Dr. Gregory F. Reed is a professor and director of the Energy GRID Institute at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering. He is also the director of the Grid Technologies Collaborative for the U.S. Department of Energy, and an inaugural member of the National Academies of Science and Engineering's Energy Ambassador Program. He will chair the 15th Annual University of Pittsburgh Electric Power Industry Conference (EPIC) in October 2020 at the Energy Innovation Center.