderator: Marguerite E. Behringer (she/her/hers) – Landis+Gyr

Panelist: Ann Collier (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Seyi Fabode – RWE Clean Energy

Panelist: Norma Grubb (she/her/hers) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Panelist: Alexina Jackson (she/her/hers) – AES

QuickTalk Moderator: Eric Wesoff – Canary Media

QuickTalk Panelist: Alicia Knapp – BHE Renewables

QuickTalk Panelist: Dan Needham – Nucor

QuickTalk Panelist: Dan Shugar – Nextracker

QuickTalk Moderator: Trevor Gibson (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance

QuickTalk Speaker: Louise White (she/her/hers) – Department of Energy (DOE)

RE+ Tech Speaker: Andrew Gordon – Eaton

RE+ Tech Speaker: Alex Robart – Amperon

Moderator: Bill Elrick – Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership (H2FCP)

Panelist: Emily Burks – The AES Corporation

Panelist: Dan Esposito (he/him/his) – Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC

Panelist: Aaron Feaver (he/him/his) – Washington State University

Panelist: Angelina Galiteva (she/her/hers) – ARCHES

Moderator: Larry E. Glover (he/him/his) – The Glover Group

Panelist: Andrew Berke – USDA Rural Development

Panelist: Adaora Ifebigh – Sol Systems

Panelist: Karen Soares (she/her/hers) – HBCU CDAC

Moderator: Gilbert Campbell – Volt Energy Utility

Panelist: Anjali Balakrishna (she/her/hers) – Microsoft

Panelist: Dana Clare Redden (she/her/hers) – Solar Stewards

Panelist: Sandhya Murali (she/her/hers) – Solstice

Panelist: Elizabeth Perera – U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Kara Titus – lightsourceBP

Moderator: Ahmed Hanafy (he/him/his) – Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors

Panelist: Mark Dyson – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Panelist: Paul Lau (he/him/his) – SMUD

Panelist: Kevin Lucas – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Samantha Weaver – Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)

Moderator: Peggy Flannery (she/her/hers) – Generate Capital, PBC

Panelist: Shariff Barakat – Akin Gump

Panelist: Julia F. Bell (she/her/hers) – CleanCapital

Panelist: Tony Grappone – Novogradac

Panelist: John Murphy (he/him/his) – Nexamp

QuickTalk Moderator: Karla Loeb – Loeb Clean Energy Consulting

QuickTalk Panelist: Alyssa Edwards – Lightsource BP

QuickTalk Panelist: Ted Lee (he/him/his) – U.S. Department of the Treasury

RE+ Tech Speaker: Kiran Kumar (he/him/his) – LG Energy Solution Vertech

RE+ Tech Speaker: Dusan Brhlik – Direct Energy Partners, Inc.

QuickTalk Moderator: Stephanie Zawistowski (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association

QuickTalk Panelist: Erin Bryant (she/her/hers) – LiUNA

QuickTalk Panelist: John Bzdawka (he/him/his) – IBEW

RE+ Tech Speaker: Frances Bell (she/her/hers) – Bidirectional Energy

RE+ Tech Speaker: Colleen O'Brien – UL LLC

RE+ Tech Speaker: Adam Detrick – Jinko Solar

Moderator: Jade Jones – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Mike Herod – Fluence Energy

Panelist: Renee Leong – Stem

Panelist: Carlos Restrepo (he/him/his) – Sion Power

Panelist: Kelly Weger (she/her/hers) – Qcells

Moderator: David Gahl (he/him/his) – Solar & Storage Industries Institute (SI2)

Panelist: Christina Baworowsky – Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

Panelist: Ben Hoen – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Panelist: Ellen Howard Kutzer – Colorado Solar and Storage Association (COSSA)

Panelist: Shanelle Evens Montana (she/her/hers) – Lightsource bp

Moderator: Ben Healey – Posigen

Panelist: Matt Flaherty (he/him/his) – Clean Energy Works

Panelist: Becca Glazer (she/her/hers) – Walmart

Panelist: Sana Jameel (she/her/hers) – Ampion

Panelist: Mackenzie Martin (she/her/hers) – Puget Sound Energy

Moderator: Ram Narayanamurthy – EERE

Panelist: Jana Gerber (she/her/hers) – Schneider Electric

Panelist: Bobby Jeffers (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Panelist: Jared Leader – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Walter L. McLeod – Monarch Strategic Ventures

