We're covering it all: Solar tariffs. Record low prices. Pairing with storage. Wholesale markets and utilities disrupted. These are just a few themes dominating the headlines in 2018 as cumulative solar installations are poised to exceed 50 GW in the U.S. and 500 GW globally.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (all times PT)
9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Keynote Interview with NRG
- Craig Cornelius, Senior Vice President, Renewables, NRG
- Moderator: Julia Pyper, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Solar in the Trump Era - The Effects of Tax Reform, Section 201 & Further Unknowns
- Laura Beane, President & CEO , Avangrid Renewables
- Dr. Charlie Gay, Solar Energy Technologies Office Director, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy of the U.S. DOE
- Abigail Ross Hopper, President & CEO, SEIA
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Keynote with Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Katherine Ryzhaya, Chief Commercial Officer, Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Moderator: Stephen Lacey, Editor-in-Chief, Greentech Media
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Solar as an Electricity Market Disruptor
- Anne Hoskins, Chief Policy Officer, Sunrun
- Jeff Lyng, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, Xcel Energy
- Matthew McGovern, Co-Founder & CEO, Cypress Creek Renewables
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
1:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. Keynote Interview with ENGIE North America
- Frank Demaille, President & CEO, ENGIE North America
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
1:50 p.m.-2:30 p.m. What to Expect for Solar Modules 2018: Ramifications of 201, Technology Improvements, and Supply-Demand
- David Chang, Sr. Director, Head of Sales â Solar & Energy Storage, LG
- Nigel Cockroft, General Manager, Jinko Solar U.S. Inc.
- Hongbin Fang, Ph.D., Director of Technical Marketing, LONGi Solar
- Nicola Sicchieri, VP Business Development Americas, Royal DSM B.V.
- Moderator: Jade Jones, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
2:30 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Key Trends in Solar Inverters and Power Electronics
- Anthony Carroll, Vice President, Schneider-Electric
- Levent Gun, CEO, Ampt, LLC
- Bates Marshall, Vice President, General Manager, North America Smart PV Plant Solutions, Huawei
- Mahesh Morjaria, Vice President, PV Systems Development, First Solar
- Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Solar as a Platform: Fitting Solar with EVs, IOT, HEMS & Other Fun Acronyms
- Samuel Adeyemo, Chief Operating Officer, Aurora Solar
- Chadwick Manning, Co-Founder & CEO, ElectrIQ Power
- Michael Rogerson, Marketing Director, North America, SolarEdge
- Moderator: Julian Spector, Staff Writer, Greentech Media
4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Why the Solar Tracker Market Is Going Gangbusters
- Colin Caufield, VP of Sales, North America, Soltec
- Ron Corio, Founder & CEO, Array Technologies
- Yury Reznikov, Consultant & Advisor, Renewable Energy, Axsus
- Moderator: Scott Moskowitz, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The Future of PV Systems and Technologies
- Eva Pauly-Bowles, Representative Director, Ciel et Terre USA, Inc.
- Dean Solon, Founder & CEO, Shoals Technologies Group
- Costa Nicolaou, CEO, PanelClaw, Inc.
- Moderator: Benjamin Gallagher, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
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[Solar Summit 2018 Broadcast Schedule](
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 (all times PT)
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Live Podcast: Political Climate
- Terry Tamminen, CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- Brandon Hurlbut, Co-Founder & Partner, Boundary Stoneâ âPartners
- Shane Skelton, Partner, S2C Pacific
- Moderator: Julia Pyper, Senior Editor, Greentech Media
9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Keynote Interview with SMA
- Pierre-Pascal Urbon, CEO, SMA
- Moderator: MJ Shiao, Global Lead, Renewables & Emerging Tech, GTM Research
10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Bringing Scale, Profitability & Value to the Distributed Solar Market
- Jonathan Doochin, CEO, Soligent
- Billy Parish, Founder & CEO, Mosaic
- Moderator: Cory Honeyman, Associate Director, U.S. Solar, GTM Research
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Emerging States for Distributed Solar
- Andrew Christensen, Director, Markets & Regulatory Affairs, Vivint Solar
- Caroline Golin, Regulatory Director, Vote Solar
- Suzanne Leta, Global Market Strategy, SunPower
- Eric Luesebrink, Senior VP of Development, SoCore Energy
- Moderator: Austin Perea, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Where & When Will We See Distributed Solar-Plus-Storage Flourish?
- Ani Backa, Director, Regulatory Strategy & Utility Initiatives, Sonnen
- Polly Shaw, VP, Regulatory Affairs & Communications, Stem
- Doug Staker, VP of Utility Business Development, Enel X/ EnerNOC
- Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Director, Energy Storage, GTM Research
12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Solar to the Rescue? Solar's Role in Disaster Relief & Energizing Remote Communities
- Meghan Nutting, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Sunnova
- Nick Smallwood, Senior Director, Business Development, Sunrun
- Moderator: MJ Shiao, Global Lead, Renewables & Emerging Tech, GTM Research
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Research Presentation: The Outlook for North American Power Markets
- Robert Whaley, Principal Analystm Americas Power and Renewables Research, Wood Mackenzie
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Beyond the RPS: IRPs, QFs & CCAs - the New Alphabet Soup of Utility Solar
- Bret Sowers, President of Development & Strategy, Southern Current
- Geoffrey S. Underwood, Director, Eastern U.S. Markets, 174 Power Global
- Julia Zuckerman, Manager, Policy & Market Strategy, NRG
- Moderator: Colin Smith, Senior Analyst, GTM Research
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Community Solar: Beyond the Hype
- Richard DiMatteo, Principal, Blue Mountain Power, LLC
- Melissa Kemp, Director of Policy, Northeast, Cypress Creek Renewables
- Paul Spencer, Founder & CEO, Clean Energy Collective
- Moderator: Michelle Davis, Senior Analyst, Solar, GTM Research
3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. The Wild West of Solar (plus Storage)
- Thomas Koch Blank, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Steven Chan, CEO, Sungrow USA
- Steve OâRourke, Managing Partner, Capitas Energy
- Mike Toomey, Director, Development, Recurrent Energy
- Moderator: Ravi Manghani, Director, Energy Storage, GTM Research
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