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Ashley Smith

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

AES

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Biography

Ashley Smith is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at AES and has worked in the energy transition for the past two decades. At AES, Ashley sets AES’ innovation agenda and oversees a portfolio of renewables, electrification, and digital innovations. Prior to joining AES, Ashley was part of Shell’s renewables business, where she led the transformation of Shell’s European power sales and trading group, drove strategic renewables investments and led Shell’s energy transition venture capital activities in Europe. Before Shell, Ashley co-founded and ran Centrica’s venture capital group, and led the acquisition of a high growth tech company that became the backbone of Centrica’s Connected Home business. Earlier in her career, Ashley worked at CT Investment Partners, Franklin Templeton Investments and the Environmental Protection Agency. Ashley has a B.S. from McGill University and an MBA from Wharton.

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July 10, 2024

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July Virtual Press Briefing: Electron Renaissance: A Rebirth of Invention in the Energy Space

Register Today! A whole suite of new technologies is headed for the electric space in an Electron Renaissance. Within the next decade, these new technologies will begin to be felt —some with major impact. The United States Energy Association will take a hard look at these upending developments at its next virtual press briefing on Wednesday, July 10 at 11 a.m. EDT. The format for these monthly press conferences on the air is simple: A panel of senior journalists interviews a panel of experts in a collegial atmosphere. The object is to disseminate knowledge to the media and the public. While we aim to give reporters something they can write that day, we also seek to inform them for future articles. The briefings are free, open to the public, and viewers may submit questions. They are organized and hosted by veteran writer and broadcaster Llewellyn King. Mark Menezes, USEA president and CEO, and former DOE deputy secretary, welcomes participants and is on hand to add his expertise. These are the critical, evolving areas which will be examined at the briefing: Many battery varieties which are about to make an impact. Fusion companies which have collectively secured nearly $6.2 billion in private funding, along with additional grants from governments, and which hope to ship their first commercial reactors within a decade. New connectors which look to transform the grid. New ways of using natural gas without traditional carbon-releasing combustion. Small modular reactors which are about ready for deployment. Power electronics. The experts to date are: Charles Bayless, Director, TS Conductor John Howes, Principal, Redland Energy Group Andrew Holland, CEO, Fusion Industry Association Arvin Ganesan, CEO, Fourth Power Alan Ahn, Deputy Director for Nuclear, Third Way Ashley Smith, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, AES Corporation Akash Patel, CFO, NET Power The reporters to date are: Jennifer Hiller, The Wall Street Journal Ken Silverstein, Forbes Peter Behr, E&E News Markham Hislop, Energi (Canada) K Kaufmann, RTO Insider  Matt Chester, Energy Central
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