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Dr. Juris Kalejs
Currently, Chief
Technology Officer at American Capital
Energy, a commercial utility-scale
Photovoltaic (PV) systems integrator.
In this role, Dr. Kalejs ensures that the
company is employing the most efficient
and effective solar technologies and
installation techniques for its clients. He
has more than 35 years of experience
in pioneering PV industry technology
development, which includes R&D, manufacturing, and
marketing. In his career in PV, he has held positions as
research scientist, project leader, VP of Engineering and Chief
Scientific Officer for international PV industry leaders. He
has had multiple successes in obtaining funding for company
R&D projects from U.S. DOE (NREL) and U.S. Department
of Commerce (ATP/NIST) programs. Dr. Kalejs has also
been a contributing author to over 100 scientific journal
articles and book chapters, an invited scientific conference
speaker, and a member of the US PV Roadmap Committee.
He has participated as a member of national and international
organizing committees for professional society meetings,
and is the holder of eight patents. Dr. Kalejs holds a PhD in
Physics from Brown University.
As CTO of a commercial utility-scale Photovoltaic Power
Plant developer,
Dr. Kalejs will give a keynote speech on
Sustainability Technologies for the 21st Century
”.
Ms. Wanda Reder
Currently, Vice
President of Power Systems Services,
S&C Electric Company, Chicago, and
Chair of IEEE Smart Grid Taskforce.
As Vice President of Power Systems
Services, Ms. Reder offers engineering,
procurement, project management
and field service capabilities to utilities,
developers, and industrial customers
throughout North America. Prior to
S&C, Ms. Reder held numerous leadership positions at
Exelon and Northern States Power (now Xcel), where
she has had responsibility for asset investment strategy,
standards, engineering, system planning, reliability and work
management, unregulated business start-ups, distribution
automation, automated meter reading, and development of
conservation and load management initiatives. She received
a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering
from South Dakota State University in 1986 and a Master’s
of Business Administration from the College of St. Thomas
in 1990.
In her VP role, and as Chair of IEEE Smart Grid Taskforce, Ms.
Reder will present
the availability and readiness of US power
engineers in the job market to tackle technical challenges in
large scale renewable energy development.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers