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AWS at DTECH 2026

The energy and utilities industry is at a critical inflection point. With electricity demand projected to surge 47% by 2050—driven by electrification, data center expansion, and AI workloads—utilities must modernize grid infrastructure while improving resilience, security, and sustainability. AWS brings proven cloud expertise, and advanced AI capabilities to help energy and utility companies build resilient, sustainable, and intelligent grid operations at scale

Visit AWS at booth #1819

February 2-5, 2026
San Diego Convention Center

Meet AWS energy experts, experience live demonstrations, and see how leading utilities are accelerating their digital transformation journey with AWS.

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AWS sessions at DTECH 2026 program

Join AWS leaders, customers, and industry experts across keynotes, panels, and technical sessions focused on AI-driven grid modernization and resilience.

Keynote

Learn how the industry is addressing capacity and cost challenges with proven AI solutions

Tuesday, February 3, 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Speakers

  • Jim Robb, President and Chief Executive Officer - NERC
  • Sasha Weintraub, EVP and Chief Customer Officer - Duke Energy 
  • Ben Gordon, Chief Information Officer - Sempra
  • Ben Wilson, Director, Products and Solutions, Energy -  AWS
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Agenda

    Official DTECH Program Sessions

    1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Room: 5AB
    Powering Data Centers: Accelerating Generation and Large Load Interconnection Processes with Agentic AI     (Workshop)

    • Rachel Melchiori, IT Manager - Duke Energy
    • Saeed Kamalinia, Ph.D., Manager, Energy Strategy, AWS Data Center Global Services
    • Xing Wang, Principal, Bus Dev - Amazon Web Services
    • Nimay Mehta, Senior Product Manager - Amazon Web Services

    3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Room: 29CD
    The Resilient Grid: AI Applications Transforming Planning and Operations

    • John Pressley, Managing Director of Clean Energy Digital Strategy and Engineering - Duke Energy
    • Jose Medina, Senior Director, NextEra Analytics
    • Jayapal Parakkuth, SVP/CDO - ERCOT
    • Hendric Hamann, Chief scientist - Brookhavan National Lab
    • Xing Wang, Principal, Bus Dev - Amazon Web Services

    Official DTECH Program Sessions

    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Room: 33C
    The Path to Self-Healing Grids: Innovation from Edge to Control Room

    • Claudia Cosoreanu, Chief Technology Officer, Grid Automation - GE Vernova
    • Chris Guttman-McCabe, Chief Regulatory and Corporate Communications Officer - Anterix
    • Emma Stewart, Chief Power Grid Scientist - INL
    • Farnaz Amin, Sr. Business Developer - Amazon Web Services

    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |Room: Ballroom 20
    Powering energy innovation with AI at scale

    • Sasha Weintraub, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer - Duke Energy
    • Ben Gordon, CIO - Sempra CA
    • Jim Robb, President and Chief Executive Officer – NERC
    • Ben Wilson, Director, Energy - Products and Solutions - Amazon Web Services

    In-Booth Theater Sessions

    1:00 - 1:20 PM
    Closing the Visual Value Gap: Strategies for scaling visual intelligence in grid asset operations     (Dominion)

    • Jim Young, President, Atomic Maps
    • Will Farmer, Manager, Image Analytics and Remote Sensing Platform, Dominion Energy

    1:30 - 1:50 PM
    How Powercor is transforming Statutory Compliance for Field Operations - Agentic AI on AWS     (Powercor)

    • Luke Skinner, Head of Digital Innovation, Powercor, CitiPower and United Energy
    • Roshan Thomas, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
    2:00 - 2:20 PM
    From grid strain to operational excellence: Transforming field work with AI for modern utilities (Hitachi Energy)
    • Matt Ou, Product Manager
    2:30 - 2:50 PM
    How Endeavour Energy used drones and AI to slash power infrastructure inspection times (Unleash Live)
    • Hanno Blankenstein, Co-Founder and CEO

    Official DTECH Program Sessions

    11:00 – 11:50 AM | Room: 11AB
    Scaling Customer Engagement for Grid Flexibility: How Avista and Uplight Transform Utility-Customer Experience with AWS

    • Alexis Alexander, Vice President, Chief Information Officer/Chief Security Officer - Avista Corporation
    • Jesse Demmel, Chief Technology Officer – Uplight
    • Arun Sehgal, Sr. Mgr, Business Development - Amazon Web Services

    In-Booth Theater Sessions

    10:30 - 10:50 AM
    Powering Data Centers: Accelerating Generation and Large Load Interconnection Processes with Agentic AI     (Duke)

    • Abhishek Naik, Sr. Manager Solutions Architech,Energy & Utilities, AWS

    1:00 - 1:20 PM
    Service Ticket Enrichment: Using AWS for Ticket Clustering & Enrichment     (Duke)

    • Adam Silva, Manager – MADLab, Duke Energy

    1:30 - 1:50 PM
    Powering Data Centers: Accelerating Generation and Large Load Interconnection Processes with Agentic AI (Duke)

    • Abhishek Naik, Sr. Manager Solutions Architech, Energy & Utilities, AWS

    2:00 - 2:20 PM
    Innovative AI Software for Power Companies     (PCI Energy Solutions)

    • Bryan Kelly, Senior Vice President of Product Management & Optimization  

    2:30 - 2:50 PM
    Next-Gen Energy Services Platform: Set up the foundations for a smarter grid delivering value to each stage of AMI 2.0     (Capgemini)

    • Rupak Patra, Head of Next-Gen ESP and AMI Smart
      Infrastructure

    3:00 - 3:20 PM
    Bridging OT and CX: A Customer Success Story with AWS-Hosted Outage Reporting     (AspenTech)

    • Lance Hovland, Senior Manager, Power IBU & Hannah Houson, Product Management Specialist

    3:30 - 3:50 PM
    Optimizing Reliability, Affordability and ROI: Modernizing Grid Analytics on Snowflake     (Snowflake)

    • Fred Cohagan - Industry Principal, Energy

    4:00 - 4:20 PM
    Workforce Management and Outage Assignment Optimization     (GE Vernova)

    • David Bloom, Senior Product Manager - Utility Geospatial and Field Solutions, GE Vernova
    • Deepa Pahuja, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS

    4:30 - 4:50 PM
    Production ready Frontier Agents within Energy

    •  Deepa Pahuja, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS

    In-Booth Theater Sessions

    10:30 - 10:50 AM
    Powering Data Centers: Accelerating Generation and Large Load Interconnection Processes with Agentic AI

    •  Abhishek Naik, Sr. Manager Solutions Architech, Energy & Utilities, AWS

    11:00 - 11:20 AM
    Production ready Frontier Agents within Energy

    • Deepa Pahuja, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS

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Simplify grid operations using agents

Automate grid protocol interpretation with agentic AI to calculate transfer limits, enhance reliability, accelerate decisions.

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