The Call for Abstracts is closed, and the numbers are in. This year, 101 proposals poured in for the conference program at IESNA Flagship 2027 — the premier U.S. tradeshow and conference for solar, energy storage, EV infrastructure, and manufacturing, taking place February 9–11, 2027 at the San Diego Convention Center.
Each year, IESNA Flagship convenes clean energy professionals across the U.S. and beyond to examine policy, technology, and market developments shaping the industry’s path forward, and this year’s submissions offer an early signal of what’s top of mind heading into 2027.
Battery storage dominated proposals, utility-scale projects drove the bulk of proposed content, and a striking 42% of pitches came directly from the C-suite. These insights will guide IESNA’s 2027 Advisory Board as they build a conference program packed with actionable takeaways for attendees.
Here’s what the data tells us so far.
Every submission, charged up
Each cell represents one submitted abstract: Energy Storage led the field as the single largest track this event cycle.
Counts reflect individually submitted abstracts by primary track tag; organizer-curated panel concepts are excluded.
The top 5 topics
Straight from the top
42% of proposals come directly from the top of the org chart — CEOs, founders, and presidents pitching their own work.
Sized for scale
Submissions skewed toward utility-scale deployment, with strong secondary focus on commercial & industrial projects.
Project segment focus
Top audiences addressed
With our conference committee, IESNA's 2027 advisory board will weigh in on what these submission trends mean for solar and storage professionals in the year ahead—working to develop a comprehensive program offering actionable takeaways for attendees. Watch our News & Insights for more to come!
Meet the Advisory Board
