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Montreux California Clean Energy Roundtable, Invited talk, “Orderly Retreat from the Promised Land: Assuring Generation Adequacy through Call Options Obligations”, Half Moon Bay, CA January 19-21, 2005
ICUBE and F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Lecture, “Market Design and Gaming in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Iowa State University, February 4, 2005
Public Utility Commission of Texas, Technical workshop on Generation Adequacy, Invited talk on “Review of alternative approaches to Generation Adequacy”, Austin, Texas, April 20, 2005
EPRI International Conference on Global Electricity Industry Restructuring, Invited presentation, “Resource Adequacy via Call Options Obligations”, San Francisco, CA May 11-12, 2005
6th ICPSOP Conference on Power Systems Operations and Planning, presentation: “Cournot Equilibria in Two-Settlement Electricity Markets with System Contingencies”, Praia, Cape Verde, May 22-26, 2005
IDEI Conference on The Economics of Electricity Markets, Paper presentation (with Sioshansi): “Do Supply Function Equilibrium Models Describe Behavior in Electricity Spot Markets: An Empirical Analysis of the ERCOT BES Market”, Toulouse, France, June 2-3, 2005
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Ensuring Generation Adequacy Through Centrally Procured Call Options Obligations“, San Francisco, CA, June 12-16, 2005
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Conflicting Investment Incentives in Electricity Transmission”, San Francisco, CA, June 12-16, 2005
CPUC Invited Seminar, “Ensuring Generation Adequacy via Call Options Obligations”, San Francisco, California, June 20, 2005
PowerTech Conference, Invited Panel Presentation “Alternative Valuation Objectives for Transmission Investment in Deregulated Electricity Markets” St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005
PowerTech Conference, Paper presentation “Volumetric Hedging in Electricity Procurement”, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 27-30, 2005
International Conference on Complementarity Problems (ICCP 20005), Paper presentation (with Yao and Adler): “An EPEC Algorithm for a Two Settlement Electricity Market Equilibrium Model”, Stanford, CA August 9-12, 2005
Lawrence Berkeley Lab – Scientific Computing Seminar, “Modeling and Computing two settlement oligopolistic market equilibrium in a congested electricity network”, (with Yao and Adler), October 28, 2005.
International Symposium on the Regulatory and Monitoring Design for Power System Operator Under Deregulation, Invited keynote lecture, “Market Design and System Operations in the US Restructured Electricity Industry, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 2005.
Conference on Developing the modern Grid, Invited presentation, “Power Market Economics and the Modern Grid: Pserc Activities”, Mesa, Arizona, November 9, 2005.
INFORMS meeting, invited talk (with Sauma) “Proactive Transmission Investment in Power Systems”, San Francisco, CA, November 13-16, 2005.
PSERC IAB Meeting, Invited presentation, “Market Redesign: Incorporating the Lessons Learned for Enhancing Market Design: Final Report”, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 7-9, 2005
ICORAID-2005-ORSI, Contributed talk, “Assessing the Economic Value of Transmission Investment in Restructured Electricity Market”, Recepient of Best Application paper award in the name of Prof B G Raghavendra, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2005.
ICORAID-2005-ORSI, Invited plenary lecture, “Computing Two-settlement Equilibrium in a Transmission Constrained Oligopolistic Electricity Market”, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2005.
HICSS39, Invited talk (with Chao) “Alternative Pathways to Electricity Market Reform: Risk Management Approach”, Kauai, Hawaii, January 4-7, 2006.
HICSS39, Invited talk “Generation Adequacy via Call Options Obligations: Safe Passage to the Promised Land”, Kauai, Hawaii, January 4-7, 2006.
2nd Carnegie Mellon Conference in Electric Power Systems, Invited talk, “Proactive Economic Assessment of Transmission Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets”, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA, January 11-12, 2006.
California Clean Energy Roundtable, Invited talk: “Transmission Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets”, San Francisco, CA January 25-27, 2006.
11th Annual POWER Research Conference on Electricity Regulation and Restructuring, “Hedging Quantity Risks with Standard Power Options in Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets”, The University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley, CA March 24, 2006.
IEEE San Francisco PES chapter, Invited talk: “Application of Auction Theory in Electricity Markets”, San Francisco, California, April 27, 2006.
PSERC, presentation at the 10th anniversary IAB meeting, “A decade of Power Market Research”, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, May 31-June 2, 2006.
Konkuk University, Research Center for Network and Energy Industries, Invited talk: “Risk Management and Financial Instruments in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Seoul, Korea, June 13, 2006.
Korean Power Exchange (KPX), Keynote speech, “Generation Adequacy via Call Option Obligations: Safe passage to the Promised Land”, 2nd International Conference on Electricity Market and Power System Operations, Seoul, Korea, June 14, 2006.
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Proactive Transmission Investments in Competitive Power Systems”, Montreal, Canada, June 18-22, 2006.
International INFORMS Meeting, Invited Talk, “Optimal Timing and Composition of Revenue Hedges in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Hong Kong, July 26-28, 2006.
