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Program 2018
Plenary Session
| Time |
Session |
| 08:00am-09:30am |
Registration, Networking & Table Top Exhibition |
| 09:30am-12:00pm |
What’s Next for Solar & Energy Storage in the U.S.? Synergizing Perspectives of Policy Makers, Opinion Leaders & Key Industry Players
Moderated by: Jennifer M. Runyon, Chief Editor, Renewable Energy World
- A Time of Transition: How NY Can Demonstrate Evolving From Net Metering While Maintaining Rapid Solar Growth
Speaker: David Sandbank, Director of NY-Sun, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
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| 12:00pm- 01:00pm |
Business Lunch & Networking |
Track 1: SOLAR
| Time |
Session |
| 01:00pm-02:15pm |
Solar Business Models & Technologies to Bridge Through Change – Winning Strategies to Successfully Compete in the Marketplace
- New York’s Solar Outlook: A path to 50X30?
Speaker: Valessa Souter-Kline, Policy Coordinator, New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA)
- The benefits of DC-Coupled Utility Scale Solar Plus Storage
Speaker: Chris Larsen, Senior Engineer, Dynapower
- Installation Costs as Part of the Value Proposition
Speaker: Michael Orshan, General Manager, North America, Arctech Solar
- Residential Solar 2.0 – A Path to Profitability
Speaker: Ravi Thuraisingham, Executive Vice President, Crius Energy
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| 02:15pm-03:30pm |
Financing Solar Energy in America: New Insights on Different Business Models and Financing Solutions by Developers and Investors
- Increase C&I Rooftop Solar Sales Through Innovative Financing Structure
Speakers:
Jigar Shah, President and Co-Founder, Generate Capital | James Spano, CEC, CIC, Managing Partner, Spano Partners Holding, LLC | Lyle Rawlings, President & CEO at Advanced Solar Products, Inc. | Dr. Panos Ninios, Founder & Partner, True Green Capital
- NY Green Bank & Financing Solutions for Community Solar, and Solar + Storage Projects in NYS
Speaker: Keely Conway, Operations & Finance Analyst, New York Green Bank
- Keeping the Pulse on PACE: How Commercial PACE Delivers the Highest Solar NPV
Speaker: Brandon Deno, Vice President of Solar, CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, Inc.
- Fintech – Unlocking Financing for Non-Residential Solar
Speaker: Oleg Popovsky, Chief Customer Officer, Braggawatt
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| 03:30pm-04:15pm |
Networking Break & Table Top Exhibtion |
| 04:15pm-5:30pm |
Managing Change in a New and Digitalized Energy World: What Does it Mean for the Solar Industry Today? Global Best Practices
- Do Energy Systems Need Blockchain? – A Pragmatic Look
Speaker: Dr. Adarsh Nagarajan, Research Engineer, Power System Design and Studies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Sustaining Profitability with Smart Feed-in Management
Speaker: Anthony Conklin, President, Solar Data Systems
- Demystifying Blockchain and How it Relates to Solar
Speaker: David Groarke, Managing Director, Indigo Advisory Group
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Track 2: ENERGY STORAGE
| Time |
Session |
| 01:00pm- 02:15pm |
Energy Storage 2.0: Smart Solutions for Distributed Energy Storage and Energy Management Systems
- U.S. Energy Storage Market 2017 Year-In-Review: Groundwork for Gigawatts
Speaker: Brett Simon, Storage Analyst, GTM Research
- Emerging Energy Storage Business Models
Speaker: Tom Leyden, Senior Director, Distributed Electricity and Storage, EDF Renewables
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| 02:15pm-03:30pm |
Crowd-sourced Power Generation: Future Perspectives of Utilities and the Role of Energy Storage in Intelligent Grid Architecture
- Shaping Energy Profiles at the Grid Edge
Speaker: Olaf Lohr, Leed Green Associate, Utility Relations, sonnen, Inc.
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| 03:30pm-04:15pm |
Networking Break & Table Top Exhibtion |
| 04:15pm-5:30pm |
Advances in Battery Design, Engineering & Manufacturing – Innovative Approaches and Value Propositions of Different Technologies
- Solar + Storage: DC vs. AC Coupled – What is the Future?
Speaker: Phil Fischer, Sales Director, NEC Energy Solutions, Inc.
- Storing Sunshine Where the Sun Never Shines: An Underground Storage Solution to Intermittent Solar Power
Speaker: Tom Barczak, Co-Owner, Solar Wind Storage LLC
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