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Join colleagues from across the US for a conference built around the real issues facing operations and maintenance technicians, developers, and generation owners today. Choose the track that fits your work and dig into the conversations that matter most to you.

This is a trusted, practitioner-friendly space where O&M technicians, developers, and generation owners share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned openly and candidly. Two tracks, one venue — collaborate, compare notes, and take practical solutions back to your projects.

Pre-Meeting Workshop: 6th Annual ESIG/EPRI Blade Damage Workshop

Monday, September 21 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Conference registration includes access to the 6th Annual ESIG/EPRI Blade Damage Workshop on Monday afternoon. Attendees must submit an example of blade damage for open discussion with the participants. Exceptions may be made in the case of multiple people attending from the same organization. We may not have time to discuss all examples, but all examples will be shared with attendees in the proceedings. In addition, there will be experts presenting on each of the themes for this year’s workshop. 

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Conference Agendas

Track 1: O&M Users Group Conference

ESIG’s O&M Users Group Conference features a plenary session, tech talks, and manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables anchor the track, giving users a forum for frank, open discussion to share information, knowledge, and hands-on experience with peers facing the same challenges.

The track opens with a pre-meeting workshop on Monday, followed by three days of roundtable-style sessions Tuesday through Thursday.

Participation in the O&M Users Group track is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own, operate, or maintain wind generation or solar equipment.

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Track 2: Developers & Generation Owners Conference

The Developers & Generation Owners Conference brings developers and asset owners together to navigate the challenges of interconnection studies, performance standards and requirements, inverter-based resource (IBR) performance, and emerging best practices for reliable grid integration.

Formatted as two days of guided roundtable discussions led by industry experts, the track focuses on the day-to-day realities facing project engineers, asset owners, and their consultants. Sessions surface and promote best practices you can apply directly to ongoing projects — operational or under development — and within existing industry procedures.

Participation in the Developers & Generation Owners track is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that are owners, operators, developers, generation owners and their consultants.

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Conference Venue and Accommodations

The Conference will be held at The Midland Hotel, Chicago at 172 West Adams Street Chicago, Illinois, USA, 60603. Reserve your room by August 31, 2026 to take advantage of the reduced room rate of $272.00/night. We expect this room block to sell out and highly encourage you to make your reservation early! If your plans change, you can cancel your reservation up to 72 hours prior to your check-in date.

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