ETS27 · Energy Thought Summit · 14th edition Tickets on sale

Free Your Mind

Austin, Texas · venue announced soon May 3–6, 2027 · Mon–Thu

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  1. Tue 13:30
  2. From Firewalls to Frequency
  3. Richard A Ramirez
  4. Load growth, storage and capacity
  5. Tue 18:30
  6. Day 2 Networking Reception
  7. Thu 12:25
  8. Event Close
  9. AI, data and digital
  10. Thu 08:30
  11. Breakfast & Networking
  12. Tue 16:00
  13. AI, Meet AMI
  14. Julia Zhu
  15. Dan Schnitzer
  16. Kevin Monagle
  17. Evan O’Mahoney
  18. Wed 15:35
  19. Conducting the Grand Symphony
  20. Lora Anguay
  21. Mandip Samra
  22. Navin Kumar Prasannam
  23. Erin Autin
  24. Austin, Texas
  25. Mon 3 May 2027
  26. 14th edition
  27. Tue 16:45
  28. Power Play
  29. Raiford Smith
  30. Chad Horton
  31. Tue 08:15
  32. Networking Breakfast
  33. Mon 09:25
  34. How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27
  35. Hugh Forrest
  36. Tue 11:50
  37. AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But…
  38. Carlos Thomas
  39. Anand Vedapuri
  40. Venue announced soon
  41. Mon 09:35
  42. MLK Community Center Microgrid Story
  43. Thu 6 May 2027
  44. Wed 16:20
  45. Grid Games
  46. John Kupcinski
  47. Jeffrey Banks
  48. Josh Keeling
  49. John Miri
  50. Joyce Deuley
  51. Zpryme
  52. Policy, markets and planning
  53. Wed 18:30
  54. Closing Day 3 Networking Reception
  55. Tue 12:20
  56. Networking Lunch
  57. People, workforce and community
  58. Tue 14:15
  59. Emotion Meets Electron
  60. Amy Atchley
  61. Angie Ostaszewski
  62. Ricky Murray
  63. Mon 15:30
  64. The New Energy Trilemma
  65. Zach Pollock
  66. Cody ONeil
  67. Brad Smith
  68. Kimberly Britton
  69. Tue 13:30
  70. Rate Design Reimagined
  71. Sam Chang
  72. Damali Harding
  73. Tue 10:30
  74. The Edge is the New Core
  75. DeeAnne Norris
  76. Jen Szaro
  77. Deepak Garg
  78. Paul Lau
  79. Marc Spieler
  80. Wed 08:15
  81. Networking Breakfast
  82. Tue 15:30
  83. How AI is Rewiring the Utility Mindset
  84. Tolu Omotoso
  85. Mon 08:15
  86. Registration Opens
  87. Grid edge and distributed energy
  88. Thu 10:45
  89. Future Forward
  90. Danny Petrecca
  91. Tasha McCarter
  92. Jeremy Adelman
  93. Jason Rodriguez
  94. Thu 12:15
  95. Closing Session
  96. Mon 15:00
  97. Networking Break
  98. Tue 15:45
  99. Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid…
  100. Janet Rehberg
  101. Mon 11:15
  102. Megawatt Reckoning
  103. Jonathan Tijerina
  104. Tim Pianta
  105. Gerardo Delgado
  106. Denise Owusu
  107. Resilience and security
  108. Thu 10:00
  109. Unlocking Capacity in an Age of Extremes
  110. Elaina Ball
  111. Christina Oliver
  112. Venkat Tirupati
  113. Sabah Bayatli
  114. Seyi Fabode
  115. Tue 15:00
  116. Networking Break
  117. Wed 5 May 2027
  118. Mon 13:45
  119. The CXth Sense
  120. Bashir Bseirani
  121. Jody Allison
  122. Vanessa Edmonds
  123. Mon 12:00
  124. Networking Lunch
  125. Tue 10:00
  126. The Efficient Frontier
  127. Talvis Love
  128. Tue 4 May 2027
  129. Wed 09:30
  130. Power Hungry
  131. Jeff Jerome
  132. Tue 09:00
  133. Leadership Perspective
  134. Nancy Bui-Thompson
  135. Thu 09:45
  136. The Software-Defined Power Grid
  137. Andres Carvallo
  138. Wed 08:55
  139. Hack the Outage
  140. Jason Ryan
  141. Zac Canders
  142. Bill Potter
  143. Bob Flaherty
  144. Wed 13:30
  145. The Next Era of DSM
  146. Quinn Parker
  147. Mon 19:00
  148. ETS27 Opening Networking Reception
  149. Wed 11:00
  150. Hacking the Distribution Utility
  151. John Padalino
  152. Teresa Ringenbach
  153. Tickets from $320.89
  154. Wed 12:30
  155. Networking Lunch
  156. Customer and affordability
  157. Thu 11:30
  158. Hack the Customer
  159. Carlos Ayala
  160. KJ Feder
  161. Christine Miles
  162. Wed 09:15
  163. Hacking the Bottleneck
  164. Abhishek Balakrishnan
  165. #LoveYourEnergy
  166. Mon 10:30
  167. The Policy Singularity
  168. Rebecca Klein
  169. Chris Guttman-McCabe
  170. Wed 10:00
  171. Trusted AI for Your Reality
  172. Karthik Moorthy
  173. Mon 09:15
  174. ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/…
  175. Rudy Garza
  176. Mon 14:15
  177. Beyond the Firewall
  178. Todd Wiedman
  179. Mitch Rappard
  180. Janie Gonzalez
  181. Greg Brown
  182. Thu 09:15
  183. Supergrid Rising
  184. Joon Lee
  185. Mon 13:00
  186. The Engagement Hack
  187. Chimaobi Chijioke
  188. Wed 15:00
  189. Networking Break
  190. Thu 09:30
  191. The Trust Hack
  192. Wed 11:30
  193. Who Wins the Race
  194. Matt Rettagliata
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Who’s speaking Tuesday

