Preliminary Program

Monday, November 01, 2010
1:00 - 6:00 PM Exhibitor Set-Up & Registration
7:00 - 9:00 PM Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration Open
8:00 - 8:15 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks: Michael A. Marullo, Conference Chair
8:15 - 9:15 AM KEYNOTE BREAKFAST

 

9:15 - 11:15 AM Technical Tour
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
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Technical Tour
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
1:30 - 2:30 PM EXHIBIT VIEWING
1:30 - 3:30 PM Technical Tour
2:30 - 4:00 PM Super Session 103 Super Session 203 Super Session 303 Super Session 403
2:45 - 4:45 PM Technical Tour
4:30 - 5:00 PM EXHIBIT VIEWING
5:00 - 7:00 PM Networking Reception
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration Open
8:15 - 9:15 AM KEYNOTE BREAKFAST

Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, [FERC]

"Smart Response for the Smart Grid"

9:15 - 11:15 AM Technical Tour
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
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Technical Tour
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
1:30 - 2:00 PM EXHIBIT VIEWING
1:30 - 3:30 PM Exhibitor Set-Up & Registration
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
3:30 - 5:00 PM Closing Plenary Session
5:00 - 7:00 PM Booth Dismantle & Move-out
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