19 September 2012 | Strand Palace Hotel, London

Registration and refreshments

Seminar chair’s welcome and introduction

Steve Johnson, Chief Executive,  Electricity North West and Chair of Energy Networks Association

Smart Grid – policy, regulation and incentives

• Low Carbon Network Fund (LCNF)
• RIIO (Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outcomes)
• Price control review 2015-23 – well justified business plans
• Impact on collaboration and innovation

Gareth Evans, Head of Profession Engineering, Ofgem

Questions and discussions

How will Smart Grids become business as usual?

• Integrating frameworks
• Standardisation, test and certification
• Knowledge and supply chain
• Investment cases and their modelling

John Scott, Director, Chiltern Power

Questions and discussions

Smart Grid modelling cost benefit analysis

• The Smart Grid Forum cost benefit model development
• Results at national level
• RIIO impact at company level
• Consortium of companies

Dave A Roberts, Sustainable Networks Director, EA Technology

Questions and discussions

Refreshments and networking opportunity

Smarter transmission – UK’s west coast HVDC link, and beyond

• The business case
• Funding and finance
• The technology
• Future use of DC in distribution

Vandad Hamidi, SMARTer System Performance Manager, National Grid
Ian Talbot, Project Director Western Link, Siemens
Roger Critchley, Head of Strategy, Collaborative Developments & Power Electronics, Alstom Grid

Energy storage systems in future low carbon electrical networks

• Storage size and location across voltage levels
• Real time storage control techniques
• Technical network benefits

Professor Phil Taylor, DONG Energy chair of renewable energy, Durham University

Liquid air energy storage: supporting the low carbon electrical network

• A here and now solution
• A proven solution
• A scalable solution

Gareth Brett, CEO, Highview Power Storage

Questions and discussions

Announcement on DECC’s new funding competition

Craig Lucas, Head of Engineering, Department of Energy and Climate Change

Lunch and networking

Low voltage feeder management

• Partnerships and innovation
• LV fault management
• Network performance
• Intelligence and automation

Peter Cunningham, Managing Director, Kelvatek

Questions and discussions

Grid capacity, stability and security

• Network reliability
• Fault management
• Voltage management

Bob Currie, Technical Director and Co-Founder, Smarter Grid Solutions

Questions and discussions

Refreshments and networking opportunity

Panel discussion: Smart Grid communications and data management

• IT platform
• Convergence versus self-contained networks
• The role of smart meters and managing the data
• Availability of spectrum

David Pitcher, UK Manager, Power Plus Communications (PPC)
David Kirkland, Technical Solutions Director, GE Energy
Peter Johnson, VP Smart Grids, Alcatel-Lucent
Simon Noon, Business Development Manager EMEA, Tait

Conference Chair’s final remarks