ETS27

Energy Thought Summit · 14th edition

Austin, Texas

Venue announced soon

Tickets

From $320.89
on sale now

May

3–6

2027 · Monday to Thursday

Hugh Forrest, the face replaced by a light

Free your
mind

Write in the light

Light 1 of 13 · ETS26 lineup, sample data

Hugh Forrest

Former President, SXSW

Speaks Monday, May 3 at 09:25 — How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27

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14 Oct · from the 13 Oct agenda snapshot

Nancy Bui-Thompson, the face replaced by the light the answer is written in

01 · Nancy Bui-Thompson, Board Director, SMUD · opens Tuesday at 09:00

who speaks tuesday?

Tuesday, May 4 is the full day: fifteen sessions from a 09:00 leadership fireside with SMUD’s Nancy Bui-Thompson to Google’s Raiford Smith at 16:45, with three breakouts after lunch. Twenty-eight people take the stage; the day in order is below, and the reception opens at 18:30.

  1. Nancy Bui-Thompson SMUD, Jason Rodriguez Zpryme and Froliq
  2. Talvis Love National Grid
  3. DeeAnne Norris Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association, Jen Szaro AESP, Deepak Garg SEW, Paul Lau SMUD, Marc Spieler NVIDIA
  4. Carlos Thomas Oracle, Anand Vedapuri CPS Energy
  5. Greg Brown New Braunfels Utilities, Richard A Ramirez National Grid, Erin Autin EA Collective, Sam Chang CenterPoint Energy, Bashir Bseirani Avertra, Damali Harding Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting, Joyce Deuley Team b. Strategy +
  6. Amy Atchley Austin Energy, Angie Ostaszewski SEEL, LLC, Ricky Murray Doer/Maker
  7. Tolu Omotoso SECO Energy
  8. Janet Rehberg EPB
  9. Julia Zhu Alectra, Dan Schnitzer Honeywell, Kevin Monagle Bridgewater Consulting Group, Evan O'Mahoney CPS Energy
  10. Raiford Smith Google, Chad Horton AES Clean Energy

Source: agenda snapshot 2026-10-13 · ETS26 programme relabelled to ETS27 dates · 28 people · sample data

Free your mind.

The future doesn’t belong to those who move the fastest. It belongs to those who create the space to think differently.

The summit

The 14th Energy Thought Summit, Zpryme’s flagship, back in Austin after two editions in San Antonio: four days of keynotes, fireside chats, ETS Talks, panels and town halls.

Who comes

Utility and grid leaders, regulators and policy people, innovators and founders: the people who run, regulate, build and rethink the grid. Seventy-seven of them took the stage at ETS26.

Two ways in

Walk the lineup one person at a time, or write a question in the light: a day, a name, a price. The mind answers from the published programme, and says so when it cannot.

Lineup · 77 minds, every face a light

ETS26 lineup as stand-ins · none confirmed for ETS27 · sample data

Hover a light to switch it off and see who is behind it; click to walk to them.Tap a light to switch it off and see who is behind it; tap again to walk to them. Nineteen portraits are still to come: their lights carry only a name.

Larger lights are the featured speakers of the ETS26 programme. The cover walks the thirteen portraits that hold at poster scale.

