ETS27 Free Your Mind Austin, Texas May 3–6, 2027 Tickets

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Who's speaking Tuesday

Tuesday, May 4, is the fullest of the four days: fifteen sessions and twenty-eight people on stage, from Nancy Bui-Thompson at nine to Raiford Smith of Google at a quarter to five, with three breakouts side by side after lunch. The rows are ETS26 stand-ins; nobody is confirmed for ETS27 yet.

  1. 09:0009:15FiresideNancy Bui-Thompson · moderated by Jason RodriguezLeadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy Era
  2. 10:0010:15KeynoteTalvis LoveThe Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric Affordability
  3. 10:3011:15PanelDeeAnne Norris, Jen Szaro, Deepak Garg, Paul Lau, Marc SpielerThe Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is Distributed
  4. 11:5012:20FiresideCarlos Thomas, Anand VedapuriAI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI Strategy
  5. 13:3014:15BreakoutGreg Brown, Richard A Ramirez · moderated by Erin AutinBreakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid Edge
  6. 13:3014:15BreakoutSam Chang, Bashir Bseirani, Damali Harding · moderated by Joyce DeuleyBreakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid Investment
  7. 14:1515:00BreakoutAmy Atchley, Angie Ostaszewski · moderated by Ricky MurrayBreakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That Stick
  8. 15:3015:45ETS talkTolu OmotosoHow AI is Rewiring the Utility Mindset
  9. 15:4516:00ETS talkJanet RehbergInnovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid Applications
  10. 16:0016:45PanelJulia Zhu, Dan Schnitzer, Kevin Monagle, Evan O'Mahoney, Joyce DeuleyAI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern Grid
  11. 16:4517:15FiresideRaiford Smith · moderated by Jason Rodriguez, Chad HortonPower Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status Quo

1 Source: agenda snapshot 2026-10-13, the ETS26 program relabelled to ETS27 dates. Sample data. Names and times from the public Whova listing; none is confirmed for ETS27.

Theme The fourteenth Energy Thought Summit #LoveYourEnergy

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.

ETS is the energy industry's ideas summit: utility and grid leaders, innovators, policy people and founders, four days in Austin, Texas, with music, art and conversation in the room rather than a trade-show floor. Tickets are on sale now; the venue is announced soon.

