Speaker's Corner Schedule

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

Q+A with USDA: Utilizing USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program to Unlock Access to Renewables

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Aaron R. Morris – USDA Rural Development

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: How the Inflation Reduction Act Changes the Game for State-Level DER Program Design

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers

Sponsored By

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Telemetry Gateways for DER - Experiences with Rule 21 Low Cost Telemetry Integrations

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Prasanth Gopalakrishnan – ASE / Kalkitech

Electrification

11:20 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: An AgriSolar Alternative for Large-Scale Commodity Farming

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Lawrence Kearns, n/a (he/him/his) – TrackerSled

Electrification

12:30 PM – 12:40 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: The Last Three Miles to Disrupting the Trillion-Dollar Utility Industry

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Arnold Leitner (he/him/his) – YouSolar, Inc.

Grid Integration

12:40 PM – 12:50 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: What is the National Environmental Policy Act clearance that I need to complete to get my federal funding?

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jennifer T. Peters, n/a – Terracon

Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers

Sponsored By

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Utility-scale Solar: Empirical Trends in Project Technology, Cost, Performance, Power Purchase Agreement Pricing, and Solar Value in the United States

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Julie Kemp, n/a (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Finance and Asset Management

Sponsored By

1:00 PM – 1:10 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Optimizing PV Safety Grounding--Inverters, Trackers, Fences and Trenches

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Louis Menard – NEI Electric Power Engineering, Inc.

Electrification

1:10 PM – 1:20 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Recognizing the Economic Impact of Proper Siting in the Land Acquisition Process: The Causal Interplay of Stakeholders, Value, and Constructability

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Vincent A. Caruso, Jr., JD, RPL – Percheron, LLC

Managing Growth

1:20 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: State Policy and Utility Programs Driving Residential Energy Storage

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Miriam Makhyoun, CEO – EQ Research

Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers

Sponsored By

1:30 PM – 1:40 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Review of Economic Solar Mounting Structures with Minimal Land Disturbances and Construction Sophistication

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Steve Gartner, PE – HDR

Poster Presenter: Hanna Wolf, EIT-OR – HDR

Electrification

1:40 PM – 1:50 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Holistic Mindset for Resilient Power Generation

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jose F. Walsh Duarte, M.Eng. – Stantec Consulting

Electrification

1:50 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Electrifying Mobility: The Race to Deploy Critical Charging Networks

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Emily A. Obenauer, n/a (she/her/hers) – Sitetracker

Electrification

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

Q+A with illu: Digital Innovation for the Clean Energy Frontline

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Sierra Fan (she/her/hers) – Illu Global, Inc

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

Strategies for Brand Marketing and Revenue Growth

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Rob Striar – M Style Marketing

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

The AAPL: Energizing the Land Profession Across the Energy Sector

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Phillip Guerra – Lightsource BP

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

EV Charging – Level 3 Infrastructure Innovation

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Alex Saucedo – GenCell, Inc.

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

Q+A with ElectricFish: Resilient Energy Infrastructure for Communities

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

Film Screening of LIGHT & Q+A with Nicole Watson

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Nicole Watson – Econic Earth Foundation

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT

Cyber-Energy Nexus - The Convergence of Cybersecurity and Energy in the World

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: AJ Perkins – TechFlow

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT

Q+A with SkyH2O: Net Zero Water Out of Thin Air

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Alexander von Welczeck (he/him/his) – SkyH2O

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

Maui’s Own SolarCoaster Launches RE+ Hawaii With a Discussion on All Things Energy in Hawaii

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

10:30 AM – 10:40 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: How a digital twin of your solar plant can generate actionable insights and recovery of underperformance in your operating solar plants

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ajay Saproo, n/a – UL

RE+ Tech

10:40 AM – 10:50 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Design Methods for Optimizing BESS Projects (Conductors, Cost, & Construction)

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Ahana Mukherjee, n/a (she/her/hers) – Flux Energy Systems

RE+ Tech

10:50 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Distributed Generation: Friends, not enemies when managed collaboratively

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Leah Monroe, EIT (she/her/hers) – ICF

RE+ Tech

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Green hydrogen enables 24/7 carbon-free energy for data centers

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Electrification

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: A Mission to Zero…one facility’s journey to achieve carbon neutrality

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Brian Nelson (he/him/his) – ABB Inc.

Electrification

11:20 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Leveraging EV Program Best Practices and Insights to Achieve Scale Through Customer-Centric Program Design (SRP)

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Sarah E. Howerter (she/her/hers) – EnergyHub

Electrification

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Mitigating Solar and Storage Industry Risks through American National Standards

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jennifer Martin (she/her/hers) – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Finance and Asset Management

Sponsored By

11:40 AM – 11:50 AM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Effective integration of Hybrid Solar and Storage plants to Provide Maximum Value

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Mahesh Morjaria, Ph.D. – Terabase Energy Inc

Grid Integration

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Putting Together the Pieces for Sustainable Land Management on Solar Sites

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Marc S. Theisen, M. Sc.,CPESC, CPSWQ,, CESSWI – Profile Products LLC

Managing Growth

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

Q+A with USDA: Utilizing USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program to Unlock Access to Renewables

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Aaron R. Morris – USDA Rural Development

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

Accessible, Renewable, and Scalable Green Hydrogen

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

Q&A with Beam Global: Rapidly Deployed and Resilient EV Charging

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Sandra Peterson – Beam Global

2:30 PM – 2:40 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Natural ester filled high temperature design transformers in the PV market

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Davide Marzotto, n/a – Westrafo Srl

RE+ Tech

2:40 PM – 2:50 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: What is Ray Tracing and why is it the future of yield modeling

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Virginijus Vasylius (he/him/his) – PVcase

RE+ Tech

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Fault detection of Floating Photovoltaics due to Mechanical Stress of Wind Speed and Wave Height

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Byeong Yong Lim – Konkuk University

Electrification

3:00 PM – 3:10 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Integration in the Multifamily Vertical

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jason O'Neill, LEED Green Associate, CEM (he/him/his) – Sunworks

Electrification

3:10 PM – 3:20 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: What’s all the BUZZ About? Creating Pollinator Habitat to Reduce O&M Costs

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Nathan Wojcik, nwojcik@swca.com (he/him/his) – SWCA Environmental Consultants

Finance and Asset Management

Sponsored By

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Residential Solar Adoption Timeline Analysis 2017-2022 and the impacts from COVID-19

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Jesse R. Cruce, MS (he/him/his) – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL

Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers

Sponsored By

3:30 PM – 3:40 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Optimizing Federal Policies to Find New Clean Energy Project Opportunities

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers

Sponsored By

3:40 PM – 3:50 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Solar-assisted Heat Pumps to Replace Natural Gas for Heating Homes

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Tim Merrigan, n/a – Energy Information Services

Grid Integration

3:50 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

Poster Spotlight: Reaching across the oil aisle: How conventional energy construction companies can help solve the solar labor shortage.

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Poster Presenter: Lillian Bacon, NABCEP Associate (she/her/hers) – Benchmark Electrical Solutions

Managing Growth

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

PowerUp Race for Resilience Award Ceremony

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

Q+A with Nomad: Reimaging Energy Storage with Mobile Solutions

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Lindsay Gorrill (he/him/his) – KORE Power

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT

The BIG Pivot: Zero Carbon Emissions in the Built Environment

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

Navigating Interconnection Application and Requirements for Large Renewable Energy Projects

Location: Speakers Corner, Booth #11024, Level 1, Venetian Expo Hall

Expo Hall Speaker: Joelle Abi Nahed – Electric Power Engineers