ESC 2025 | Agenda

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast & Registration
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Lessons Learned from non-Canadian Jurisdictions
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Alistair Howard, RE Royalties Ltd.
Eva Gardow, EPRI
Anna J. Siefken, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council
Kotub Uddin, Envision Energy
Thinus Neethling, HiTHIUM Energy Storage Technology USA Inc
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Insights into the Launch of the NS IESO: From Planning to Execution
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Chris Milligan, IESO Nova Scotia
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Exhibits & Break
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Canada's Storage Supply Chain in the Global Context
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Gurmesh Sidhu, Moment Energy
Mike Weiner, Fluence Energy
Céline Combé, PowerCo SE
Tom He, Gotion Canada
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
5th Annual Energy Storage Canada Awards
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
 
12:15 PM - 12:25 PM
Keynote Address
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
RJ Sigurdson, Government of Alberta
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM
New Storage Opportunities in Alberta's Restructured Energy Market
Room 206 B
Shaun Andrews, TERIC Power
Paula McGarrigle, Solas Energy Consulting
Larissa Lees, Bennett Jones
Rob Youngs, Aurora Energy Research
Lessons Learned from Canada's Largest BESS Projects
Room 206 C
Asier Ania, Boralex
Jonathan Cheszes, Compass Greenfield Development
Jason Rioux, NRStor
Chad Davis, Atura Power
Energy Storage Opportunities in the Atlantic Region
Room 206 D
Homaira Siddiqui, NRStor Incorporated
Taylor Leopold, Nova Scotia Power
William Best, Triple Point Resources Ltd.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
DERs as a Municipal Opportunity
Room 206 B
Rei Marzoughi, Toronto Hydro
Nasreddine Guerfala, Edgecom Energy
Vienna Zhou, TROES Corp.
Katherine Sparkes, Enwave Energy Corporation
Asset Revenue, Risk Reduction, & Dynamic Asset Management
Room 206 C
Roman Grod, Rodan Energy Solutions
Paula McGarrigle, Solas Energy Consulting
Operating in Unique Canadian Contexts
Room 206 D
Sophie Janke, Northern Energy Innovation, Yukon University
Elinor D'Cunha, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
Cody MacNeil, Workbench Energy
Andrew Thiele, Sungrow
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Exhibits & Break
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
CEO Roundtable - The Storage Advantage: Securing Reliability & Flexibility in a Global Electrified Economy
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Derek Lim Soo, Peak Power
Kane Xu, Envision
Jon Norman, Hydrostor
Diana Stephenson, Toronto Hydro
4:50 PM - 5:15 PM
Canada's Path to Reliability & Flexibility, in A Global Electrified Economy
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Monica Gattinger, Positive Energy, uOttawa
Merran Smith, New Economy Canada
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Networking Reception
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
WiRE Speed Mentoring Session
 
 
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Breakfast & Registration
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Addressing BESS Safety Concerns with Communities
Room 206 B
Nansy Hanna, Electrical Safety Authority
Adam Jakubowski, Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG)
Jody Leber, CSA Group
Sean Powers, Fluence Energy Canada
Planning & Resource Adequacy Frameworks for Long Duration Energy Storage
Room 206 C
Anirudh Kshemendranath, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Nitin Padmanabhan, EPRI Canada
AI and Data Centre Planning - Challenges & Opportunities for Storage
Room 206 D
Delphine Adenot Owusu, Schneider Electric
Alex Linchieh, BluWave-ai
Debrup Das, Hitachi Energy
Patrick Lo, Microsoft
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Exhibits & Break
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CEO Roundtable: Bringing Global Investment to Canada's Storage Sector
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Daniel Doubilet, Selkirk Advisory Group
Calvin MacCormack, Northland Power Inc.
Danies Lee, NextStar Energy
Matt Walz, Invinity Energy Systems
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Insights from Municipal Hosts & Project Partners
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Ben Greenhouse, Potentia
Tory Deschamps, Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Keynote Address
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Kelly LaRocca, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Charting the Path Forward - Existing and Prospective First Nations Partners
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Kwatuuma Cole Sayers, Indigenous Power Coalition
Don Richardson, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation - Minogi Corp.
Mike Schoen, Canada Infrastructure Bank
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
Keynote Address
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Stephen Lecce, Government of Ontario
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Exhibits & Break
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Expert Roundtables
Room 206 B
Eva Gardow, EPRI
Anna J. Siefken, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council
Powering Ontario's Growth: Energy Storage Procurements—Past, Present, and Future
Room 206 C
Shaheer Aziz, Hydrostor
Barbara Ellard, Independent Electricity System Operator
Sean Yacoub, Brant Municipal Enterprises
Eric Culkin, Sumitomo SHI FW
Enabling Residential DER & Powering AI, in the current market
Room 206 D
Adnan Akhtar, Hydro One Networks Inc.
Travis Torrey, Storion Energy
Ryan Boudreau, Hydro One Networks
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing Networking Reception
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)