Venue
The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Dr, Savannah, GA 31421, USA

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Event Date Mon Aug 14 EDT - Thu Aug 17 EDT (over 1 year ago)
Location The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
1 Resort Dr, Savannah, GA 31421, USA
Region Americas
Details

It is a network of electric power industry leaders dedicated to creating a forum and peer support network for knowledge transfer among the industry’s plant management.

• Honing Leadership skills
• Building Community Collaboration
• Investing in Human Capital
• Building a Successful Team
• Sharing Lessons-Learned
• Sharing Best Practices
• Strengthening Your Network

Speakers

2023 Speakers

PANELISTS:

Joe VonDerHaar
Plant Manager, Spurlock, East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. [EKPC]

Dennis Buchanan
Plant Director, Harrington Station, Xcel Energy

Brian Heinbaugh
Plant Manager - Wildcat Point Generation Facility, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Rizwan James
Power Generation System Operations, Director
Dominion Energy/ Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Michael Burroughs
Plant Manager - Plant Scherer, Georgia Power

William Mock
Maintenance Manager, Southern Company

Kathryn Bowling
Plant Manager Eastern Gas, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Jeffrey Fassett
President, IEM Energy Consultants

Mike McCracken
Communications Professional at Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Southern Company

Jhansi Kandasamy
Director, Net-Zero Program, Idaho National Laboratory

Leslie Dewan
Founding Principal, Radiant Nano

Alice Jackson
Senior Vice President, System Strategy, and Chief Planning Officer, Xcel Energy

Jeff Grubb
Plant Manager Coastal Generation, (McIntosh CC, McIntosh S/CT, McManus, Robins, Mitchell), Georgia Power

Max Sherman
Kiewit

Anna Munie
Manager of Carbon Neutrality Programs, Lansing Board of Water and Light

Durgesh Manjure
Renewable Energy Integration | ISO/RTO, Planning & Markets | Digital Transformation | K, MISO - Midcontinent Independent System Operator

Tim Filley, PhD
Executive Director, Oklahoma State University

Michael Smith, PE
VP Business and Technology Strategy, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. [ECSC]

Adam King
Business Development Manager, HYDROTEC Fuel Cells, GM

Alex Urist
Director, Business Development, XCharge Energy

MODERATORS/CHAIR:

Clint M. Medlock
Project Manager - Research and Development, Southern Company Services

Frank Andracchi, PE
Energy Industry Executive, Independent Consultant

Willam Mock
Plant Manager Coastal Generation, (McIntosh CC, McIntosh S/CT, McManus, Robins, Mitchell), Georgia Power

Dr. Siari Sosa
Low Carbon Resources RD&D Technical Development Manager, SoCal Gas

Rizwan James
Power Generation System Operations Director, Dominion Energy/ Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Kristen Himmerick
Vice President, Solutions, CAEL - Council for Adult and Experiential Learning

Jeffrey Fassett
President, IEM Energy Consultants

Mrs. Wayshalee Patel
Manager, Sargent & Lundy

Michael Burroughs
Plant Manager - Plant Scherer, Georgia Power

Brian Heinbaugh
Plant Manager - Wildcat Point Generation Facility, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Ann Marie Augustus
Vice President of Operations, Urban Electric

Joe VonDerHaar
Plant Manager, Spurlock, East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc. [EKPC]

Shawn Borden
Manager, Program Development & Performance, Tangent Energy Solutions

Robert Schueffner
Microgrid and Renewables Commercial Manager, Caterpillar Electric Power

Diane Fischer
Director, Generation Services, Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc.

Benjamin Carmichael
Business Development Manager, Advanced Energy Systems Research and Development, Southern Company

Samuel R. Barnes, P.E.
Executive Director of Operations EPPC, Charge Infrastructure

KEYNOTES:

Tim Echols
Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Commission

Mark Graff
Chairman & CEO, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc., Executive Vice President, Air Liquide Group, Air Liquide

SPEAKERS:

Reed Lengel
Regional Sales Director, North America, Mitsubishi Power Aero

Jon Rodriguez
Energy Bus Director, Engine Power Plants, Wärtsilä

Siraj Taj
Principal / Owner, ST Power Services Consultants, LLC

Timothy Lebrecht
Industry Manager, Energy Transition and Chemical Processes, Air Products

Jean Bethold
Sales/Marketing, Federal Gov't, Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc.

Mark Hendricks
Vice President, Engineering, DEHN, Inc.

Justinn General
Product Design Engineer, Lamons

Benjamin Carmichael
Business Development Manager, Advanced, Energy Systems Research and Development, Southern Company

Thomas Overton
Senior Strategic Development Specialist, General Atomics

Elias Greenbaum
President, GTA, Inc.

Carl Dunaway
Director, Business Development North Region, Wärtsilä

Mr. Shannon Messer
Electric Utilities Sector Lead, Patrick Engineering, Inc.

Andrew Erickson
Senior Associate, Sargent & Lundy

Chris Bone
Senior Program Manager Generation Projects, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Patrick Kiser
Tennessee Valley, Authority (TVA)

Una Nowling
Technology Leader for Fuels, Combustion, and Efficiency, Black & Veatch

Jeffery Pope PE
Program Manager, Facility, Decommissioning & Demolition Services, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc.

Keith Norman
Chief Sustainability Officer, Lyten

Claudio Spadacini
CEO, Energy Dome

Tina Dornbusch
Director of Product Management, Merit Controls

Michael Oshetski
Founder, Micatu

Ron Kessler
Vice President- Robotic Inspection, Solutions, Team Industrial Services

Robb Homolka
Caterpillar, Inc

Jeff Weiss
Managing Director of SEICs, Distributed Sun

Darrell Furlong
Director of Energy Storage Product, Management and Hardware Engineering, Wärtsilä

Paul Hayes
CEO, American Fire Technologies Inc

Bill Capp
Storworks

CO-CHAIR:

Brian Heinbaugh
Plant Manager - Wildcat Point Generation Facility, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Angie Lucas
Director, EPCE - Energy Providers Coalition for Education

Michael Burroughs
Plant Manager - Plant Scherer, Georgia Power

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

• Yokogawa
• CapTech
• Next Era Energy