Track Overview

Podcast from GridWeek

Leader:  Denis Du Bois
April 23-26, 2007


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Listen to daily highlights every morning via podcast from the first National GridWeek in Washington DC, April 23-26, 2007. Your host Denis Du Bois interviews selected speakers of the day. The GridWeek podcast is a co-production of Energy Priorities Magazine and Clasma Events.

Monday Podcasts from GridWeek

Monday 23/Apr/2007

Daily Highlight: Conversation with Erich Gunther, Chief Technology Officer, EnerNex.


Energy Priorities Editor Denis Du Bois and EnerNex co-founder Erich Gunther discuss whether the visions of organizations such as GridWise, Intelligrid, and MGI are at all consistent; how newcomers decide which organization to align with; the most challenging part of developing such a complex architecture; the motivation for all the players to take the steps they need to take; security and privacy as the grid starts to resemble the internet.

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Tuesday Podcast from GridWeek

Tuesday Apr/24/2007

Daily Highlight: Conversation with Kevin Kolevar, Director, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy.


Today, GridWeek is devoted to demand response. Energy Priorities Magazine Editor Denis Du Bois talks with Kevin Kolevar about GridWeek's attendance and what it means to have this much interest in the grid; what needs to change to encourage more widespread acceptance of demand response; technology development at the interface between building automation and the grid.

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Wednesday Podcast from GridWeek

Wednesday Apr/25/2007

Daily Highlights: Conversations with Richard Sergel, President and CEO, NERC; J. Michael Davis,
Associate Lab Director for Energy Science and Technology, PNNL; Gary Cohen, General Manager, Global Communications Sector, IBM; and Guido Bartels, Chairman, GridWise Alliance.


If one thing is clear from GridWeek, it's that it is impossible to divorce technology from policy. Progress will depend on a balance of innovation and regulation. Today, Energy Priorities Magazine Editor Denis Du Bois talks with Gary Cohen about innovation; Rick Sergel about progress; Mike Davis about technology; and Guido Bartels about policy.

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Thursday Podcast from GridWeek

Thursday Apr/26/2007

Daily Highlights: Conversations with Kurt Yeager, Executive Director, Galvin Electricity Initiative; Volker Hartkopf, Director, Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics, Carnegie Mellon University.


When is the "Future of Electricity?" What is the impact of buildings on the grid? This morning's guests are speaking on these topics later today. Hear their interviews now.


Recap: Echelon's Barry Haaser and NREL's Dick DeBlasio called to share their observations of the first annual GridWeek conference.


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