“Where is it?”
AUSTIN
May 3–6, 2027.
Venue and hotel to be announced.
Source: ETS27 announcement.
Venue status: October 13, 2026.
A little less certainty.
A lot more possibility.
Free Your Mind
FREE YOUR
Utility leaders, innovators, policy thinkers.
The 14th Energy Thought Summit.
Four days in Austin.
01The theme
Free Your Mind
Energy Thought Summit 2027
MAKEROOM
The grid is changing.
So should the conversation.
Energy is too important to leave to the same ideas, in the same rooms, with the same answers.
ETS27 is the 14th Energy Thought Summit. Utility leaders, innovators and policy thinkers meet in Austin for four days, May 3–6, 2027.
A thought to bring with you:
What would you change if “we’ve always done it this way” wasn’t an answer?
02The people
ETS26 sample lineup
ETS27 speakers to be announced
OPEN
MINDS
A few of the voices in the room.
Open a name to meet the person.
01JODY ALLISONXcel EnergyVP of Customer Transformation
From ETS26: customer transformation at Xcel Energy. Not confirmed for ETS27.
02JEFFREY BANKSCenterPoint EnergyVP, Chief Data and AI Officer
From ETS26: data and AI leadership at CenterPoint Energy. Not confirmed for ETS27.
03LORA ANGUAYSMUDChief Energy Resources Officer
From ETS26: energy resources at SMUD. Not confirmed for ETS27.
04AMY ATCHLEYAustin EnergyEV Equity Development Manager
From ETS26: programme design and social entrepreneurship. Not confirmed for ETS27.
Names and roles from the ETS26 sample snapshot.
The 2027 room is still taking shape.
03The days
ETS26 sample programme
Adapted to the 2027 dates
Four days in May
The dates are confirmed. The programme below is a sample from ETS26, arranged across the 2027 dates.
09:15Ceremony · Sample
ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy Garza
Rudy Garza
13:45Fireside · Sample
The CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer Operations
Bashir Bseirani · Jody Allison · Vanessa Edmonds
14:15Panel · Sample
Beyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry Points
Todd Wiedman · Mitch Rappard · John Miri + others
Sample sessions and times from ETS26.
Times shown in local Austin time. Rooms to be announced.
AUSTIN
MAY 3–62027 · Austin, Texas
Four days. In person.
Austin, Texas. Venue and hotel to be announced.
Status: October 13, 2026.
Industry · Government & Utility
Registration and current prices on Eventbrite.
05Your opening
Facts, with their sources.
ASK.
The speakers and programme are still unannounced. Ask about the confirmed event facts or explore the labelled ETS26 samples.
A question already opened“Who’s in the room?”
NOT YET
The ETS27 lineup is still to be announced. The four names above are real ETS26 speakers, included as samples.
Source: ETS26 sample snapshot.
ETS27 lineup status: October 13, 2026.