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  • Tuesday, May 20th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Battery Energy Storage—Advancing Safety & Reliability through Innovative Technology & Smart Public Policy
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Speaker: Jenny Fink – Key Capture Energy
    Speaker: Brian Kane – Powin
    Speaker: Suzanne Leta (she/her/hers) – Fluence
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  • Tuesday, May 20th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Scaling Energy Storage Manufacturing—How American-Made Batteries Power Our Grid & Communities
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Moderator: Stephanie Smith – Eolian Energy
    Speaker: Tristan Doherty (he/him/his) – LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc.
    Speaker: Brad Harbidge – Tesla
    Speaker: John Zahurancik – Fluence
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  • Tuesday, May 20th
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Energy Storage—Powering Reliability & Grid Resilience
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Speaker: Chuck Conlen – DTE Energy
    Speaker: Kevin B. Smith (he/him/his) – Arevon
    Speaker: Stephanie Smith – Eolian Energy
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  • Wednesday, May 21st
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    America's Clean Energy Horizon—Market Outlook to 2030
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Speaker: Farhad Billimoria, PhD (he/him/his) – Aurora Energy Research
    Speaker: Helen Kou – BloombergNEF
    Speaker: Brian McIntosh, MBA – Wood Mackenzie
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  • Wednesday, May 21st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Reality Check—Reliability in a Changing Resource Mix
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Moderator: Michael Skelly, MBA – Grid United
    Speaker: Kleber Costa – The AES Corporation
    Speaker: Elliot Mainzer, MBA & MEM – California Independent System Operator
    Speaker: John Pemberton – Southern Power
    Speaker: Carrie Simpson – Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
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  • Wednesday, May 21st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Strategic Diversity—Legal Risks and Winning Solutions
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Moderator: Kelly Veney Darnell – American Clean Power Association
    Speaker: Floss Aggrey – Randstad Sourceright
    Speaker: JoAnna Brooks – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • Thursday, May 22nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Designing the Next-Gen Market for Battery Energy Storage
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
    Speaker: Bahaa Seireg – American Clean Power Association
    Speaker: Caitlin Smith – Jupiter Power
    Speaker: Renae Steichen (she/her/hers) – REV Renewables
    Speaker: Erin Sweet – Clearway
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  • Thursday, May 22nd
    11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PT
    Success Stories—When Unions and Companies Work Well Together
    Location: Charge Up Stage (Lower Level)
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