Panelist: Patrick Sterns – SunPower

Moderator: Peter Kelly-Detwiler (he/him/his) – NorthBridge Energy Partners

Panelist: Bryan Hannegan – Holy Cross Energy

Panelist: Mak Nagle – Sol Systems

Panelist: Jodi Walters – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Vennela Yadhati (she/her/hers) – New York Power Authority

QuickTalk Moderator: Laura Stern – Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC

QuickTalk Panelist: Gary Blitz – Aon

QuickTalk Panelist: Tony Grappone – Novogradac

RE+ Tech Speaker: Erik Langenborg – InductEV

RE+ Tech Speaker: Asim Hussain – QuantumScape

QuickTalk Speaker: Jason Barmann – EPC Power

QuickTalk Speaker: Rich Bauer – North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

RE+ Tech Speaker: Christopher Walcutt – DirectDefense

RE+ Tech Speaker: Marko Jereminov (he/him/his) – Pearl Street Technologies, Inc.

RE+ Tech Speaker: Nicholas C. Linder (he/him/his) – Pearl Street Technologies, Inc.

Moderator: Garrett Fitzgerald – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Mike Backstrom (he/him/his) – Southern California Edison

Panelist: Matt Horton (he/him/his) – Voltera

Panelist: Kevin Prince – Revolv

Panelist: Melissa Y. Washington (she/her/hers) – ComEd

Moderator: Will Kenworthy (he/him/his) – Vote Solar

Panelist: Jose Bodipo-Memba (he/him/his) – Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Panelist: Alejandro Moreno – U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Dr. Destenie Nock (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University | Peoples Energy Analytics

Panelist: Jackie Omotalade (she/her/hers) – Dream.org

Panelist: Joan White (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Moderator: Emily Dalecki (she/her/hers) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Panelist: Nicole Ebert (she/her/hers) – Tesla

Panelist: Gary Lemay (he/him/his) – New Hampshire Electrical Cooperative

Panelist: Stephen G. Pope (he/him/his) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Courtney Welch (she/her/hers) – GoodLeap

Moderator: Ted Burhans (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Caroline Choi (she/her/hers) – Southern California Edison (SCE)

Panelist: Mari McClure – Green Mountain Power

Panelist: Anne Weaver – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Moderator: Jon Powers – CleanCapital

Panelist: Jaime Carlson (she/her/hers) – SB Energy

Panelist: Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Peter Muhoro, PhD – Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Panelist: Marta Stoepker (she/her/hers) – Qcells

QuickTalk Moderator: Rhaman R. Johnson – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Jake Anderson (he/him/his) – PVcase

QuickTalk Panelist: Francesca Jones (she/her/hers) – Fluence

RE+ Tech Speaker: Vanessa Chan (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Energy

RE+ Tech Speaker: Mike Slowinske (he/him/his) – UL Solutions

QuickTalk Speaker: Antonio Fayad – EDP Renewables

QuickTalk Speaker: Jacob Susman – Ambient Fuels

RE+ Tech Speaker: Daniel Elias – Fluence Energy

Moderator: Lauren Glickman (she/her/hers) – Encore Renewable Energy

Panelist: Alaric J. Babej – Public Service Company of New Mexico

Panelist: Juan M. Botero (he/him/his) – U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Steve Kalland (he/him/his) – NC Clean Technology Center

Panelist: Jean Nelson-Houpert (she/her/hers) – Volt Energy Utility

Moderator: Amy Jo Miller – Qcells

Panelist: Christina Hayes (she/her/hers) – Americans for a Clean Energy Grid

Panelist: Todd P. Hillman – MISO

Panelist: Amanda Rumsey (she/her/hers) – WIRES

Moderator: Vitaly Lee – Qcells

Panelist: Gary L. Hecimovich – Washington National Tax Office, Deloitte Tax LLP

Panelist: Rodrigo Inurreta Acero – EDP Renewables

Panelist: Ted Lee (he/him/his) – U.S. Department of the Treasury

Panelist: Julia Pyper (she/her/hers) – GoodLeap

Moderator: Erika Symmonds – SEIA

Panelist: Tom Bowen – Qmerit

Panelist: Abbey DeRocker (she/her/hers) – NYSERDA

Panelist: Steffanie Dohn (she/her/hers) – McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Panelist: Alfredo Espinosa (he/him/his) – Moss Solar

