Industrialization, resulting to increase energy demand and the fight against global warming highlights not only power generation to meet the demand efficiently or using alternative cleaner sources, but on T&D as well.
Transmission & Distribution Asia 2008 will bring together regulators, T&D companies, electricity retailers, technology solution providers and industry experts and consultants to discuss strategies toward zero outages and blackouts, or at least to minimize unplanned and undetected power cable overloads.
Join us as we talk about:
- Asia governments individual policies and plans to unbundle generation, transmission and distribution and its feasibility in developing nations
- ASEAN grid and cross border transmission initiatives and its implication on power generators, T&D companies and electricity retailers
- Energy efficiency and the smart grid; what are the new technologies that can improve the transmission of power in the grid
- Renewable energy sources incorporation into the grid; are the grids ready; what are the technologies to facilitate this integration
- Creating a reliable and secure grid, guarding it from theft of illegal connections or pilferage; stealing parts of a tower for example weakening the tower’s integrity, causing it to collapse
- Billing, smart metering reflecting Time of Use (TOU) and CRM
Meet our speakers
 Y. Bhg. Dato’ Che Khalib bin Mohamad NohPresident and CEO
Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia
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Dato’ Sri Che Khalib bin Mohamad Noh was appointed as the President / CEO of TNB on 1 July 2004.
He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Dato’ Sri Che Khalib has held several key positions in the private sector. He started his career with Messrs Ernst & Young and later joined Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad. Between 1992 and 1999, he served in several companies within the Renong Group, including Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan, HBN Management Services Sdn Bhd., Renong Overseas Corporation Sdn. Bhd. and Marak Unggul Sdn. Bhd, the consortium company responsible for the management of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. In June 1999, he joined Ranhill Utilities Berhad as the Chief Executive Officer. He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive of KUB Malaysia Berhad prior to his appointment as President/Chief Executive Officer of TNB.
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 Herman Darnel Ibrahim Director – T&D
PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia
His present position is the Director of Transmission and Distribution of PT PLN. Among his other positions at PLN are Director of Development and Commerce and Director of Human Resource of PT Indonesia Power. He is the current Chairman of CIGRE Indonesian National Committee and was the President of Indonesian Geothermal Association of 2001 – 2004.
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 Cyril C. Del CallarPresident & CEO
National Power Corporation, Philippines
As Undersecretary for the electric power industry, Mr. del Callar was in the forefront in the formulation and implementation of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), the law governing the restructuring of the Philippine Power Sector.
Mr. del Callar co-chaired the ASEAN- EU panel on Energy which was the institutional and informal forum for wider private sector participation in both regions. In 1999, he chaired the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME), which led, among others, to the formulation, adoption and establishment of the ASEAN Centre for Energy based in Jakarta, where he was Board Member.
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 Dr. Weerawat ChantanakomeExecutive Director
ASEAN Centre for Energy, Indonesia
Weerawat Chantanakome is the executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy based in Jakarta, Indonesia since 2004. As Executive Director, he has led ACE to reinforcing ASEAN’s cooperation networks in the energy field with various countries such as Australia, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, United States, and other partners like ADB, IEA, JICA, NEDO, USAID. Major energy projects were started and completed during his term.
Weerawat Chantanakome has more than 25 years experience and expertise in the energy sector and held various positions in many organizations and companies.
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 David SweetExecutive Director
World Alliance for Decentralized Energy, USA
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David M. Sweet is the Executive Director of the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE) based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Prior to joining WADE, Mr. Sweet served as a Director of the United States Energy Association, the US arm of the World Energy Council, as Executive Director of the International LNG Alliance, Vice President of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, an attorney in private practice, and as an expert witness on financial, rate and permitting issues at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Mr. Sweet serves as president of the Natural Gas Roundtable, a member of the North American Energy Standards Board, a vice chairman of the ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law and its gas committee, a member of the World Energy Council Committee on Cleaner Fossil Fuel Systems, and on the Board of Advisors of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security. Mr. Sweet also serves as a U.S. representative to the International Gas Union and is heading up the IGU study on regulation of the natural gas industry. He received his law degree with honors from George Washington University, an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. degree magna cum laude also from the University of Maryland.
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 Shri Tantra Narayan Thakur
Chairman & Managing Director
Power Trading Corporation, India
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 MN Ravi ShankarExecutive Director
LANCO Electric Utility, India
His present assignment at LANCO Electric Utility Limited is to develop the Trading, Transmission, Distribution, and Generation activities for the LANCO Group, in the FY 2007-08 LEUL emerged as a dominant player in the power trading, is ranked at No.2 position . He is also developing an in-house Power Information Center for devising strategies in Power Sector for the group and making the organization as a leader in Power Sector among Private Players. He had contributed to the revolutioning the power tariffs for the long-term contracts in India.
