The IET Smart Metering Conference 2012

Registration and refreshments

Day one chairman’s welcome and introduction

Richard Hampshire, Practice Lead | Utility Markets, Smart Grids and Smart Enabled Energy Retail, Logica, UK

Keynote address: Current position of the smart metering implementation programme

• The Smart metering implementation plan update
• The specific functionalities of smart meters
• Refining the approach
• Smart Meter Equipment Technical Specifications (SMETS) – the key to interoperability

Maxine Frerk, Deputy Programme Director of the Smart Metering Programme, DECC, UK

Keynote questions and discussion

Smart metering communication; experiences from the mobile sector

• Smart metering – successful case studies
• Challenges to be faced – reliability, security, implementation and coverage
• Future proofing – looking ahead to new technologies

Kim Bybjerg, Head of M2M Northern Europe, Vodafone

Refreshments and networking opportunity

Common Supplier commitments for smart meter roll-out

• Data Use and privacy commitments
• Installation commitments and Code of Practice
• Reporting and monitoring
• Commitments to the DECC Smart Metering Programme

Jason Brogden, Engage Consulting, Smart Metering Programme Manager, Energy UK, UK

Becoming a data driven utility: lessons from the field

• Why the impetus to become a data driven utility
• Engaging the consumer
• Evolving from smart metering to smart grid
• Becoming a data driven utility

Peter Johnson, Vice President Smart Grids, Alcatel-Lucent

Lunch and networking

A common approach to smart metering and the green deal

• Achieving interoperability – problems and solutions
• Progress in UK smart metering standards development
• Creating a platform for the green deal
• Next steps for the smart home

Steven Cunningham, CEO, Landis+Gyr

Today’s smart meter is yesterday’s FAX - IHS the sensible alternative

• Why make a meter smart if it increases its price and the technology becomes obsolete before we deploy them all?
• What do we need inside a smart meter? Real time response, accurate time and 2 GB of memory?
• Do households require energy measurements on a five minutes scale for real time balancing?
• Privacy and markets. Who owns the measured values? By the owner of the house? Can they be used in a market environment for energy trading and other purposes?
• How utilities have to facilitate VPP communities
• An alternative solution to the smart meter is the Intelligent Home System or IHS that eliminates the need for the smart meter
• Alliander is implementing IHS in its service area. What are the first results?

Maarten van Riet, Alliander, The Netherlands

Refreshments and networking opportunity

Smart meter functionality - for today and the future

• Beyond interoperability – issues in deployment and commissioning
• Future proofing – what can utilities do now to protect their long term interests
• Managing the utility/vendor relationship to help produce better results

Dr Mark England, CEO, Sentec

Panel discussion: Smart meters and consumer engagement - A strategy to deliver the consumer benefits and data privacy access and use:

• Good practice
• Privacy charter
• Consent notices
• The EU Privacy Directive
• Midata

Zoe McLeod, energy expert, Consumer Focus
Jason Brogden, Engage Consulting, Smart Metering Programme Manager, Energy UK, UK
Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP
Alicia Carrasco, Regulatory Director, EMEA & Policy Liaison for the Smart Energy Demand Coalition

British Gas smart homes – facing our ‘go early’ challenge

• The Reasons for us being in this game
• The Challenges we are facing
• The Benefits and why we are going early

Charlotte Wedd, Strategic Partnerships Director, British Gas Smart Homes

Registration and refreshments

Conference chair’s welcome and introduction

Ashley Pocock, Head of Industry & Regulation, EDF Energy

Keynote address 1: Security and privacy risks to smart metering, covering devices, organisations and governance

• The current risk landscape for smart metering
• Previous examples of successful and unsuccessful security
• Proportionate risk mitigation examples for smart meters and organisations involved in the smart metering industry

Joe Hancock, Smart Metering Security Specialist

Questions and discussion

From smart data to consumer value

• What data will be available from smart meter, who owns it, and who can access it?
• What kinds of value can be derived from that data? Value to whom?
• New services and business models

Pilgrim Beart, Founder Director, AlertMe

Refreshments and networking opportunity

EU Mandate 441 standards group CENELEC and how ZigBee smart energy is being tailored to fit UK requirements

• The European Smart Metering Coordination Group outline architecture
• The interfaces to be standardised
• DLMS for the UK
• ZigBee Smart Energy for the UK.

John Cowburn, Strategic Technology Manager, Bglobal Metering

Implementing a standards-based smart energy network

• Requirements - getting the decisions right, minimising the risk
• An example using Wireless Meter-Bus
• Where to go for a practical solution - compliance and interoperability whilst achieving a fast roll-out
• Implementing a standard - solving the technical issues - test, test and test again!
• Rolling out and keeping up to date - support and upgrades, coping with standards revisions

Steve Clarke, Technical Director, AMIHO

Lunch and networking

Keynote address 2: Organised crime: Risks and opportunities

• What is the nature of the threat from organised crime?
• How do organised criminals exploit technology?
• What is the current response?
• Is there a collective responsibility for the future?

Trevor Pearce QPM, Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)

Questions and discussion

The grid and the Internet-of-Things

• IoT small memory footprint devices and IPv6
• IPv6 end-to-end messaging
• TCP/IP, reliable and secure communication
• Case example: Smart Energy 2

Thomas Lorbach, NXP Semiconductors and IPSO Alliance

Refreshments and networking opportunity

Getting the most from smart metering data – access, processing and dissemination

• What is the data opportunity?
• How do we use data to derive value for utilities?
• What’s in it for the consumer?

Hayley Dunlop, Smart Grid Director – Digital Energy (Europe), GE Energy

White space for smart meters?

• What is white space?
• Weightless: An M2M protocol
• How could it work for smart meters?

Aaron Forshaw, Bglobalmetering