Panelist: Daniel Shapiro – Lightsource bp

Moderator: Ashley-Lynn Qua (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Jaser Faruq – Schneider Electric

Panelist: Arch Rao (he/him/his) – Span.IO, Inc

Panelist: Cora Wyent (she/her/hers) – Rewiring America

RE+ Tech Moderator: Gerhard Walker – Eversource

RE+ Tech Panelist: Ravi Jain (he/him/his) – Tapestry

RE+ Tech Panelist: Alexina Jackson (she/her/hers) – AES

RE+ Tech Panelist: Sadia Raveendran (she/her/hers) – Uplight

RE+ Tech Panelist: Aaron Smallwood – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Moderator: Salam Baniahmed (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Speaker: Gabe Murtaugh – Long Duration Energy Storage Council

RE+ Tech Speaker: Hong Zhang Durandal (he/him/his) – Zelestra (SolarPack)

QuickTalk Moderator: Cory Gessert – DNV

QuickTalk Panelist: Al Caceres – Aon

QuickTalk Panelist: Sam Walsh – AXIS Capital

RE+ Tech Speaker: Ken Dulaney (he/him/his) – FREEDM Systems Center at NC State

RE+ Tech Speaker: Wensong Yu – North Carolina State University

RE+ Tech Speaker: Meryl R. Mallery (she/her/hers) – Plug Power

RE+ Tech Speaker: Danielle Sigismondo (she/her/hers) – Plug Power

Moderator: Rusty Haynes – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Justin Galle – California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Panelist: Will Gorman – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Panelist: Emily Walker – EnergySage

Panelist: John Woodfield – Sunrun

Moderator: Ben Norris – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Andrew Klinkman (he/him/his) – Tesla

Panelist: Stephen Martz – XCEL

Panelist: Chris Roe (he/him/his) – Amazon

Panelist: Kenneth C. Shiver (he/him/his) – Southern Company

Panelist: Nisha Thirumurthy (she/her/hers) – Vybe Energy, LLC

Moderator: Gizelle Wray – SEIA

Panelist: Elaina Ball (she/her/hers) – CPS Energy

Panelist: Meghan Nutting, MPA (she/her/hers) – Sunnova

Panelist: Kim Shields (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist: Liz Veazey (she/her/hers) – Solar United Neighbors

Moderator: Carolyn Elaine Dougherty (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Greg A. Barron-Gafford, PhD – University of Arizona

Panelist: Brendan Mooney – The AES Corporation

Panelist: Sarah K. Moser – Savion

Panelist: Austin R. Kinzer (he/him/his) – American Farmland Trust

Panelist: Shawn Rumery – Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2)

Moderator: Derek Duran (he/him/his) – Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC)

Panelist: Ed Brolin – RWE Clean Energy

QuickTalk Moderator: Janne Knieke – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Speaker: Ken Sapp (he/him/his) – Qmerit

QuickTalk Speaker: Kasturi Pattalwar – Customized Energy Solutions, Ltd.

RE+ Tech Speaker: Bryant Komo – Hawaiian Electric Company

RE+ Tech Speaker: Jim Petrecky – GKN Hydrogen

QuickTalk Speaker:  Becca Jones-Albertus (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office

QuickTalk Moderator: Jen Lerch (she/her/hers) – Department of Energy (DOE)

QuickTalk Panelist: Liz Malerba (she/her/hers) – United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund

QuickTalk Panelist: Devon Muto – EDF Renewables North America

Moderator: Lakin Garth (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Beren Argetsinger – Keyes & Fox LLP

Panelist: Sara Birmingham (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Erika Diamond – EnergyHub

Panelist: Lon Huber – Duke Energy Corporation

Panelist: Chris Rauscher – Sunrun

Moderator: Darleen D. DeRosa (she/her/hers) – Stem

Panelist: Jessie Robbins – Generate Capital, PBC

Panelist: Darren Van't Hof (he/him/his) – U.S. Bank

Panelist: Jennifer Wnek (she/her/hers) – DLA Piper

RE+ Tech Moderator:  Becca Jones-Albertus (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office

