Welcome Address & Opening Plenary Session
Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Utility
Two of Europe’s largest utilities – Enel and Terna – will explore how they have successfully applied AI technologies as a part of their digital transformation, and how EPRI has supported efforts to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies.
Moderator
Neil Wilmshurst |
Speakers
Valentina Bosetti |
Enrico Viale |
Giuseppe Amoroso |
Breakout Sessions
- A1: Create the Future: Utility of the Future
What technologies will play a pivotal role in the energy transition as utilities evolve over the next 20+ years. Join several leading utilities in this exciting session to learn more about what they are doing to create the future of their utility and get a glimpse of what’s on the horizon.
Session Lead
Giuseppe Amoroso |
Speakers
Gianni Ceneri |
Nicola Rossi |
Ana Domingues |
- B1: Grand Challenge Session: Grid-Interactive Smart Communities
Our AI and Electric Power community is making steady progress on the Five Grand Challenges EPRI rolled out last year. This session will provide an update on that work, what issues are still being overcome and dive into successful AI technologies already implemented for grid-interactive buildings, smart homes, demand response, microgrids and more.
Moderator
Siva Sankaranarayanan |
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Speakers
Fabian Widmer |
Henrique Pombeiro |
Marialaura Di Somma |
Justin Luke |
- C1: AI for Energy Generation & Power Plant Operations
An in-depth look into emerging and deployed AI technologies that support and enhance energy generation sources from maintenance and operations to safety and reliability.
Session Lead
Jason Hollern |
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Speakers
Steve Seachman |
 Dominic Gallello |
Ahmad Al Rashdan |
 Lana El Chaar |
Breakout Sessions
- A2: Quantum Computing and AI
Quantum computing is one of the key transformational technologies of our day. Learn how quantum computers can accelerate machine learning as these two technical areas collide.
Session Co‑Leads
Emma Wong |
Gabriella Carini |
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Speakers
Jonas Landman |
Michele Mosca |
Michael Martin |
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- B2: Grand Challenge Session: Energy System Resiliency
Our AI and Electric Power community is making steady progress on the Five Grand Challenges EPRI rolled out last year. Recent events have shown, energy system resiliency is a key challenge facing the energy sector today. This session will explore AI use cases to augment resiliency as well as identify risks for asset/system failures.
Session Lead
Liang Min |
Speakers
Phoebe Wong |
Sven Przywarra |
- C2: AI in Nuclear
This session focuses on nuclear-specific use cases for deploying artificial intelligence technologies such as inspection optimization, applications of natural language processing, etc. and the value received from these efforts
Session Co‑Leads
José Ignacio Alútiz |
Thiago Seuaciuc-Osorio |
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Speakers
Iikka Virkkunen |
Stefan Börlin |
François Beaudouin |
Richard Vilim |
Breakout Sessions
- A3: Time-Series Analysis for the Grid: Challenges and Tools
The energy grid is at the heart of the energy transition. Often referred to as the most complex system/machine on earth, it is ripe with use cases for obtaining value from the implementation of AI/ML technologies. Join this session to learn more about challenges the grid faces as well as potential tools to overcome these challenges.
Session Lead
Anne-Lise Laurain |
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Speakers
Marie-Luce Picard |
Pierre Artoisenet |
Thijs Vral |
Reynaldo Gomez |
- B3: Grand Challenge Session: Environmental Impacts
Learn how AI/ML technologies are being deployed across the energy industry in interesting and unique ways to minimize harmful impacts on the earth and our environment.
Session Lead Kyri Baker | Speakers
Marcus Voss |
 Lucien Werner |
Jose Eduardo Cordova Garcia |
- C3: Eurelectric: Digitopia Platform Peer Exchange
EPRI and Eurelectric are teaming up to bring you a special two-way interactive broadcast happening live in Brussels and Rome concurrently as part of the Digitopia business platform. This session will explore challenges and opportunities in scaling digital innovations at the intersection of EU policies, markets and culture, followed by deep-dives into the practical experiences of utility and software companies in scaling digital power solutions for a resilient and decarbonized power sector. All Summit attendees are welcome to participate in this exchange.
Speakers
Bruce Douglas |
Marianne Karu |
Christian Gruber |
João Tato Marinho |
Rob Austin |
Plenary Session
Data-Driven Innovation
Join this plenary session to learn from key industry executives about data-driven innovations in their organizations and across the energy industry as well as other industries undergoing digital transformations.
Session Lead
Heather Feldman |
Speakers
Bryan Catanzaro |
Jeremy Fisher |
Rita Rinaldo |
Breakout Sessions
- A4: Decarbonization
Decarbonization is a key topic facing the world today - not just energy. Learn from key thought leaders in this critically important session on industrywide decarbonization efforts.
