Participants
9:00 AM -- Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies
Aneesh Chopra
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House
9:30 AM -- Framing the Key Challenges for the Smart Grid
George Arnold
National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pat Hoffman
Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Electricity Reliability
Department of Energy
Richard Newell
Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Department of Energy
10:30 AM -- The Consumer Perspective on the Smart Grid
Moderator: Pat Hoffman
Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Electricity Reliability
Department of Energy
Barbara Alexander
Consumer Affairs Consultant
Susan Covino
Senior Consultant, Market Strategy
PJM Interconnection
David Owens
Executive Vice President of Business Operations
Edison Electric Institute
Calvin Timmerman
Assistant Executive Director
Maryland Public Service Commission
Jamie Wimberly
CEO, EcoAlign
11:45 AM -- The Evolution of Smart Grid Technology / Optimizing Tech Architecture to Use Case
Moderator: George Arnold
National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Robert Conant
Senior Vice of Product Management
Trilliant, Inc.
J. Michael Davis
Associate Laboratory Director for the Energy and Environment Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Datta Godbole
Director, R&D
Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions
Steve Hauser
Vice President, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Larry Makovich
Vice President and Senior Advisor, Global Power Group
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
1:00 PM -- The Business Realities of Smart Grid / Building the Business Case
Moderator: Jason Bordoff
Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Phil Weiser
Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director
Jeffrey A. Campbell
Director, Technology and Trade Policy of Global Policy and Government Affairs
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dave Mohre
Executive Director, Energy and Power Division
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Peter Fox Penner
Principal and Chairman Emeritus
Brattle Group
Matt Trevithick
Partner, Venrock
2:15 PM -- Closing Remarks
George Arnold
National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jason Bordoff
Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Aneesh Chopra
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House
Pat Hoffman
Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and Electricity Reliability
Department of Energy
Phil Weiser
Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies