Welcome!

Purpose/Objective:  To provide a forum to discuss new technologies and innovative applications of current technologies for generation, transmission, storage, monitoring and demand management to ensure our ability to reliably meet our growing demand for electricity.

 

Welcome and Introductions

Tom King bio

National Grid Executive Director

 

 

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Rajeev Ram bio

DOE ARPA-E Program Director

Stimulating Innovation in Energy Technology

 

Plenary Session 27 Sept 2010

Plenary Speakers:

Stan Blazewicz bio

National Grid, Global Head of Technology

Utility Perspective:  National Grid 

 

Dr. Vicor Reis bio

DOE Office of Science

National Security, Energy and Climate: A Strategy for the U.S. Department of Energy

 

Dr. George Arnold bio

NIST, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability

Smart Grid: NIST "Setting Standards for the Smart Grid" 

 

Plenary Session 28 Sept 2010

 

Lt Gen (USAF, ret.) Kenneth Eickmann bio

Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

Energy for Military Critical Capabilities 

 

Dr. Imre Gyuk bio

DOE Office of Electricity, Director of Energy Storage

The Future of Storage on the Grid 

 

Technical Sessions 27 - 28 Sept 2010

Each technical track will feature some papers in modeling, analysis, and general system-thinking (80 contributed papers).

1. Power Management Systems - The "smart grid", smart metering, feedback, and grid/cyber security
2. Highly Distributed Energy Generation - Fuel cells, CCHP, new concepts
3. Large-scale Incorporation of Renewable Energy - Solar TE?PV, TPV, wind, mitigation or intermittent supply, geothermal, water-current, tidal, and wave power
4. Storage Technologies and Strategies for the Grid - Hydro, flywheels, batteries, compressed gas
5. Electricity and Vehicles - The future of PHEVs and EVs, vehicle-to-grid strategies
6. Innovations in Energy Production and Distribution - Small modular reactors, superconducting technologies, instrumentation, advanced generators

 

Additional Sessions and Activities

Business Session - "Management and Economics of the Future Smart Grid"

Posters - 27 Sept:  Consistent with the technical thrusts of the conference. 

Student Contest: There is a student paper contest (1st, 2nd, 3rd place awards of $500, $250, $100).

Networking Session & Reception - 27 Sept following the posters

Tutorials - 29 Sept: to include wind energy; nuclear fission update; and smart grid overview "Demystifying the Smart Grid"

Tours - 29 Sept: MIT Campus, Fusion Laboratory; Seabrook Nuclear Reactor; Beacon Power (flywheel technology for regulation services)

Exhibits throughout the conference

 

 

 

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