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PROGRAM
1230-1330
TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
1330-1400
Exhibition Centre Concourse (Doors 7 & 8)
1730-1930
AUSTRALIAN KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Hon. Jeff Kennett AC, Chairman, City West Water Corporation
WELCOME RECEPTION
1400-1515
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION #3
Panel Leader: Terry Effeney, Chief Executive Officer, Energex
FOUNDATIONS FOR A STRONG ENERGY INDUSTRY
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2014
0730-1700
What does future investment in engagement, innovation and assets look like? What is already being
done to support the industry and its customers? What strategies can energy businesses adopt that
will complement the changes that are already taking place in the energy system?
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
Exhibition Centre Concourse (Doors 7 & 8)
0830-0840
Mr John Wylie, Chief Executive Officer, Lazard
Ms Delia Rickard, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Ms Cheri Warren, Vice President, Asset Management & Innovation Officer, National Grid
Mr John Pierce, Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission
WELCOME & SPONSOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Plenary Room 3
Mr Paul Adams, ENA Chairman
0840-0845
1515-1545
PLATINUM SPONSOR ADDRESS
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
Toshiba/Landis+Gyr
0845-0900
1515-1545
MINISTERIAL OPENING ADDRESS
0930-1045
1545-1700
Panel Leader: Dr Alex Wonhas, Group Executive, CSIRO Energy
Mr David Gray, Chairman, Ofgem
THE NEW GRID – STRATEGIES FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF FAIR, RELIABLE AND ACCESSIBLE ENERGY
PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION #1
How will new approaches to service delivery, pricing and technology advance efficiency and equity
in the energy market? How will they enhance the consumer’s experience? What can international
perspectives offer to our understanding of the new grid?
LEADING ENERGY NETWORKS INTO THE FUTURE: REFORM, REGULATION, REPUTATION
Mr Charles Popple, Executive Adviser, SP AusNet
Dr Ronald Melton, Project Director, Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project
Mr Christian Weeks, Managing Director, EnerNOC Australia & New Zealand
Dr Gill Owen, Research Program Leader, Monash University
Mr Michael Jansen, Business Unit Manager - Power Generation, ABB Australia
The environment for network businesses is changing. How will companies responsible for over
$75 billion in infrastructure transform to respond to the challenges of the future?
Mr Paul Adams, Managing Director, Jemena
Ms Merryn York, Chief Executive, Powerlink
Mr Rob Stobbe, Chief Executive Officer, SA Power Networks
Mr Paul Italiano, Chief Executive Officer, Western Power
1900-2300
GALA DINNER
Melbourne Room 1, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
MORNING TEA
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
1115-1230
PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION #4
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Panel Leader: Ms Emma Alberici, Presenter ABC’s Lateline
1045-1115
POSTER SESSION 1
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
Government agenda for energy policy
The Hon. Ian Macfarlane MP, Federal Minister for Industry
0900-0930
AFTERNOON TEA
PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION #2
Panel Leader: Ms Emma Alberici, Presenter ABC’s Lateline
CO-OPETITION IN THE ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN: CAN ENERGY BUSINESSES COMPETE AND CO-OPERATE?
Energy businesses have more opportunities to facilitate new supply and demand options, new
market opportunities and new consumer services. As the energy market becomes more dynamic,
we can expect greater engagement and interaction between all market participants. Can they work
together in the interests of consumers?
Mr Lance Balcombe, Chief Executive Officer, TasNetworks
Mr Tim Rourke, Chief Executive, Citipower Powercor
Mr Ian Mcleod, Chief Executive, Ergon Energy
Mr Tom Werner, CEO and President, SunPower
ENERGY NETWORKS 2014
PROGRAM
0830-1930
LUNCH
THURSDAY 1 MAY 2014
0700-1700
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
Exhibition Centre Concourse (Doors 7 & 8)
0730-0830
MEET THE INDUSTRY BREAKFAST
0830-0900
0900-1030
INNOVATION
ASSETS
GAS
ENGAGEMENT
Meeting Room 220
Meeting Room 219
Meeting Room 218
Meeting Room 217
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4
Something New That Adds or Creates Value
Exploring Technical Solutions
A Fuel for the Future?
