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PRESENTATIONS

DAY 1

MAIN BALLROOM

John J. Cruz, Jr., P.E. - Opening Remarks

John M Benavente PE - Guam's Energy Future

Pete Gingrass, PMP - DOE Pacific Assistance for Localized Management of Secure Energy Project Overview

Benjamin Kroposki, PhD, P.E. FIEEE - Generative AI for Power Grid Operations

Panel - Advance Controls for Reliability in GPA's Inverter-Dominant Grid

Nate Gleason, PhD - Threat Hunting for Utilities

Greg Valentine - Mission Assurance Starts at the Asset: Securing Industrial Control Systems

Chuck Weissenborn - Providing Essential Services During Uncertain Times: Lessons Learned from the Frontlines of Cyber Incident Response

Matthew Tarduogno - Department of Energy National Security Initiatives

SANTA ROSA BALLROOM

John J. Cruz, Jr., P.E. - Operations Planning

Jing Wang - Digital Twin

Kevin Hartmann - GPA Long Duration Energy Storage

 

DAY 2

MAIN BALLROOM

Dora Nakafuji, PhD - Innovative Solutions for Affordable Grid Resiliency

Philip Voss - Guam Power System Reliability Analysis: Summary and Key Findings

Scott Hasses - Guam Waste-to-Energy Resource Analysis

Sam Chanoski - BESS for Grid Service

Tim Watkins - Setting the network Foundation in OT - Zero Trust with SEL OT SDN

Jovana Helms, PhD - AI and the Energy Sector

Sam Chanoski - Operating Through Untrusted Supply Chains

SANTA ROSA BALLROOM

Fleur de Peralta, P.E. - GPA Microgrid Development

Craig Allwardt - Unifying Grid Control Data Using Grid APPSD and the CIM Standard

Dan Rueckert, P.E., CISM - TESS: GPA Water Heater Direct Load Control

Ted Shin - Energy Systems Integration for Island Grids: Storage, Electrification, and Infrastructure Protection

Sung Yoon - Smart AI Agrivoltaics for Guam: Competitive Clean Power and Local Food Security form the Same Land

James Rosenberg II - FlowEV, Guam's Original EV Network

 

PRERECORDED

Brooke Marshall Garcia, P.E. & Thad Haines - Stepped Hosting Capacity for Maximizing Distributed Solar on Guam

Andrea Copping, PhD - Opportunities and Challenges of Developing OTEC and SWAC for a Pacific Island

George Zhou - Ensuring Reliable Operation of Guam's Islanded Power System

Lucian Niemeyer - Alternatives for Reliable Power Generation