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Track B · Cross Track: Is the Grid Ready for the Pace of Change?
Where has grid governance fallen furthest behind the pace of technical change?
Friday, November 69:30 – 10:45
Speakers
Ravi Teja Reddy Mandala
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Oracle America Inc.
Jonathon Monken
Senior Partner
Converge Strategies
Christine Sloan
Deputy Executive Director
National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium
Eric Davis
Department Manager of Utility Business Strategy & Innovation
Con Edison
About This Session
The conversation centers on whether the governance, operations, and infrastructure of the grid are keeping pace with the speed of AI adoption, electrification load growth, and the cybersecurity risks that come with greater digital integration. With panelists spanning national laboratory energy systems research, grid reliability and resilience strategy, enterprise technology infrastructure, and offshore wind development, the discussion identifies where governance gaps are most likely to create operational problems before they get resolved.
Key Questions Explored
- Where has grid governance fallen furthest behind the pace of technical change?
- What does AI integration at the grid level actually require in terms of cybersecurity readiness and institutional capacity?
- How are digital infrastructure decisions made today creating risks that won’t show up for years?
- What would it take for governance and operations to move at the speed the transition requires?
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