Keynote Speakers
Dr. Line A. Roald
Dr. Line A. Roald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining UW Madison, she received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (2016) from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Center of Non-Linear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Professor Roald is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, several best paper awards, and the UW Madison ECE Outstanding Graduate Mentor award. Her research interests center around modeling and optimization of electric power systems and interdependent infrastructures, with a particular focus on managing uncertainty and risk from extreme weather and renewable energy variability. |
Dr. Kevin Tomsovic
Dr. Tomsovic is the Director of CURENT and the CTI Chancellor's Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UT. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an IEEE Fellow. He received his BS in electrical engineering at Michigan Technological University in 1982, and then he received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington in 1984 and 1987, respectively. He previously was a professor at Washington State University. Dr. Tomsovic’s areas of interest include intelligent systems and optimization methodologies applied to various power system problems, including distribution system design, electricity market analysis, equipment diagnostics and maintenance, operation of dispersed energy resources, production scheduling, and stabilization control. |
Comm'r James Glotfelty
Governor Greg Abbott appointed James Glotfelty to serve as a commissioner on the Public Utility Commission of Texas on August 6, 2021. Before his appointment, he served as Founder and Executive Vice President of Clean Line Energy. His public sector experience includes serving as Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Energy Policy Director to Texas Governor George W. Bush and Legislative Director to Congressman Sam Johnson. He founded and led the Office of Electricity at The U.S. Department of Energy, led the joint US-Canadian Power System Outage Task Force, and served on the White House Task Force to Streamline Energy Permitting. Comm'r Glotfelty's private sector work also includes various Executive and Managerial roles at Calpine Corporation, ICF Consulting, and Quanta Services. He served as Chairman of AWEA on the Transmission Committee and held board positions on ConservAmerica, Texas Housing Finance Corporation and Group NIRE. He regularly participated in the Aspen Institute Energy Forum, the Harvard Energy Policy Group and the Keystone Energy Forum. A former Committee Chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership and an Alumni of the Texas Lyceum, Jimmy received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Marketing from Texas Christian University. |