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SMART GRID BASICS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the basics of smart grids? What are the
key components of a smart grid in the Indian power context?
• What are the potential benefits, issues and challenges?
What steps need to be taken to enable deployment of smart
grid in India?
• Presentation by Bridgit Hartland-Johnson, Independent
consultant
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: UTILITY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the perspectives of key stakeholders (utilities,
industry, etc.) on smart grids?
• What are the opportunities and challenges?
• Address by Arunabha Basu, Vice-President and Head,
Technology, NDPL
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: UTILITY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the perspectives of key stakeholders (utilities,
industry, etc.) on smart grids?
• What are the opportunities and challenges?
• Presentation by Arun Kanchan, Director, BSES Rajdhani
Power and BSES Yamuna Power
• plus Q&A
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ON SMART GRIDS
JOURNEY TO A SMARTER GRID
Questions/Topics:
• What are potential benefits of smart grids? What
is their applicability in India?
• What can we learn from the international experience?
• Presentation by Shalabh Srivastava, Senior Manager,
Accenture
• plus Q&A
SMART GRID INITIATIVES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key business drivers for developed countries?
• What is the relevance of smart grids for Indian utilities?
• Presentation by Satish Kulkarni, Principal Sales
Consultant, Oracle
• plus Q&A
SMART GRID MATURITY MODEL
Questions/Topics:
• What are the different stages of smart grid development?
• What are the key defining features of each stage?
• Presentation by Reji Kumar, Head, Energy and Utilities
Industry, IBM India/South Asia
• plus Q&A
BUSINESS CASE FOR INDIA
Questions/Topics:
• What are the investment needs for smart grids? What
potential benefits can be expected for generators, transmitters,
distributers and customers?
• What is the expected impact of smart grid on conservation,
efficiency, reliability, tariffs, etc.?
• Presentation by N. Murugesan, Chief Manager, Tata
Consulting Engineers
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: UTILITY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the perspectives of key stakeholders (utilities,
industry, etc.) on smart grids?
• What are the opportunities and challenges?
• Special address by Tushar Girinath, Managing Director,
Bangalore Electricity Supply Company
• plus Q&A Via video link
WINNING OVER CUSTOMERS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the benefits for customers? What steps can
the utilities take to ensure customer buy-in into smart
grids?
• What role can the customers play in smart grids?
What are the enabling technologies to make this happen?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Sumit Goel, General Manager, KLG Systel
• Manish Singh, Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy
Services on “Home Area Network”
• plus Q&A
INTEGRATING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
Questions/Topics:
• What new design features need to be incorporated
in the Indian grid to ensure increased integration of distributed
generation?
• What role can smart grids play in ensuring a greater
role of renewable in the Indian grid?
• Baseline presentation by Dr Mahesh Patankar, Director,
Ergon Innovations
Panel discussion amongst:
• V. Subramanian, Secretary-General, Indian Wind Energy
Association (Panel Chair)
• P.V. Krishna, Vice-President, Power Plants, Wartsila
India
• B.P. Mukherjee, Head, Industries and Solutions Group,
SAP India
• plus Q&A
LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Questions/Topics:
• Which are some of the leading international smart
grid programmes?
• What lessons can India learn from ongoing international
efforts - response, etc. in the grid?
Presentations by:
• Tom Damon, Managing Consultant and Paul Halpin, Assistant
Vice-President, SAIC
• Raman Kalra, Associate Partner, Communications and
Industry Leader, Energy & Utilities, IBM India/South
Asia
• plus Q&A
IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART GRID CONCEPT IN POWER MARKETS
& EXCHANGES
Questions/Topics:
• What role can the smart grid play in development
of power markets?
• How will power exchanges work in a smart grid environment?
• Presentation by Ashish Dandekar, Chief Information
Officer, Power Exchange India Limited
• plus Q&A
SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSMISSION
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key “smart” technologies and
solutions for transmission?
• What is their readiness for deployment in India?
• What are the expectations of transmission utilities
from smart grids?
Presentations by:
• N.S. Sodha, General Manager In-Charge, Load Despatch
and Communication, Power Grid Corporation of India
• Sandip Sinha, Assistant Vice-President and Head,
Sales and Marketing, Network Management Systems, ABB India
• Vikram Gandotra, Chief Manager, Marketing, Energy
Automation Systems, Siemens
• Vivek, Senior Principal, Energy, Utilities and Services,
Infosys Consulting
• plus Q&A
SOLUTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key “smart” technologies and
solutions for distribution?
• What is the readiness for their deployment in India?
• What can discoms do to ensure that the new assets
being created can allow for smart grid devices to be added
in future?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Bhupendra Badiya, General Manager, Substation Automation
Solutions, Areva T&D India
• Praveen Jadhav, Senior Product Marketing Specialist
, Power T&D, Honeywell Automation India
• Jeroen Hoebé Senior Vice-President, Technology,
Ferranti Computer Systems India
• Sidhant Sachdeva, North Head, Business Solution Sales,
Tata Teleservices
• plus Q&A
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