Name
Lightning Talks - Big Ideas in Bite-Sized Sessions
Date & Time
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Description
Fuel up for day two of UA Week with a hot breakfast and a high-energy dose of insight! This morning session features fast-paced Lightning Talks—8-minute presentations that get straight to the good stuff. You'll rotate through three talks, each offering sharp perspectives, actionable ideas, or innovative use cases from across the utility analytics landscape.
It's interactive, it's energizing, and it even comes with prizes—every talk you attend boosts your chances of winning a fantastic giveaway from one of our sponsors.
Lightning Talk presentations include:
- “SAM Fusion: One World where Physical and Digital Meet” by Michael Covarrubias and Erika Ferguson, Xtensible, a SAM Company
- “Don’t Lose Your Balance While Living on the Edge” by Meredith Gilstrap, Itron
- “Data Integrity Dos and Don’ts: A Utilities Perspective” by Precisely
- “SAS and the Furious: Modeling at Ludicrous Speed” by Jennifer Whaley and Muneeb Mohammad, SAS
- “These Aren’t the EVs You’re Looking For: Why Fleets, Not Driveways, Will Disturb the Force” by DNV
- “Getting Griddy with It: The AI-Driven Grid Is Here” by Lovelytics
- “Ad Coelum Doctrine: Your Digital CX from the Earth to the Cloud” by Abjayon
Speakers
Michael Covarrubias - Xtensible, a SAM Company
Erika Ferguson - Xtensible, a SAM Company
Meredith Gilstrap - Itron
Max Kanaskar - Precisely
Muneeb Mohammad - SAS Institute
Jennifer Whaley - SAS
Erika Ferguson - Xtensible, a SAM Company
Meredith Gilstrap - Itron
Max Kanaskar - Precisely
Muneeb Mohammad - SAS Institute
Jennifer Whaley - SAS





