Come join the discussion on batteries as a device, as a plug load, and as storage in relation to energy efficiency and renewable energy, as we continue to work together to find applicable technological solutions to address the climate crisis.

Registration closes Oct. 19, 2023

AGENDA | 9:30 a.m. | Check-in

CALPLUG & IAC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS
10 a.m. | Welcome
Kim Trenbath, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

PLUG AND PROCESS LOADS – LATEST NEWS
10:10 a.m. | Doug Johnson, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
10:30 a.m. | Katie Gladych, Plug Load Energy Testing to Inform Codes and Standards (PLETICS) & Low Power Mode

CALPLUG AND SMART IAC UPDATES
10:50 a.m. | Chelsea Choudhary, Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance for Research and Training Industrial Assessment Center (SMART IAC)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ENERGY STORAGE & MORE
11:10 – 11:35 a.m. | Efficient & Zero-Net Energy – Ready Plug Loads

Alan Meier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

11:35 a.m. – Noon | One-Cycle Controls and Its Application for Stabilizing Power Grids with High Renewable Penetration
Keyue Smedley, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, UC Irvine

LUNCH BREAK | Noon – 1 p.m.

1 – 1:25 p.m. | Electric Vehicles as Grid Resources and Plug Loads: Benefits and Opportunities
Katherine Dayem, Xergy Consulting

1:25 – 1:50 p.m. | Transportation Network Modeling & Infrastructure Planning
Zhaocai Liu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

1:50 – 2:15 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence for Electric Vehicle Fleets
Rajit Gadh, Dept. of Engineering & Applied Science, UCLA

2:15 – 3 p.m. | PANEL discussion on EVs by Guest Speakers
K Smedley, K Dayem, Z Liu, R Gadh, C Choudhary

MID-AFTERNOON BREAK | 3:05 – 3:15 p.m.

3:15 – 3:40 p.m. | Driving Electrification with Integrated Batteries
Sam D’Amico, Impulse Labs

3:40 – 4:05 p.m.| ReCell: Working to Advancing Battery Recycling

Jeff Spangenberger, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

4:05 – 5 p.m. | PANEL discussion on Energy Storage by Guest Speakers

D Johnson, A Meier, S D’Amico, J Spangenberger, K Gladych

NETWORKING RECEPTION | 5 p.m.