Grid 2010 - IEEE Smart Grid World Forum

IEEE Smart Grid World Forum
2-3 December 2010, Brussels, Belgium
www.ieee-smartgridworld.org

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to invite you to the first IEEE Smart Grid World Forum. The IEEE Smart Grid World Forum is a unique series of events that form a global platform for collaboration of stakeholders worldwide to support and promote the evolution of Smart Grid. IEEE Smart Grid World Forum provides the framework for the exchange of ideas and sharing of best practices within the context of multiple approaches to Smart Grid. The forum also provides an opportunity for a realistic and impartial assessment of the current state-of-the-art developments in Smart Grids around the world.

The first event will be held at Hotel Metropole in Brussels, Belgium on 2-3 December 2010. Entitled the 'Evolution of the Grid', the focus of this event will be on the realization of Smart Grid. This unique two-day event will feature over 30 invited Smart Grid experts, with insightful presentations and discussions. It will provide an international perspective in a broad range of topics covering business and technical aspects, including standards. Organised in partnership with the Smart Grid European Technology Platform, this event will emphasize Smart Grid developments in Europe. The local organiser of the 2010 event in Brussels is K.U.Leuven.

The Brussels event will consist of eight sessions with 4-5 key speakers per session. The speakers will provide their expert viewpoints during a series of short presentations, followed by an interactive panel discussion. Each session will have a moderator to lead the discussion, allowing delegates to engage in the debate to inspire new innovative ideas. Registered participants will be able to submit questions for these discussions in advance via an online form. The event will also provide ample opportunity for networking at our dinner, and during lunches, coffee breaks and the closing reception.

Please visit the web site to see program details. Speakers include:

Rolf Adam, Director Business Development Utilities & Smart Grid Europe, Cisco
Pedro Ballesteros Torres, Covenant of Mayors
Ronnie Belmans, Chairman, European Smart Grid Technology Platform
Branko Bjelajac, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Landis+Gyr
Marc Carpenter, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Oncor
Maher Chebbo, Vice President of Utilities & Services Industries for EMEA, SAP AG
Ralf Christian, Chairman, T&D Europe
Jan Declercq, Chief Business Development Officer, CG Holdings
Marko Delimar, IEEE Region 8 Director-elect
Marie Fossum, Member of European Parliament, VP GREENS/EFA
Livio Gallo, CEO of ENEL, chairman of E-DSO
Bob Gilligan, Corporate VP, GE
Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC
Jean Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulators
Nikos Hatziargyriou, Vice Chair and Deputy CEO, PPC Greece
Bazmi Husain, Head of Smart Grid, ABB
Tahir Kapetanoviæ, E-control Austria and ERGEG/CEER
Klaus Kleinekorte, Technical Managing Director of Amprion GmbH
Gerhard Knies, Desertec
Hubert Lemmens, Chief Officer Grid Services, ELIA
John McDonald, IEEE Smart Grid
Mark M.B. Ossel, Vice President Energy & Utility, Echelon
Pedro Ray, IEEE President and CEO
Miguel A. Sánchez Fornié, Iberdrola and chairman EUTC
Manuel Sánchez Jiménez, European Commission DG Energy and Transport
Gerrit Jan Schaeffer, Director Energy, VITO
Norberto Santiago, President and CEO, ZIV
Laurent Schmitt, VP Strategy & Smart Grid, Alstom Grid
Christian Seymour, Head of infrastructure for Europe, Industry Funds Management
Tevfik Sezi, Principal Expert Smart Grid, Siemens
Lennart Söder, Professor, KTH
Ralph Sporer, Chairman, EU Joint CEN/CENELEC ETSI Working Group on Smart Grid Standardization
Konstantin Staschus, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E
Michael Strebl, Managing Director, Salzburg Netz GmbH
Rudi Strubbe, Regional VP Energy Services EMEA at Alcatel-Lucent
Thomas Theisen, chair Eurelectric Task Force on Electric Vehicles and Head of R&D department, RWE Energy
Claude Turmes, Vice-President of the GREENS/EFA
Martin Vesper, Executive Director, Yello Strom
Anh Vu, Director Smart Grids, ErDF
For registration details and the latest updates, visit us at www.ieee-smartgridworld.org. Early bird registration closes soon.

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments at info-AT-ieee-smartgridworld.org.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Brussels.