Conference Agenda
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
Brad Bradshaw
Chair, 2017 Energy Storage & Microgrid Conference
8:05 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Opening Keynote Introduction
Stephen Pike, CEO, MassCEC
8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Opening Keynote Address
Judith Judson, Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Grid Scale Utility Energy Storage
Moderator:
Brad Bradshaw, President, Velerity
Panel:
Carissa Sedlacek, Director of Resource Adequacy, ISO-NE
Doug Alderton, Director, Sales, NEC Energy Services
Kristen Anand, Senior Sales & Applications Engineer, Younicos
9:25 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Municipal Energy Storage Strategies
Moderator:
Sean Becker, President, Sparkplug Power
Panel:
Doug Alderton, Director, Sales, NEC Energy Services
Brian Beauregard, Superintendent, Holyoke Gas & Electric
Tom Ollila, Integrated Resource Engineer, Reading Municipal Light
10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Networking Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Microgrids for Resilience & Critical Infrastructure
Moderator:
Joel Rinebold, Chair, Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster
Panel:
Carsten Baumann, Strategic Alliance Manager, Schneider Electric
Doug Staker, VP Global Business Development, Demand Energy
Marc Aronson, Senior Business Development Manager, Constellation
11:35 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Hydrogen Energy Storage
Moderator:
Ryan Hamilton, President, Interphase Technologies
Panel:
Chris Capuano, Program Manager, Proton Onsite
Monjid Hamdan, Director of Engineering, Giner ELX
Gary Higginbottom, Market Development Consultant, ITM Power
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Afternoon Keynote Address
Colette Lamontagne, Director of Internal Innovation, National Grid
1:50 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Microgrids for Island Power
Moderator:
Warren Leon, Executive Director, Clean Energy States Alliance
Panel:
Suzanne MacDonald, Community Energy Director, Island Institute
Dick Case, Consulting Engineer, Star Island
Steve Strong, President, Solar Design Associates
2:45 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Behind the Meter Residential & Commercial Energy Storage
Moderator:
Galen Nelson, Senior Director, MassCEC
Panel:
Mat Tuttelman, Business Development, Green Charge
David Hebert, Director of Business Development, Sunverge
John Bellacicco, Director, Northeast Operations, Stem
3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Networking Break
4:00 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Project Finance and Investment Capital
Moderator:
Tibor Toth, Managing Director of Investments, MassCEC
Panel:
Anthony Clark, Senior Manager, Connecticut Green Bank
David Miller, Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group
4:40 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Technology & Innovation Showcase
Moderator:
Joan Popolo, Executive Director, ACTION
Panel:
Anthony Baro, Co-founder, PowerDocks
Aaron Birt, CEO, Kinetic Batteries
Frank Gibbard, President & CEO, WattJoule
Lenny Lozinsky, Partner, AquaEnergy
Andrew McClaine, Chief Technology Officer, Safe Hydrogen
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception