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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
8:00 – 8:45 am	Continental Breakfast & Registration Sponsored by American Electric Power
9:00 – 10:00 am	Welcome and Keynote Discussion: The Grid: Critical 21st Century Infrastructure We Can All Agree On Nick Brown, President and CEO, Southwest Power Pool James Hoecker, Senior Counsel, WIRES Group \| Former Chairman, FERC
10:00 – 11:00 am	Session I: Utility of the Future: Is Transmission More Important Than Ever? Securing Critical National Infrastructure Bolstering Regional Reliability and Resiliency Enabling Rapid and Cost-Effective Emissions Reductions Moderator: Christopher Newkumet, Bureau Chief, S&P Global Platts Speakers: Jon Jipping, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ITC Holdings Wade Smith, Senior Vice President, Transmission Grid Development, AEP Transmission Rudy Wynter, President, FERC Regulated Businesses, National Grid
11:00 – 11:30 am	Coffee Break & Transmission Technology Exhibits
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Session II: The Value Proposition: Private Investment for Public Benefits Transmission as the Catalyst for Serious Jobs There and Elsewhere Transmission + Markets + Diverse Resources + New Technology: The Sum is Greater In Electric Markets, as in Washington, It’s All About Access Moderator: Michael Copley, S&P Global Market Intelligence Speakers: Craig Glazer, Vice President, Federal Government Policy, PJM Interconnection Brad Markell, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO Mike Skelly, President, Clean Line Energy Partners
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Buffet Lunch and Networking Luncheon Keynote: Strange BedfellowsSpeaker: Mary Anne Hitt, Executive Director, Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club
2:00 – 3:00 pm	Session III: Whose Backyard? Solving the Siting Puzzle Balancing Multiple Values on Federal Lands Better Mousetraps: Using Technology to Minimize Impacts Dos and Don’ts: Lessons from Siting Successes and Failures Moderator: Rod Kuckro, Reporter, E&E News Speakers: Liese Dart, Senior Energy Advisor and Director of the President’s Office, The Wilderness Society Rob Gramlich, Senior Vice President of Government & Public Affairs, American Wind Energy Association Gregory Levesque, Director, Environmental & Local Relations, American Transmission Company (ATC)
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Coffee Break & Transmission Technology Exhibits
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Afternoon Keynote: The Coming Wave of Transmission Innovations New High-Voltage Tech and its Implications for the Electricity SectorSpeaker: Kevin J. Cosgriff, President and CEO, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Lighting Round of Transmission Technology Innovations Brief presentations by our Technology Exhibitors: National Grid Doble Engineering AEP BOLD CTC Global Genscape NewGrid Lindsey Manufacturing
5:00 – 6:30 pm	Networking Reception (Gallery Room) Sponsored by National Grid

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
8:00 – 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 am	Welcome Back
9:15 – 10:45 am	Session IV: The Long Haul: Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable Power for Everyone What Does DOE’s QER2 Suggest Should be Done to Ensure That the High-Voltage Grid Meets Our Future Needs? What Could State Regulators Do to Facilitate the Future? What Could FERC Do to Find Common Ground in a Diverse Jurisdictional Landscape? What Could the New Administration and the Congress Do to Meet Electric Infrastructure Needs? Moderator: Dan Delurey, Founder & President, Wedgemere Group Speakers: Carol Battershell, Acting Director, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, U.S. Dept of Energy Philip Moeller, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery, and Chief Customer Solutions Officer, Edison Electric Institute John Moore, Director, Sustainable FERC Project, Natural Resources Defense Council
10:45 -11:15 am	Coffee Break & Transmission Technology Exhibits
11:15 am – 12:00 pm	Closing Remarks: Dick Munson, Director, Midwest Clean Energy, Environmental Defense Fund
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Buffet Lunch and Facilitated Policy Discussion

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