Innovation, strategy, and investment for power utilities and government

Day one: Monday, June 27, 2011

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8am

Registration & breakfast

THE PARADIGM SHIFT

9am

Keynote address: Bringing global intelligence to emerging markets

• From delayed one-way to real-time two-way energy and
information flow
• What does smart grid really mean, and what can it really
deliver?
• Lessons to be learned from the European experience
• What local resources are available for developing and installing
smart grids in Latin America, and what must be enlisted from abroad?
• Introducing isolated technological solutions vs. implanting turnkey systems

› Mr. Claudio Rivera,

Regional Director, Brazil, Ampla

9.40am

Speed Networking

10.20am

Keynote address: The view from above

• Providing the energy needed for national and regional growth
• The road map for more efficient, effective, secure and
sustainable electricity distribution
• The role of the government in the promotion of smart grids – and regulatory developments for generation, transmission,
distribution, and metering
• Can Brazil install 60 million meters by 2020?
• Local market structures and the definition of funding mechanisms

› Mr André Pepitone da Nóbrega,

Director, ANEEL

11am

Networking coffee break

ADAPTATION

11.15am

Panel session: Smart solutions and business models: can Latin American utilities afford smart grids?

• Operational efficiencies, cost reductions, loss control, and the real benefits of smart grids for generators and distributors
• What funding sources and regulations are needed and viable?
• Early-adopter difficulties and government-mandated adoption
• How sustainability factors into planning

› Mr Oren Pinsky,

Partner, Stratus Investimentos

› Mr Luis Pinheiro,

Chief Operations Officer, Elektro

› Mr Patricio Pesantez,

Integrated Management of Electrical Distribution Team Leader, Empresa

› Mr. Wellington Mattos Boaventura,

Risk Manager, Endesa

› Mr Mike Gordon,
(Moderator)

Chief Executive Officer, Joule Assets

12pm

Panel session: Piloting projects to test viability and fix glitches before large-scale roll-outs

• Simultaneously testing individual technologies and integrated distribution frameworks
• From electro-mechanical to automatic metering, and how the right decisions can lay the foundation for a full smart grid
• Optimized network management and control
• Designing and implementing a core multi-purpose end-to-end network and migrating legacy systems onto this network

› Dr Ricardo Van Erven,

Diretor de tecnologia e serviços, AES Eletropaulo

› Yannick Julliard,
(Moderator)

Head of Smart Grid Solutions - Sales and Business Development, Siemens AG

12.40pm

Case Study: The CEMIG/Light Smart Grid program

Testing the new smart meters and demand-side management
Automating and monitoring the grid and substations
Incorporating plug-in hybrid vehicles to offset peaks
Home automation and opening new interaction channels with customers: smart plugs, interactions with television, smart displays, and other improved consumer services

› Mr Daniel Senna Guimaraes,

Diretor, Cemig

1pm

Networking lunch

2.15pm

CASE STUDY: Low Carbon London, a learning journey -- Smart grid solutions for U.K.’s capital

Working with communities and businesses to help them manage demand and match local energy demand with national low carbon energy goals
Maximizing opportunities for low carbon, distributed and micro-generated electricity
Responding to new demands on the electricity network from a low carbon economy

› Yannick Julliard,

Head of Smart Grid Solutions - Sales and Business Development, Siemens AG

CAPITALIZATION

2.35pm

Panel session: Who will pay the bill?

• Financing installation and implementation of new assets
• Traditional financiers and their receptivity to smart grid projects
• Equity investment as a driver for expansion, and the role of VC and mid-/large-cap private equity
• Availability of project finance

› Ms Marcia Leal,

Chief of Department of Power, BNDES- Brazil National Development Bank

› Mr Yves Ehlert,

Mercosur Representative, DEG-KFW Banking Group

› Mr. Humberto Matsuda,

Partner, Performa Investimentos

› Mr So Ron Hung,
(Moderator)

Director, Darby Overseas Investments

› Mr. Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho,

Senior Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

3.20pm

Networking coffee break

INTEGRATION

Organized with the help of UTC International Division

3.45pm

Panel session: What the smart grid means for high- and medium-tension

• How the smart grid can help with transmission control and
supervision
• Substation automation and intelligent electronic devices
• What transmission has to teach distribution and vice versa
• New technologies for smart adaptation of high- and mediumtension

› Mr Fernando Pinto Dias Perrone,

Head of Energy Efficiency Project Department, Eletrobras

› Eduardo Gondim,

Consultant, Quanta Tecnology

› Mr. Juan Carlo Morales,

Director of Planning Operations, XM

› Mr. Gianluca Marini,
(Moderator)

Consulting Solutions & Services Division Director, CESI

4.30pm

Integrating energy with telecoms and other utilities

• Service sharing: water, gas, heating, Internet
• Bundling broadband with power distribution and IP-enabled systems
• Regulatory limitations and opportunities in Power Line
Communications (PLC)
• Reducing migration and integration risks with network lifecycle management

› Mr Dymitr Wajsman,

Co-Chairman of International Division, Utilities Telecom Council

› Mr Ronaldo Collecta Santarem,

Engineer of Telecommunications, Eletrobras Furnas

5.15pm