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2026 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Resiliency Summit

Achieving a More Reliable and Resilient Energy Future

6 – 8 October, 2026 · San Francisco, California, USA
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Summary of Event

The 2nd Annual Summit will focus on practical experiences by the power and energy industry to achieve a more reliable and resilient electric power grid. The summit will focus on efforts to drive for reliability performance through outage reduction and quicker response. The event will also include system level thinking to mitigate against high impact low probability or resilience events. Topics include:

  • Data Centers, AI and their impact on the Grid
  • Extreme Weather and Wildfire Mitigation
  • Affordability and impact on customers
  • International Perspectives on Reliability
  • Regulators perspectives from FERC, NERC, ISO’s
  • and DOE
  • Workforce Development
  • Industry CEO Roundtable

The agenda and video from the 2025 event is available

Location

 
Hilton San Francisco Union Square
333 O’Farrell St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 771-1400

Registration will be available shortly.

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View the event recordings via IEEE.TV

Event Program

TUESDAY, 6 OCTOBER

  • Technical Tours – To be determined (Optional)
  • 4:00pm – 7:00pm – Registration
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm – Reception & Exhibits

WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER

  • 7:00am – 6:00pm  Registration
  • 8:00am – 8:30am – Coffee available
  • 8:30am – 9:00am – Safety Message & Welcome
  • 9:00am – 9:30am – Keynote 
  • 9:30am – 10:00am – Break & Exhibits  
  • 10:00am – 11:00am – Panel 1
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm – Panel 2
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm – Lunch & Exhibits
  • 1:30pm – 2:30pm – Panel 3
  • 2:30pm – 3:00pm – Break & Exhibits
  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Panel 4
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm – Panel 5
  • 6:00pm – 9:00pm – Sponsored Evening Event

THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER

  • 7:00am – 3:00pm – Registration Open
  • 8:15am – 8:30am – Daily Agenda Review & Safety Message
  • 8:30am – 9:30am – Panel 6
  • 9:30am – 10:00am – Break & Reliability Innovation Exhibits
  • 10:00am – 11:00am – Panel 7
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm – Panel 8
  • 12:00pm – 1:30pm – Lunch & Exhibits
  • 1:30pm – 2:30pm – Panel 9
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm – Panel 10

Registration

Early bird registration will end on 5 May 2025 and the event pricing is as follows.

PES Member

$550 $525

IEEE Member

$600 $550

Non-Member

$650 $600

PES Student Member

$275 $250

IEEE Student Member

$300 $275

IEEE Life Member

$275 $250
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Questions regarding this event – please contact Dan Toland ()

Hotel & Venue

hilton signa sanjoseSignia By Hilton San Jose
170 S. Market St
San Jose, California 95113 USA

Parking Information

Hotel offers valet parking for $50.00 per day + tax

IEEE PES has negotiated a special group rate of US$289 per night for attendees. This group rate is exclusive of taxes.   Reservations must be made by 5:00 pm Pacific Time by 25 April 2025 to get the group rate.  Once the room block is sold out, the hotel will offer rooms/rates based upon availability.

To book your room online at the group rate please click here: https://book.passkey.com/e/50995839

Travel Information
Local Airport and Transportation Options

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities

The event will provide practical experiences that are being implemented in order to achieve a more reliable and resilient electric power grid. This is an opportunity for utility professionals, solution providers, and industry leaders to discuss the efforts & solutions that are driving reliability performance through outage reduction and quicker response time. Industry experts will share their best practices, which will result in an excellent customer experience in electric reliability. Proven methods that can be adopted industry-wide. By providing support, your organization can raise your company’s profile among the individuals who are actively involved in creating a more reliable and resilient power grid. Please email Carl Segneri at to secure a sponsorship or for any questions. Thank you.

Pinnacle Sponsor
(limit 2)

$30,000

Features

  • Six (6) Full Conference Registrations
  • Opportunity to provide lanyards with your logo (lanyards to be provided by you)
  • Company Logo Placement
      On event web page supporter web page & applicable venue signage
     Included in ‘Thank You To Our Sponsors’ Email
  • Opening Session acknowledgement
  • Complimentary Meet and Greet Display table
  • Opportunity to have an organizational representative be a participant as a panelist

Diamond Sponsor

$20,000

Features

  • Four (4) Full Conference Registrations
  • Company Logo Placement
      On event web page supporter web page & applicable venue signage
     Included in ‘Thank You To Our Sponsors’ Email
  • Opening Session acknowledgement
  • Complimentary Meet and Greet Display table
  • Opportunity to have an organizational representative be a participant as a panelist

Platinum Sponsor

$15,000

Features

  • Three (3) Conference Registrations
  • Company Logo Placement
      On event web page supporter web page & applicable venue signage
      Included in ‘Thank You To Our Sponsors’ Email
  • Opening Session acknowledgement

GOld Sponsor

$10,000

Features

  • Two (2) Conference Registrations
  • Company Logo Placement
      On event website supporter web page & applicable venue signage
     Included in ‘Thank You To Our Sponsors’ Email
  • Opening Session acknowledgement

À La Carte Options

  • $35,000 – Exclusive Evening Reception Sponsorship, (1) Sponsoring company
    • Wednesday, 8 October
  • $12,000 – Morning Coffee, (1) Sponsoring company for each morning
    • Wednesday, 8 October
    • Thursday, 9 October
  • $3,000 – Sponsored Meet & Greet Display Tables
    Companies and organizations that have innovative solutions to address industry reliability are invited to participate in the summit to share their ideas and/or showcase their products.
    • Includes the following:
      • 1 – Full event registration
      • 1 – 6’ Table with ID sign
      • 1 – Trash Can
      • 1 – 2 Chairs
      • Complimentary WiFi

Email Carl Segneri at to secure a sponsorship or for any inquiries.  Thank you.