Join the experts and market-makers at the
CESA Market Development Forum (MDF)!

Keynotes ∙ Virtual Networking ∙ Panels ∙ Facilitated Breakout Groups

This MDF will focus on how we can intelligently integrate energy storage within CAISO, DSO markets and through IRP

CESA’s exclusive Annual Market Development Forum brings together 200 executives (CESA members and special invited guests) for an intimate meeting focused on growing the ecosystem for grid connected energy storage in California. This premier event provides direct access to high-level executives from equipment manufacturers, project developers, CAISO, the CPUC, the CEC, and the major investor owned and publicly owned utilities, as well as California Community Choice Aggregators.

Keynote Speakers

Elliot+Mainzer.jpg — Elliot Mainzer

**President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Independent System Operator (ISO)**

Edward Randolph

Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy of the California Public Utilities Commission

Esteemed Panelists

Quinn Nakayama, Director of Integrated Grid Planning and Innovation, PG&E
Jana Kopyciok-Lande, Senior Policy Analyst, MCE
Monica Padilla, Director of Power Resources, Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Delphine Hou, Director of California Regulatory Affairs, CAISO
Nathan Barcic, Supervisor of Integrated Resource Planning, CPUC

Aloke Gupta, Demand Response (Distributed Energy Resources), CPUC
Anja Gilbert, Principal, PG&E
James Frasher, Sr. Strategic Business Planner, SMUD
Mike Castelhano, Analyst, CPUC
Carrie Bentley, CEO, Gridwell
Dr. Scott Harvey, CAISO Market Surveillance Committee
Forest Kaser, Supervisor of Resiliency and Microgrids, CPUC

Virtual Networking

We have chosen to host our event on Hopin, a high-tech tool with advanced networking capabilities, to recreate the same sense of collaboration and intimacy from the past 11 years. The event will feature options for personal 1:1 outreach, random match-up networking, facilitated breakout groups, and more to ensure attendees have a robust and productive experience.