Programme

| 27 February 2012 |

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Conference Registration Open

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Session

Welcome Address & Keynote – Mr. Danie Odendaal: – General Manager Engineering– Eskom

Keynote Speaker 2 – Mr. Ron Beck – Chairman, Utilities Telecoms Council, USA

10:15 AM -10:45 AM Networking Break

10:45 AM– 12:30 PM ICT & Smartgrid – The View from Eskom Group Businesses

In this opening technical session, the Line Businesses within Eskom will explain their views of the development of the Smartgrid within South Africa and the importance of ICT services capable of meeting the challenges faced by infrastructure businesses.

Moderator: Peter Moray, EUTC, Belgium

Speaker 1 Mr Jako Winter :- Director – Technology & Business Solutions, Smartgrid Technologies(Pty), South Africa - Enabling the Smart Grid of Tomorrow…. Today in Eskom Distribution

Speaker 2 Dr Clinton Carter-Brown - Corporate Specialist Industry Association Resource Centre, Eskom Technology Group, South Africa - Integration of small scale embedded generation and plug-in electric vehicles – Smart Grid considerations

Speaker 3 Mr. Comfort Masike, Senior Manager: Technical Operations, Eskom System Operator, South Africa

Speaker 4 Mr. Cornelius Naidoo Technology Manager Telecoms, South Africa

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:15 PM ICT – The Key Enabler for a SmartGrid

Many regions of the world are examining and planning the development of smart metering and the smart energy network. It is recognized that the key enabler for progress is intelligence from the network and that can only be achieved with massive growth in the use of ICT systems and services. This session will explore the role that ICT has to play, what are the challenges and how can ICT meet the exacting requirements of the utilities.

Moderator: Chris Gross, Eskom, South Africa

Speaker 1 Mr Barry MacColl- Acting GM – Research, Testing & Development, Eskom Technology Group Smartgrids – SCADA on Steroids.

Speaker 2 Mr. Paul Renshall, Director Utilities MENA, Mott MacDonald Technology & Communications, South Africa

Speaker 3 Mr. Erez Koren, Global Utility Market Manager - ECI, Israel

Speaker 4 Mr. Lynn Hunt, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Networking Break

3:45 PM – 5:30 PM The Growing Role of IP Communications in Critical Infrastructure

Utilities around the world are moving more and more aggressively into IP Communication. This session will explore how utilities are achieving savings and efficiencies through Voice over IP (VoIP) services, deploying IP applications, such as Ethernet to substations, into their core networks, and adapting IP Radios to their needs. Traditional utility reticence is beginning to fade. Learn how IP communications will be part of your ICT strategies in the year ahead.

Moderator: Mr. Barry MacColl, Eskom, South Africa

Speaker 1 Mr. Kobi Gol Bussiness Development & Solution Manager, RAD Data Communications, Israel

Speaker 2 Dr. Campbell Booth, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Speaker 3 Mr. Johan Botha, Eskom, South Africa

Speaker 4 Mr. Alfonso Santos, CISCO, Spain

7:00 PM Dinner

All attendees and their partners will be invited to participate in an extraordinary evening of good company, good food and good entertainment. The Gala dinner, to be held close to the Conference Centre.

| 28 February 2012|

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Conference Registration Open

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Fixed Networks or Wireless Networks – Benefits and Challenges

Utility companies use a mix of fixed and wireless networks in delivering services to their internal businesses. Each of these services will need to expand to meet the challenge of the Smartgrid. This session will debate the technologies supported by each service and how they can support the increased requirements for intelligence in the grid.

Moderator: Corrie Vermeulen, Eskom, South Africa

Speaker 1 Mr. Rui Franco, REN TELECOM, Portugal, Optical Fiber

Speaker 2 Mr. Miguel Sanchez Fornie, Iberdrola, Spain, Powerline Communications

Speaker 3 Mrs. Monique Princen, Tait Europe, New Zealand, Private Radio Systems

Speaker 4 Mr. Simon Churches, Vodacom Bussiness Mobility, South Africa, Use of Public Wireless Services

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Networking Break

10:45 AM – 12:30 PM Round Table – Radio Spectrum for Utilities to Meet Demands of Smartgrid.

Utility companies in Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA are seeking to obtain preferential access to spectrum for utilities as they look to meet the demands of the Smartgrid. This session will, through the forum of a discussion group explain what progress has been made by these regions and how might their experience prove beneficial to utility companies in Africa.

Moderator: Mr. Peter Moray – To Be Confirmed

Speakers:

Mr. Kevin Plaskett, Senior Advisor Eskom Telecoms, South Africa

ICASA, South Africa - To Be Confirmed

Mr. Adrian Grilli, JRC, UK, Progress in Europe for Harmonised Utility Spectrum

Panellists:

Mr. George Spencer, Emcom, South Africa

TBC, TBC

12:30 PM– 1:30 PM Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 4:00 PM Concurrent Workshops

Two concurrent workshops will be included in the programme. The content to be decided at a later stage but each of the two workshops will take one of the themes from day 1 of the event and expand into a more detailed and technical analysis.

Workshop 1 – Mott McDonald Speakers:

Mr. Paul Renshall, Mr. Andrew Thomas, Mr. Kawaya Saleh

A Pragmatic Approach to building a Smart Grid (Workshop)

This interactive workshop builds on the presentations made during the conference to determine the activities necessary to develop a Smart Grid. Some Smart Grid applications will be implemented rapidly whilst others will be an evolutionary change. Each Utility will determine its own priorities. This workshop will examine smart grid functionality and its impact on key aspects of the utilities activities including

- Transmission and distribution power systems,

- IT applications in control centres and substations,

- The communications to link the smart grid together.

At the end of the workshop delegates will understand the drivers for a smart grid and the practical steps which will facilitate implementation in their own organisation.

Workshop 2 – Alcatel Lucent speaker:

Mr. Lynn Hunt, Mr. Dominique Verhulst, Mr. Benoit Leridon, Mr. Bora Varliyagci

"Deep dive on IP/MPLS for Smart Grid - Meeting the teleprotection requirements across an entire IP network -

Building a fully secure network - Sharing the experience of real implementations and experimentations".

4:00 PM– 4:15 PM Conference Close

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