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Fluence experts showcase the cutting-edge digital tools redefining energy storage O&M

Looking to maximize the value of grid-scale energy storage? Doing so requires not only a clear understanding of asset performance today, but also an accurate projection of future performance and an O&M approach grounded in these analytics.

Join industry experts for a webinar on innovative battery energy storage performance analytics, AI-enabled tools, and industry-leading operational practices, where you’ll:

Fluence experts will share learnings from 16+ years of experience in deploying and operating energy storage assets, including the tools that they rely on to reduce auxiliary power costs, increase availability, prolong asset lifetime, and enhance revenue generation.

About Fluence

Fluence is a global market leader in energy storage products, services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage operation. Nispera, Fluence’s asset performance management software, is an AI-based tool that focuses on the highest priority issues and delivers results that drive down costs and increase revenue.

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Looking to maximize the value of grid-scale energy storage? Doing so requires not only a clear understanding of asset performance today, but also an accurate projection of future performance and an O&M approach grounded in these analytics.

Join industry experts for a webinar on innovative battery energy storage performance analytics, AI-enabled tools, and industry-leading operational practices, where you’ll:

Fluence experts will share learnings from 16+ years of experience in deploying and operating energy storage assets, including the tools that they rely on to reduce auxiliary power costs, increase availability, prolong asset lifetime, and enhance revenue generation.

About Fluence

Fluence is a global market leader in energy storage products, services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage operation. Nispera, Fluence’s asset performance management software, is an AI-based tool that focuses on the highest priority issues and delivers results that drive down costs and increase revenue.

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8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Registration and networking breakfast

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome, and opening comments from Latitude Media

Kicking off Transition-AI with an overview of our coverage of the space, key themes in the market in 2024, and the plan for the conference

Stephen Lacey, Latitude Media

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

An AI in energy outlook for 2025

Matt Casey, Latitude Intelligence

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote interview - AI's impact on data center energy strategies

With data center capacity expected to double, the industry is scrambling to secure enough power to meed demand. This is quickly reshaping energy procurement strategies, efforts to expand the grid, and regulation. In this keynote interview, Peter Freed will discuss the sweeping impacts coming for the grid in the AI era.

Stephen Lacey, Latitude Media

Peter Freed, Former Director of Energy, Meta

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 PM

Panel session - Meeting the load growth challenge

A panel discussion diving deep into the outlook for load growth driven by data center demand from AI

Page Crahan, Google X - Tapestry

Amanda Peterson Corio, Google

Scott Clavenna, Latitude Media

11 :45 AM- 12:15 PM

In conversation - Building an AI startup ecosystem for energy

Maeve Allsup, Latitude Media

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Fireside chat - The DOE's approach to the AI-energy nexus

Conversation on the interplay between policy, technology, and markets in the AI-for-Energy space with leadership of the DOE's energy and AI work.

Lisa Martine Jenkins, Latitude Media

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Interactive workshop - Digitalization and the future of the utility

In this interactive workshop, attendees will hear from experts on the ongoing and necessary process of digitalization at utilities to lay the foundation for vastly improved operations, management, grid visibility and service deployment. Attendees will then have an opportunity to brainstorm and discuss ideas for what full digitalization could enable and how AI can play a role in new service and application development.

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Panel session - Progress and challenges in implementing AI across the utility

Leaders from utilities across the US discuss how they have been evaluating, developing, investing in, and implementing AI-driven solutions in the past year. Sharing lessons learned, best practices, progress towards KPIs, and early results, these utilities will provide critical insight into where AI can drive real ROI, and where more work needs to be done to clarify which areas are best served by AI.

Erin Hardick, Latitude Media

Kevin Jones, Dominion Energy

Raghu Madabushi, National Grid Partners

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Networking Break

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Panel session - Challenges and opportunities with AI-powered grid visibility

Angela Kassahun, Utilidata

Matt Casey, Latitude Intelligence

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

Panel Session - Designing the future AI data center

Panelists will describe how new data center designs can address both the load growth challenge of utilities and the need for speed, scale, and efficiency among data center operators.

