CALL FOR THOUGHT LEADERS
Help shape education for the largest energy event in North America. On behalf of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), the Education Committee for RE+ 25 is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting abstract submissions for RE+, RE+ Tech, Posters and Speakers.
No other platform provides this opportunity for collaboration and access to the industry. Here’s your chance to showcase your work in our 2025 program. SEIA and SEPA are committed to building a diverse and inclusive industry, and we strongly encourage submissions from women, people of color, and underrepresented groups in the renewable energy industry.
Submission Types
CALL FOR RE+ SESSIONS
Your proposal will be considered for the following:
Concurrent Education Session: Concurrent education sessions include 30-minute to 60-minute sessions. Sessions will be made up of one to four speakers.
Show Floor Theater Session: Show Floor Theater sessions are 25-minute in length and take place on the expo hall floor. Show floor sessions contain one to three speakers. If your proposal is selected, your organization will be have an opportunity to participate as a speaker for the session.
Proposals for the following topics will receive prioritization:
- Electrification and Transportation
- Finance and Asset Management
- Grid Integration
- Managing Growth
- Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers
View full list of subtopics below.
The deadline to submit a proposal has passed.
CALL FOR RE+ TECH SESSIONS
RE+ Tech sessions are specifically tailored for the technical and scientific communities to present and share innovative research in the solar, storage, and smart energy industries. RE+ Tech sessions are between 15-30 minutes in length and there is only one speaker per submission.
The deadline to submit an abstract for RE+ Tech has passed.
CALL FOR POSTERS
Select this option to submit a poster concept. Posters facilitate the dissemination of research and innovations, analyses of practical problem-solving efforts, and recommended best practices to the solar and smart energy communities. Posters may not include marketing. RE+ prints and hangs all posters, and they are displayed for the duration of the conference. One poster representative is required to attend RE+ to discuss the poster during the Poster Reception and/or poster walks. Note: There is no formal speaking role in correspondence with submitting a poster.
The deadline to submit a poster concept has passed.
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
Speakers are interested in speaking or moderating a session at RE+ but not submitting a fully detailed proposal. Your information will be shared with our planning committees for consideration, and you will be notified only if the committee would like to extend an invitation to speak.
The deadline to apply has passed.
Proposals for the following topics will receive prioritization by the Core Committee, SEIA, and SEPA:
Track: Electrification and Transportation
- Equitable electrification (e.g. LMI, dense urban areas with street parking, multi-unit dwellings, sparse rural areas with less infrastructure)
- Manufacturing electrification
- Impacts of EPEAT – an ecolabel for electronics
Track: Finance and Asset Management
- Cost and risk reductions & new value opportunities
- O&M Issues
- Merchant Battery opportunity in US market
- Modeling long-term Merchant revenues
- Battery storage returns in commercial & industrial applications
Track: Grid Integration
- Microgrids – different use cases (e.g. utility-owned, customer-owned)
- Data Centers
- AI and Automation
- Batteries and other energy storage technologies
- Long-duration storage
- Hydrogen
Track: Managing Growth
- Tracking Sustainability: Corporate Social Responsibility
- Tracking Sustainability: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goals
- Tracking Sustainability: Corporate Compliance
Track: Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers
- State and Federal carbon reduction efforts
