Hosted by: Cordova Electric Cooperative in partnership with the Energy Storage Research Program, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy; Beneficial Electrification League; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association; and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Powering the Blue Economy: Department of Energy and the Role of Energy Innovation Jennifer Garson, Senior Advisor, Water Power Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Electrifying Orkney — Lessons Learned from an Island Community Neil Kermode, Managing Director, The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Limited
A Beneficial Future - Bringing Renewables Home Robert Venables, Executive Director, Southeast Conference
Beneficial Electrification – The Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Keith Dennis, Vice President, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Empowering Our New Facilities Science Center Katrina Hoffman, President and CEO, Prince William Sound Science Center; Alec Mesdag, V.P., Director of Energy Service at Alaska Electric Light and Power, Juneau, Alaska
The role of Storage in Beneficial Electrification Rob Roys, Deployment Director, Launch Alaska
Electric Vehicles and Storage Moderator: Robert Venables, Executive Director, Southeast Conference
Can Storage Help Support Vehicles Electrification? Richard Fioravanti, Director, Transportation Electrification, Quanta Technology, Sandia
The Challenges and Research Opportunities for Electric Vehicles in Alaska Michelle Wilber, Research Engineer, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
The Alaskan Electric Vehicle Landscape Tim Leach, Principal, SparkBox, LLC and Adjunct Faculty, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Electric Ships
Electric Ships in Norway – Experiences and Future trends Bjarte Hoff, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, UIT The Arctic University of Norway
Electric Vessels by Design Robert Varness, President and General Manager, Tongass Rain Electric Cruise LLC, Juneau, Alaska; Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP)
Electric Airplanes Moderator: Douglas Johnson, Founder and CEO of Development Designs
Developing Electric Aircraft with Real Utility Today Kevin Noertker, Co-founder and CEO of Ampaire
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and Electric Aviation Cynthia Jaggi, Founding Partner and Director, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
Electric Aviation for Pilot Training and Air Mobility Tom Calgaard, Bye Aerospace
Sponsors Spotlight
Brad Tuffley, Associate Client Account Manager, Black & Veatch Corporation
Brendan McNicholas, Renewable Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi
Jake Good, Vice President CoBank’s Power, Energy & Utilities Division
Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP)
Electric Air/Water/Ground Source Heat Pumps Moderator: Rob Bensin, Senior Research Engineer, Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP)
Alaska Heat Pump Applications Jim Rehfeldt, Mechanical/Energy Engineer, Alaska Energy Engineering LLC.
Transforming Residential Heating to Heat Pumps at a Community Scale Bob Deering, Alaska Heat Smart
Closing Conference Session: Mayors Roundtable Moderator: Crystal Enkvist, Executive Director, Alaska Power Association
Clay Koplin, Mayor of Cordova, Alaska
Asthildur Sturludottir, Mayor of Akureyri, Iceland
Beth Weldon, Mayor of Juneau, Alaska
Electrify Alaska Conference Tours Moderator: Crystal Enkvist, Executive Director, Alaska Power Association
CEC Battery Energy Storage Project (BESS) Tour Clay Koplin, Chief Executive Officer, Cordova Electric Cooperative
Power Creek Hydroelectric Virtual Project Scott Newlun, Manager of Generation and Distribution, Cordova Electric Cooperative
