Conference Program:
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

7:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM
Welcome
Paul Tyno, Chairman of PLMA

Session 1
LEED Credits for DR Participation

Moderator:  Peter Weigand – Skipping Stone
Speakers:
Brendan Owens, Vice President Technical Implementations, U.S. Green Building Council
Sila Kiliccote, Deputy DRRC Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Louis Coughenour, Energy Specialist, Schneider Electric  
Jon Brock, Principal, Skipping Stone 

10:15 – 10:30 AM
Networking Break

Session 2 
The Value of Demand Response
Moderator: Dan Merilatt, Cooper Power Systems/Cannon
Speakers:
Allen Freifeld, Senior VP, Viridity Energy Inc.
Model Financial Contracts for Demand Response -  Creating Tradable DR Property rights. 
Kenneth Skinner, Vice President of Risk and Evaluation Products, Integral Analytics, Inc.
How Much Demand Response Is Too Much?
Ade Dosunmu, Senior Director – Strategic Markets, Comverge, Inc.
PJM DR Evolution: Opportunities & Challenges.

Noon – 1:30 PM
PLMA Awards Luncheon, hosted by Constellation Energy

Session 3
Not in My Back Yard: Customer Communication Trials and Tribulations for Success
Moderator: Dave Hyland, Schneider Electric
Speakers:
Rob Hartway, Accenture
Chris King, EMeter
Justin Segall, Simple Energy

3:00 – 3:30 PM
Networking Break

Session 4
FastDR: The Emergence of DR as a Viable Resource for Integrating with Ancillary Services Markets and Renewable Energy Resources
Moderator: Greg Wikler, Director of Utility Research, Global Energy Partners, an EnerNOC Company
Speakers:
Francis Rubenstein, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gregg Dixon, EnerNOC
Ron Dizy, ENBALA

5:30 – 7:00 PM Reception

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
7:30 AM, Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM

Session 5

Beyond A/C Cycling: Residential Demand Response in the Era of the Smart Grid
Moderator, Stuart Schare, Navigant Consulting
Speakers
Ahmad Faruqui, The Brattle Group
Dynamic Pricing Comes to Michigan: Consumers Energy’s Experiment
Michael Brown, NV Energy
The Next Generation of Residential Demand Response and Its Role in Optimizing Dispatch of DR Resources
Ron Zimmer, CABA
Home Automation and Intelligent Buildings

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Networking Break

Session 6
Building a DR End user group with trade allies: BOMA, CBRE, etc.
Moderator: Ross Malme, Schneider Electric
Speakers:
Pete Scarpelli, VP, CB Richard Ellis
Jevan Fox, Research Analyst, Pike Research
Olivia Nix, Johnson Controls

Noon – 1:30 PM
Luncheon