Tuesday is the long day: fifteen sessions from the 08:15 breakfast to the 18:30 reception. Twenty-eight people are on the programme that day; they are lit in the lattice, everyone else waits.

  1. 09:00Leadership Perspective · Nancy Bui-Thompson · Jason Rodriguez
  2. 10:30The Edge is the New Core · DeeAnne Norris · Jen Szaro · Deepak Garg · Paul Lau · Marc Spieler
  3. 16:00AI, Meet AMI · Julia Zhu · Dan Schnitzer · Kevin Monagle · Evan O’Mahoney · Joyce Deuley
  4. 16:45Power Play · Raiford Smith · Jason Rodriguez · Chad Horton
+ Eleven more sessions, in the four days below ↓

¹ Source: the ETS26 programme, moved forward a year, as sample data until ETS27 is announced. Snapshot 13 Oct 2026.

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  1. The theme
  2. The lineup
  3. The four days
  4. Tickets
  5. The place

ETS27 · fourteenth edition · #LoveYourEnergy

The future doesn’t belong to those who move the fastest

— it belongs to those who create the space to think differently. Free Your Mind is the theme of the fourteenth Energy Thought Summit, Zpryme’s flagship, back in Austin, Texas, May 3–6, 2027.

ETS is the energy industry’s ideas summit: utility and grid leaders, innovators, policy people and founders, in conversation rather than on a trade-show floor. Four days, one city, one question each.

  1. The theme
  2. The lineup
  3. The four days
  4. Tickets
  5. The place

77 people · ETS26 lineup as sample data · ETS27 speakers not yet announced · Tuesday’s voices sharpened