Lineup 77 people on stage ETS26 stand-ins Sample data Printed in two inks
Portrait of Hugh Forrest, printed in two inks
Hugh ForrestKeynote · Former President, SXSW
Portrait of Paul Lau, printed in two inks
Paul LauThought Leader of the Year 2021 · CEO & GM, SMUD
Portrait of Nancy Bui-Thompson, printed in two inks
Nancy Bui-ThompsonThought Leader of the Year 2025 · Board Director, SMUD
Jeremy Adelman Emerging Technology & Innovation Manager, Tucson Electric Power
Jody Allison VP of Customer Transformation, Xcel Energy
Lora Anguay Chief Energy Resources Officer, SMUD
Amy Atchley EV Equity Development Manager, Austin Energy
Erin Autin Principal, EA Collective
Carlos Ayala Founder and Managing Partner, Mentora LLC
Abhishek Balakrishnan CTO, ANB Systems, DNV
Elaina Ball Chief Strategy Officer, CPS Energy
Jeffrey Banks VP, Chief Data and AI Officer, CenterPoint Energy
Sabah Bayatli President, OCI Energy
Kimberly Britton CEO & Founder, Britton Strategies
Greg Brown Chief Technology and Security Officer, New Braunfels Utilities
Bashir Bseirani CEO, Avertra
Zac Canders Co-Founder, DataCapable
Andres Carvallo Founder and CEO, CMG Consulting
Sam Chang Director and Associate General Counsel, CenterPoint Energy
Chimaobi Chijioke Vice President, Customer Services, Georgia Power
Gerardo Delgado Director of Government Affairs, Nicor Gas
Joyce Deuley Strategic Operations & Development Manager, Team b. Strategy +
Vanessa Edmonds Executive Director, Utility 2030
Seyi Fabode Strategy and Technology Consultant, Asha Labs
KJ Feder VP of Community Engagement, CPS Energy
Bob Flaherty COO, DataCapable
Deepak Garg Founder and Co-CEO, SEW
Rudy Garza President & CEO, CPS Energy
Janie Gonzalez CEO, Board Director, Webhead, CPS Energy
Chris Guttman-McCabe Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer, Anterix
Damali Harding Managing Director, Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting
Chad Horton Vice President, Development, Central, AES Clean Energy
Jeff Jerome Principal Business Program Manager, BGE/Exelon
Josh Keeling Chief Commercial Officer, UtilityAPI
Rebecca Klein Principal, Klein Energy LLC
Navin Kumar Prasannam Global Industry Business Unit - Utilities, SAP
John Kupcinski Chief Information Security Officer, PSEG Long Island
Joon Lee CEO, Navion Energy
Talvis Love Group Chief Information and Digital Officer, National Grid
Tasha McCarter Vice President of Technology & Innovation, RWE
Christine Miles Senior Director of National Sales, Paymentus
John Miri Bedrock Strategy Group
Kevin Monagle Chief Enterprise Architect, Bridgewater Consulting Group
Karthik Moorthy Chief Growth Officer, Bidgely
Ricky Murray Senior Director of Social Strategy, Doer/Maker
DeeAnne Norris CEO, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association
Evan O'Mahoney Chief Information Officer, CPS Energy
Christina Oliver SVP of Project Management, LCRA
Tolu Omotoso VP, Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Technology, SECO Energy
Cody ONeil Vice President of Operations, Holy Cross Energy
Angie Ostaszewski Director, Strategy & Innovation, SEEL, LLC
Denise Owusu Decarbonization Manager & Lead of NPUC, Motive Power, NPUC
John Padalino General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Bandera Electric Cooperative
Quinn Parker Founder and CEO, Encolor
Danny Petrecca VP of Business Development, Itron
Tim Pianta Head of Utility Partnerships, Base Power Company
Zach Pollock Director of Grid Strategy & Emerging Technology, Xcel Energy
Bill Potter CEO, DataCapable
Richard A Ramirez Head of US Critical National Infrastructure & Network, National Grid
Mitch Rappard Global Solutions Director, Palo Alto Networks
Janet Rehberg President & CEO-elect, EPB
Matt Rettagliata Head of Solutions for Power and Energy, Google Cloud
Teresa Ringenbach Co-Founder, Bloom Advisory Partners
Jason Rodriguez CEO and Co-Founder, Zpryme and Froliq
Jason Ryan Executive Vice President, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs, CenterPoint Energy
Mandip Samra CEO/General Manager, Burbank Water & Power
Dan Schnitzer Sr. Director, Utility Software Business, Honeywell
Brad Smith Principal Power Engineer, Gridsight
Raiford Smith Global Director, Power and Energy, Google
Marc Spieler Senior Managing Director for the Global Energy Industry, NVIDIA
Jen Szaro President & CEO, AESP
Carlos Thomas VP, Global Strategic Accounts, Oracle
Jonathan Tijerina VP of Corporate Development, CPS Energy
Venkat Tirupati Vice President, Dev Ops and Grid Transformation, ERCOT
Anand Vedapuri VP, Infrastructure & Operations and Enterprise Architecture, CPS Energy
Todd Wiedman Chief Information Security Officer, Landis+Gyr
Julia Zhu EVP and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Alectra
Agenda Four days, fifty sessions ETS26 program, relabelled Sample data
  1. MondayMay 313 sessions
  2. TuesdayMay 415 sessions
  3. WednesdayMay 513 sessions
  4. ThursdayMay 69 sessions · half day
Monday May 3, 2027 13 sessions 08:15 → 21:00
  1. 08:1517:00DeskRegistration Opens
  2. 09:1509:25OpeningETS Opening & Special Video Remarks with Rudy GarzaRudy Garza
  3. 09:2509:35KeynoteHow to Hack Your Experience at ETS27Hugh Forrest
  4. 09:3509:45Short docPremiere: MLK Community Center Microgrid Story
  5. 10:3011:15PanelThe Policy Singularity: When Innovation Outpaces RegulationJason Ryan, Rebecca Klein, Chris Guttman-McCabe, Jason Rodriguez
