WCA Smart Grid SIG presents: Smart Grid Evolution -- 2010 and Beyond

January 19th 2010 -- 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Registration & Networking starts 3:30pm, Event from 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Moffett Field CA

Smart Grid is coming of age. Its goals and technologies have been evolving since the 1970's. However, recent political, ecological, and technical developments push the field into the spotlight; and implementation plans are now dramatically accelerated. The Smart Grid evolution (or perhaps revolution?) is defined by several unique factors:

Staggering scope -- Utilities, grid operations, service providers, technology providers, equipment suppliers, and consumers will feel the direct impact. Communications technologies, security technologies, interoperability enablers, and applications will play central roles; enabling management of the grid and delivery of innovative services without increasing vulnerability to deliberate disruption.

Fast moving governance -- Unlike the power grid of the past; regulators, regulations, and investment are moving in tandem and the rapidly evolving ecosystem is forming.

Join us on January 19th 2010 when the WCA Smart Grid SIG will host a panel of industry leaders and experts as they address interesting, provocative, and occasionally tough questions related to evolution of the emerging Smart Grid industry.

-- Moderator: TJ Glauthier, President, TJG Energy Associates LLC

-- Andy Balaschak, Dir. Product Management, Tropos
-- Rob Conant, VP of Infrastructure Development, Trilliant
-- Bob Friday, Dir. Strategic Initiatives, WNBU, Cisco
-- Nada Golmie, Group Leader, Emerging and Mobile Network Technologies, NIST
-- Aloke Gupta, Senior Energy Analyst, CPUC
-- Robert Gustin, Industry Solutions Manager Utilities, Sprint Nextel
-- Michael Wojcik, Manager, Enterprise Data Solutions, Verizon Wireless
-- Seppo Yrjola, Principal Innovator, CTO unit, Nokia Siemens Networks

Topics will include:

• The status of the relevant, emerging standards.
• Innovative communications systems helped or hindered by the emerging technical standards.
• Regulatory mandates deriving from the emerging technical standards.
• Unique challenges and constraints of managing this network of 100's of millions of devices, with reference to existing commercial network infrastructures.

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