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Which sessions are about AI?
12 sessions carry AI across 3 of the 4 days, from Tuesday 10:00, a keynote on the efficient frontier, to Thursday’s software-defined power grid at 09:45, with 23 people in the order they take the stage.
Vanessa Edmonds Executive Director · Utility 2030John Miri Bedrock Strategy Group
Janie Gonzalez CEO, Board Director · Webhead, CPS Energy
Talvis Love Group Chief Information and Digital Officer · National GridCarlos Thomas VP, Global Strategic Accounts · OracleAnand Vedapuri VP, Infrastructure & Operations and Enterprise Architecture · CPS Energy
Joyce Deuley Strategic Operations & Development Manager · Team b. Strategy +Tolu Omotoso VP, Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Technology · SECO EnergyJulia Zhu EVP and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer · AlectraDan Schnitzer Sr. Director, Utility Software Business · Honeywell
Kevin Monagle Chief Enterprise Architect · Bridgewater Consulting Group
Evan O'Mahoney Chief Information Officer · CPS Energy
Raiford Smith Global Director, Power and Energy · Google
Chad Horton Vice President, Development, Central · AES Clean EnergyAbhishek Balakrishnan CTO · ANB Systems, DNV
Jeff Jerome Principal Business Program Manager · BGE/Exelon
Karthik Moorthy Chief Growth Officer · BidgelyJohn Kupcinski Chief Information Security Officer · PSEG Long Island
Jeffrey Banks VP, Chief Data and AI Officer · CenterPoint Energy
Matt Rettagliata Head of Solutions for Power and Energy · Google Cloud
Josh Keeling Chief Commercial Officer · UtilityAPI
Andres Carvallo Founder and CEO · CMG ConsultingJason Rodriguez (mod.) · Vanessa Edmonds · John Miri · Janie Gonzalez · Talvis Love · Carlos Thomas · Anand Vedapuri · Joyce Deuley (mod.) · Tolu Omotoso · Julia Zhu · Dan Schnitzer · Kevin Monagle · Evan O'Mahoney · Raiford Smith · Chad Horton (mod.) · Abhishek Balakrishnan · Jeff Jerome · Karthik Moorthy · John Kupcinski · Jeffrey Banks · Matt Rettagliata · Josh Keeling · Andres Carvallo
TUE 10:00 The Efficient Frontier · 11:50 AI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem · 15:30 How AI is Rewiring the Utility Mindset · 16:00 AI, Meet AMI · 16:45 Power Play · WED 09:15 Hacking the Bottleneck · 09:30 Power Hungry · 10:00 Trusted AI for Your Reality · 11:30 Who Wins the Race · 16:20 Grid Games · THU 09:30 The Trust Hack · 09:45 The Software-Defined Power Grid
1 Source: agenda snapshot 2026-10-13, track “AI, data and digital”, an invented grouping of ETS26 sessions · 12 of 50 sessions · sample data, nobody shown is confirmed for ETS27
The theme · 14th Energy Thought Summit · by Zpryme · #LoveYourEnergy
The future doesn’t belong to those who move the fastest. It belongs to those who create the space to think differently. Four days of keynotes, panels, firesides, town halls and receptions for the people who run, regulate and rebuild the grid.
The lineup · 77 speakers · ETS26 as sample data · 58 portraits, 19 knots
One thread per speaker, hung in the order they take the stage. Hover a name and its thread pulls tight through the whole cloth.
Rudy Garza President & CEO · CPS Energy
Hugh Forrest Former President · SXSW
Jason Ryan Executive Vice President, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs · CenterPoint EnergyRebecca Klein Principal · Klein Energy LLCChris Guttman-McCabe Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer · AnterixJason Rodriguez CEO and Co-Founder · Zpryme and Froliq
Jonathan Tijerina VP of Corporate Development · CPS EnergyTim Pianta Head of Utility Partnerships · Base Power Company
Gerardo Delgado Director of Government Affairs · Nicor GasDenise Owusu Decarbonization Manager & Lead of NPUC · Motive Power, NPUC
Chimaobi Chijioke Vice President, Customer Services · Georgia Power
Bashir Bseirani CEO · Avertra
Jody Allison VP of Customer Transformation · Xcel EnergyVanessa Edmonds Executive Director · Utility 2030
Todd Wiedman Chief Information Security Officer · Landis+Gyr
Mitch Rappard Global Solutions Director · Palo Alto NetworksJohn Miri Bedrock Strategy GroupJanie Gonzalez CEO, Board Director · Webhead, CPS Energy
Greg Brown Chief Technology and Security Officer · New Braunfels Utilities
Zach Pollock Director of Grid Strategy & Emerging Technology · Xcel EnergyCody ONeil Vice President of Operations · Holy Cross EnergyBrad Smith Principal Power Engineer · Gridsight
