• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Conor Kelly

Microsoft

Principal Program Manager, Energy Industry

Conor Kelly works with Microsoft’s customers and partners driving software partnerships and innovation across the Power & Utilities industry, focused on the decarbonization of energy supply. Working alongside Microsoft’s Datacenter Carbon-Free Energy Procurement team—who have contracted 19GW of carbon-free energy globally to date— he helps Microsoft’s utility partners accelerate creating novel and profitable carbon-free energy supplies.  Key initiatives led by Conor include Microsoft’s global 24/7 Hourly Carbon-Free Energy engagements, and partnerships to accelerate the broad rollout of Advanced Nuclear generation. Conor holds a Computer Science degree from Trinity College Dublin, a research masters in datacentre energy management, and has spent 15 years across multiple divisions at Microsoft including the Azure core development team, Microsoft’s Cloud Platform, and Industry and Partner Solutions organization. 

Sessions With Conor Kelly

Monday, 18 March

  • 02:30pm - 03:00pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 07:30 pm - 18/mar/2024 08:00 pm

    Microsoft | Accelerating Business Transformation and the Energy Transition with Real-world AI

    Today’s headlines are dominated by AI news, from the latest announcements about Microsoft Copilot to how AI paves the way for a sustainable energy future.  The World Economic Forum underscores the role AI plays in the energy transition, estimating that every 1% in additional efficiency in demand creates USD1.3 trillion in value between 2020 and 2050 from reduced investment needs. Microsoft partners with organizations across the energy industry, leveraging AI to achieve new levels of efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and innovation. Join us to learn more about applying AI-powered transformation across your organization.  

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