Communicate, Collaborate, Connect
It’s not just the ‘big bang’: how understanding and delivering innovation
will enable continuous improvement.
Identifying the real issues facing energy network infrastructure and
exploring the technical solutions.
With global markets reshaping local markets, how can gas position itself
as a sustainable and efficient fuel of choice in the long term.
Developing approaches to engagement that builds a stronger industry and
advances the opportunities for consumers.
CONCURRENT SESSION 1A
CONCURRENT SESSION 2A
CONCURRENT SESSION 3A
CONCURRENT SESSION 4A
Priorities and Strategies for Innovation
Priorities and Strategies for Assets
Priorities and Strategies for Gas
Priorities and Strategies for Engagement
ENA Future Networks Committee OPEN FORUM
ENA Asset Management Committee OPEN FORUM
ENA Gas Committee OPEN FORUM
ENA Regulatory Affairs Committee OPEN FORUM
Rod Howard, Chief Operating Officer, Endeavour Energy
Terry Effeney, Chief Executive Officer, Energex
Andrew Staniford, Commercial Manager, Envestra
Hugh Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer, United Energy and Multinet Gas
CONCURRENT SESSION 1B
CONCURRENT SESSION 2B
CONCURRENT SESSION 3B
CONCURRENT SESSION 4B
Technology, Information and the Smart Grid
Embedded Generation and Energy Networks
The Outlook for Growth in Domestic Gas
How will we harness technology and information to ensure the
energy system can deliver the best value products and services to all
stakeholders?
Learning to adapt to integrate embedded generation – overcoming the
issues to realise the opportunities.
Can domestic gas markets cope with the forces of higher wholesale gas
prices, changing customer demand and renewable energy competition?
Inclusion and Consultation – How Do Energy Businesses
Identify Their Stakeholders?
Session Leader: Terry Effeney, Chief Executive Officer, Energex
Session Leader: Andrew Staniford, Commercial Manager, Envestra
0900-0920
0900-0920
0900-0930
0900-0920
Lessons learned in planning and implementing smart
grid data mining and analytics platform to drive
greater utility value
How communications networking will differentiate
next generation electricity distribution businesses
GAS KEYNOTE
Effective network and retail relationships – Working
together
0830-0900
0900-1030
Session Leader: Tony Pfeiffer, Executive General Manager Asset
Management, Ergon Energy
Ronnie Contractor, Solutions Architect, Cisco
Bradley Williams, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities, USA
Perspectives on the future of the Australian
Domestic Gas Market
Who needs to be included in engagement – why, when and how?
Session Leader: Hugh Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer, United Energy and
Multinet Gas
Jim Galvin, General Manager Retail Customer Operations, Origin Energy
The Hon Peter Reith, Chairman, Victorian Gas Market Taskforce
0920-0940
0920-0940
0920-0940
Harvesting value from advanced metering
infrastructure
Energy storage and the modern grid – A perspective
from the UK
Establishing a lasting relationship with the community
– Why does it matter?
John Theunissen, Manager Network Modernisation,
Chris Wering, Director, Australia and New Zealand, S&C Electric Company
Katherine Teh-White, Managing Director, Futureye
Tobie de Villiers, Business Intelligence Development Manager, SP AusNet
0940-1000
0940-1000
0930-0950
0940-1000
The drive toward a multi-application, interoperable
smart grid architecture
Managing customer inverter energy systems on the
LV network – Ergon Energy’s plan to 2020
The outlook for domestic gas
How do you reach the disengaged?
