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Overview
The 50th PLMA Conference will offer real-world insights into flexible load management, DERs as grid resources, decarbonization, EV managed charging, and much more! We hope you'll join us for exceptional peer-selected sessions, plentiful networking, and important insights into the evolving energy transition.
Twice a year, PLMA convenes ~375 load management practitioners for peer-led discussions and conversations on key energy topics and developments, all within a welcoming and supportive professional community.
Attendees include representatives of private and publicly owned utilities, technology companies, energy, and energy solution providers, equipment manufacturers, research and academic organizations, government, and regulatory staff.
We encourage everyone with an interest in flexible load management, and its important role in the energy transition, to join us in Brooklyn!
Click Here to Submit Your Presentation Proposal
PLMA's Call for Presentation Proposals is open from June 3 to July 1, 2024
Hosted in Brooklyn, New York, this conference will offer real-world insights into flexible load management, DERs as grid resources, decarbonization, EV managed charging, and much more! We hope you'll join us for exceptional peer-selected sessions, plentiful networking, and important insights into the evolving energy transition.
Tips for Submitting a Successful Presentation Proposal
PLMA is searching for exceptional session proposals from across the industry that explore lessons learned and best practices from practitioners who develop, implement, and evaluate load management, DR, DER, and managed charging initiatives. Any industry professional is welcome to submit a proposal, although additional consideration will be given to submissions received from PLMA member organizations. PLMA highly values proposals that include participation by utilities, consumers, and other market actors. Please, no sales pitches.
Presentations of any length or style will be considered with preference for 30- to 60-minute case study presentations in which up to 1/3 of the time is reserved for audience discussion. All topics and presenters will be considered however PLMA especially values sessions having specific, actionable ties to load management, demand response, and/or distributed energy resources, as well as its specific areas of strategy and interest, as follows:
- Addressing Underserved Communities
- Advancement of Load Management for Decarbonization
- Connected Devices
- Customer Engagement
- DERs as a Grid Resource
- Electric Transportation
- Equitable Solutions in Load Management
- Global Load Management
- How Demographics Impact DR Program Incentives
- Load Management with Beneficial Electrification
- Retail Pricing
- Small Utility Programs
Completing your Presentation Proposal:
Click Here to Submit Your Presentation Proposal
Click the button above to go to the abstract submission form which will request information about your presenters, your topic, its relevance to the PLMA audience, and learning objectives.
Proposal acceptance decisions will be made by PLMA's Conference Planning Group on July 29, 2024.
If your proposal is selected, the presenters you identified will receive an invitation to present at the PLMA EV Symposium, plus a discounted registration code. All presenters MUST register for, and plan to attend, the symposium to confirm their acceptance to speak.
Presenters are responsible for their own conference registration cost, travel, and if applicable, hotel expenses.
All presenters must comply with the PLMA Presenter Policy and Code of Conduct and provide a signed copy of the PLMA Conference Speaker Agreement.
Important Note About PLMA EV Symposium Speaker Guidelines
PLMA deeply appreciates everyone's best efforts to adhere to all conference deadlines as they make it possible to complete the conference planning process accurately and on-schedule without significantly over-taxing our volunteer leaders and staff.
As such, ensuring your session proposal is presented at the conference is conditional upon meeting the conference speaker deadlines listed below. Missing these deadlines, or being unresponsive to session co-chairs and the PLMA staff, will unfortunately result in the removal of your session from the conference agenda.
- September 20: All speakers and co-presenters must be registered to attend the conference.
- September 20: A current speaker bio and headshot portrait must have been sent to Monica Hammond.
- October 18: All draft slides must have been submitted for review to the conference co-chairs and PLMA Staff.
- November 1: All rehearsals and presentations must have been practiced, reviewed, and finalized.
Click Here to Submit Your Presentation Proposal
Submission period ends 11:59 pm PT, July 1, 2024
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