  1. Jeremy AdelmanEmerging Technology & Innovation Manager, Tucson Electric Power
    THU
  2. Jody AllisonVP of Customer Transformation, Xcel Energy
    MON
  3. Lora AnguayChief Energy Resources Officer, SMUD
    WED
  4. Amy AtchleyEV Equity Development Manager, Austin Energy
    TUE
  5. Erin AutinPrincipal, EA Collective
    TUE · WED
  6. Carlos AyalaFounder and Managing Partner, Mentora LLC
    WED · THU
  7. Abhishek BalakrishnanCTO, ANB Systems, DNV
    WED
  8. Elaina BallChief Strategy Officer, CPS Energy
    THU
  9. Jeffrey BanksVP, Chief Data and AI Officer, CenterPoint Energy
    WED
  10. Sabah BayatliPresident, OCI Energy
    THU
  11. Kimberly BrittonCEO & Founder, Britton Strategies
    MON
  12. Greg BrownChief Technology and Security Officer, New Braunfels Utilities
    MON · TUE
  13. Bashir BseiraniCEO, Avertra
    MON · TUE
  14. Nancy Bui-ThompsonBoard Director, SMUD
    TUE
  15. Zac CandersCo-Founder, DataCapable
    WED
  16. Andres CarvalloFounder and CEO, CMG Consulting
    THU
  17. Sam ChangDirector and Associate General Counsel, CenterPoint Energy
    TUE
  18. Chimaobi ChijiokeVice President, Customer Services, Georgia Power
    MON
  19. Gerardo DelgadoDirector of Government Affairs, Nicor Gas
    MON
  20. Joyce DeuleyStrategic Operations & Development Manager, Team b. Strategy +
    TUE · WED
  21. Vanessa EdmondsExecutive Director, Utility 2030
    MON · WED
  22. Seyi FabodeStrategy and Technology Consultant, Asha Labs
    THU
  23. KJ FederVP of Community Engagement, CPS Energy
    THU
  24. Bob FlahertyCOO, DataCapable
    WED
  25. Hugh ForrestFormer President, SXSW
    MON
  26. Deepak GargFounder and Co-CEO, SEW
    TUE
  27. Rudy GarzaPresident & CEO, CPS Energy
    MON
  28. Janie GonzalezCEO, Board Director, Webhead, CPS Energy
    MON · THU
  29. Chris Guttman-McCabeChief Regulatory and Communications Officer, Anterix
    MON
  30. Damali HardingManaging Director, Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting
    TUE
  31. Chad HortonVice President, Development, Central, AES Clean Energy
    TUE
  32. Jeff JeromePrincipal Business Program Manager, BGE/Exelon
    WED
  33. Josh KeelingChief Commercial Officer, UtilityAPI
    WED
  34. Rebecca KleinPrincipal, Klein Energy LLC
    MON
  35. Navin Kumar PrasannamGlobal Industry Business Unit - Utilities, SAP
    WED
  36. John KupcinskiChief Information Security Officer, PSEG Long Island
    WED
  37. Paul LauCEO & GM, SMUD
    TUE
  38. Joon LeeCEO, Navion Energy
    THU
  39. Talvis LoveGroup Chief Information and Digital Officer, National Grid
    TUE
  40. Tasha McCarterVice President of Technology & Innovation, RWE
    THU
  41. Christine MilesSenior Director of National Sales, Paymentus
    THU
  42. John MiriBedrock Strategy Group
    MON · WED
  43. Kevin MonagleChief Enterprise Architect, Bridgewater Consulting Group
    TUE
  44. Karthik MoorthyChief Growth Officer, Bidgely
    WED
  45. Ricky MurraySenior Director of Social Strategy, Doer/Maker
    TUE
  46. DeeAnne NorrisCEO, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association
    TUE
  47. Evan O’MahoneyChief Information Officer, CPS Energy
    TUE · THU
  48. Christina OliverSVP of Project Management, LCRA
    THU
  49. Tolu OmotosoVP, Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Technology, SECO Energy
    TUE
  50. Cody ONeilVice President of Operations, Holy Cross Energy
    MON
  51. Angie OstaszewskiDirector, Strategy & Innovation, SEEL, LLC
    TUE
  52. Denise OwusuDecarbonization Manager & Lead of NPUC, Motive Power, NPUC
    MON
  53. John PadalinoGeneral Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Bandera Electric Cooperative
    WED
  54. Quinn ParkerFounder and CEO, Encolor
    WED
  55. Danny PetreccaVP of Business Development, Itron
    THU
  56. Tim PiantaHead of Utility Partnerships, Base Power Company
    MON
  57. Zach PollockDirector of Grid Strategy & Emerging Technology, Xcel Energy
    MON
  58. Bill PotterCEO, DataCapable
    WED
  59. Richard A RamirezHead of US Critical National Infrastructure & Network, National Grid
    TUE
  60. Mitch RappardGlobal Solutions Director, Palo Alto Networks
    MON
  61. Janet RehbergPresident & CEO-elect, EPB
    TUE
  62. Matt RettagliataHead of Solutions for Power and Energy, Google Cloud
    WED
  63. Teresa RingenbachCo-Founder, Bloom Advisory Partners
    WED
  64. Jason RodriguezCEO and Co-Founder, Zpryme and Froliq
    MON · TUE · THU
  65. Jason RyanExecutive Vice President, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs, CenterPoint Energy
    MON · WED
  66. Mandip SamraCEO/General Manager, Burbank Water & Power
    WED
  67. Dan SchnitzerSr. Director, Utility Software Business, Honeywell
    TUE
  68. Brad SmithPrincipal Power Engineer, Gridsight
    MON
  69. Raiford SmithGlobal Director, Power and Energy, Google
    TUE
  70. Marc SpielerSenior Managing Director for the Global Energy Industry, NVIDIA
    TUE
  71. Jen SzaroPresident & CEO, AESP
    TUE
  72. Carlos ThomasVP, Global Strategic Accounts, Oracle
    TUE
  73. Jonathan TijerinaVP of Corporate Development, CPS Energy
    MON
  74. Venkat TirupatiVice President, Dev Ops and Grid Transformation, ERCOT
    THU
  75. Anand VedapuriVP, Infrastructure & Operations and Enterprise Architecture, CPS Energy
    TUE
  76. Todd WiedmanChief Information Security Officer, Landis+Gyr
    MON
  77. Julia ZhuEVP and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Alectra
    TUE
  1. The theme
  2. The lineup
  3. The four days
  4. Tickets
  5. The place

