Nexant to speak at Distribution Automation Europe conference

SMi's 3rd annual Distribution Automation Europe conference will bring you the latest developments in Europe with a focus on communications system architecture and the issue of the impact of distributed generation on DA. With a completely new speaker line up, more project case studies and senior line up of international speakers SMi is delighted to announce the participation of Mr Kemal Celik, Vice-President, Smart Grid Technologies & Grid Management at Nexant as speaker on day two.

Mr Kemal Celik will be speaking on The New Demand Side Management (DSM) Paradigm

-Addressing objectives to utilise local and sustainable energy sources while significantly reducing energy consumption through demand side management
-Achieving sustainable energy sourcing with local distributed energy production while reducing energy consumption through installation of smart energy management systems (SEMS) at  customer sites
-Benchmarking energy consumption at individual customer level and generating personalised advice to reduce real-time demand
-Balancing of energy demand and response and calculating CO2 to allow participants to act on price and emission levels

Key topics of this conference:

-How to improve communication system architecture to make it fit for purpose for distribution automation
-How supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are evolving to support the demands of distribution automation
-Enhancing the visibility of distributed (renewable) generation to determine total network energy
-How to use strategic fault level management to improve system protection design
-Reducing maintenance costs and extending equipment life with condition-based monitoring
-Combining network automation and interruptible service to increase capacity
-Using data analytics to identify network problems and signal veracity from real-time information

Expert speakers include:

-Kemal Celik, Vice-President, Smart Grid Technologies & Grid Management, Nexant
-Prof. Goran Strbac, Chair, Electrical Energy Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
-Prof. Furong Li, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
-Dr. Gavin Shaddick, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath
-Uwe Fisher, Head of Asset Information Systems, E.ON Climate & Renewables
-Johan Söderbom, Head of Department, R&D for Distribution and Sales , Vattenfall
-Jean Baptiste Galland, Head of Strategy and Smart Grid, ERDF
-Stefan Rebner, Head of Development, Network Operations, Fortum Distribution
-Robin Hagemans, Manager Grid Information & Control, Alliander
-Dr. Iliana Portugues, Operations Director, Power Network Demonstration Centre, University of Strathclyde
-Prof. Andrew Starr, Head of Through-life Engineering Services (TES) Institute, Cranfield University
-Andrew Thomas, Divisional Director, ICT, Mott MacDonald

Plus attend a half-day post-conference workshop:
Business Choices – Communications Systems for Advanced Distribution Control, 16th October 2013 8.30am – 12.00pm, hosted by: Andrew Thomas, Divisional Director, ICT, Moot MacDonald

For the full conference programme and further information please visit: http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2013distribution-automation43...

Alternatively contact:  Aaron Jackson on +44 20 7827 6064 or email ajackson@smi-online.co.uk

For Sponsorship opportunities please contact: Alia Malick on +44 (0)20 7827 6168 or email amalick@smi-online.co.uk

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American Society of Healthcare Engineers

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) are a rapidly emerging threat to patient and health care worker safety and well-being. Hospitals are addressing HAIs for root causes and it is widely believed that dust particles generated by construction, renovation, and even routine maintenance and cleaning are a source or vector of pathogens. Oberon’s IC Sentinel air quality monitor is a distributed, networked sensor and software suite for generating real-time and long-term air quality metrics in hospitals and healthcare facilities. IC Sentinel provides particulate level, differential room pressure, humidity, and CO2 level metrics related to control of airborne particulates. IC Sentinel also provides sound and light levels which can be associated with patient satisfaction studies.

IC Sentinel is an effective tool for healthcare facilities personnel, infection control coordinators, infection preventionists, and patient satisfaction personnel to monitor , and ultimately control, events which can create undesirable environmental air conditions in the hospital. IC Sentinel is the first distributed, networked sensor with this capability.

The Oberon IC Sentinel environmental air quality monitoring system for hospitals is being introduced this week at the American Society of Healthcare Engineers Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.

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TMT Finance announces East Africa conference in Nairobi on November 26

The internationally acclaimed telecom strategy and investment series produced by TMT Finance will hold its inaugural East Africa conference in Nairobi on November 26, 2013. (www.tmtfinance.com/eastafrica). TMT Finance & Investment East Africa 2013: “Leading the next wave of telecoms growth”, will gather key leadership from telecom companies, financial institutions, government departments and global advisory business, to debate opportunities for co-investment and partnership across the region.

“We are really delighted to bring the conference series to Nairobi due to enormous interest in the region from our global network of telecom executives, financiers, investors and advisers,” said Dominic Lowndes, Managing Director of TMT Finance, the event organisers. “East Africa’s mobile and fixed telecoms industry is at an exciting stage of development with major demand for infrastructure and services and significant opportunity for investment.”

The conference will bring together key financial and strategic decision makers in a series of panel discussions, keynote presentations, networking events and specialist breakout sessions. Over 40 speakers will be announced including leading telecom CEOs, CFOs and Strategy Heads, Regulators, Policy Makers, Global and Regional Heads of leading financial institutions, investors and advisers.

Key session themes at the conference include: Telecom Leadership Round Table: Accelerating growth; Mobile Infrastructure Strategies: Investing in towers and maximising returns; Mergers and Acquisitions: How will telecoms consolidation shape the market?; Regulation and Policy: How best to stimulate growth and investment?; Financing Telecoms: Raising capital from local and international markets and alternative sources; Broadband Infrastructure; From 4G to Satellite and Fiber; Investing in Mobile Data and Services; Mobile Banking and M-Health; and  Media and Convergence: Delivering content and collaborating in a new ecosystem.

“We are inviting companies and representatives from across the region, as well as global players, to participate and we encourage local players to contact us if they would like to take part,”  said Lowndes. “We will announce the first round of key speakers in August.”

TMT Finance events provide a unique platform for presenting new ideas and facilitating dialogue between leading industry executives and the global financial and advisory community. Speakers and delegates are telecom and infrastructure CEOs, CFOs, CSOs and Heads of M&A, investment banking heads, private equity investors, government representatives, regulators and specialist legal and strategic advisers and thought leaders.

For more information go to www.tmtfinance.com/eastafrica

For sponsorship or speaking opportunities, contact enquiries@tmtfinance.com

Register your place early and save until September 13.

www.tmtfinance.com/eastafrica/register

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