Sayles Braga, Sidewalk Infra. Partners

Stephen Lacey, Latitude Media

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Reception

Lessons from the field: Optimizing energy storage with advanced analytics

Thursday, August 8

1:00PM - 2:00PM ET

Moderated by the managing director of Latitude Intelligence, this webinar will highlight Fluence’s learnings from the field. Attendees will have the opportunity to dive deeper through interactive Q&A with the experts.

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Lessons from the field: Optimizing energy storage with advanced analytics

Thursday, August 8

1:00PM - 2:00PM ET

Moderated by the managing director of Latitude Intelligence, this webinar will highlight Fluence’s learnings from the field. Attendees will have the opportunity to dive deeper through interactive Q&A with the experts.

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August 8, 2024

Transition -AI:

New York

Mapping the future of AI + energy.

Co-hosted with

NY tech week logo

Transition-AI is the leading B2B event for energy practitioners and artificial intelligence experts. The conference series brings together business leaders across the energy sector who are building AI teams, integrating AI into new products, and using AI to streamline operations.

Building off its inaugural Transition-AI: Boston event, Latitude Media is joining New York Tech Week, and reconvening experts from the energy, climatetech, and artificial intelligence sectors to discuss AI’s role in the energy transition. The New York event will explore current use-cases and deployments within electric utilities, the role AI can play in streamlining project development, its impact on DER integration, and emerging applications that will continue to shape and optimize our electricity system.

Speakers

Hanna Grene

Hanna Grene

Microsoft

Raiford Smith

Raiford Smith

AES

Carlos Nouel

C arlos Nouel

National Grid

Dr. Kyri Baker

Dr. K yri Baker

University of Colorado Boulder

Lauren Kuntz

L auren Kuntz

Gaiascope

Mark Waclawiak

Mark Waclawiak

Avangrid

Sonam Kala

S onam Kala

Urbint

Daniel Hynum

D aniel Hynum

GE Digital

Chris Streeter

Chris Streeter

Convergent Energy and Power

Jae Beom Bae

Jae Beom Bae

Leap

Paul McDonald

Paul McDonald

Oracle Energy and Water

Astrid Atkinson

A strid Atkinson

Camus Energy

Puneeth Kalavase

Puneeth Kalavase

Fluence

Stephen Lacey

Stephen Lacey

Latitude Media

Katie McClain

Katie McClain

Energize Capital

David Groarke

D avid Groarke

Indigo Advisory Group

Sherry Huang

S herry Huang

Aurora Solar

Apoorv Bhargava

Apoorv Bhargava

WeaveGrid

Mike Phillips

Mike Phillips

Sense

Schedule

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch and networking

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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Workshop: A grid expert’s guide to AI and power systems

Dr. Kyri Baker, University of Colorado Boulder

How can we optimize grids using neural networks and machine learning? Dr. Kyri Baker, an expert who focuses on integrating large amounts of distributed generation and demand-side resources into power systems, will walk us through a few modeling scenarios. Then we will break out into small groups to brainstorm possible uses for different kinds of artificial intelligence.

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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Utility AI/ML Presentation

Mark Waclawiak, Avangrid

A discussion of Avangrid's data science journey, with a presentation and demo of Avangrid's geospatial data science platform for reliability and resiliency modeling.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Networking Break

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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel: The future of AI-enabled energy markets

Lauren Kuntz, Gaiascope
Daniel Hynum, GE Digital
Puneeth Kalavase, Fluence

As project owners looking to maximize the value of batteries and renewables in retail and wholesale power markets, we’ll explore the different AI platforms being developed to make trading more precise.

