Educational Program: Microgrid Knowledge 2026

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Welcome and Presentation Oceans Ballroom 1 & 2
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	The Microgrid Utility (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 1 & 2 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids	Microgrids as Grid Assets: Cost-Optimized Reliability and Flexible Capacity (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications	Powering Health Center Resilience: Lessons from Major Weather Events (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 4 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Integrated Cogeneration Microgrids for Grid-Constrained Ports Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids	Accelerating Community Microgrid Deployment in Hurricane-Prone Regions Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Floating Solar: Open ADR for Load Shedding in Islanding Department of Defense Microgrids Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Systems Engineering and Integration
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Fleet Electrification, Commercial Lessons Learned Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Powering California's Water Resilience: A Microgrid Approach for Wildfire-Prone Regions Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids	Designing Utility-Scale Solar Assets for Military Installations Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Maintaining Community Microgrid Momentum: An Innovative Model for a New Normal Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications	Streamlining Customer Behind-the-Meter Microgrid Interconnections Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Floating Solar: Unlocking Water-Based PV for Resilient Microgrids Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Generation and Fuels Focus
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	Microgrids for Resilience and Workforce Development in Secondary and Higher Education Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Mission-critical Reason for Microgrids	How Advanced Microgrids Are Breaking Traditional Interconnection Study Models Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Hydropower Meets Grid Resiliency: A Municipal Microgrid Story Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	General Session: General Session - Market Outlook: Microgrid Asset Orchestration for Prime Power and Off-Grid Demand: Trends in Developer Strategies for Availability and Faster Connections Oceans Ballroom 1 & 2
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Innovation Shares Oceans Ballroom 1 & 2
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	General Session Panel - Creating the Power Plant of the Future Oceans Ballroom 1 & 2
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Grid-Interactive Buildings: Designing for Resilience, Flexibility, and Decarbonization (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Systems Engineering and Integration	Designing & Operating Microgrids for Financial Performance (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications	Networked Microgrids for Reliable Local Power (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Systems Engineering and Integration
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Behind-the-Meter Microgrid Generation for AI Data Centers: Engineering, Market, and Regulatory Pathways Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Power for Data Centers	Demonstration of Utility-Scale, Long-Duration Energy Storage for Microgrids Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Utility Driven Microgrid Strategy Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Energy Sovereignty Meets the Digital Economy: Tribal Nations, Microgrids, and the Data Center Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications	Battery Technology Breakthrough Drives Community Microgrids Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations	Strategic Siting Considerations for Distribution-Tied Energy Projects: Balancing Grid Connection Value and Microgrid Functionality Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Project Development and Operations
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Meeting the AI Power Surge: Microgrid Solutions for Hyperscale Data Centers (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 1 Focus Area: Power for Data Centers	Financing Microgrids That Deliver: Structuring Bankable, Scalable Projects Oceans Ballroom 2 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications	The Utility Business Case for Microgrids and DER Partnerships (PANEL) Oceans Ballroom 3 Focus Area: Economic Viability and Applications