Call for Content

POWERGEN is the industry’s premier business, networking and education hub for power generation professionals—bringing together the people who plan, develop, build, operate, maintain and modernize megawatt-scale generation assets. POWERGEN 2027 will take place January 18–21, 2027 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

You may submit proposals for:

• Conference Program sessions (50-minute presentation and/or panel, including Q&A)
• POWERGEN University course (2-hour or 4-hour technical courses/workshops) - Additional details are to be announced.

The call for content for POWERGEN 2027 will be open from January to May 18th. Late submissions will not be considered. 

• Owner-Operator Participation: The strongest submissions include representation from a utility, IPP/power producer, municipal, co-op, large energy user/self-generator or plant owner/operator where relevant. Identify these participants in the title and description so that they are easily recognized by the advisory committee. Vendor-only submissions must clear a very high bar for technical rigor and industry value.
   
• Non-Commercial: Sessions must be non-commercial and focused on real-world challenges and lessons learned. Avoid sales messaging, product promotion, or company marketing.
   
• Focused Topic: Submissions must be focused and decision useful. POWERGEN favors technical and execution-oriented sessions: case studies, lessons learned and practical methods for planning, building, operating, maintaining, upgrading, interconnecting or digitizing generation assets. Market intelligence is appropriate when it connects directly to actions (project decisions, schedules, costs, reliability, compliance, or performance). High-level trend decks or “everything overview” presentations are not a fit.
   
• Clear and Concise: Write for a room full of power professionals. Skip marketing language and scene-setting. Get quickly to the problem, the approach, and what the audience will learn.
   
• Deliver Value: What’s new here? Why now? Strong proposals present fresh lessons learned, hard-won project insights, field experience, performance outcomes, O&M realities or emerging best practices—not a rehash of familiar themes.

Select the topic(s) that most accurately reflect what will be covered. Proposals are reviewed by topic-aligned subcommittees, so unclear or miscategorized submissions may not reach the right reviewers.

Each session will be 50 minutes long, including time for Q&A. More detailed format updates will be available in the submission portal. The advisory committee may decide to combine certain abstracts into single sessions.

You will select the level that best reflects the assumed starting knowledge and the depth of instruction.

• Foundational (101 / refresher): Introduces core concepts, terminology and standard practices. Best for newer professionals, cross-training or anyone looking for a structured refresher.
   
• Applied Technical (practitioner-led how-to): Focused on execution—methods, troubleshooting, commissioning, outage work, controls tuning, maintenance strategies and performance optimization. Assumes attendees work with generation assets and want practical takeaways they can apply.
   
• Case Study / Lessons Learned (real project or plant results): Walks through a specific project, upgrade, outage or operational challenge with measurable outcomes (performance, reliability, cost, schedule, compliance). Emphasizes what worked, what didn’t and what you would do differently.
   
• Strategic & Decision-Focused (planning / risk / leadership): Designed for leaders and decision-makers. Covers planning and decision support—resource adequacy, interconnection, large-load integration, contracting and risk, compliance, and investment tradeoffs. Connects directly to actions and decisions, not high-level trend overviews.

• Utility (IOU, Municipal, Co-Op)
• Independent Power Producer
• Self-Generator (Industrial & Process Industries, Data Centers, Institutional Campuses, Critical Infrastructure, etc.)
• Large-Scale Energy User
• Engineering, Procurement, Construction
• Manufacturer, Reseller and Supplier
• Major Equipment OEM
• O&M Services & Plant Operation
• Government
• Financial Institutions/Investor
• General Audience

Note: The strongest submissions have ‘buyer’ (utility, IPP, etc.) representation. Submissions of a commercial nature that promotes products, companies, or services will not be considered.

• Diverse perspectives (role, organization type, geography; including gender and background where possible)
• Hands-on credibility (operators, plant leadership, engineering practitioners, project leads)
• Owner-operator + industry partner balance (i.e. utilities/IPP paired with EPCs/OEMs/solution providers)
• Clear roles (who covers problem definition, execution, results, lessons learned)

Confirmed speakers improve your chances of selection. “Speaker TBD” is not recommended and does not satisfy expectations for owner-operator representation when that representation is relevant to the topic.

Submissions are made through our official speaker management system, SessionBoard.

• Read the welcome letter – Contains key information and deadlines.
• Complete the Session Info page – Title, description, format, etc.
• Enter speaker details – Ensure all panelists are confirmed before submission.
• Review key dates – Submission deadlines and notification timelines.

• Submitters will be notified by the end of July if their proposal has been selected.
• The conference program will be finalized by mid-September.