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Final Technical Program Now Available!

Technical Program Summary

Sunday, November 3rd, 2024

Time
Event
07:30 – 19:00
Registration Open
07:30 – 19:00
Speakers Ready Room Open
09:30 – 12:00
AM Tutorials
10:00 – 12:00
AM Industry Workshops
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch on Own
13:00 – 15:30
PM Industry Workshops
13:00 – 15:30
PM Tutorials
13:00 – 18:00
Exhibit Hall Open
13:00 – 18:00
INTEROP Plugfest DEMOs (Exhibit Hall)
13:00 – 18:00
Escape Room Event
13:00 – 15:30
Parallel Panel Sessions
15:30 – 16:30
Interactive Technical Session 1 (Exhibit Hall)
15:30 – 16:30
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)
18:00 – 21:00
Welcome Expo Reception & 50th Anniversary Celebration

Monday, November 4th, 2024

Time
Event

07:00 – 19:00

Registration Open

07:00 – 19:00

Speakers Ready Room Open

08:00 – 08:30

Opening Ceremony

Speakers: Mohammad Shadmand (IECON 2024 General Co-Chair)

Milos Manic (IEEE IES President)

08:30 – 10:00

Plenary Opening Panel – Theme: Grid Modernization

Speakers: Michael Pesin (Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. DOE), Damir Novosel (President Quanta Technology), Mohammad Shahidehpour (Professor IIT),

Henry Huang (Division Director, Argonne National Lab), David Perez (Executive VP and COO, ComEd), Zachary Tudor (Associate Lab Director, Idaho National Lab)

Moderator: Sainab T. Ninalowo, Director, AECOM

08:30 – 18:00

Escape Room Event

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)

10:00 – 18:00

Exhibit Hall Open

10:00 – 12:00

INTEROP Plugfest DEMOs (Exhibit Hall)

10:30 – 11:15

Plenary   Keynote Session - Fireside Chat – Theme: Artificial Intelligence

Speaker:   Saurabh Kulkarni (Vice President of Systems and GPU Product Management, Intel)

Moderator:   Milos Manic (IEEE IES President)

11:20 – 11:50

Plenary Keynote Session 1

Speaker: Johann Kolar (ETH)

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch – Location: Sheraton Chicago (4-7) Ballroom

12:00 – 13:30

SYP Luncheon – Location: Sheraton Chicago (8-10)

13:00 – 17:00

INTEROP Plugfest DEMOs (Exhibit Hall)

13:30 – 15:00

Industry Forum Track 1 (Power & Energy)

Speakers: Carl L. Segneri (Jr. Vice President, Grid Asset Solutions - Quanta Technology,

Mark Esguerra (Director, Distribution System Planning & Strategy, SCE), Ahad Esmaeilian (Vice President of Clean Energy, Audubon Companies)

13:30 – 16:00

SYP Forum Part I – Location: Sheraton Chicago (8-10)

14:30 – 15:30

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Panel Sessions

14:30 – 17:00

Student Career Fair (Exhibit Hall)

15:30 – 16:30

Interactive Technical Session 2 (Exhibit Hall)

15:30 – 16:30

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Sessions

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

16:30 – 19:15

SYP Forum Part II – Location: Sheraton Chicago (8-10)

20:00 – 21:00

Fireside Chat on AI with TCs (50th Anniversary Committee)

19:30 – 22:00

SYP Reception – Location: Sheraton Chicago Promenade

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Time
Event

07:30 – 19:00

Registration Open

07:30 – 19:00

Speakers Ready Room Open

08:00 – 10:00

50th Anniversary Event - Bagel & Discussion

Speaker: Past IECON Chairs

Moderator: Kamal Al-Hadad

08:30 – 18:00

Escape Room Event

08:30 – 10:00

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

10:00 – 18:00

Exhibit Hall Open

10:00 – 11:00

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)

10:00 – 12:00

INTEROP Plugfest DEMOs (Exhibit Hall)

10:00 – 11:00

Interactive Technical Session 3 (Exhibit Hall)

11:00 – 12:00

Plenary Keynote Session 2

Speakers: Jeremiah McNatt (NASA),

Maryam Saeedifard (Georgia Tech)

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch Location: Sheraton Chicago (4-7) Ballroom

12:00 – 14:00

Women in IES Luncheon – Sheraton Chicago ( 8-10)

13:00 – 17:00

INTEROP Plugfest DEMOs (Exhibit Hall)

13:30 – 15:00

Industry Forum Track 2 (Industrial Technologies)

Speakers: Martin Rostan (Executive Director, EtherCAT Technology Group), Chris Schulze (Vice President Sales, CODESYS Corporation), Takehiro Ishiguro (Development Manager, Mitsubishi Electric)

13:30 – 14:00

Fireside Chat – Theme: Proactive Security & Resilience

Speaker: Massoud Amin (CEO Energy Policy and Security Associates, Emeritus Professor, University of Minnesota)

Moderator: Shamina Hossain-McKenzie (Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Lab)

14:00 – 15:30

DEI Workshop – Sheraton Chiago (1-3) Ballroom

14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Panel Sessions

15:30 – 16:30

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)

15:30 – 16:30

Interactive Technical Session 4 (Exhibit Hall)

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Oral Sessions

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Sessions

16:30 – 18:00

IES Conference Education / Training Meeting

19:00 – 22:00

Gala Dinner & 50th Anniversary GALA Dinner – Location: Sheraton Chiago (1-10) Ballroom

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

TIme
Event

07:30 – 15:00

Registration Open

07:30 – 19:00

Speakers Ready Room Open

08:00 – 19:30

AdCom Meeting

08:00 – 09:30

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

08:00 – 10:00

Parallel Panel Sessions

08:30 – 18:00

Escape Room Event

09:30 – 13:30

Exhibit Hall Open

09:30 – 10:30

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hall)

09:30 – 10:30

Interactive Technical Session 5 (Exhibit Hall)

10:00 – 13:00

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

10:30 – 12:00

Plenary Keynote Session 3

Speakers: Konstantinos Laskaris (TESLA), Peter Palensky (TU Delft), Victor Veliadis (Executive Director & CTO Power America)

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch - Sheraton Chicago (4-7) Ballroom

13:30 – 15:30

Industry Forum Track 3 (Industrial Automation)

Speakers: Kristofer Eberle (Director of Business Development, Plexim, Inc.), Pat Hayes (VP Sales, ABB E-Mobility Division), Richard Candell (Principal Investigator, Industrial Wireless Systems, NIST),

Dietmar Bruckner (Product Owner and Unit Lead, B&R Industrial Automation)

14:30 – 15:30

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Panel Sessions

15:30 – 16:30

Coffee Break (Sheraton Chicago West Promenade)

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Sessions

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Technical Oral Sessions

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