SPGTC 2011 Program

Thursday, May 12, 2011, Biltmore Hotel and Suites, Santa Clara, CA

8:00am-8:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am–8:45am	Ali A. Iranmanesh	Welcome & Program Introduction
8:45am–9:20am	Morning Session A Chair: Kris Verma	The TeMIX Protocol Standard : Transactive Energy Market Information Exchange - Opportunities for Intelligent Devices *Edward G. Cazalet* - The Cazalet Group
9:20am–9:55am		The Transformation of Ratepayers into Customers *Tom D. Tamarkin* - USCL, Corp.
9:55am–10:30am		Enabling the Smart-Connected Home *Kishore Manghnani* - Marvell
10:30am-10:45am		Coffee Break & Networking Session
10:45am–11;20am	Morning Session B Chair: Sri Murthy	The Role of Smart Lighting In The Smart Grid *Stewart Findlater* - Redwood Systems
11:20am–11:55pm	Morning Session B Chair: Sri Murthy	GridSpice - A Virtual Modeling, Design, Planning, and Optimization Platform for Sustainable Energy Infrastructure *Amit Narayan* - Stanford Unversity
12:00–12:35pm		Lunch Break
12:35pm–12:45pm		The International Trade Administration and the Smart Grid *Andrew Bennett* - U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
12:45pm–1:45pm	Panel Discussion Moderator: Shonda Ranson	Panel Discussion Business & Career Opportunities in Smart Grid Panelists Ed Cazalet - The Cazalet Group Tom Tamarkin - USCL, Corp., Kishore Maghnani - Marvell Amit Narayan - Stanford, Andrew Bennett - U.S. Department of Commerce
1:45pm–2:20pm	Afternoon Session A Chair: Matthew Senesky	A Holistic Approach to a Smarter Grid *Robert Dolin*- Echelon
2:20pm–2:55pm	Afternoon Session A Chair: Matthew Senesky	Demand Response – The Changing Landscape *Ramesh Hariharan* - CompuSharp
2:55pm–3:15pm		Coffee Break and Networking Session
3:15pm–3:50pm	Afternoon Session B Chair: Pallab Chatterjee	Technologies for the Smart Grid *William Kao*- Green Technology Consultant
3:50pm–4:25pm	Afternoon Session B Chair: Pallab Chatterjee	Smarter Electric Power Grid *Mehdi Etezadi-Amoli* - University of Nevada, Reno