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4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Sponsored session: The AI-powered hardware unlocking distributed energy resources

Mike Phillips, Sense
Carlos Nouel, National Grid

Sponsored session: We’re entering a new era for smart meters, powered by AI. If the benefits of an interconnected, customer-centric grid can be fully realized, utilities need to marry intelligent, AI-enabled software with utility-grade hardware to better support real-time energy analytics and provide the required protections to securely and reliably enable real-time grid control. In this session, we’ll hear from Sense and National Grid about the recent Revelo® meter rollout in New York, digging into the challenges they collectively faced in meeting the state’s reliability and security standards, and the opportunities their intelligent meters unlock for the region. They’ll also talk about the value of embedding AI and distributed computing software into meters to improve efficiency, enhance reliability and security, and support demand response.

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4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Panel: Better, faster, cheaper – how AI is accelerating renewables and storage

Sherry Huang, Aurora Solar
Katie McClain, Energize Capital
Chris Streeter, Convergent Energy and Power

​From rooftop solar to utility-scale renewables, companies are leveraging AI and digital tools to design, finance, and build projects in increasingly sophisticated ways.

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast and Networking

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Opening talk: The stakes for AI and the business of energy

Stephen Lacey, Latitude Media

A multimedia exploration of how AI is shifting the world of business – and how lessons in other industries can be applied to energy. The presentation will feature expert voices who will set the big-picture context for AI.

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote interview - Hanna Grene, Microsoft

Hanna Grene, Microsoft

An in-depth discussion with Hanna Grene on how Microsoft is thinking about the intersection of AI and power markets.

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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Deep-dive research: Insights from the front lines of utility AI deployments

David Groarke, Indigo Advisory Group

An exclusive look at findings from the ongoing research program between Latitude Media and Indigo Advisory Group on the opportunities and markets for AI solutions in the power sector.

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Networking Break

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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel: How AI can optimize utility operations

Raiford Smith, AES
Sonam Kala, Urbint
Astrid Atkinson, Camus Energy

There are already dozens of use cases for AI on the grid. This discussion will map out many of the real-world applications for utility operations, maintenance, safety, resilience, and grid modernization.

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11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Panel: The AI-empowered customer

Jae Beom Bae, Leap
Paul McDonald, Oracle Energy and Water
Apoorv Bhargava, WeaveGrid
Carlos Nouel, National Grid

From demand response to electric vehicle charging to virtual power plants, AI can be a powerful tool for empowering the customer to save money, monetize distributed energy resources, and contribute to the health of the grid. This panel will dig into the customer-side impacts of automation.

About

Who Should Attend?

Transition-AI: New York is designed for the community of leaders and practitioners responsible for innovation, strategy, technology, security, and product development within the energy and utilities sectors. Titles will include:

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Transition-AI is the leading B2B event for energy practitioners and artificial intelligence experts. The conference series brings together business leaders across the energy sector who are building AI teams, integrating AI into new products, and using AI to streamline operations.​

Building off its inaugural Transition-AI: Boston event, Latitude Media is joining New York Tech Week and reconvening experts from the energy, climatetech, and artificial intelligence sectors to discuss AI’s role in the energy transition. The New York event will explore current use-cases and deployments within electric utilities, the role AI can play in streamlining project development, its impact on DER integration, and emerging applications that will continue to shape and optimize our electricity system.

One of the central pillars of our transition to a net-zero economy is "electrifying everything," from energy generation, to transportation, heating and cooling, heavy industry, even the cooktops in our homes. As this electrification is underway, it's becoming increasingly clear an advanced digital layer to climatetech is essential to add the necessary intelligence to these systems and the electric grid. This intelligence will more and more be the province of AI and the rapid innovations underway in machine learning and distributed intelligence systems.​

Conference themes

Our Speakers​

Who’s attended past events

​Join us in shaping the AI-driven, net-zero energy future.

​This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to celebrate the growing NY ecosystem. Learn more here: https://www.tech-week.com/

Space is limited for this conference, so register now.

