Day 2 of VX2026 - Opening Remarks by David Abel, Eric Garcetti, Efrain Escobedo
Energy, AI, & the Grid
Moderator: Lauren Faber O’Connor
Robert Piascik, SVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer, New York Power Authority
Remi Raphael, Chief AI Officer, Electric Power Research Institute
Udi Ganani, Vice President, EIS Council
Moderator: Jim Kelly, Director, S&C Electric
Featured: Mark Pestrella, Director, Los Angeles County Public Works
Shivaji Deshmukh, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District
David Nahai, Chair, LA Regional Water Quality Control Board
Responder: Felicia Marcus, Professor & Fellow, Stanford University
Facilitator: Jessica Lall, Managing Director, CBRE, DTLA
Rick Caruso, Founder & Executive Chairman, Caruso
Christine Kwon, Director, Department of Angels
Moderator: Andrea Ambriz, General Manager, Exposition Park
Mayor James T. Butts, City of Inglewood
Marcel Porras, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, LA Metro
Eric Garcetti, Fmr. United States Ambassador to India; Fmr. Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Moderator: Jim Kelly, Director, S&C Electric
Noemí Gallardo, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Robert Hertzberg, Member, Board of Directors, FPH2
Ted Bardacke, CEO, Clean Power Alliance
