9:00am –
9:20am | Welcome
Liang Min, Managing Director, Bits & Watts Initiative Opening Remarks
Arun Majumdar, Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
9:20am –
9:30am | Distinguished Industry Advisor Awards
Honorees: - Larry Bekkedahl, SVP, Strategy and Advanced Energy Delivery, Portland General Electric
- Patrick Panciatici, Former Scientific Advisor, RTE (France TSO)
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9:30am –
10:15am | The Future Energy Needs for AI
Insights from leading tech companies on evolving energy requirements, sustainability goals, and the outlook for computer hardware and LLM Moderator: Ram Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, / Faculty Director of Bits & Watts Initiative, Stanford Panelists: - Ines Azevedo, Professor of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford
- Ben Della Rocca, National Security Policy, Anthropic
- Tom Wilson, Principal Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute
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| 10:15am – 11:00am | Powering AI: U.S.-EU Utility Executive Dialogue
Strategies to meet rapid load growth while balancing reliability, sustainability, affordability, and customer needs Moderator: Liang Min, Managing Director, Bits & Watts Initiative, Stanford Panelists: - Jason Glickman, EVP, Engineering, Planning & Strategy, Pacific Gas & Electric
- Maria Pope, President & CEO, Portland General Electric
- Kristian Ruby, Secretary General, Eurelectric
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11:00am –
11:15am | Break |
11:15am –
12:00pm | Sustainable Data Center Development
Designing, siting, and interconnection next-generation data centers for immediate and sustainable energy needs Moderator: Peter Freed, Research Fellow, Stanford / Founding Partner, Near Horizon Group Panelists: - Justin Dustzadeh, CTO, Equinix
- Anand Ramesh, CTO, Verrus
- Samir Sawant, Executive Director, Data Volt
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12:00pm –
1:15pm | Networking Lunch |
1:15pm –
2:00pm | From AI Index to Energy Action: Stanford’s Latest Insights - “Stanford AI Index”, Vanessa Parli, Director of Research, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
- “Meeting 21st Century U.S. Electricity Demand”, Sally Benson, Precourt Family Professor, Stanford
- “Powering AI at Speed in California”, Liang Min, Managing Director, Bits & Watts Initiative, Stanford
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2:00pm –
2:45pm | Scaling On-Premises Clean Generation
Leading power equipment vendors discuss current supply chain constraints in generation and delivery systems
Emerging technologies and solutions Moderator: Albert Chan, Managing Director, Stanford Sustainability Accelerator Panelists: - Xiufang Gao, Senior Director, Market Intelligence & Strategy, Mitsubishi Power Americas
- Juan Macias, CEO, AlphaStruxure
- Ravi Prasher, CTO, Bloom Energy
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2:45pm –
3:00pm | Networking Break |
3:00pm –
3:45pm | Harnessing AI Demand Flexibility
Initiatives that unlock fast-response resources at data center to offer grid flexibility to reduce peak stress, optimize grid use, and speed interconnection Moderator: Holmes Hummel, Managing Director, Energy Equity & Just Transitions, Stanford Panelists: - Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
- Amit Narayan, CEO & Co-Founder, GridCARE
- Julien Pestourie, SVP EDF Power Solutions North America and Director of EDF Innovation Lab
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3:45pm -
4:30pm | Stanford Faculty Innovator Panel - Sustainably Powering AI
Moderator: Sarah Weaver, Program Manager, Bits & Watts Initiative, Stanford Panelists: - Sara Achour, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
- Philip Levis, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
- Meagan Mauter, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Ram Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electrical Engineering
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4:30pm -
6:00pm | Reception & Poster Session
Meet Stanford researchers and students working on Sustainably Powering AI projects and explore research posters showcasing innovative solutions. |
