2024 IEEE PES T&D
While the 2024 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition has come to an end, our work to solve the world’s most urgent energy challenges presses on. Thanks to the unmatched expertise and next-gen innovations on display in Anaheim, the power and energy industry is ready to accelerate the future and make tomorrow’s grid today’s reality.
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4-7 May 2026 | Chicago, Illinois USA
Save the Date to join your power community again at the 2026 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition on 4 – 7 May 2026 in the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois at McCormick Place, South Building. We’ll see you there!
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2024 program highlights
FIRESIDE CHAT — FINANCING A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE

Michael Spence
Nobel Laureate

Shay Bahramirad
IEEE PES President
7 May 2024 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Join us for an important fireside chat with Nobel Prize Winning Economist Michael Spence to discuss the critical decisions facing the global energy future, and the hurdles that must be addressed to build the clean energy grid of tomorrow.
During the discussion, led by IEEE PES President Shay Bahramirad, Spence will address how the energy industry must identify how to reach an array of critical climate change goal, equity and affordability challenges of intensive capital required to adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change.
Technical Program 2024 sneak peek
Check out the 2024 IEEE PES T&D Technical Program and learn from the brightest minds in the industry!
2024 SUPER SESSIONS & Special Sessions
The 2024 Super Sessions and Special Sessions feature high-level executives from across the industry, sharing their expert insights into key issues, solutions, and lessons learned working to modernize the energy grid. Click here to check out the full descriptions and read about our speakers.
Super Session 2: TRANSMISSION BUILDOUT – THE SOLUTIONS WE HAVE AND THE BREAKTHROUGHS WE NEED
8 May 2024 | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Darcy Immerman (Moderator)
SVP, Strategy and Growth at NORESCO

Anthony Allard
EVP North America at Hitachi Energy

Michael Case
National Business Line Executive at WSP USA

Fermin Fontanes
Executive Director at Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority

Lawrence Willick
EVP at LS Power Development, LLC
Super Session 3: MEETING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF TOMORROW – INTEGRATED PLANNING FOR THE CUSTOMERS, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, AND THE GRID
8 May 2024 | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Damir Novosel (Moderator)
President & Founder at Quanta Technology

Elaina Ball
Chief Strategy Officer at CPS Energy

Gabriel Bareux
Head of R&D at RTE

Kevin Geraghty
COO & Chief Safety Officer at SDG&E
PES Women in Power panel: grid modernization & the energy transition
8 May 2024 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Dana Al-Qadi (Moderator)
Vice President at AECOM

Manuel Avendaño
Sr. Engineering Manager at Southern California Edison

Sainab Taiwo Ninalowo
Sr. Manager at ComEd

Lavelle Freeman
Director of Distribution Planning at Eversource

Jessica Arnaldy
Section Manager at LUMA
Super Session 4: POWERING PROGRESS: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TOWARDS THE ENERGY TRANSITION
9 May 2024 | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Joseph Svachula (Moderator)
SVP, Transmission & Compliance at Exelon

Earl “Duke” Austin
President & CEO at Quanta Services

Marcus McCarthy
SVP, Siemens Grid Software US&MX at Siemens Germany

Andre Begosso
Sr. Partner at Kearney

Mark Baranek
SVP, Technical Services at ComEd
Super Session 5: SPARK OF INNOVATION: EXPLORING DECARBONIZATION FROM ELECTRIFICATION
9 May 2024 | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Susan Tierney (Moderator)
Sr. Advisor at Analysis Group

Matt Peterson
President & CEO at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Peter Fox-Penner
Partner & Chief Impact Officer at Energy Impact Partners

Ann Rondeau
Vice Admiral, Retired at United States Navy

Marianna Vaiman
Co-Founder & CEO at V&R Energy Systems
Super Session 6: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE GRID OF TOMORROW
9 May 2024 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Wayne Bishop (Moderator)
VP of Industry Outreach & Strategy at Quanta Technology

Michael Pesin
Deputy Assistant Secretary at U.S. DOE

Catherine Stempien
President & CEO at Avangrid

Kenneth Seiler
SVP of Planning at PJM

Steve Edwell
Chair of the Governing Body at Economic Regulation Authority, Perth, AU
Attention Utilities!
Back by popular demand, IEEE PES is pleased to once again offer the exclusive T&D Utility Saver Package. This package will allow you to send 10 utility employees with full conference registration for only $1,000, or 5 utility employees for $750, an enormous discount compared with the cost of traditional registration.
Click here to learn more and register for these massive savings!

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