Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES)
October 24, 2025
Wood Dining Room, Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University
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9:00-9:30 a.m.
Arrivals and registration
9:45-10:15 a.m.
Keynote: Abby Smith, CEO of Team Pennsylvania
"Powering Progress: Pennsylvania’s Roadmap for Energy, AI, and Infrastructure Readiness"
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Panel: Energy and Water Use Challenges of AI Data Centers
Emanuel Bernabeu, Senior Director, Applied Innovation & Analytics, PJM
Hillary Gray, Innovation Director, Trane
Matt Green, Senior Vice President, Integrated Planning and Advisory, TRC
Shelby Linton-Keddie, Senior Director, Government, Regulatory Policy & External Affairs, PPL
Tony Nokovich, Vice President of Engineering, Pennsylvania American Water
Carlos Romero, Director, Energy Research Center, Lehigh University
Moderated by Javad Khazaei and Farrah Moazeni, Lehigh University
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-1:30 p.m.
Keynote: Kathryn Zerfuss, Commissioner to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
1:45-3:15 p.m.
Panel: Innovation Space for Powering AI Data Centers
Chris Davidson, Head, Electrification & Automation Solutions, Siemens
Chris Hemschot, VP of Development, Tenaska
Ross Groffman, VP, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Alberto J. Lamadrid, Director, Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy, Lehigh University
Srujan Rokkam, Engineering Manager, R&D, Advanced Cooling Technologies
Moderated by Shalinee Kishore and Arindam Banerjee, Lehigh University
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Keynote: Denise Lee, Vice President of Engineering Sustainability, Cisco
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Keynote: Diana Rodriguez, Principal, Sustainability Public Policy, Amazon Web Services
4:30 p.m.
Wrap up