RE+ Tech Panelist: Laurence N. Abcede (he/him/his) – San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)

RE+ Tech Panelist: Michael Brown – NV Energy

RE+ Tech Panelist: Benjamin Kroposki – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

RE+ Tech Panelist: Guohui Yuan – US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office

RE+ Tech Panelist: Julius Beutel (he/him/his) – Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co KG

RE+ Tech Panelist: Peter Fath, PhD (he/him/his) – RCT Solutions

Moderator: Danielle Zurek – Rystad Energy

Panelist: Brad Chadwell – Tennessee Valley Authority

Panelist: Nick Mittica – Verdagy

Panelist: Bridget van Dorsten – Wood Mackenzie

Moderator: Joel Gamoran (he/him/his) – Arcadia

Panelist: Utopia Hill (she/her/hers) – Reactivate

Panelist: Annie Lappé (she/her/hers) – Pivot Energy

Panelist: Katie Ottenweller – Google

Panelist: Mary C. Palmer (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Moderator: Stacy Noblet (she/her/hers) – ICF

Panelist: Hannah Bascom (she/her/hers) – Uplight

Panelist: Brittany Blair (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Seth Frader Thompson (he/him/his) – Energy Hub

Panelist: Cedric Tai (he/him/his) – SWTCH Energy

QuickTalk Moderator: Mac Keller (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Nayan Bhakta (he/him/his) – McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

QuickTalk Panelist: Melissa Cooke – Nextracker

QuickTalk Panelist: Brett Pendleton – Leeward Renewable Energy

QuickTalk Moderator: Daisy Chung (she/her/hers) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Jessica Chabot (she/her/hers) – New Leaf Energy

QuickTalk Panelist: Clyde Loutan – California ISO

QuickTalk Panelist: Jeff Roesch – TMEIC

RE+ Tech Speaker: Trent McFayden – Project InnerSpace

Moderator: Paul Douglas – The JPI Group

Panelist: Doseke Akporiaye (she/her/hers) – WRISE

Panelist: Cathleen Daly – Gridworks

Panelist: Suzy Macke – Duke Energy

Panelist: Elsa Mengistu – Black Girl Environmentalist

Panelist: Melissa Wells – NABTU

Moderator: Gizelle Wray – SEIA

Panelist: Matthew John – Siemens

Panelist: Kellie Macpherson – RadianGen

Panelist: Emma Stewart – Idaho National Laboratory

Panelist: Guohui Yuan – US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office

Moderator: Aaron Smallwood – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Sachu Constantine – Vote Solar

Panelist: Jeff Cramer – Coalition for Community Solar Access

Panelist: Jaser Faruq – Schneider Electric

Panelist: Peter R. Levitt (he/him/his) – Peninsula Clean Energy

Panelist: Nicole Steele – Amalgamated Bank

Moderator: Yok Potts – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Panelist: Jake Anderson (he/him/his) – PVcase

Panelist: Katharine H. McCormick (she/her/hers) – RWE Clean Energy

Panelist: Jeremy McDiarmid – Advanced Energy United

Panelist: Houtan Moaveni – Office of Renewable Energy Siting

RE+ Tech Moderator: Gabe Murtaugh – Long Duration Energy Storage Council

RE+ Tech Panelist: Eric Caulkin – Sumitomo SHI FW

RE+ Tech Panelist: Jordan Cole (he/him/his) – Hydrostor

RE+ Tech Panelist: Spencer Hanes – EnerVenue

RE+ Tech Panelist: Matt Harper (he/him/his) – Invinity Energy Systems

RE+ Tech Panelist: David Martin – Energy Dome

RE+ Tech Panelist: Rachel Wilson (she/her/hers) – Form Energy

Moderator: Stacy J. Ettinger (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Panelist: Mark Walter – Savion , LLC

Panelist: Kathy Weiss – NEXTracker

Panelist: Máté Heisz (he/him/his) – SolarPower Europe

Panelist: Eric Choy (he/him/his) – US Customs and Border Protection

QuickTalk Moderator: Stephanie Doyle (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Kate Daniel (she/her/hers) – Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)

QuickTalk Panelist: Daniela Pangallo (she/her/hers) – Nautilus Solar