Preliminary Program
| Monday, November 01, 2010 | ||||
| 1:00 - 6:00 PM | Exhibitor Set-Up & Registration |
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| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Reception |
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| Tuesday, November 02, 2010 | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:00 AM | Registration Open |
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| 8:00 - 8:15 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks: Michael A. Marullo, Conference Chair |
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| 8:15 - 9:15 AM | KEYNOTE BREAKFAST
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| 9:15 - 11:15 AM | Technical Tour |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Session 101 - Operations "How DEEP is the Energy in Alabama" Christopher Green, Proj. Mgr.-Resource Planning/Load Mgmt., Howard Smith, Mgr. - Resource Planning/Load Mgmt., [Southern Company/Alabama Power] |
Session 201 - Automation/IT "Migration towards Smart Substations" Ronald Tornquist, Mgr. - ECS/Telecom, Anatoly Skobiak, Sr. SCADA Engineer [Puget Sound Energy] |
Session 301 - Security & Compliance "The Current State of Smart Grid Interoperability Standards" Anna Grau, Senior Consultant, [EnerNex Corp.] |
Session 401 - Infrastructure "Dynamic Measurement & Verification of Distribution Grid Optimization - Xcel Energy Experience" Kerry Mcbee, Senior Engineer - Special Projects, [Xcel Energy], Parag Parikh, Director of Product Management, [CURRENT Group] |
| 10:15 - 11:15 AM | EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS |
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| 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Technical Tour |
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| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Session 102 - Automation/IT "Smart Grid Investment Without a Grant" Brian Lonergan, Senior Project Manager, [United Illuminating] |
Session 202 - Operations "Bonneville Power Administration Smart Grid Initiatives for the Future" Lee Hall, Smart Grid Program Manager, [Bonneville Power Administration] |
Session 302 - Infrastructure "Renewable Generation, Smart Grids and Microgrids - Bottom Up Integration in a Top Down World" John Curcio, Vice President of Energy Alternatives, [Cupertino Electric] |
Session 402 - Automation/IT "Extracting Business Value from Smart Grid Technology" Jorge Somoano, Assistant General Manager, [Burbank Water & Power] |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Networking Luncheon Panel |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 PM | EXHIBIT VIEWING | |||
| 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Technical Tour |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 PM | Super Session 103 | Super Session 203 | Super Session 303 | Super Session 403 |
| 2:45 - 4:45 PM | Technical Tour |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | EXHIBIT VIEWING |
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| 5:00 - 7:00 PM | Networking Reception | |||
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 | ||||
| 7:30 - 8:00 AM | Registration Open |
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| 8:15 - 9:15 AM | KEYNOTE BREAKFAST Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, [FERC] "Smart Response for the Smart Grid" |
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| 9:15 - 11:15 AM | Technical Tour |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Session 104 - Automation/IT "Avista Case Study: Considerations in Selecting a Distribution Area Networks" Jim Corder, Director of IT Infrastructure, [Avista Utilities], Rob Pilgrim, VP, Business and Corporate Development, [Tropos Networks] |
Session 204 - Security & Compliance "Building a Secure Smart Grid at Hydro-Québec - Challenges for Security Governance, Lessons Learned" Réjean Rhéaume, Chief - Enterprise Information Technologies and Communications Security Governance, [Hydro Québec], Claude Vigeant, President, [OKIOK] |
Session 304 - Operations "Experiences Implementing Irrigation Demand Response" Quentin Nesbitt, Engineering Project Leader/Customer Relations, [Idaho Power Company] |
Session 404 - Infrasructure "Smart Charging Strategies for a Smart Grid: Technology and Standards Development" Krishnan Gowri, Senior Engineer, Michael Kintner-Meyer, Staff Scientist, [Pacific Northwest National Lab] |
| 10:15 - 11:15 AM | EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS |
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| 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Technical Tour |
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| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Session 105 - Automation/IT "Snohomish PUD Provides More Reliable and More Efficient Customer Services" Will Odel, Smart Grid Program Manager, [Snohomish Public Utility District No. 1], Reza Nasri, Principal Advisor, [Quanta Technology] |
Session 205 - Infrastructure "Voltage Conservation and Cost Savings with Advanced Metering Infrastructure" Brandon Stites, Director of Energy Conservation and AMI, [Dominion Virginia Power] |
Session 305 - Infrastructure "Intelligent Charging Strategies for Electrical-Vehicles and the 6 German E-Energy eMobility Projects" Lutz Steiner, Renewable Energies Dept., Arnaud Hoffmann, Renewable Energies Dept., [Technische Universität Darmstadt] |
Session 405 - Automation/IT "Smart Grid Challenges of a Small Utility" Bruce Lovelin, Chief Engineer, [Central Lincoln PUD] |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Networking Luncheon Panel |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 PM | EXHIBIT VIEWING |
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| 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Exhibitor Set-Up & Registration |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Session 106 - Operations "Strategy for Operating a Smart Grid" Peter Kobzar, Sr. Manager, Distribution Operations, [BC Hydro], Hahn Tram, VP, Enterprise, [Quanta Technology] |
Session 206 -Operations "Consumer Familiarity with and Perceptions of Smart Grid" Jonathan White, Director of Member Services and Marketing, [Peninsula Light Company], Bruce Barlow, Sr. Director of Market Research, [NRECA] |
Session 306 - Infrastructure "The role of GIS in the Smart Grid era: Is GIS important again?" Bill McEvoy, Manager, Business Systems, [Northeast Utilities] |
Session 406 - Infrastructure "A 100% Fiber Optic Smart Grid" David Wade, Executive VP & COO, Ryan Keel, Assistant VP, Electric System, [Chattanooga Electric Power Board (EPB)] |
| 2:45 - 3:30 PM | EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS |
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| 3:30 - 5:00 PM | Closing Plenary Session |
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| 5:00 - 7:00 PM | Booth Dismantle & Move-out | |||









