Energy Storage Technologies & Applications Conference

What to Expect

The conference provides a forum for faculty, researchers, practitioners, regulators, technology developers, community leaders and utility companies to share the latest advances and future opportunities for energy. Take part in invited and contributed presentations, panel discussions, industry showcases, and a networking reception to enhance the opportunities and collaborations among various stakeholders. The conference theme focuses on two pillars of energy storage technologies as well as system integration, operation, and business models for energy storage across a variety of applications.

ESTAC 2020 - Postponed

Present Your Work at ESTAC 2020

The conference provides a forum for faculty, researchers, practitioners, regulators, technology developers, community leaders and utility companies to share the latest advances and future opportunities for energy.

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Engage and Sponsor at ESTAC 2020

The conference invites all the entities that are actively involved in the areas related to energy storage technologies and applications to engage, sponsor, and exhibit their activities during the conference.
To learn more about engagement and sponsorship opportunities please contact us at: wcgecconf@wcgec.ucr.edu

Sponsorship Opportunities

Previous Speakers/Panelists

Reza Abbaschian	Distinguished Professor and Director	University of California, Riverside
Hossein Akhavan Hejazi	Research Assistant Professor	University of California, Riverside
Farrokh Albuyeh	Senior Vice President	Smart Grid Projects Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI)
Manuel Avendano	Senior Engineering Manager	Southern California Edison
Erik Bakke	Sr. Account Executive	Enel Group Company
Karyn Boenker	Public Policy Manager	Sunrun
Richard J Bravo	Senior Engineer	Southern California Edison (SCE)
Sarah Busch	Manager	California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA)
Raymond H. Byrne	Manager	Sandia National Laboratories
Achilles Chiotis	VP	Consumer Market Segment Bourns, Inc
Aman Chitkara	Manager	RMI
Rahul Chopra	Sr. Advisor/Program Development Specialist	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marcel Christians	Chief Technology Officer	Ice Energy
Ed Cortez	Principal Electrical Engineering	City of Riverside
Bruce Dunn	Department Chair and Nippon Sheet Glass Professor	University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel Elliott	President & CEO	EnerBlue, Inc.
Amir Faghri	Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus	University of Connecticut
Angelina M. Galiteva	Vice Chair	California Independent System Operator
Tilak Gopalarathnam	Director	LG Technology Center of America
Mike Gravely	Team Leader	California Energy Commission
Matt Gregori	Technology Development Manager	Southern California Gas Company
JT Guerin	Director	Faraday Future
Juchen Guo	Associate Professor	University of California, Riverside
Waqar Hashim	Vehicle Line Executive and Vice President	Faraday Future
George Hernandez	Principal Technical Advisor	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pirouz Kavehpour	Professor and Vice chairman	University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Kim	Infrastructure and Regulatory Policy Specialist	California Independent System Operator
Stephen Kelley	Senior Vice President	ENGIE Storage
Thomas Kirk	Senior Solutions Engineer	OPAL-RT Technologies
GJ la O’	VP Technology	Primus Power
Michael Lee	Technologist	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (CA Institute of Technology)
Peter Lilienthal	CEO	HOMER Energy
Seyed Madaeni	Senior VP	Advanced Microgrid Solutions
Hamed Mohsenian-Rad	Associate Professor	University of California, Riverside
Hamidreza Nazaripouya	Research Assistant Professor	University of California, Riverside
Jin Noh	Policy Manager	California Energy Storage Alliance
Cengiz Ozkan	Professor	University of California, Riverside
Mihri Ozkan	Professor	University of California, Riverside
Farrokh Rahimi	Senior Vice President	Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI)
Kent Redwine	EVP	EnerBlu, Inc.
Ahmed Saber	Principal Power Engineer	ETAP
Arthur Salyer	President	Salyer Advisors
Fred H. Schwartz	Adjunct Professor	York University
Jordan Smith	Senior Engineer	Southern California Edison Company
Candace Suh-Lee	Senior Technical Leader - Cyber Security	Electric Power Research Institute
Sarah H. Tolbert	Professor	University of California, Los Angeles
Antonio Tong	R & D Engineer	University of California, San Diego
Rexford Wait	President	Nevada Hydro Company
Will West	Technologist	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (CA Institute of Technology)
Richard Wirz	Director	UCLA Energy Innovation Laboratory
Iryna Zenyuk	Assistant Professor	University of California, Irvine

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2019 Sponsors, Speakers, and Exhibitors

Winston Chung Global Energy Center