INNOGRID2020+
Agenda
Day 1 - 13 May
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13:00
Welcome lunch and registration
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14.30
Opening session - Technology for Change, Change for Technology
This first session will present facts about 2020 and projections for 2030: what do we know about the framework in which the grid will develop? Topics to be addressed include the hypecycle for digital and disruptive innovation technologies (batteries, e-vehicles), the innovation policy in place, the targets for 2030 (Clean Energy Package and Paris Agreement).
Opening statements by Bente Hagem, Chair of ENTSO-E & Christian Buchel, Chair of E.DSO
‘Post COP24 achievements and technological pathways’ by Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President and Commissioner for Energy Union (European Commission) TBC
Christoph Frei, World Energy Council
Andrew McDowell, European Investment Bank TBC
Leonardo Meeus, Florence School of Regulation, Vlerick Business School
Ana Aguado scholarship award
Announcement of winners by Leonardo Meeus
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16:00
Coffee break
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16:30
CEO business track panel on innovation - The best innovation success, the best lesson from a flaw
Innovation is not only about success, but also about learning from what went wrong. With this in mind, the CEO panel will discuss experience from the business life. They will refer each to two concrete projects on R&D they went through and that changed their life. What, in CEO‘s innovation experience, has best delivered, and what flaw has led to the best learning?
Introductory statement by EPRI
Yves Zumwald, CEO of Swissgrid
Chris Peeters, CEO of Elia
Ingrid Thijssen, CEO of Alliander
Susanne Fabry, Head of Steering Energy Networks Germany, E.ON
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17:45
Power Network Innovation Award
Award winner(s) will present their innovative ideas
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18:15
Networking dinner
Keynote speech by Dr. Arun Kumar Verma, ISGAN Executive Committee representative from India and Joint Secretary at the Indian Ministry of Power
Day 2 - 14 May
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8:00
Welcome coffee day 2
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8:45
Innovation for the physical grid: New technologies and grid planning
Breakout session
Technical & interactive session presenting top projects covering e.g. new components e.g. superconductors, storage for the grid, digital twins for grid planning, HDVC/HVAC…
Session Leads: Rosana Martin, Iberdrola & Norela Constantinescu, ENTSO-E
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8:45
Active Customer, Active System Management
Breakout session
Technical & interactive session presenting top projects. Will include a presentation of the joint TSO-DSO report on active system management and focus on innovation needs for deploying ASM & perspectives from stakeholders.
Session leads: Torsten Knop, innogy, Mathilde Lallemand and Gerda de Jong, ENTSO-E
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10:30
Coffee break
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11:00
Sector coupling and storage
Breakout session
Technical & interactive session presenting top projects, in the field of e.g. electrification, technology mix, optimization among the systems, system of systems.
Session leads: Fons Jansen, Enexis & Cristina Gomez Simon, ENTSO-E
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11:00
Advanced grids resilience
Breakout session
Technical & interactive session presenting top projects in the field of e.g. cybersecurity, smart network maintenance, protection against extreme climate conditions & hazards.
Session leads: Jan Okko Ziegler, Enel Global Infrastructure & Networks & Ioannis Theologitis, ENTSO-E
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12:45
Lunch break
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14:00
Summary of breakout sessions
Bruno Liebhaberg, CERRE
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14:20
Power Platforms on the Rise
What are the emerging power platforms? Presentation of some examples from ENTSO-E and E.DSO on emerging platforms and cooperation on platforms.
Moderation by Matthias Buck, Director of European Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende (TBC)
Laurent Schmitt, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E
Roberto Zangrandi, Secretary-General, E.DSO
Mark van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit C2 DG ENER, European Commission
Natalie Samovich, Head of Research and Innovation, Enercoutim / Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI)
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15:20
Time to Market
This panel looks at obstacles to deploying the future grid and how they could be overcome.
Introduction and moderation by Michael Walsh, SmartWires
Martin Sik, CEER
Anjos Nijk, European Network for Cyber Security
Shuli Goodman, Executive Director, LF Energy
Jochen Kreusel, Vice-President T&D Europe
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16:20
Closing session - Investment for a climate target compliant grid: Recommendations for the Infrastructure Forum
Catharina Sikow-Magny, Head of Unit for Networks & Regional Initiatives, European Commission
Other speakers TBC
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16:50
End of conference