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Utility University® Highlight
Are you interested in finding out what is covered in our Utility University® courses? Check out a sneak peek at two below - or peruse our full list on our site.
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Sample courses
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UU 201
Asset risk management 101: principles of asset management and why risk matters
Asset Management has caused Utilities (and our regulators) to shift their thinking from when to do maintenance, to how can we transition to assets that either do not require periodic preventive maintenance or which provide on-line diagnostics that tell us when they need care...
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"Good risk management doesn't prevent bad luck, it prevents bad surprises."
UU 301
Best practice frameworks, tools and methods in asset risk management
Effective Asset Management seeks to balance the competing factors of performance, cost and risk, in assuring optimal choices in operating and maintaining critical assets. Although these factors have always been present in our commitment to providing safe and reliable service to our customers, they have often been viewed...
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"Learn how to lower your cost but retain/improve reliability levels."
Gear Up For Our Student Posters
This year's GEARED student posters are a perfect match for our Start-ups - located right next to Initiate! on the exhibition floor.
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Big-picture topics
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Climate/environmental (climate action plan)
Consumption monitoring using giant magnetoresistive sensors
Cybersecurity
DER control
Distributed automation and distribution modeling
Energy storage
Microgrids
Power systems engineering
Renewables generation and integration
Smart cities (smart homes, electric vehicles, etc)
Smart inverters and power electronics
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Knowledge Hubs - Meet Our Speakers
This week's feature is actually a highlight of a few of our great speakers in all 4 knowledge hubs (free content for all on our exhibition floor)...
Highlighted speakers
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Decarbonizing The Grid Hub speakers
Arun Vedhathiri, Director, New Energy Solutions, National Grid
Jeffrey Cook, Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Edward Yim, Energy Policy Advisor, DC Dept of Energy and Environment
Digitalizing The Grid Hub speakers
Mike Carlson, President, Digital Grid NA, Siemens
Eric Hatter, Manager, Transmission Business Technology and Strategy, AEP
Aaron Smith, Director of Operations, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
Expanding The Grid Hub speakers
Karl Popham, Manager, Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies, Austin Energy
Scott Osterholt, Director, Grid Modernization, AEP Ohio
Ben Peace, Program Manager, Baltimore Gas and Electric
Innovative And Emerging Technologies Hub speakers
Edward Kellogg, Engineer-Safety & Reliability Demonstrations, Southern California Edison
Ram Sastry, Vice President, Enterprise Innovation & Resiliency, American Electric Power
Raymond Alvarez, Senior Director, Asset Management, PSE&G
Summit Track To Watch
Check out this week's highlighted summit track. Only available to those with a full conference pass.
+ Enterprise Grid Management Track
This track focuses on leveraging technology, best practice business processes and centralized decision making to improve and enable real time decision making in power system operations... View full description
Sample sessions
Distribution Operations of the Future: Impact of Disruptive Technologies
Grid Management Strategies for Mid-tier Utilities
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