NY-GEO 2026 Brooklyn Seeking Panelists
NY-GEO is currently looking for speakers to participate in panel discussions on the three topics listed below at the NY-GEO 2026 conference in Brooklyn this March 24 & 25.
If you know or someone you know has a well-considered perspective on any of these areas, please feel free to suggest or nominate them as a potential speaker.
Thank you for your help.
Contact Christine Christine@ny-geo.org
Topic 1:
How Will AI Impact the GSHP / Geothermal
This is certainly a hot topic and lots of different directions to go with it. We are looking for people who are experimenting or implementing AI in our industry. What areas seem most promising, and which seem to have significant limitations presently. How do we think AI will change our businesses, our industry? We are looking for a wide range ideas that will be eye opening to attendees. This will be focused on how to take advantage of this trend, perhaps how not to miss it if you are on the sidelines presently – not largely focused on the risks – but not ignoring risks either.
Topic 2:
GSHP / Geothermal’s Role in the Proliferation of Data Centers
The dialog around the energy hungry data centers is ratcheting up every day. What role can our technology play in alleviating some of the negative impacts of this trend we are seeing – or at least hearing a lot about! Your solution/perspective could be focused on the sources/sinks that can have the largest impact or more of an equipment and controls viewpoint. If you are not expert in specific solutions but have a strong understanding of the problem statement – you may be a potential moderator.
Topic 3:
Building the Case for KW as a Recognized Thermal Standard
When is the last time you explained to someone (like a policy maker) what BTU stands for and what it represents. “Well then…it’s the thermal energy needed to raise a pound of water 1F.” or “It’s about the energy of one lit match.” At this point Senator Johnson is wondering why he took this meeting and what’s next on his schedule! Imagine a world where energy is all KW – both thermal and electrical. We are not thinking to just switch immediately to KW instead of BTU’s but probably a transition.
Who among us has given this a lot of thought and maybe even written a white paper or article on the topic? We want you(s) to make the case for KW as a metric for thermal energy. Hey – they do it in lots of other places in the world – right?!?