Paul Balfe, Executive Director, ACIL Allen
Felix Davis, Production Line Manager, Cisco Systems
Blake Harvey, Manager Alternative Energy Solutions-Rural, Remote &
Isolated, Ergon Energy
Andrea Pape, Project Manager, The Give Grid, Australian Council of Social
Service
1000-1020
1000-1020
0950-1010
1000-1020
Imagine crash-testing every new car… applying the
network feeder taxonomy to transfer smart grid trial
findings across diverse network topologies
The Federation of Microgrids: Engaging the
disconnected
The changing role of gas in the Australian energy
market
How customer analytics helps Energex identify and
engage with customers
John Ward, Senior Scientist, CSIRO
Peter Geers, Group Manager Business Strategy, Corporate Development,
Australian Energy Market Operator
Andrew Hager, Customer Business Manager, Energex
1020-1030
1020-1030
1010-1030
1020-1030
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Mark Paterson, Manager, Smart Grid Partnerships, CSIRO Energy
Flagship
ENERGY NETWORKS 2014
PROGRAM
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
1030-1100
MORNING TEA
1100-1230
INNOVATION
ASSETS
GAS
ENGAGEMENT
Meeting Room 220
Meeting Room 219
Meeting Room 218
Meeting Room 217
CONCURRENT SESSION 1C
CONCURRENT SESSION 2C
Teaching Dinosaurs to Dance
Foundations of the Network - Best Practice Asset
Management
As the energy system transforms through changes to customer
aspirations, pricing signals and technology, how will energy businesses
innovate their business models to capitalise on these changes.
Asset management underpins a strong energy network. Examine
solutions to support the critical assets of network businesses.
1100-1230
CONCURRENT SESSION 3C
CONCURRENT SESSION 4C
Are Global Successes Threatening Local Markets?
Name Your Network – Building Connections in the
Community
Investigating the impacts of wholesale gas price fluctuations on customers
and the outlook for energy policy.
Ensuring consumers understand energy networks and networks
understand consumers.
Session Leader: Mark Paterson, Manager, Smart Grid Partnerships,
CSIRO Energy Flagship
Session Leader: Dr Edoardo Viel, Manager Asset Engineering, SP AusNet
Session Leader: Justin Scotchbrook, General Manager, Commercial and
Business Development, ATCO Gas
1100-1120
1100-1120
1100-1125
1100-1120
Energy networks and the pricing dilemma
International standards for asset management in
Australia: ISO 55000
Challenges in the natural gas market: pricing,
regulation and policy and the implications for the
competitive position of gas
Ergon Energy empowering the customer
James Bennett, Manager Regulation, SA Power Networks
John Allen, Business Improvement Manager, Networks Strategy and
Development Division, SP AusNet
Session Leader: Ian Israelsohn, General Manager Policy and External
Affairs, Jemena
Trevor Gear, Manager Demand Planning and Facilitation, Ergon Energy
Danielle Beinart, Manager Gas Network Development, Jemena
John Hardwick, Group Executive - Network Strategy, Networks NSW
1120-1140
1120-1135
1125-1150
1120-1140
A practicable model for the widescale deployment of
storage within the distribution network
Conductor management – the state of the nation
International pressures on domestic gas: A view from
Western Australia and Canada
Data analytics: The key to customer engagement
Terry Lampard, Chair, ENA Electricity Technical Regulatory Committee
Dean Spaccavento, Co-Founder, Reposit Power
Alan Dixon, President, ATCO Gas Australia
Chris King, Chief Regulatory Officer, Siemens Smart Grid Services, EMeter,
A Siemens Business
Miguel Brandao, Smart Grid Technical Solution Director, GE Energy
1140-1200
1135-1150
1140-1200
Pacific northwest smart grid demonstration project
Condition assessment of overhead steel conductors
Dr Ronald Melton, Project Director, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Demonstration Project
Tom Ruzeu, Senior Asset Performance and Bushfire Mitigation Engineer,
Jemena
Framing the message – The path to successful
engagement with the community
1200-1220
1150-1205
1150-1215
1200-1220
Creative destruction and the natural monopoly ‘death
spiral’: can electricity distribution utilities survive the
incumbent’s curse?
