REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, AT 12:00 P.M. EST.

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration and Coffee

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Mark W. Menezes, United States Energy Association

9:05 AM – 9:50 AM: Key Projections and Considerations for the Future

• Moderator: Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association

• John Moura, Director – Reliability Assessment, NERC
• Dr. Joe Decarolis, Administrator, EIA
• Carlos Romero, Principal – Solution Engineering, Energy Exemplar

9:50 AM – 10: 45 AM: Powering Innovation: Utility Perspectives on Meeting Demand

• Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association
• Dan Brouillette, President & CEO, Edison Electric Institute
• Tom Falcone, President-Elect, Large Public Power Council
• Javier Fernandez, CEO, Omaha Public Power District
• Marc Reitter, President and COO, AEP Ohio

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking Break

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: State Commissioners' Views on Load Growth

• Moderator:  Tony Clark, Executive Director – Elect, NARUC 
• Tricia Pridemore, Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Commission
• Hwikwon Ham, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Supply & Demand – How Industry Evolves

• Moderator: Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association
• Todd Snitchler, President & CEO, Electric Power Supply Association
• Rich Powell, CEO, Clean Energy Buyers Association
• Michelle Patron, Senior Director – Sustainability Policy, Microsoft
• David Dardis, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Constellation

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunchtime Keynote: The Role of Nuclear in Powering Innovation

• Chris Levesque, CEO, TerraPower

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM: Innovations in Digital Infrastructure

• Moderator: Tom Mapes, Founder & President, Digital Energy Council
• Andrew Webber, Founder & CEO, Digital Power Optimization
• Sean Farrell, Senior Vice President – Operations, TeraWulf
• Scott Garrison, Chief Operating Officer, CleanSpark

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM: Balancing Act: Insights and Strategies from ISOs and RTOs

• Moderator: Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association

• Stu Bresler, EVP – Market Services, PJM
• Emilie Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, NYISO
• Todd Hillman, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, MISO
• Venkat Tirupati, Vice President of DevOps and Grid Transformation, ERCOT

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Networking Break

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Collaborative Energy: Solutions for Managing the Grid's Rising Demand

• Moderator: David Porter, Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Strategy, EPRI
• Carla Frisch, Director – Office of Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Clay Rikard, Vice President of System Planning, Southern Co. 
• Levi Patterson, Director of Energy, Science, and AI Infrastructure Policy, NVIDIA

4:15 PM – 4:25 PM: Closing Remarks

• Mark W. Menezes, President & CEO, United States Energy Association

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Networking Reception