European Science Foundation (ESF) Exploratory Workshop on Mathematical Models in Electricity Markets, Invited presentation: “EPEC Models in Restructured Electricity Markets: Formulation, Computation and Applications”, Ciudad Real, Spain, July 13-14, 2006
EDF, Invited presentations, 1) “Generation Adequacy through Call Option Obligations”, 2) Tutorial on Locational Marginal Pricing and Transmission Right in Competitive Power Markets”, Clamart, France, July 17, 2006
Colombian Electricity Regulatory Commission (CREG), Invited talk “Generation Adequacy through Call Option Obligations”, Bogota Colombia, July 25, 2006
EPRI Power Market Initiative Interest Group Meeting, Invited talk: “Risk Management and Financial Instruments in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Washington DC, July 26-28, 2006.
Workshop on Integrated Finance and Operations Management, Invited talk “Hedging Fixed Price Energy Contracts with Exposure to Price and Quantity Risk”, Tepper School, CMU, Pittsburg, PA, August 21-22, 2006.
CPUC Energy Division, Invited presentation “Alternative Approaches to Capacity Markets”, San Francisco, CA August 24, 2006
PSCE Invited Panel presentation: “Modeling and Computing Two Settlement Market Equilibrium” (with Yao and Adler), Atlanta Georgia, October 30, 2006
Annual INFORMS Meeting, Invited paper, “A Hybrid Bertrand-Cournot Model of Electricity Markets with Multiple Subnetworks “ (with Yao and Hobbs), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 5-8, 2006
Annual INFORMS Meeting, Invited paper, “Incentives of Generation Firms for Long-Term Investment in the U.S. Electricity Transmission System “ (with Sauma), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 5-8, 2006
Annual INFORMS Meeting, Invited paper, “The Cost of Anarchy in Self-Commitment Based Electricity Markets “ (with Sioshansi and O'Neill), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 5-8, 2006
Denki Shimbun Newspaper's International Energy Seminar, Keynote presentation, “The Texas and California Electricity Markets: Parallel Paths and Divergent Approaches, Washington D.C. via satellite to Tokyo, November 30, 2006
EPRI Internet PMI Seminar: Generation Adequacy Mechanisms in the US, December 22, 2006
HICSS40, Invited talk “A Probabilistic Graphical Approach to Computing Electricity Price Duration Curves under Price and Quantity Competition”, Big Island Hawaii, Hawaii, January 3-6, 2007.
IDEI Conference on the Economics of Energy Markets, Invited talk: “Modeling and Computing Two-settlement Oligopolistic Equilibrium in a Congested Electricity Network”, Toulouse, France, January 15-16, 2006.
EPRI Power Delivery and Markets Meeting, Invited presentation: “Alternative Approaches to Generation Adequacy”, San Francisco, CA February 13, 2007.
EUCI Conference on National Perspectives on Financial Transmission Rights, Invited talk: “Transmission Investment Incentives Through Active TO participation in FTR Markets”, Washington DC, March 20, 2007
12th Annual POWER Research Conference on Electricity Regulation and Restructuring, Invited talk: “The Texas Energy Only Resource Adequacy Mechanism”, The University of California energy Institute, Berkeley, CA March 23, 2007.
Conference on Decision and Risk Analysis, Invited talk, “An Equilibrium Pricing Model for Weather Derivatives in a Multi-commodity Setting” (with Y. Lee), University of Texas, Dallas, Texas May 21-22, 2007.
Presentation to the ERCOT Demand Side Working Group, “Priority Pricing: A Proposal for an Economic Demand-Side Program in ERCOT (with Jay Zarnikau), June 8, 2007.
Research Center for Network and Energy Industries at Konkuk University, Invited talk: Risk Management and Financial Instruments in Competitive Electricity Markets, Seoul, Korea, June 20, 2007.
3rd Seoul International Conference on Electricity Markets (SICEM), Invited presentation, “Design and Pricing of Demand Response Contracts”, Korean Power Exchange, Seoul, Korea, June 21, 2007.
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “The California Resource Adequacy Program: Achieving Reliability and Economic Efficiency Through Virtual Re-bundling of Generation and Distribution” (with B Chatterjee), Tampa, Florida, June 24-28, 2007.
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Risk Management vs. Risk Avoidance in Power Systems Planning and Operation”, Tampa, Florida, June 24-28, 2007.
IEEE PES Annual Meeting, Invited Panel Presentation, “Aligning Generators' Interests with Social Efficiency Criteria for Transmission Upgrades in an LMP Based Market” (with E. Sauma), Tampa, Florida, June 24-28, 2007.
Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Competition, 20th Annual Western Conference, Invited presentation: “Conflicting Objectives and the Burden of Market Power in the Economic Evaluation of Transmission Investments” (with E. Sauma), Monterey, CA, June 27-29, 2007.
EURO 2007, Invited presentation, “An Equilibrium Pricing Model for Weather Derivatives in a Multi-commodity Setting” (with Y Lee), Prague, Czech Republic, July 8-11, 2007.