Kimberly Britton CEO & Founder · Britton Strategies
Nancy Bui-Thompson Board Director · SMUDTalvis Love Group Chief Information and Digital Officer · National Grid
DeeAnne Norris CEO · Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association
Jen Szaro President & CEO · AESP
Deepak Garg Founder and Co-CEO · SEW
Paul Lau CEO & GM · SMUD
Marc Spieler Senior Managing Director for the Global Energy Industry · NVIDIACarlos Thomas VP, Global Strategic Accounts · OracleAnand Vedapuri VP, Infrastructure & Operations and Enterprise Architecture · CPS Energy
Richard A Ramirez Head of US Critical National Infrastructure & Network · National Grid
Erin Autin Principal · EA CollectiveSam Chang Director and Associate General Counsel · CenterPoint Energy
Damali Harding Managing Director · Amendment Nine Strategic ConsultingJoyce Deuley Strategic Operations & Development Manager · Team b. Strategy +
Amy Atchley EV Equity Development Manager · Austin Energy
Angie Ostaszewski Director, Strategy & Innovation · SEEL, LLCRicky Murray Senior Director of Social Strategy · Doer/MakerTolu Omotoso VP, Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Technology · SECO Energy
Janet Rehberg President & CEO-elect · EPBJulia Zhu EVP and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer · AlectraDan Schnitzer Sr. Director, Utility Software Business · HoneywellKevin Monagle Chief Enterprise Architect · Bridgewater Consulting GroupEvan O'Mahoney Chief Information Officer · CPS EnergyRaiford Smith Global Director, Power and Energy · GoogleChad Horton Vice President, Development, Central · AES Clean Energy
Zac Canders Co-Founder · DataCapable
Bill Potter CEO · DataCapable
Bob Flaherty COO · DataCapableAbhishek Balakrishnan CTO · ANB Systems, DNVJeff Jerome Principal Business Program Manager · BGE/ExelonKarthik Moorthy Chief Growth Officer · BidgelyJohn Kupcinski Chief Information Security Officer · PSEG Long Island
John Padalino General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer · Bandera Electric Cooperative
Carlos Ayala Founder and Managing Partner · Mentora LLCTeresa Ringenbach Co-Founder · Bloom Advisory PartnersJeffrey Banks VP, Chief Data and AI Officer · CenterPoint EnergyMatt Rettagliata Head of Solutions for Power and Energy · Google Cloud
Quinn Parker Founder and CEO · Encolor
Lora Anguay Chief Energy Resources Officer · SMUD
Mandip Samra CEO/General Manager · Burbank Water & Power
Navin Kumar Prasannam Global Industry Business Unit - Utilities · SAPJosh Keeling Chief Commercial Officer · UtilityAPI
Joon Lee CEO · Navion EnergyAndres Carvallo Founder and CEO · CMG Consulting
Elaina Ball Chief Strategy Officer · CPS Energy
Christina Oliver SVP of Project Management · LCRA
Venkat Tirupati Vice President, Dev Ops and Grid Transformation · ERCOT
Sabah Bayatli President · OCI Energy
Seyi Fabode Strategy and Technology Consultant · Asha Labs
Danny Petrecca VP of Business Development · Itron
Tasha McCarter Vice President of Technology & Innovation · RWE
Jeremy Adelman Emerging Technology & Innovation Manager · Tucson Electric Power
KJ Feder VP of Community Engagement · CPS EnergyChristine Miles Senior Director of National Sales · PaymentusRudy Garza Hugh Forrest Jason Ryan Rebecca Klein Chris Guttman-McCabe Jason Rodriguez Jonathan Tijerina Tim Pianta Gerardo Delgado Denise Owusu Chimaobi Chijioke Bashir Bseirani Jody Allison Vanessa Edmonds Todd Wiedman Mitch Rappard John Miri Janie Gonzalez Greg Brown Zach Pollock Cody ONeil Brad Smith Kimberly Britton Nancy Bui-Thompson Talvis Love DeeAnne Norris Jen Szaro Deepak Garg Paul Lau Marc Spieler Carlos Thomas Anand Vedapuri Richard A Ramirez Erin Autin Sam Chang Damali Harding Joyce Deuley Amy Atchley Angie Ostaszewski Ricky Murray Tolu Omotoso Janet Rehberg Julia Zhu Dan Schnitzer Kevin Monagle Evan O'Mahoney Raiford Smith Chad Horton Zac Canders Bill Potter Bob Flaherty Abhishek Balakrishnan Jeff Jerome Karthik Moorthy John Kupcinski John Padalino Carlos Ayala Teresa Ringenbach Jeffrey Banks Matt Rettagliata Quinn Parker Lora Anguay Mandip Samra Navin Kumar Prasannam Josh Keeling Joon Lee Andres Carvallo Elaina Ball Christina Oliver Venkat Tirupati Sabah Bayatli Seyi Fabode Danny Petrecca Tasha McCarter Jeremy Adelman KJ Feder Christine Miles
Monday · May 3, 2027 · 08:15–21:00 · 13 sessions · 23 people
Opening remarks, policy and data-center load panels, customer experience and grid security, opening reception.