Mon 3 to Thu 6 May 2027 · 50 sessions · 08:15–21:00 · ETS26 programme as sample data

Mon 3May 2027 · 13 sessions

  1. 08:15Registration OpensRegistration
  2. 09:15ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy GarzaOpening / closing · Rudy Garza
  3. 09:25How to Hack Your Experience at ETS27Keynote · Hugh Forrest
  4. 09:35Premier: MLK Community Center Microgrid StoryShort documentary
  5. 10:30The Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces RegulationPanel · Jason Ryan · Rebecca Klein · Chris Guttman-McCabe · Jason Rodriguez
  6. 11:15Megawatt Reckoning: Hacking the Data Center Load CurvePanel · Jonathan Tijerina · Tim Pianta · Gerardo Delgado · Denise Owusu
  7. 12:00Networking LunchMeal
  8. 13:00The Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer GameKeynote · Chimaobi Chijioke
  9. 13:45The CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer OperationsFireside chat · Bashir Bseirani · Jody Allison · Vanessa Edmonds
  10. 14:15Beyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry PointsPanel · Todd Wiedman · Mitch Rappard · John Miri · Janie Gonzalez · Greg Brown
  11. 15:00Networking BreakNetworking break
  12. 15:30The New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power SurgeTown hall · Gerardo Delgado · Zach Pollock · Cody ONeil · Brad Smith · Kimberly Britton
  13. 19:00ETS27 Opening Networking ReceptionEvening reception

Tue 4May 2027 · 15 sessions

  1. 08:15Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. 09:00Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraFireside chat · Nancy Bui-Thompson · Jason Rodriguez
  3. 10:00The Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityKeynote · Talvis Love
  4. 10:30The Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid’s Future is DistributedPanel · DeeAnne Norris · Jen Szaro · Deepak Garg · Paul Lau · Marc Spieler
  5. 11:50AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI StrategyFireside chat · Carlos Thomas · Anand Vedapuri
  6. 12:20Networking LunchMeal
  7. 13:30Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeBreakout · Greg Brown · Richard A Ramirez · Erin Autin
  8. 13:30Breakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid InvestmentBreakout · Sam Chang · Bashir Bseirani · Damali Harding · Joyce Deuley
  9. 14:15Breakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That StickBreakout · Amy Atchley · Angie Ostaszewski · Ricky Murray
  10. 15:00Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. 15:30How AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetETS Talk · Tolu Omotoso
  12. 15:45Innovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsETS Talk · Janet Rehberg
  13. 16:00AI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridPanel · Julia Zhu · Dan Schnitzer · Kevin Monagle · Evan O’Mahoney · Joyce Deuley
  14. 16:45Power Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status QuoFireside chat · Raiford Smith · Jason Rodriguez · Chad Horton
  15. 18:30Day 2 Networking ReceptionEvening reception

