We're bringing together thought leaders, innovators, and experts to share insights, spark conversations, and inspire action. Below, you'll find a preview of the confirmed topics and speakers we're thrilled to announce. This is just the beginning—our full schedule, including session times and additional speakers, will be available soon. Stay tuned as we continue to build an agenda that's sure to inform and inspire!

Agenda

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Lunch Keynote

Andy Lubershane
Partner and Head of Research,
Energy Impact Partners

Featured Panel Discussions:

Bringing Fusion Power To Virginia

  • Erich Fritz

  • and others

New Tools To Enable Load Growth

  • VEIR

  • Kevin Passalacqua, Vice President Project Finance, Bloom Energy

  • Mercury Computing

Developing Long and Short Duration Battery Storage

  • Brandon Martin

  • and others

PG Tailwinds: Building Offshore Wind for Virginia

  • Ken Williams

  • and others

Deploying Distributed Resources

  • Santosh Veda, Dominion Energy

  • Karan Patel, Rappahannock

  • Alex Bazhinov, Lumin

  • Mila Hunt, Energy Impact Partners to moderate

  • and others

AI For a Resilient Grid

  • Mishal Thandani, Rhizome

  • Brian Bassett, Simple Thread

  • Kevin Jones, Dominion Energy

  • and others

PD Hardware Developments for the Future Grid

  • Karthik Rao, VP Customer Success, Linevision

  • Gridware

  • and others

PD Workforce Tools of the Future

  • Jason Gambill

  • Latoya Asia

  • Angela Jones

  • and others

Making Carbon Work For Communities Panel

  • Laura Thomas, Director, Office of Sustainability, City of Richmond

  • Michael Zak, Dominion Energy

Lightning Talks:

  • Thermal Cycling — Tanner Cullifer, Dominion Energy

  • Daniel Marcus, DVI Grid Solutions

  • Jeff Mock, Head Meteorologist at Dominion Energy

  • Bruce Vlk, Virginia Clean Cities

  • Everett Carpenter, CEO of Thermagel and VCU Professor

  • Graham Sheridan, Virginia Clean Cities

  • Nearstar Fusion

  • Rappahannock Electric Coop

  • Power Up Connect

Innovation Track:

Hardware Prototyping and Commercialization

  • SPARK Product Development

Software Product Development

  • Simple Thread

What does 2025 look like for Energy Tech?

  • Kacy Gerst, Galvanize

  • Jon Mele, Darcy,

  • EIP, Mila Hunt

Virginia Energy Startup Pitch Competition