Registration Opens
ETS Opening & Special Video Remarks w/ Rudy Garza
Rudy GarzaHow to Hack Your Experience at ETS27
Hugh ForrestPremier: MLK Community Center Microgrid Story
The Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces Regulation
Jason Ryan · Rebecca Klein · Chris Guttman-McCabe · Jason RodriguezMegawatt Reckoning: Hacking the Data Center Load Curve
Jonathan Tijerina · Tim Pianta · Gerardo Delgado · mod. Denise OwusuNetworking Lunch
The Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer Game
Chimaobi ChijiokeThe CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer Operations
Bashir Bseirani · Jody Allison · Vanessa EdmondsBeyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry Points
Todd Wiedman · Mitch Rappard · John Miri · Janie Gonzalez · Greg BrownNetworking Break
The New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power Surge
Gerardo Delgado · Zach Pollock · Cody ONeil · Brad Smith · mod. Kimberly BrittonETS27 Opening Networking Reception
Tuesday · May 4, 2027 · 08:15–20:00 · 15 sessions · 28 people
AI and data talks, parallel breakouts, grid-edge and metering panels, evening reception.
Networking Breakfast
Leadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy Era
Nancy Bui-Thompson · mod. Jason RodriguezThe Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric Affordability
Talvis LoveThe Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is Distributed
DeeAnne Norris · Jen Szaro · Deepak Garg · Paul Lau · Marc SpielerAI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI Strategy
Carlos Thomas · Anand VedapuriNetworking Lunch
Breakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid Edge
Greg Brown · Richard A Ramirez · mod. Erin AutinBreakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid Investment
Sam Chang · Bashir Bseirani · Damali Harding · mod. Joyce DeuleyBreakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That Stick
Amy Atchley · Angie Ostaszewski · mod. Ricky MurrayNetworking Break
How AI is Rewiring the Utility Mindset
Tolu OmotosoInnovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid Applications
Janet RehbergAI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern Grid
Julia Zhu · Dan Schnitzer · Kevin Monagle · Evan O'Mahoney · Joyce DeuleyPower Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status Quo
Raiford Smith · mod. Jason Rodriguez · mod. Chad HortonDay 2 Networking Reception
Wednesday · May 5, 2027 · 08:15–20:00 · 13 sessions · 22 people
Outage intelligence, AI keynotes and panels, workshop, planning and reliability, closing reception.
Networking Breakfast
Hack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage Intelligence
Jason Ryan · Zac Canders · Bill Potter · Bob FlahertyHacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who Matter
Abhishek BalakrishnanPower Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040
Jeff JeromeTrusted AI for Your Reality
Karthik Moorthy · John KupcinskiHacking the Distribution Utility
John Padalino · Carlos Ayala · Teresa RingenbachWho Wins the Race: AI Speed or Grid Stability?
Jeffrey Banks · Matt Rettagliata · Vanessa EdmondsNetworking Lunch
Breakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term Change
Quinn ParkerNetworking Break
Conducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and Affordability
Lora Anguay · Mandip Samra · Navin Kumar Prasannam · mod. Erin AutinGrid Games: How AI is Both the Defender and the Invader
John Kupcinski · Jeffrey Banks · Josh Keeling · John Miri · mod. Joyce DeuleyClosing Day 3 Networking Reception
Thursday · May 6, 2027 · 08:30–12:30 · 9 sessions · 16 people · half day
Half day: storage and trust keynotes, capacity and resilience conversations, closing session.
Breakfast & Networking
Supergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?
Joon LeeThe Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without It
Evan O'Mahoney · Janie GonzalezThe Software-Defined Power Grid
Andres CarvalloUnlocking Capacity in an Age of Extremes
Elaina Ball · Christina Oliver · Venkat Tirupati · Sabah Bayatli · mod. Seyi FabodeFuture Forward: Re-Examining Sustainable Resilience in the Era of AI
Danny Petrecca · Tasha McCarter · Jeremy Adelman · mod. Jason RodriguezHack the Customer: Real Stories and Real Impact from Utilities at the Forefront of Addressing the Affordability Challenge
Carlos Ayala · KJ Feder · mod. Christine MilesClosing Session: ETS27 Ultimate Hacks
Event Close
$320.89
Tickets · on sale now on Eventbrite · fees included · no refunds
Government & utility $320.89 until Nov 19, 2026, then $374.25.
Industry $907.78 until Nov 19, 2026, then $1,227.91.
Prices as of 2026-10-13. Not yet published: what a ticket includes, group codes, student, speaker and press rates.
Austin
Place · Austin, Texas · venue announced soon
Austin, Texas, May 3 to 6, 2027. The venue and the hotel block will be announced together. ETS asks you to move around the city by Cap Metro, rideshare, e-bike or on foot.
Last year: Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, with a room block at the Westin and a shuttle. Speak, sponsor or volunteer: ets@zpryme.com.