CMU Tepper School, Invited Seminar, “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic Forward Market Equilibrium in a Congested Electricity Network”, October 12, 2007
Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulation Reform, United Kingdom: International Workshop on Transmission Access, Investment and Pricing , Invited presentation, “LMP and Flowgates, Texas Experiences”, London, UK, October 23, 2007
Annual INFORMS Meeting, Invited paper, “Pricing Weather Derivatives: A Multicommodity Market Equilibrium Approach” with Yongheon Lee, Seattle, Washington, November 4-7, 2007
ACOLGEN, Invited presentation “Generation Adequacy mechanisms: Theoretical Foundation, Alternatives Approaches and International Experiences”, Bogota Colombia, November 14, 2007.
University of Los Andes, School of Business, Invited Seminar, “Managing Risk in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Bogota Colombia, November 16, 2007.
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, OIT Group, Invited Seminar, “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic Forward Market Equilibrium in a Transmission Constrained Electricity Market”, Stanford, CA November 28, 2007.
Ohio State University, Energy Systems Modeling Symposium, Invited Talk, “Hedging Fixed Price Load Following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Columbus , Ohio December 3, 2007.
PSERC Industry Advisory Board Meeting, Proposal presentation, “Technical and Economic Implications of GHG Regulation in a Transmission Constrained Restructured Electricity Market”, Washington DC, December 5, 2007.
Catholic University of Chile, Featured speaker at special workshop: “Overview of alternative approaches to generation to generation adequacy provision”, and “Managing risk in competitive electricity markets”, Santiago, Chile, December 12, 2007.
University of Chile, Center for Mathematical Modeling, Invited talk: “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic Forward Market Equilibrium in a Transmission Constrained Electricity Market”, Santiago, Chile, December 19, 2007.
American Enterprise Institute, Invited talk (with Schubert and Adib): Achieving Resource Adequacy in Texas via an Energy Only Market”, Washington DC, January 25, 2008.
World Bank, Invited Keynote Speaker, “Alternative Pathways to Electricity Market Reform: Risk Management Approach”, SDN Week 2008, Washington DC, February 26, 2008.
International Conference on Industrial Logistics (ICIL 2008), Invited Keynote Speaker, “Electricity Markets: Managing the Most Challenging Supply Chain”, Tel Aviv Israel, March 9-15, 2008.
ASU, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Invited colloquium presentation, “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic Forward Market Equilibrium in a Transmission Constrained Electricity Market”, Phoenix, AZ, April 18, 2008.
ERCOT Energized, Invited Keynote Speaker, “The Texas Nodal Market”, Austin, Texas, May 2, 2008.
PSERC Industry Advisory Board Meeting Project presentation, “Evaluating the Economic Impact of Transmission Projects”, Iowa State University, May 14-16, 2008.
4th Seoul International Conference on Electricity Markets (SICEM), Keynote presentation, “The Texas Nodal Electricity Market Design”, Korean Power Exchange, Seoul, Korea, June 19, 2007.
International Conference on Financial Methods and Modelling in Electricity Markets, Invited paper “Optimal VaR Constrained Hedging of Fixed Price Load-following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets”, (with Yumi Oum), Oxford University, UK, July 9-10, 2008.
IFORS 2008 Triennial Conference , Invited paper “Optimal VaR Constrained Hedging of Fixed Price Load-following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets”, (with Yumi Oum), Sandton, South Africa, July 14-18, 2008.
CLAIO 2008, Keynote Lecture, “Competitive Electricity Markets: The most Challenging Supply Chain.”, Cartagena, Colombia, September 9-12, 2008.
INFORMS 2008, Invited paper, “A Multi-period Equilibrium Pricing Model for Weather Derivatives” (with Yongheon Lee), Washington DC, October 11-14, 2008.
INFORMS 2008, Invited paper, “Mike Rothkopf's Contribution to the Analysis of Bidding in Sequential Auctions”, Washington DC, October 11-14, 2008.
INFORMS 2008, Invited paper, “Economic Analysis of the Right of First Refusal” (with Shehzad Wadalawala), Washington DC, October 11-14, 2008.
INFORMS 2008, Invited paper, “Who Have Incentives to Expand Power Transmission Systems” (with Enzo Sauma), Washington DC, October 11-14, 2008.
Center for Energy and Environmental Markets, University of New South Wales, “Hedging Fixed Price Load Following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Invited public lecture, Sydney, Australia, October 29, 2008.
The 2nd IAEE Asian Conference, “An Equilibrium Pricing Model for Weather Derivatives”, Perth, Australia, November 5-7, 2008.
University of Auckland, Invited Seminar, “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic Forward Market Equilibrium in a Congested Electricity Market”, Auckland, New Zealand, November 14, 2008.
University of Auckland, Invited Seminar, “Hedging Fixed Price Load Following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets”, Auckland, New Zealand, November 19, 2008.

Updated January 2009