Agenda · four days · 50 sessions · on stage · between sessions

ETS26 programme relabelled to ETS27 dates · sample data

3Monday · May 3 · 13 sessions08:15–21:00
  1. Registration OpensRegistration
  2. ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy GarzaRudy GarzaOpening / closing
  3. How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27Hugh ForrestKeynote
  4. Premier: MLK Community Center Microgrid StoryShort documentary
  5. The Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces RegulationJason Ryan · Rebecca Klein · Chris Guttman-McCabe · Jason RodriguezPanel
  6. Megawatt Reckoning: Hacking the Data Center Load CurveJonathan Tijerina · Tim Pianta · Gerardo Delgado — moderated by Denise OwusuPanel
  7. Networking LunchMeal
  8. The Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer GameChimaobi ChijiokeKeynote
  9. The CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer OperationsBashir Bseirani · Jody Allison · Vanessa EdmondsFireside chat
  10. Beyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry PointsTodd Wiedman · Mitch Rappard · John Miri · Janie Gonzalez · Greg BrownPanel
  11. Networking BreakNetworking break
  12. The New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power SurgeGerardo Delgado · Zach Pollock · Cody ONeil · Brad Smith — moderated by Kimberly BrittonTown hall
  13. ETS27 Opening Networking ReceptionEvening reception
4Tuesday · May 4 · 15 sessions08:15–20:00
  1. Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraNancy Bui-Thompson — moderated by Jason RodriguezFireside chat
  3. The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityTalvis LoveKeynote
  4. The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedDeeAnne Norris · Jen Szaro · Deepak Garg · Paul Lau · Marc SpielerPanel
  5. AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI StrategyCarlos Thomas · Anand VedapuriFireside chat
  6. Networking LunchMeal
  7. Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeGreg Brown · Richard A Ramirez — moderated by Erin AutinBreakout
  8. Breakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid InvestmentSam Chang · Bashir Bseirani · Damali Harding — moderated by Joyce DeuleyBreakout
  9. Breakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That StickAmy Atchley · Angie Ostaszewski — moderated by Ricky MurrayBreakout
  10. Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetTolu OmotosoETS Talk
  12. Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsJanet RehbergETS Talk
  13. AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridJulia Zhu · Dan Schnitzer · Kevin Monagle · Evan O'Mahoney · Joyce DeuleyPanel
  14. Power Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status QuoRaiford Smith — moderated by Jason Rodriguez, Chad HortonFireside chat
  15. Day 2 Networking ReceptionEvening reception
5Wednesday · May 5 · 13 sessions08:15–20:00
  1. Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. Hack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage IntelligenceJason Ryan · Zac Canders · Bill Potter · Bob FlahertyPanel
  3. Hacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who MatterAbhishek BalakrishnanKeynote
  4. Power Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040Jeff JeromeKeynote
  5. Trusted AI for Your RealityKarthik Moorthy · John KupcinskiPanel
  6. Hacking the Distribution UtilityJohn Padalino · Carlos Ayala · Teresa RingenbachFireside chat
  7. Who Wins the Race: AI Speed or Grid Stability?Jeffrey Banks · Matt Rettagliata · Vanessa EdmondsFireside chat
  8. Networking LunchMeal
  9. Breakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term ChangeQuinn ParkerWorkshop
  10. Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. Conducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and AffordabilityLora Anguay · Mandip Samra · Navin Kumar Prasannam — moderated by Erin AutinPanel
  12. Grid Games: How AI is Both the Defender and the InvaderJohn Kupcinski · Jeffrey Banks · Josh Keeling · John Miri — moderated by Joyce DeuleyFireside chat
  13. Closing Day 3 Networking ReceptionEvening reception
6Thursday · May 6 · 9 sessions08:30–12:30
  1. Breakfast & NetworkingMeal
  2. Supergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?Joon LeeKeynote
  3. The Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without ItEvan O'Mahoney · Janie GonzalezKeynote
  4. The Software-Defined Power GridAndres CarvalloKeynote
  5. Unlocking Capacity in an Age of ExtremesElaina Ball · Christina Oliver · Venkat Tirupati · Sabah Bayatli — moderated by Seyi FabodePanel
  6. Future Forward: Re-Examining Sustainable Resilience in the Era of AIDanny Petrecca · Tasha McCarter · Jeremy Adelman — moderated by Jason RodriguezFireside chat
  7. Hack the Customer: Real Stories and Real Impact from Utilities at the Forefront of Addressing the Affordability ChallengeCarlos Ayala · KJ Feder — moderated by Christine MilesTown hall
  8. Closing Session: ETS27 Ultimate HacksOpening / closing
  9. Event CloseOpening / closing

Tickets · on sale now at Eventbrite

Prices include Eventbrite fees · non-refundable · as of 2026-10-13

Government & utility

$320.89

Early phase, until November 19, 2026.

Then $374.25 from November 19.

Industry

$907.78

Early phase, until November 19, 2026.

Then $1,227.91 from November 20.

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Place

Austin

Austin, Texas · venue announced soon. ETS23 was at Hotel ZaZa downtown; ETS25 and ETS26 moved to the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio. The ETS27 room block and shuttle follow the venue announcement.

Getting aroundCap Metro, rideshare, e-bikes and walking are encouraged; bring a bottle. Hotel block and booking link land on this page when the venue does.

HoursMonday to Wednesday 08:15 to about 17:00 with evening receptions; Thursday is a half day, closing at 12:30.