Unlocking Potential Energy, Transforming the Grid

Join us at DISTRIBUTECH International, the largest event in the country dedicated to advancing the transmission and distribution industry. Visit Booth #2633, where we’ll be co-exhibiting with Schneider Electric and Uplight, to explore our end-to-end customer engagement and flexibility management solutions, including Grid-to-Prosumer DERMS, VPPs, microgrids, and much more.

Harness, Orchestrate, and Monetize DERs at Scale

Visit us onsite to learn how we can help unlock the full potential of DERs to advance a smarter, cleaner, more flexible grid.

Grid-to-Prosumer DERMS

Connect your utility control center to the grid edge with an end-to-end DERMS solution that supports reliable energy orchestration at scale.

AutoGridFlex™ for DERMS

Harness, orchestrate, and optimize distributed energy resources (DERs) across all classes, device types, and use cases.
Virtual Power Plants

AutoGrid Flex™ for VPPs

Acquire capacity with a turnkey solution that fully manages customer DER assets and provides reliable load reductions and supply-side flexibility.

EcoStruxure™ Microgrid Flex

Meet resilience, efficiency, and sustainability needs with a faster, simpler, and standardized microgrid system.

Uplight® Platform

Achieve your demand response (DR) acquisition targets and provide personalized customer engagement across digital touchpoints.

Agenda

Monday, February, 26

Day #1

  • The Prosumer and the Energy Transition: A Close-up Look at Australia (Room W313) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    • Session 1: Overview of the Australian Energy Transition 2:05 pm – 3:15 pm
    • Session 2: What’s Next for Australia’s Energy Future 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
      • Richard McIndoe (Executive Chairman; Edge Zero)
      • Luke Jenner (Chief Operating Officer; Essential Energy)
      • Murray Chandler (Head of Network Strategy & Future Grid | Customer, Asset & Digital; Ausgrid)
      • Jason Hall (General Manager Grid Technology; Energy Queensland)
      • Mark Vincent (Chief Operating Officer; South Australia Power Networks)
      • Scott Koehler (VP, Global Strategy, Innovation & Marketing – Digital Grid; Schneider Electric)
      • Guy Chalkley (Chief Executive Officer; Endeavour Energy)
Monday, February, 26

Tuesday, February 27

Day #2

  • Exhibit hall open: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • 10:15 am – 10:45 am: PG&E’s ADMS-Based Fire Mitigation Solution
    • Christopher Huff (DMS Product Owner; PG&E)
    • Aleksandar Parmakovic (Chief Solution Architect, ADMS; Schneider Electric)
    • Alexander Haralambous (Director, Integrated Grid Platforms; PG&E)
  • 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Evolving VPP Deployments: 5 Takeaways from Real-World Implementations (W207)
    • Gisela Glandt (VP of Virtual Power Plants; AutoGrid)
    • Lon Huber (Senior Vice President, Pricing and Customer Solutions; Duke Energy)
    • John Hernandez (Load Management Development and Solutions – Virtual Power Plants; PG&E)
    • Lee Evans (Director of Economics & Load Flexibility; Southern Company)
  • 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Maximizing Opportunities and Value from DERS and Flexible Loads for the Distribution Grid
    • Aleksandar Parmakovic (Chief Solution Architect, ADMS; Schneider Electric)
    • Alex Portilla (Senior Manager, Grid Innovation; PG&E)
  • 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Unlocking New Energy Potential: Insights on Uplight’s acquisition of AutoGrid (booth# 2633)
    • Donald McPhail, VP Product at Uplight
    • Sadia Raveendran, VP of Industry Solutions at AutoGrid
  • Smart Energy Summit: Keynote Session 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm (Donald McPhail, VP Product at Uplight will be speaking)
Tuesday, February 27

Wednesday, February 28

Day #3

Exhibit hall open: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

  • 4:20 pm – 4:50 pm: PG&E’s Evolution from a Standalone to Enterprise ADMS FLISR Solution
    • Christopher Huff (DMS Product Owner; PG&E)
    • Aleksandar Parmakovic (Chief Solution Architect, ADMS; Schneider Electric)
    • Alexander Haralambous (Director, Integrated Grid Platforms; PG&E)
Wednesday, February 28

Thursday, February 29

Day #4

Exhibit hall open: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, February 29

Meet the Team

Luis D'Acosta

Chief Executive Officer, Uplight

Laura Cornish

Director, Product, Uplight

Travis Duckro

Director, North American Enterprise Sales, Autogrid
Nils-Frenkel-Headshot

Nils Frenkel

Sales Director, North America, Autogrid
Gisela Glandt

Gisela Glandt

VP of Virtual Power Plants, AutoGrid

Donald McPhail

VP of Product, Uplight

Anton Prenneis

VP Strategic Partnerships, Autogrid

Laura Tajima

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Uplight

Event at a Glance

500+

Exhibitors

17,000+

Attendees

40%

Utility Attendees

77

Countries

240+

Sessions

20+

Workshops

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