Energy safety law and self governance – The beast
within
A customers’ experience
Utilities and the community: What has Yarra Water
learned about engagement
Paul Newbury, University of Queensland
Fiona Austin, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz
Dr Karen Stenner, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
Peter Dobney, General Manager Resources and Energy, Orora Limited
(Formerly Amcor)
1205-1220
Pat McAfferty, General Manager, Strategy and Communications, Yarra Valley
Water
Data analytics: The key to drive value from existing
assets
Chris King, Chief Regulatory Officer, Siemens Smart Grid Services,
EMeter, A Siemens Business
1220-1230
1220-1230
1215-1230
1220-1230
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
ENERGY NETWORKS 2014
PROGRAM
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
1230-1330
LUNCH
1330-1500
INNOVATION
ASSETS
GAS
ENGAGEMENT
Meeting Room 220
Meeting Room 219
Meeting Room 218
Meeting Room 217
CONCURRENT SESSION 1D
CONCURRENT SESSION 2D
Innovation in a Regulated Industry… Paradox or
Paradigm Shift?
Perspectives on Vegetation Management
Can the regulatory framework deal with uncertainty and support
innovation?
Session Leader: Garth Crawford, Executive Director Economic
Regulation, Energy Networks Association
International and domestic developments in vegetation management for
utilities – opportunities and innovation.
Session Leader: Harry Kestin, Regional Lead, Energy and
Communications, Esri Australia
1330-1500
CONCURRENT SESSION 3D
CONCURRENT SESSION 4D
What Place for Gas in Meeting the Big Environmental
Challenges?
Unlocking the Authority of the Customer in Network
Planning & Reliability – Opportunities and Threats
Investigating the evolving role of gas in promoting an environmentally
sustainable future.
Network planning and reliability processes are changing: will the new
processes be practical, meaningful and result in network spending that
customers can support?
Panel Moderator: Chris Kelly, Senior Vice President, Clearion Software
Session Leader: Peter Harcus, General Manager Gas Asset Management,
Jemena
1330-1350
1330-1350
1330-1355
1330-1345
Can innovation thrive in regulated energy businesses?
Locating the hot spots in vegetation management
Opportunities for gas in emissions reduction policies
Greg Houston, Director, NERA
Anne Beard, Manager, Vegetation Management, PNM/TNMP
John Bradley, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Association
The energy conversation: Customer engagement is core
business for electricity networks
Session Leader: Lynne Gallagher, Executive Director, Industry Development,
Energy Networks Association
Peter McIntyre, Managing Director, TransGrid
1350-1410
1350-1410
1355-1420
1345-1400
New opportunities for networks to profit from demand
management
Using geography and technology to reshape
vegetation management
Can gas compete with renewables?
