Agenda and Slides

Disrupting the Status Quo in Electric Energy Management:
A Systems Approach to a Sustainable Energy Future

Thursday May 21, 9:00AM-5:00PM
BU Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA

Solutions to sustainable energy management, combining new network infrastructure with technological breakthroughs like wind generation or electric hybrid vehicles, may mean pulling the plug on how things are done today.

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9:00 am	Welcome Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Associate Provost and Vice President for Research
	Energy Systems for the Future
9:10 am	Systems Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Energy Solutions, Michael Caramanis, Professor, Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University
9:30 am	Smart Pricing and Smart Grids, William Hogan, Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy, Harvard University
10:15 am	Demand Response in the PJM Synchronized Reserve Market: Experience and Prospects, Andrew L. Ott, Vice President-Markets, PJM
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Energy Service Companies Challenge the Centralized Generation Legacy, David Brewster, President and Co-Founder, EnerNOC
	Building a Smarter Infrastructure
12:00 pm	Energy-Related Lessons Learned from Sensor Networks, Christos Cassandras, Professor & Head, Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University
12:20 pm	Smart Light: Ubiquitous Communications for the Network, Thomas Little, Professor and Director, Smartlighting Center at Boston University
12:45 pm	Lunch
	New Business and Education Models
2:00 pm	Innovative Business Models to Drive Market Adoption, Nalin Kulatilaka, Wing Tat Lee Family Professor of Finance & Economics, Boston University
2:20 pm	Training Next Generation Leaders for Sustainable Energy Management, Kenneth R. Lutchen, Dean, College of Engineering, Boston University
2:30 pm	The Case for Widespread Adoption: Panel Discussion Moderator: Robert M. Day, President, Renewable Energy Business Network Hamid Elahi, Ph.D., General Manager, GE Energy - Energy Applications & Systems Engineering Lawrence "Larry" Gelbien, Vice President of Engineering, NSTAR Electric and Gas Corporation Philip Giudice, Commissioner, MA Department of Energy Resources Robert Kaufmann, Professor and Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University Mark O'Hearne, VP Business Development & Marketing, Millennial Net, Inc.	GE Energy NSTAR Kaufmann Millenial Net
4:30 pm	Reception

Exploring critical aspects of technology advancement and market growth, this program targets leaders from the private sector, e.g. chief technology officers, management, research scientists, venture capitalists, as well as academic professionals.