Agenda | Sponsor | Hotel & Dining
Wednesday, September 30
1:00p Welcome & Introductions, Focus on Scaling Up Domestic Distributed Wind Jobs
Jennifer Jenkins, DWEA
1:15p Manufacturing and the Smart Grid: Partnering for Successful Scale-Up
Keynote Speaker: Patrick Dempsey, LLNL & CNMI
1:45p Low Volume Lean Leadership Improves Costs within All Departments & the Entire Supply Chain
Featured Speaker: Greg Lane, Low Volume Lean Center
2:30p Process Improvement, Automation and Case Study on Distributed Wind Turbine Tower Fabrication
Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower and George Chao, Manex
3:00p “Show & Tell” Break – UC Davis instrumented small wind turbine blade
Valeria La Saponara, UC Davis
3:30p When, How & Why Distributed Wind OEMs Should Scale Up
Moderator: Jay Yeager, Xzeres Wind Corp
Dialogue with panelists and all participants
4:15p Addressing Gaps & Barriers / Actions by SMART Wind Subgroup
Trudy Forsyth, Wind Advisors Team
Britton Rife, eFormative Options
Round-robin on Critical Actions for SMART Wind Roadmap
4:40p Wrap up on Next Steps, Process for SMART Wind Roadmap
Heather Rhoads-Weaver, eFormative Options
4:50p Closing Remarks: SMART Wind and DOE Looking Forward
Mark Higgins, U.S. Department of Energy Wind & Water Program
5:00p Adjourn
5:30p-6:30p All-States Summit Opening Reception
7:30p Invite-only OEM Steering Group Dinner
Please note: All events and times are subject to change – check back regularly for the latest schedule and details about conference events.