Program

Two days of dynamic conversations with the leaders of Canada’s energy storage industry! Click on a session to see full details.

*Program is subject to change. More details will be posted as they become available.

Pre-conference programming

Monday, September 21, 2026
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Invitation-only event

Full-conference program

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Sarah Griffiths, Hydrostor
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
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Jason Chee-Alloy, Power Advisory
Chris Milligan, IESO Nova Scotia
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Reena Goyal, Blakes LLP
Gurmesh Sidhu, Moment Energy
Mike Weiner, Fluence Energy
Céline Combé, PowerCo SE
Tom He, Gotion Canada
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
12:15 PM - 12:25 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
RJ Sigurdson, Government of Alberta
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
1:25 PM - 2:25 PM
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 B
Robert Tremblay, Energy Storage Canada
Shaun Andrews, TERIC Power
Paula McGarrigle, Solas Energy Consulting
Larissa Lees, Bennett Jones
Rob Youngs, Aurora Energy Research
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 D
Leone King, Energy Storage Canada
Homaira Siddiqui, NRStor Incorporated
Taylor Leopold, Nova Scotia Power
William Best, Triple Point Resources Ltd.
Stream: Supply Chain/Technical
Room 206 C
Jordan Penic, Sussex Strategy
Asier Ania, Boralex
Jonathan Cheszes, Compass Greenfield Development
Jason Rioux, NRStor
Chad Davis, Atura Power
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 C
Roman Grod, Rodan Energy Solutions
Paula McGarrigle, Solas Energy Consulting
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 B
Sarah Simmons, Power Advisory
Rei Marzoughi, Toronto Hydro
Nasreddine Guerfala, Edgecom Energy
Vienna Zhou, TROES Corp.
Katherine Sparkes, Enwave Energy Corporation
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 D
Tyler McAuley, Bennet Jones
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
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Chris Benedetti, Sussex Strategy
Derek Lim Soo, Peak Power
Kane Xu, Envision
Jon Norman, Hydrostor
Diana Stephenson, Toronto Hydro
4:50 PM - 5:15 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Monica Gattinger, Positive Energy, uOttawa
Merran Smith, New Economy Canada
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Stream: General
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Invitation only/Pre-registration required
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 B
Jenn Tuck, Potentia Renewables
Nansy Hanna, Electrical Safety Authority
Adam Jakubowski, Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG)
Jody Leber, CSA Group
Sean Powers, Fluence Energy Canada
Stream: Regulatory
Room 206 C
Anirudh Kshemendranath, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Nitin Padmanabhan, EPRI Canada
Stream: Supply Chain/Technical
Room 206 D
Utilia Amaral, Rubicon Strategy
Delphine Adenot Owusu, Schneider Electric
Alex Linchieh, BluWave-ai
Debrup Das, Hitachi Energy
Patrick Lo, Microsoft
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Kristyn Annis, Dentons
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
Stream: Supply Chain/Technical
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Ammar Nawaz, Alectra
Ben Greenhouse, Potentia
Tory Deschamps, Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Kelly LaRocca, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Christina Reynolds, Hydro One
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
Stream: General
Pre-C (Plenary Room)
Stephen Lecce, Government of Ontario
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 206 B
Eva Gardow, EPRI
Anna J. Siefken, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council
Room 206 C
Dena Van de Coevering, Energy Storage Canada
Shaheer Aziz, Hydrostor
Barbara Ellard, Independent Electricity System Operator
Sean Yacoub, Brant Municipal Enterprises
Eric Culkin, Sumitomo SHI FW
Stream: Supply Chain/Technical
Room 206 D
Adnan Akhtar, Hydro One Networks Inc.
Travis Torrey, Storion Energy
Ryan Boudreau, Hydro One Networks
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Ballroom B)