For inquiries about media passes, government discounts, or sponsorship opportunities, contact us at events@transition-ai.com

The Venue

Thursday, October 19
8:00am - 6:00pm EDT

Convene events center, at 117 West 46th Street is located off of 46th Street, between 6th & 7th Avenue

August 8, 2024

Transition AI:

Boston

Schedule

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and networking

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1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Hands-on ChatGPT - Use cases and brainstorming

Paul Baier

ChatGPT is a transformative product for a wide variety of creative business use cases. In this hands-on session, we'll look at some practical ways of using ChatGPT for energy companies, and brainstorm new applications and possibilities with the group. Could large language models help your company? Let’s explore how. Session leader: Paul Baier

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1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

The promise and pitfalls of AI for the energy system

Stephen Lacey, Pamela Isom

The surge of interest in artificial intelligence is spawning new companies and use cases across the energy sector, from grid management to resilience to cybersecurity. But it’s also raising questions for startups and large energy companies about the speed of adoption, ethics, equity, and control. In this fireside chat, we’ll hear from Pamela Isom, former director of the office of AI and technology at the Department of Energy, about the possible outcomes for autonomous technologies to shape decarbonization. Guest: Pamela Isom, CEO of IsAdvice & Consulting, and former director of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology office at DOE Moderator: Stephen Lacey

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Networking Break

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2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Panel: The AI-powered use cases at the grid edge

Brea Dutt, Shishir Shekhar, Dana Guernsey, Sreedhar Sistu

Technological progress is accelerating at the grid edge – can artificial intelligence supercharge it? Panelists from across the grid edge landscape will discuss the roles AI will play in optimizing distributed resources, tying together virtual power plants, and creating new capabilities that will result in operational efficiencies for utilities and DER providers.

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3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Innovation roundtable

Patrick Walsh, Allison Myers, Eddie Obropta

How is the rise of AI influencing emerging companies? And how do we sort through the hype from real value creation? In this panel, we’ll hear from investors and startups about how they're approaching the market today, and where the openings for innovation and disruption exist. Will the market be dominated by a new crop of AI-first startups, or by climate-first startups that are figuring out how best to use AI?

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Reception
Sponsored by Mintz

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast and Welcome Address

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

A guide to AI, deep learning, and the energy transition

Stephen Lacey, Priya Donti

There are numerous compelling applications for AI in the energy system, from resource optimization to resilience. Some of these applications are being deployed today, while others require continued research and development. In this opening session, we’ll hear from Climate Change AI’s Priya Donti on how investors, startups, corporates, and governments can evaluate the usefulness of AI. We will identify specific use cases, constraints, and tools for action in implementing various forms of automation.

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Analysis: The electricity system and AI - past, present, and future

David Groarke

Discover how AI is unlocking a series of transformative use cases across the electricity sector, from balancing grids and managing demand to optimizing operations. This session will explore the emerging solution landscape, market dynamics, and real-world applications that are driving the adoption of AI in the power sector.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Networking Break

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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel: Will AI reshape utilities and the grid?

Elizabeth Cook, Jess Melanson, Titiaan Palazzi, David Groarke

AI is already having an impact on the operation of the grid, from forecasting to optimization to resilience. But there are more technological leaps to come. This panel features a deep discussion with utility executives and grid edge solutions providers on how artificial intelligence will speed up decarbonization, make the electricity system more resilient, transform utility business models, and shift the role of the customer. We will look at things happening today, and applications in the near future.

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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Unlocking 24/7 carbon-free energy with machine learning

Stephen Lacey, Savannah Goodman

For years, Google has been using machine learning to optimize data center energy use, and to better match renewable energy supply with demand. As Google raises the stakes and sources 100% of its electricity from carbon-free resources on an hourly basis, it is building more sophisticated ML tools for the job. In this fireside chat, Stephen Lacey will chat with Savannah Goodman, data and software climate solutions lead at Google, about the digital layer that is making Google’s ambitions possible. Guest: Savannah Goodman, Data and Software Climate Solutions Lead at Google.