4–7 May 2026 • Chicago, IL
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The 2026 IEEE PES T&D Conference & Exposition will feature nearly 200 panelists representing the leading voices in power and energy. Designed to provide practical insights, these sessions bring together experts to discuss real-world applications, challenges, and strategies in today’s evolving energy landscape.
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| 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
Powering the Digital Future: Data Center Interconnection, Colocation, and Operational Challenges | Building Resilient Grids: Navigating AI, Data Growth, and Climate Risks | ISO and Utility Experiences of Using AI for Enhancing Operations and Planning | Hybrid Energy Systems with Storage: Enhancing Grid Operations and Economic Performance | Affordably Designing a Resilient Grid of the Future | Future-Proofing the Grid: Strategic Investments for Long-Term Resilience | From Reliability to Resilience: New Paradigms in Grid Planning, Operations, and Economics | End-to-End Storm Management in Utility Networks: From Prediction to Restoration | Meeting Demand with a Plan: Transmission Planning for Strategic Data Center Load Growth |
| 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
Improving Distribution System Resilience and Reliability: Challenges, Solutions and Trends | Energy Storage as Grid Support at Distribution using Flexible Interconnections | PES WFI Findings and Recommendations | From Concept to Control Room: Field Lessons in ADMS–DERMS Integration and Deployment | 765 kV System Challenges and Best Practices: Design, Construction, Maintenance, Safety | Integration of Grid Forming Converters into large-scale power systems | Energy Storage for Data Centers: Enhancing Reliability, Flexibility, and Grid Integration | Unlocking Grid Value via Smart EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid Integration | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
Electrification and the Grid: Navigating Reliability, Resilience, and Capacity Challenges | Integration Challenges of Hyperscale Datacenters in T&D Systems | Unlocking DER Value Through Integrated DMS-DERMS Operations | Voltage Control and Reactive Power Optimization in Emerging Transmission Systems | Utility Experience with DER Management System (DERMS) Deployments | Enhancing Power System Resilience and Reliability in the AI Era | Control Room of the Future with AI | Solutions to current stability and reliability challenges in the European interconnected system |
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| 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
Planning for Large Load Interconnections: Utility Challenges, Modeling and Insights | Engineering the Future: Workforce Strategies for a Changing Utility Industry | Assessing Industry Efforts and Standards Needs for Data Center Deployment | Industry Leading T&D Innovations | Voltage and Current Sensors, Considerations for Sensor Selection and Validation in Field Applications | The Role of Energy Storage Systems in Grid Planning & Operations to Support Large Electric Load Growth | Adaptive Cybersecurity for Distributed Energy Resources: Leveraging AI, Game Theory, and Edge Intelligence | Power Quality in Active Distribution Networks | From Metrics to Dollars: Understanding the Economic Value of a Resilient Grid |
| 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
Grid Investment Strategies to Meet Record Demand | Enhanced situational awareness through advanced sensing and event analytics | Role of Women's Leadership in Shaping the Utilities of the Future | Multi-hazard risk informed prioritization of vegetation management in transmission corridors | IEEE SA and IEEE PES Standards Workshop on Power, Energy, Electrification, Infrastructure, and Standards Governance | Where Does Reliability End and Resiliency Begin | Leveraging Sensor Data for Reliable and Smarter Power DistributionLeveraging Sensor Data for Reliable and Smarter Power Distribution | Practical Applications & Architectures for AI Agents in Power Systems | Transmission and Distribution Young Practitioners and Enabling Community Resilience Through What We Do |
| 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
Understanding the Compliance and Challenges of Category 2 IBRs | Innovations and AI Applications in Distribution Grids | Technology Improvements and Updates to Distribution System Protection and Control | AI Datacenter Integration: A Utility Perspective | Recommended Practice for Limiting Voltage Imbalance in Electric Power Systems | Wildfire-Electric Grid Resiliency: Challenges & Solutions | Data Fusion and Interoperable Control: Engineering the Grid of the Future | Grid Forming STATCOMs for a Resilient Power Grid | From Flexibility to Resiliency: Attributes Driving Evolving Electricity Markets |
| Time | S401a | S401bc | S401d | S402a | S402b | S403a | S403b | S404a | S404bc |
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| 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
Affordable Grid Hardening Strategies: Leveraging Existing Assets vs. Building/ Rebuilding Utility Infrastructure | Bridging the Gap: Lessons from Leaders to Young Professionals | EMT simulation and stability analysis of power system with large loads | Stability analysis techniques for the integration of multiple IBRs into power systems | Battery Energy Storage for the Distribution Grid - Opportunities and Headwinds | Cyber Resilience in Substations: Detection, Mitigation, and Recovery with Smart Cyber Switching and AI-Based Self-Healing | Edge AI at the Grid’s Frontier: Real-Time Intelligence for Resilient Distribution Systems | The Anti-Fragile Grid: Exploring VPP Architectures to Co-Optimize Market Benefits and Grid Reliability | The Microgrid Journey: Electric Cooperatives' Experience in Building Resiliency |
| 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
Public Safety Technology Applications Impacting the Energy Ecosystem | Electrification in Remote Diesel-Dependent Communities – Challenges and Opportunities | Operational Experiences of Electric Power Utilities, ISOs, and standard development entities in dealing with IBR related events, lessons learned and mitigation solutions | Supply Chain and Asset Traceability with Industry Standard Unique IDs and Smart Tags | AI-Powered Digital Twins for Large-Scale Energy Storage: From Predictive Maintenance to Real-Time Optimization | How Xcel Energy is Harnessing Advanced Grid Edge Intelligence with Private Networks for Gas and Electric Applications | Grid-Enhancing Technologies and Non-Wires Alternatives: Capital Light Distribution System Upgrades for Affordability | Managing Effects of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Customer Loads on Power Quality | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
Experiences and challenges with new 765 kV transmission line design | Evolving Power System Oscillations in the Era of IBRs and Large Load Interconnections | Power System Protection with High Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) | Model Transparency and Human Validation: Building Trust in AI for Grid Asset Inspection | Intelligent & Low-Carbon Data Centers: AI’s Role in Power System Decarbonization | Grid Modernization in Motion: Lessons from Large-Scale Automation | Metropolitan IOUs' Reliability Challenges and Successes | A Nation at Risk: Forging a Cross-Sector Alliance to Confront the Power Industry's Workforce Crisis |
Explore how the rise of hyperscale and edge data centers is influencing grid planning, energy infrastructure, and sustainable load management.