Tackling Smart Grid Challenges under India Context

The world’s leading technology giants in smart grid, Microsoft, HP, Wipro, SAS, UL, Intergraph, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, IBM, Digi International, Capgemini and SAP announce to support this year’s largest and most important India smart grid event World Smart Grid Conference Series-India Week 2011.

IBM, one of the world’s leading IT companies and smart grid solutions leaders is planning to offer its services to Indian utilities over the next few years. IBM’s General Manager of Global Energy and Utilities said that his company sees tremendous potential for growth in the Indian market as it expands to provide electricity to more consumers.

Manu Rishi Puri，Sr Managing Consultant of IBM – Global Business Services will present on “Weather Forecasting for Renewables”. As tone of the association sponsor of the event, IBM shows sufficient confidence in this upcoming important event. “We are looking forward to sharing IBM’s global smart grid implementation experiences with India industrial leaders”.Said IBM’s senior representatives.

Capgemini, who won the first smart meter order in India; will attend the World Smart Grid Conference Series-India Week 2011 as Bronze Sponsor. Capgemini is amongst the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services that caters to a wide spectrum of industries like energy, manufacturing, retail and distribution, telecom, media and entertainment, financial services, etc. Somnath Chatterjee, Head of Energy, Utilities & Chemicals, Capgemini India, provides keen insights into evolving concepts like Smart Meters and Smart Grid. He explains that India is indeed making a "smart" move in its endeavour of ensuring efficient energy consumption and curbing energy losses. SAP, the world's leading provider of business software, is confirmed to sponsor the industry award dinner of World Smart Grid Conference Series-India Week 2011.

World Smart Grid Conference Series-India Week 2011, to be held on September 13th to 16th in Mumbai, is a unique event for you to attain deep understandings on India’s smart grid initiatives, roadmap, regulatory environment, ongoing pilots of local utilities, network local and international smart grid industry executives and share insights on the future market developments.

The conference is vendor-neutral, product-neutral, and platform-neutral with highly intense interaction between delegates, and allows for real discussion and debate, not simply a series of “product presentations”.

Eminent Speakers Confirmed:

Sam Pitroda, Chair, India Smart Grid Task Force

R V Shahi, Ex-Secretary (Power), MoP

Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Narendra Singh Sodha, Executive Director, Power Grid Corporation of India

R P Singh, Executive Vice Chairman, Jindal Power Limited

V. K. Shah, Executive Director (APDRP), Power Finance Corporation 

Ramesh Narayanan, CEO, BSES Yamuna Power Limited 

Arup Ghosh, Managing Director, NDPL 

Ajoy Rajani, Senior Vice President, Reliance Infrastructure 

Abhijit Roy, Head – New Technology Initiatives, Reliance Infrastructure 

Jayant Deo, CEO and managing Director, India Energy Exchange

Vijay L Sonavane, Member, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission

Claudio Lima, Vice Chair, IEEE P2030 Smart Grid Architecture

Pradeep Monga, Chief, Renewable and Rural Energy Branch, United Nations

Ashish Khanna, Senior Energy Specialist, South Asia Sustainable Development, World Bank

Monali Zeya Hazra, Program Management Specialist, USAID

Norbert Karl, Global Sales & Business Development Smart Grid, Siemens

Manu Rishi Puri, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM 

David Coldrey, Utilities Lead for Asia Pacific /Japan, SAP

Larry Kraft，Vice President，Digi International 

Girish Kadam, Vice President and Head of Managed Services, Ericsson

Details 

Time: Sep. 13th- 16th

Location: Mumbai, India

Hosting Organization: SZ&W Group

Event Website: http://www.szwgroup.com/smartgrid/

Contact: Miss Viola Yan

Tel: +86 21 5830 0710

Fax: +86 21 5831 1668

E-mail: info@szwgroup.com

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1) Too Early
2) Opt -In, Not Opt-Out
3) Utility Friend or Foe?
4) Direct to Consumer
5) Not an energy company

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IBM stuck deal with CPFL Energia in Brazil to develop communication and operational strategy to deploy
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2) The evolution of Demand Response

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4) Smart Grid investment to reach $80 Billion in Europe by 2020

Europe being one of the early adopter of Smart Grid and smart meters will see $80 billion smart grid investment from 2010 - 2020 according to Pike Research.


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