Agenda: A Roadmap for Intelligence and Resilience in Power Grids

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Time: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm EST
Location: Computing and Data Sciences (CDS) building at 665 Commonwealth Ave, 17th Floor 

8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast & Registration 
9:00am – 9:30am Opening Remarks:

Emiliano Dall’Anese, Associate Professor, Boston University 

Ayse Coskun, Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, & CISE Director, Boston University

Elise Morgan, Professor & Dean of the Boston University College of Engineering
9:30am – 10:10am Keynote #1

Speaker: Digaunto Chatterjee, Eversource Energy
10:10am – 10:50am Keynote #2

Speaker: Florian Dörfler, ETH Zürich
10:50am – 11:10am Coffee & Networking Break
11:10am – 12:30pm Super Session on “Control of Future Power Systems”

  • 11:10am – 11:30am: Sairaj Dhople, University of Minnesota
  • 11:30am – 11:50am: Phil Hart, General Electric Vernova Advanced Research Center
  • 11:50am – 12:10pm: Federico Milano, University College Dublin
  • 12:10pm – 12:30pm: Dominic Groß, University of Wisconsin, Madison
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & Poster Session, CDS 1101
1:30pm – 2:10pm Keynote #3

Speaker: William Hogan, Harvard University
2:10pm – 3:00pm Panel on “The Future of Energy Markets, Demand Response, and Grid Services”

Moderator: Selin Yanikara, Newton Energy Group
3:00pm – 3:20pm Coffee & Networking Break
3:20pm – 3:40pm Keynote #4

Speaker: Melissa Lavinson, Executive Director Massachusetts Office of Energy Transformation
3:40pm – 4:30pm Panel on “Industry, Operator, and Government Perspective on the Future of Grids”

Moderator: Anna Whitney, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.
    4:30pm – 4:50pm Networking Break
    4:50pm – 5:20pm BU Vision Talks:
    5:20pm – 5:30pm Concluding Remarks:

    Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor & Head of the Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University
    5:30pm  Reception, CDS 1750