Smart Electricity World - Monday 4 June 2012

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9am

Host’s opening remarks

Jose Alberich

José Antonio Alberich is Vice President of A.T. Kearney Middle East, focused on Process Industries and Utilities. Mr. Alberich has over twenty years of industry and consulting experience, collaborating with major companies in Oil & Gas, Chemicals...

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› Jose Alberich, Vice President, AT Kearney

CHAMPIONING SMART GRID DEVELOPMENT

9.10am

Keynote: Preparing for future demand now to avoid capacity restraints

Jonathan Wilks at Smart Electricity World MENA

Future-proof the electric network to get ahead of the game with early investment to manage escalating power demands.

› Jonathan Wilks, Head of Network Planning, Majan Electricity Company

9.40am

Keynote: Smart electricity in Saudi Arabia and its application

Saad Al Qarni at Smart Electricity World MENA

Defining and applying smart electricity in Saudi Arabia to optimize limited electricity resource.

› Saad Al Qarni, Lead Engineer, Technical, Marafiq

10.10am

Keynote: Reinventing the utility business model to position retailers as a sophisticated energy service provider

Mohamed Babiker at Smart Electricity World MENA

Align business processes with smart meter initiatives to fuel innovation in energy management.

› Mohamed Babiker, Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Excellence, Federal Electricity and Water Authrotiy

10.30am

Morning refreshments & networking break

CREATING INTELLIGENT UTILITIES

11am

Roadmapping from Smart Gird to Smart Micro-Grids

Abdul-Rahman Al Ali

A. R. Al-Ali received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and minor in computer science from Vanderbilt University, USA, 1990; Master degree from Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1986 and B.S.EE from Aleppo University, 1979. Dr. Al-Ali is a...

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Enabling enhanced scalability, reliability, latency, and security as smart grids evolve.

› Abdul-Rahman Al Ali, Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, American University of Sharjah

11.20am

Deploying smart grid technologies to improve existing infrastructure deficits

Arunabha Basu at Smart Electricity World MENA

Upgrade current infrastructure to improve network reliability, enable more interactive demand management and minimize transmission loss.

› Arunabha Basu, Vice President and Head Technology, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd

11.40am

Case study: Integrating renewable energy into the power grid for a more sustainable future

Othman Al Mas at Smart Electricity World MENA

Implementing small scale renewable energy pilot schemes to reduce reliance on fossil fuels

› Othman Al Mas, Head of Renewable Energy Management, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

12pm

Providing customers with detailed information on their consumption patterns to encourage smarter electricity use

Zakaria Al Soufi

Dr. Zakaria Al Soufi works for Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) advising the company management on the implementation of AMI project for Smart Power and Water Meters within the cities of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain in the UAE. Dr. Al...

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Distribute relevant consumption data whilst addressing data sharing, privacy and security issues to protect citizen information.

› Zakaria Al Soufi, AMI Project Manager, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority

12.20pm

Learning from overseas experiences of Smart Metering- good and bad

Ian Howell

After graduating with a Master’s Degree in Engineering from London University Ian has enjoyed a varied and successful career working in Operations, Performance Improvement, Project and Programme Management in both the private and government sectors...

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Deploy AMI infrastructure to communicate varying pricing signals and trigger behavioral change and sustainable electricity consumption.

› Ian Howell, Manager, Supply Business Improvement, Electricity Holding Company SAOC

12.40pm

Customer Oriented Electronic Services in SEC

Fouad Al Abduqader at Smart Electricity World MENA

Provide detailed, real time information electronically to empower consumers with better decision making capabilities regarding energy and price savings

› Fouad Al Abduqader, Manager Customer Services Department, Saudi Electricity Company

1pm

Networking lunch

ENABLING THE ELECTRIC GRID

2pm

Session opening remaks

Andreas Brun at Smart Electricity World MENA

› Andreas Brun, SVP EMEA, Landisᬪ

2.10pm

Successfully progressing smart grid pilot programmes into large scale commercial deployments

Mark Preece

Mark is the Director of Electricity Networks at the Regulation and Supervision Bureau in Abu Dhabi. The Bureau regulates water; wastewater and electricity industries in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Mark is predominantly focussed on the regulation of...

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Optimize smart grid roll out with key learnings from pilot schemes. Effective planning, implementation and operational strategies to minimize disruption during grid upgrade.

› Mark Preece, Director of Electricity Network, Regulation and Supervision Bureau

2.30pm

Using smart grids effectively for asset management purposes

Adam Herbschleb

Born in the Netherlands in 1967 started to work for KEMA in 1990 in the short-circuit laboratory testing high voltage equipment. In 2000 he switched to the consultancy department of KEMA and specialized in condition assessment of high voltage...

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Optimising smart grids internally through maintenance need and replacement strategies.

› Adam Herbschleb, Consultant, Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain

2.50pm

Manage higher voltage quality and renewable energy integration with voltage regulated distribution transformers

Mr Ansgar Hinz

Ansgar Hinz was born in Krefeld, Germany on May 26, 1965. He finalized two apprenticeships in mechanical and electrical design. He graduates in electrical engineering at the University RWTH Aachen, Germany in 1994. He joined Maschinenfabrik...

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Understand highly efficient solutions to address this risk of voltage band violations and help realize the transformation to a sustainable energy supply

› Mr Ansgar Hinz, Director Power Distribution, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH

3.10pm

Session closing remarks

› Andreas Brun, SVP EMEA, Landisᬪ

3.20pm

Afternoon refreshments & networking break

GRID DIALOGUE

3.50pm

Automating power delivery on the electric grid to reduce transmission loss

Easa Alzarooni

Easa Alzarouni is the Director of the Load Dispatch Center at Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA), originally he is an Electrical Engineer graduated from UAE University. He joined SEWA since 1998. Easa worked in several positions in...

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Leverage advances in utility automation to improve utility asset utilization, power quality and system reliability.

› Easa Alzarooni, Director Load Dispatch Center, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

4.10pm

Designing a dynamic pricing strategy around AMI infrastructure that aligns the network, customers, and demand response targets

Mansour Al Anazi

Eng. Mansour Helal Al-Anazi is the General Director, Economic Affairs and Tariff of The Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA). He obtained his M.SC. and B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from King Saud...

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Launch real time tariffs to accurately charge customers and redirect usage from peak load times to optimize the delivery of power.