Session Lead
Mike Ruszkowski |
Speakers
Hanna Grene |
Farnaz Amin |
Davide Coppola |
- B4: Grand Challenge Session: Intelligent and Autonomous Power Plants
Learn about key innovations driving the energy industry towards intelligent plant operations that streamline operations and help to more quickly identify issues and adapt to changes to improve safety and economics.
Session Lead
Steve Seachman |
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Speakers
Richard Vilim |
Lea Boche |
Chris Perullo |
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Alberto Traverso |
Daniele Stein |
- C4: Industry Use Cases: Image Processing and Computer Vision
In this technology-focused session, learn about a number of applications for ML-based image processing and computer vision applications that span the energy industry.
Session Lead
Thiago Seuaciuc-Osorio |
Speakers
Michael Segala |
Jan Blažek |
Brenden Mervin |
Breakout Sessions
- A5: AI for Climate Resilience
Following onto the Five Grand Challenges EPRI released last year, this session dives deeper into additional areas where EPRI, utilities, and others are working together to solve climate and resiliency challenges and how you can get involved.
Moderator
Liang Min |
Speakers
Federico Falorni |
Ram Rajagopal |
Joy Didier Scapel |
- B5: Grand Challenge Session: AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is one of the key threats facing any industry today. This session will focus on the merging of AI with cybersecurity and how each technology can compliment the other for added value and reduced risks and costs.
Session Lead
Jeremy Lawrence |
Speakers
Jason Hollern |
Jacob Benjamin |
- C5: Industry Use Cases: Applications of Natural Language Processing
NLP is one of the exciting technologies getting a lot of attention today. Learn about concrete use cases for energy-related applications and separate the hype from reality in this application-focused session.
Session Lead
Kelly Rose |
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Speakers
Felix Kåhrström |
Jerrold Vincent |
Bradley Fox |
Breakout Sessions
- A6: Digital Twins for the Electric Power Industry
Digital Twins have gotten a lot of attention recently. This session will help to identify several ongoing projects utilizing digital twins to help ground understanding of the technology and practical applications.
Session Lead
Lea Boche |
Speakers
Alexander Maltsev |
Jérémie Bougé |
Chris Perullo |
- B6: AI-4-Energy: Lightning Talks
Join this hard-hitting session for rapid-fire talks on AI applications that span the energy industry.
Session Lead
Jeremy Renshaw |
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Speakers
Matias Melero |
Jonathan Nistor |
James Tusar |
Aram Shumavon |
Rafael Eduardo Carrillo Rangel |
Yingchen Zhang |
Manish Singh |
- C6: Data Science Challenges for the Electric Power Industry
Data science competitions have become an increasingly common way for organizations to utilize the vast data science talent pool to solve problems in new and innovative ways. Learn from experts about how data science competitions work and about current and upcoming competitions.
Session Lead
Adrian Kelly |
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Speakers
Peter Bull |
Dexter Lewis |
Nicolas Bonnerot |
Siva Sankaranarayanan |
Breakout Sessions
- A7: Next-Generation Workforce: The Digital Worker
As utilities transition, so will their workforce. Join this session to be "electrified" about the new technologies coming to an electric utility near you to boost worker productivity.
Moderator
Mike Ruszkowski |
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Speakers
Lea Boche |
Cosimo Spera |
Dr. Peter Deeskow |
Ajay Logesh Rajendran |
- B7: Renewables + AI
Renewables are a critical piece of the energy mix. This session will cover ways that AI/ML techniques can optimize the use of renewable energy to maximize usage and minimize costs and downtime.
Session Co‑Leads
Raja Pulikollu |
Ray Grout |
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Speakers
Charles Tripp |
Jaidev Dhavle |
Elena Haddad |
Daniel Palmer |
- C7: Industry Use Cases: AI for the Grid
The energy grid is at the heart of the energy transition. Often referred to as the most complex system/machine on earth, it is ripe with use cases for obtaining value from the implementation of AI/ML technologies. Join this important session duo to learn more about what is being (and could be) done for grid-related use cases.
Session Lead
Anne-Lise Laurain |
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Speakers
Rachel Berryman |
Maxime Hanot |
Kaan Duman |
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Maite Gonzalez |
Douglas Coene |
Silvia de Francisci |
Closing Plenary Session
Developing Value through Digital Transformation and Data Science
Artificial intelligence is just one of several transformative technologies utilities are adopting today as part of their digital transformation efforts. This session will focus on the bigger picture of digital transformation at utilities and around the world.
Moderator
Mike Howard |
Speakers
Luca Lo Presti |
Lana El Chaar |