Identifying and engaging key stakeholders for effective
network planning and development
Paul Troughton, Director of Regulatory Affairs, EnerNOC Pty Ltd
Igor Albornett, Architecture Team Leader, POWERCO
1410-1430
1410-1500
1420-1445
1400-1415
Allocating demand and energy forecasting risks
Expert panel on vegetation management
David Bones, Senior Consultant, GHD Hill Michael
Anne Beard, Manager, Vegetation Management, PNM/TNMP
Integration of renewable gas into existing gas
distribution infrastructure
Everything you wanted to know about VCRS estimation
but haven’t had a chance to ask
Michael Emmett, Chairman, Utility Arborist Association of Australia
Attilio Pigneri, Managing Director, Talent with Energy
Professor Riccardo Scarpa, Professor in Environmental Economics,
University of Waikato
1430-1450
Performance based regulation; enabling utility
innovation
Matt Futch, Global Policy Director, Energy and Utilities, IBM
Jon Jutsen, Executive Director, Energetics
Daryl Scott, Service Line Leader - Power Delivery & Utilisation, Sinclair
Knight Merz
Lionel Smyth, Executive General Manager - Network Services &
Operations, TransGrid
1415-1430
Mike Tshaikiwsky, Manager Safety Management Systems and Audit,
Electrical Infrastructure Safety, Energy Safe Victoria
Planning and co-operation in a race against the clock
– A customer’s experience
Matt Peters, Group Manager, Utilities Solutions, Select Solutions
Jeremy Sampson, Engineering Services Manager, Crown Melbourne Ltd
1450-1500
1445-1500
1430-1500
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
Panel Question and Answer
ENERGY NETWORKS 2014
PROGRAM
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
1500-1530
AFTERNOON TEA
Energy Networks 2014 Trade Exhibition
1500-1530
POSTER SESSION 2
1530-1630
INNOVATION
ASSETS
GAS
ENGAGEMENT
Meeting Room 220
Meeting Room 219
Meeting Room 218
Meeting Room 217
CONCURRENT SESSION 1E
CONCURRENT SESSION 2E
CONCURRENT SESSION 3E
CONCURRENT SESSION 4E
Innovation Masterclass
Reliability and Power Quality
Major Projects and Technical Challenges
How Do Energy Networks Meet Expectations?
What can energy businesses learn from Innovation Leaders and
how can we build their insights into our businesses?
Maintaining reliability and power quality in an evolving technical and
regulatory environment
Lessons learned from major downstream gas development projects and
the technical challenges facing the industry
Consultation and engagement will breed expectations. Where will that lead
and can we deliver?
Masterclass Facilitator: Dr Anton de Waal, Senior Lecturer, Swinburne
University
Session Leader: Craig Savage, General Manager, Network Asset
Management, United Energy and Multinet Gas
Session Leader: Dougal Torrance, Director, Energy Infrastructure and Gas
Markets, Energy Networks Association
Session Leader: Rod Howard, Chief Operating Officer, Endeavour Energy
Michael Egan, Director, SME Engagement Centre, CSIRO
1530-1550
1530-1550
1530-1550
Deborah-Ann Allan, Innovation & Development Manager, NRMA Motoring
& Services
Ergon Energy Case Study: Reliability Improvement
and Smart Network Benefits Using Fuse Saving Circuit
Breakers
Advancing the gas value chain – A perspective from a
smart gas operator
Community engagement and broad-based planning
approach to deliver high quality transmission asset –
Adelaide Central reinforcement
Tim Brookshaw, Innovation Projects Manager CitiPower and Powercor
Andrew Rowe, General Manager Bradford Energy Solutions, CSR
Bradford
1530-1630
James Kwan, Senior Adviser, The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd
Brett Watson, Business Manager, Siemens
Hoang Nguyen, Principal Development Advisor, ElectraNet
Scott Marsh, Regional Reliability Officer, Ergon Energy
1550-1610
1550-1610
1550-1610
Understanding voltage sag impacts on customers and
what networks service providers can do to respond
The South Gippsland natural gas project – technical
and commercial challenges
Beginning with the end in mind – Transpower’s
systematic approach to improving customer service
Robert Barr, Director, Electric Power Consulting
Todd Henderson, Gas Asset Manager, United Energy Multinet Gas
Rebecca Mehrtens, Customer Solutions Manager, Transpower
New Zealand Ltd
Greg Lemaire, Team Leader, Customer Solutions Analysts at Transpower
New Zealand Ltd
1610-1630
1610-1630
1610-1630
Advancing reliability and the way forward –
A case study
Innovation in gas project delivery
Engaging the customer: Outcomes of Victoria’s
flexible pricing and other learnings for innovative
network pricing
Peter Price, Executive General Manager, Asset Management, Energex
Richard Blagrove, General Manager Network Services NSW/ACT, Zinfra
Group
Lance Hoch, Director, Oakley Greenwood Pty Ltd
1630-1700
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