10 December 2012 | IET Birmingham: Austin Court, UK

Registration and refreshments

Chairman's opening

Andy Geddes, Group C&I Engineer, Scottish Power

Managing the future developments

• The next 40 years – developments and challenges
• Generation scenarios to 2030 and meeting government targets
• Operating the National Electricity Transmission System in 2020
• Technical challenges facing the UK transmission network

Julian Leslie, Electricity Customer Service Manager, National Grid

Session to be confirmed shortly

Senior Representative, Emerson Process Management

Refreshment break and networking

Alarm management – Collective industry perceptions

• On-going persistent pain – Long-standing alarms
• The master alarm database as an enabler
• Boundary management – The next wave
• The business driver – The need for demonstrable assurance / compliance

Bill Dennison, Managing Director, PAS

Safeguarding industrial  control systems (ICS) and SCADA

• Technology trends and security implications
• What's the risk?
• Implementing ICS and SCADA security
• Developing best practice

Anna Burrell, Industrial Control System Security Consultant, PA Consulting

Lunch and networking opportunity

Predicting and optimising combined cycle unit starts

• Business case
• Prediction of start-up MW profiles – thermal state and ambient conditions
• Optimisation with respect to commercial and technical constraints
• US case studies
• Applicability to UK markets

Ray Boucher, Technical Director, Real Time Power Inc

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) - An update

• The role for CCS in meeting emission targets
• Global status of CCS
• Drivers for CCS in Europe and the UK
• Carbon Capture Readiness requirements
• Challenges

Dr. Adina Popa, Associate, Sector Leader – Carbon Capture and Storage, Mott MacDonald Ltd

Refreshment break and networking

Mid life C&I refurbishments and future proofing – experiences, lessons learned and planning the way forward

• Introduction
• Utility experiences
• Lessons learned
• Planning your refurbishment
• Maximizing the investment
• Looking beyond

David Thom, Senior Consultant for Power Generation, Arup

Chairman's closing remarks