Kickoff & Opening Remarks

In order of appearance:

• Joanne Serina, emcee, Director, Customer Service & Stakeholder Affairs, California ISO
• David Olsen, Chair, Board of Governors, California ISO
• Valerie Fong, Chair, Western Energy Imbalance Market, Governing Body
• Steve Berberich, President and CEO, California ISO

Symposium kickoff video - The future is now

Session 1: Opening Keynote - Explore various grid scenarios for GHG and cost model outcomes

• Dr. Ron Dembo, CEO & Founder, Zerofootprint
• Mark Rothleder, Vice President Market Quality and Renewable Integration, California ISO

Moderator: John Danner, Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley-Haas & Princeton

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Session 2: Developments and technological advances in the transportation sector from a leading car manufacturer

• Philipp Skogstad, President and CEO, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

Moderator: Heather O'Neill, Interim CEO of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)

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Session 3: The role of storage in our clean energy future - The technological and economic outlook

• Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, Kyocera Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yayoi Sekine, Senior Energy Storage Analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Moderator: Phil Pettingill, Director, Regional Integration, California ISO

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Session 4: Panel discussion on energy sector investments, achieving local renewables goals and the role of the utility in the new energy landscape

Panelists:

• Jill C. Anderson, Vice President, Customer Programs & Services, Southern California Edison
• Nancy Pfund, Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners
• Jackie Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

Moderator Q&A: Dede Hapner, Senior executive, Strategy, Policy and Regulatory Relations, California ISO

Opening Remarks

• Joanne Serina, emcee, Director, Customer Service & Stakeholder Affairs, California ISO

Session 5: The electrification of the transportation sector and the future of mobility

• Dan Richard, Chair, California High Speed Rail Authority Board
• Adam Langton, Connected eMobility, Energy Services BMW of North America

Moderator: Janea A. Scott, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Session 6: Shell presents its world energy system scenario

• Brian Davis, Vice President Energy Solutions, Shell International

 

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