 Wirash KanchanapiulAssistant Governor – Transmission System Operation
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
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 Arthur N. Aguilar
President & CEO
National Transmission Corporation, Philippines
In 1992 President Ramos appointed him as the General Manager of the National Development Company (NDC), the investment arm of the Philippine Government, where he undertook a program of re-engineering and privatizing a wide range of companies in fertilizer production, commercial banking, mining, palm oil., etc.
He returned to the private sector to engage in corporate rehabilitation projects including a three year helm as President/CEO of Victorias Mining Inc. the Philippine largest sugar mill and refinery.
He was re-appointed as the General Manager of the National Development Company by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on December 2004 and subsequently appointed as President/CEO of the National Transmission Corporation in late 2006.
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 Dave Carlson
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Market Company, Singapore
Dave Carlson joined EMC as its CEO in June 2006 after eight years with M-co, one of EMC’s shareholders. From November 2005, Dave had acted as interim COO, on a secondment basis from M-co, and gained a thorough understanding of EMC and the NEMS. He was actively involved in the establishment of EMC in 2001 and is very familiar with the market players as well as the development of EMC. Dave joined M-co in 1998 to position and lead the company’s strategy to diversify and internationalise its capabilities. He held a number of senior management roles, including the head of business development, and most recently managed M-co’s subsidiary in South Africa.
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 CVJ VarmaPresident
Council of Power Utilities/AESI, India
Mr. C.V.J.Varma is the President & CEO of the Council of Power Utilities, India. He started his career with Government of Andhra Pradesh, and worked in the construction of the Tungabhadra Dam and the Hydro Electric Power House. Thereafter he was in the designs of the hydroelectric projects in Andhra Pradesh Electricity Board like Lower Sileru, Srisailam etc.
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 Cheche LazaroPresident
Probe Productions, Philippines
Cheche is founding President of Probe Productions, Inc. and anchor of “The Probe Team” the first Filipino investigative newsmagazine for television that has won both local and international recognition. Cheche has won several awards for her achievements as a broadcaster and a Filipina. For her outstanding contribution to the TV industry, she was cited by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, she was awarded the Ninoy Aquino Fellowship for Professional Development given by the U.S. government, recognized as TV Journalist of the year by the Rotary Club of Manila, named the Barsam visiting fellow of Trinity College and awarded as one of the Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service for Broadcast Journalism.
On the international front, Cheche was elected to the Board of Trustees and named Board Secretary of the International Institute of Communication based in London. She was also elected Vice-Chair of the steering committee of WETV, a global access TV project of IDRC Canada. Cheche has been invited as speaker or lecturer to various international conferences of UNESCO, the Voice of Germany, and the International Documentary Congress in the U.S.A.
 Leslie Hosking
MD/CEO National Electricity Market Management Company Limited (NEMMCO), Australia
 Lassi-Matti A HolopainenPresident
Philippine Electricity Market Corporation, Philippines
LASSI-MATTI AZNAR HOLOPAINEN is the President of the PEMC which is responsible for the establishment of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market and former Chairman and President of Southwestern University, Cebu City, Philippines. Lasse was previously an Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy where he supervised various teams and chaired a number of committees in the subsectors of power, renewable energy, oil and gas exploration, and oil and gas dispersion.
 Dr. Suthep ChimklaiDirector – System Planning Division
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
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 Moon Duk Kim
Senior Vice President – Transmission Division
Korea Electric Power Corporation
 DR. R P Singh
Chairman & Managing Director
Powergrid Corporation of India
 Dr. Michael Porter
Executive Chairman
Tasman Asia Pacific, Australia
Dr Michael Porter is the Executive Chairman and founder of Tasman Asia Pacific and Tasman Institute. As an internationally acknowledged expert on private sector participation in infrastructure, he has extensive practical experience in designing and implementing institutional and regulatory reform to encourage private sector skills, capital and ownership structures to the roads, water, rail and power sectors.
 Arup Ghosh
Chief Operating Officer
North Delhi Power Ltd, India
A power sector veteran of nearly 3 decades, Mr Ghosh has been with North Delhi Power Ltd. since November 2005. He brings with him extensive learning in Transmission and Distribution operations restructuring of the power sector and institutional strengthening of electricity utilities to enable them to cope with regulatory controls. This learning, garnered through association with electricity utilities in India and Mauritius, equips him well to tackle the enormous challenges in reforming the electricity business at Delhi.
 Chung Do-Young
Head – Research & Technology Development Department and
General Manager
Korea Power Exchange, Korea
 MS BhallaConsultant
The Energy & Resources Institute, India
He has more than thirty years experience in the evolution of EHV transmission system within and outside the country while working in Central Electricity Authority. Presently he is working as Consultant with TERI in the Energy Reforms and Regulatory Governance Divisions for more than twelve years and responsible for T&D loss estimation of various utilities in the country, preparation of Power System Master Plans, evaluation of distribution networks and regulatory aspects under T& D.
Guljit Kapur
General Manager – Transmission & Distribution
Rural Electrification Corporation, India
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