The Austin Electricity Conference format follows the Aspen Institute model, and is structured to promote in-depth plenary discussion—partly by limiting the list of invitees to a manageable number (approximately 50), and also by having short panel presentations and plenty of time for large group discussion.

This conference is designed to bring together academics and practitioners across a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to discuss cutting-edge policy and technical issues relating to the electricity industry, in order to enable and facilitate dialogue among all the participants on all of the panel topics.