  6. 11:1512:00PanelMegawatt Reckoning: Hacking the Data Center Load CurveJonathan Tijerina, Tim Pianta, Gerardo Delgado · moderated by Denise Owusu
  7. 12:0013:00MealNetworking Lunch
  8. 13:0013:15KeynoteThe Engagement Hack: Making Grid Optimization a Customer GameChimaobi Chijioke
  9. 13:4514:15FiresideThe CXth Sense: JodyBot, the Digital Twin for Customer OperationsBashir Bseirani, Jody Allison, Vanessa Edmonds
  10. 14:1515:00PanelBeyond the Firewall: Securing a Million New Grid Edge Entry PointsTodd Wiedman, Mitch Rappard, John Miri, Janie Gonzalez, Greg Brown
  11. 15:0015:30BreakNetworking Break
  12. 15:3016:15Town hallThe New Energy Trilemma: Customer Affordability, Wildfires, and the AI Power SurgeGerardo Delgado, Zach Pollock, Cody ONeil, Brad Smith · moderated by Kimberly Britton
  13. 19:0021:00ReceptionETS27 Opening Networking Reception
Tuesday May 4, 2027 15 sessions 08:15 → 20:00
  1. 08:1509:00BreakNetworking Breakfast
  2. 09:0009:15FiresideLeadership Perspective: Service, Innovation, and Customer Affordability in the New Energy EraNancy Bui-Thompson · moderated by Jason Rodriguez
  3. 10:0010:15KeynoteThe Efficient Frontier: Where AI Meets Customer-Centric AffordabilityTalvis Love
  4. 10:3011:15PanelThe Edge is the New Core: Why the Grid's Future is DistributedDeeAnne Norris, Jen Szaro, Deepak Garg, Paul Lau, Marc Spieler
  5. 11:5012:20FiresideAI Won’t Fix Your Data Problem — But Your Data Problem Will Kill Your AI StrategyCarlos Thomas, Anand Vedapuri
  6. 12:2013:30MealNetworking Lunch
  7. 13:3014:15BreakoutBreakout A: From Firewalls to Frequency: Operationalizing Security at the Grid EdgeGreg Brown, Richard A Ramirez · moderated by Erin Autin
  8. 13:3014:15BreakoutBreakout B: Rate Design Reimagined: Hacking Economics for Grid InvestmentSam Chang, Bashir Bseirani, Damali Harding · moderated by Joyce Deuley
  9. 14:1515:00BreakoutBreakout F: Emotion Meets Electron: Designing Energy Experiences That StickAmy Atchley, Angie Ostaszewski · moderated by Ricky Murray
  10. 15:0015:30BreakNetworking Break
  11. 15:3015:45ETS talkHow AI is Rewiring the Utility MindsetTolu Omotoso
  12. 15:4516:00ETS talkInnovation, Workforce, and Quantum Grid ApplicationsJanet Rehberg
  13. 16:0016:45PanelAI, Meet AMI: The Real-Time Brain for the Modern GridJulia Zhu, Dan Schnitzer, Kevin Monagle, Evan O'Mahoney, Joyce Deuley
  14. 16:4517:15FiresidePower Play: How Google and AES are Disrupting the Energy and Intelligence Status QuoRaiford Smith · moderated by Jason Rodriguez, Chad Horton
  15. 18:3020:00ReceptionDay 2 Networking Reception
Wednesday May 5, 2027 13 sessions 08:15 → 20:00
  1. 08:1508:55BreakNetworking Breakfast
  2. 08:5509:10PanelHack the Outage: Grid Down. Customer First. How the Energy Industry is Rewriting the Rules of Outage IntelligenceJason Ryan, Zac Canders, Bill Potter, Bob Flaherty
  3. 09:1509:30KeynoteHacking the Bottleneck: How AI Returns Attention to the Experts Who MatterAbhishek Balakrishnan
  4. 09:3009:45KeynotePower Hungry: A Day in the AI Powered world of 2040Jeff Jerome
  5. 10:0010:30PanelTrusted AI for Your RealityKarthik Moorthy, John Kupcinski
  6. 11:0011:30FiresideHacking the Distribution UtilityJohn Padalino, Carlos Ayala, Teresa Ringenbach
  7. 11:3012:00FiresideWho Wins the Race: AI Speed or Grid Stability?Jeffrey Banks, Matt Rettagliata, Vanessa Edmonds
  8. 12:3013:30MealNetworking Lunch
  9. 13:3014:15WorkshopBreakout G: The Next Era of DSM: From Short-Term Savings to Long-Term ChangeQuinn Parker
  10. 15:0015:25BreakNetworking Break
  11. 15:3516:20PanelConducting the Grand Symphony: Sustainability, Reliability, and AffordabilityLora Anguay, Mandip Samra, Navin Kumar Prasannam · moderated by Erin Autin
  12. 16:2017:05FiresideGrid Games: How AI is Both the Defender and the InvaderJohn Kupcinski, Jeffrey Banks, Josh Keeling, John Miri · moderated by Joyce Deuley
  13. 18:3020:00ReceptionClosing Day 3 Networking Reception
Thursday May 6, 2027 9 sessions · half day 08:30 → 12:30
  1. 08:3009:30MealBreakfast & Networking
  2. 09:1509:30KeynoteSupergrid Rising: Can Energy Storage Save the Planet?Joon Lee
  3. 09:3009:45KeynoteThe Trust Hack: You Can Pilot Without It, But You Can’t Scale Without ItEvan O'Mahoney, Janie Gonzalez
  4. 09:4510:00KeynoteThe Software-Defined Power GridAndres Carvallo
  5. 10:0010:45PanelUnlocking Capacity in an Age of ExtremesElaina Ball, Christina Oliver, Venkat Tirupati, Sabah Bayatli · moderated by Seyi Fabode
  6. 10:4511:30FiresideFuture Forward: Re-Examining Sustainable Resilience in the Era of AIDanny Petrecca, Tasha McCarter, Jeremy Adelman · moderated by Jason Rodriguez
  7. 11:3012:15Town hallHack the Customer: Real Stories and Real Impact from Utilities at the Forefront of Addressing the Affordability ChallengeCarlos Ayala, KJ Feder · moderated by Christine Miles
  8. 12:1512:25OpeningClosing Session: ETS27 Ultimate Hacks
  9. 12:2512:30OpeningEvent Close
Tickets On sale now Phase one until Nov 19, 2026 Eventbrite, fees included
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Place Austin, Texas Venue announced soon

Austin

The venue has not been announced. The hotel block and travel details will be announced with it. ETS asks you to arrive by Cap Metro, rideshare, e-bike, scooter or on foot.

ETS26 was held at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, April 27–30, 2026.