Center Stage

Center Stage brings the industry’s biggest conversations to the center of the POWERGEN experience. Located inside the exhibit hall, this live forum features utility executives, technology leaders, developers and major energy users discussing the issues reshaping power generation today — from reliability and load growth to data centers, new generation development, grid modernization and fleet strategy.

Attend high-level, elevated conversations featuring executives and thought leaders about prominent issues affecting the power generation sector. Center Stage is located inside the POWERGEN exhibit hall, capturing the added buzz of the show floor.

Sponsored by:

cummins

All badge holders can attend Center Stage sessions.

2027 Session Schedule

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3:50 PM

Women in Power Panel
Center Stage - Exhibit Hall Booth 3535

70 mins
Join us for the 2nd Annual Women in Power Panel, bringing together leaders from across the power generation industry for a candid conversation about leadership, career growth, mentorship and the chang …

8:00 AM

When the Grid Needs It Most: Reliability, Readiness and the Performance Gap
Center Stage - Exhibit Hall Booth 3535

50 mins
All badge holders are eligible to attend. U.S. electricity demand is rising at a pace the sector has not seen in decades, and the planning assumptions that governed resource adequacy decisions five ye …

Speakers

David Kezell, Director of Weatherization - ERCOT

Mark Lauby, SVP and Chief Engineer - NERC

Matt Gardner, VP, Power Generation System Operations - Dominion Energy

Mike Caravaggio, Vice President, Energy Supply-Reliability - EPRI

POWERGEN has been really helpful in identifying the industry scale of what’s going on behind the scenes, and how that affects each and every one of us across different divisions, levels, and inputs in the industry itself [...] That’s something not everybody gets to experience at other conferences.

Sarah White

Associate Electric Co-op, Inc.

The most valuable part of POWERGEN is networking with peers, walking the exhibit floor, and seeing all the activity and energy across the industry. For me, the level of engagement is a strong indication that the future of this industry is in a good place, and I’m excited to be representing this event.

Raj Katamreddy

Vistra

I love the networking. Everyone who’s part of POWERGEN is here, and it’s great to collaborate, meet new vendors in the market, see who’s doing what, and learn about the projects that are happening. It’s a great place for intel.

Sarah Hoelzen

The Williams Companies, Inc

POWERGEN is really important to us. It's an ideal opportunity to come meet existing customers and partners, meet new customers and partners, and showcase the new products that we bring to market.

Sarah Nicholls

STAMFORD | AVK

POWERGEN gives us the opportunity to meet prospective engineering firms, EPCs, and customers, and to share insight into our capabilities in manufacturing centrifugal pumps and supporting the nuclear industry.

Santosh KulkarnI

ANDRITZ

POWERGEN allows us to connect with all of our peers and it brings in folks that are maybe not quite familiar with everything in power, and they get to come to one place and see it all in one place and make new connections.

Sammy Haggar

Wildcat Power Gen