Wed 5May 2027 · 13 sessions

  1. 08:15Networking BreakfastNetworking break
  2. 08:55Hack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage IntelligencePanel · Jason Ryan · Zac Canders · Bill Potter · Bob Flaherty
  3. 09:15Hacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who MatterKeynote · Abhishek Balakrishnan
  4. 09:30Power Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040Keynote · Jeff Jerome
  5. 10:00Trusted AI for Your RealityPanel · Karthik Moorthy · John Kupcinski
  6. 11:00Hacking the Distribution UtilityFireside chat · John Padalino · Carlos Ayala · Teresa Ringenbach
  7. 11:30Who Wins the Race: AI Speed or Grid Stability?Fireside chat · Jeffrey Banks · Matt Rettagliata · Vanessa Edmonds
  8. 12:30Networking LunchMeal
  9. 13:30Breakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term ChangeWorkshop · Quinn Parker
  10. 15:00Networking BreakNetworking break
  11. 15:35Conducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and AffordabilityPanel · Lora Anguay · Mandip Samra · Navin Kumar Prasannam · Erin Autin
  12. 16:20Grid Games: How AI is Both the Defender and the InvaderFireside chat · John Kupcinski · Jeffrey Banks · Josh Keeling · John Miri · Joyce Deuley
  13. 18:30Closing Day 3 Networking ReceptionEvening reception

Thu 6May 2027 · 9 sessions

  1. 08:30Breakfast & NetworkingMeal
  2. 09:15Supergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?Keynote · Joon Lee
  3. 09:30The Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without ItKeynote · Evan O’Mahoney · Janie Gonzalez
  4. 09:45The Software-Defined Power GridKeynote · Andres Carvallo
  5. 10:00Unlocking Capacity in an Age of ExtremesPanel · Elaina Ball · Christina Oliver · Venkat Tirupati · Sabah Bayatli · Seyi Fabode
  6. 10:45Future Forward: Re-Examining Sustainable Resilience in the Era of AIFireside chat · Danny Petrecca · Tasha McCarter · Jeremy Adelman · Jason Rodriguez
  7. 11:30Hack the Customer: Real Stories and Real Impact from Utilities at the Forefront of Addressing the Affordability ChallengeTown hall · Carlos Ayala · KJ Feder · Christine Miles
  8. 12:15Closing Session: ETS27 Ultimate HacksOpening / closing
  9. 12:25Event CloseOpening / closing
  1. The theme
  2. The lineup
  3. The four days
  4. Tickets
  5. The place

On sale now on Eventbrite · phase 1 until 19 Nov 2026 · USD, fees included

  1. IndustryVendors, consultants, technology companies$907.78Phase 1 · until 19 Nov 2026Buy
  2. Government & UtilityUtilities, co-ops, municipal and public power, agencies$320.89Phase 1 · until 19 Nov 2026Buy
  3. IndustryPhase 2$1,227.91Phase 2 · after 19 Nov 2026Later
  4. Government & UtilityPhase 2$374.25Phase 2 · after 19 Nov 2026Later

Prices include Eventbrite fees and are as listed on 13 October 2026; there are no refunds. Phase 1 closes on 19 November 2026, and every pass goes up after it.

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  1. The theme
  2. The lineup
  3. The four days
  4. Tickets
  5. The place

Austin, Texas · venue to be announced · hotel block to follow

Austin

Austin, Texas, May 3 to 6, 2027. The venue has not been announced; the hotel block and travel details will follow with it. ETS26 was held in San Antonio at the Boeing Center at Tech Port; this edition comes home.

ETS encourages public transport, rideshare, e-bikes, scooters and walking where it is safe.

Coordinates
30.2672° N, 97.7431° W
Time zone
Central, UTC−5 in May
Venue
To be announced
Hotel block
Follows with the venue
The teal
Barton Springs, 68 °F all year
Questions
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