EDIST - Electricity Distribution Information Systems & Technology Conference & Exhibition

Sessions Day 1 Descriptions Sessions Day 2 Descriptions Sessions Day 3 Descriptions	SESSIONS - Wednesday, January 20^th 9:00 - 10:00 am Opening Keynote Session - Markham Ballroom Leadershifting Towards Greener Pathways Nick Bontis, PhD - Associate Professor of Strategic Management at McMaster University and Director of the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research How do we strive to achieve economic viability and improved system performance, while abiding by our social and ethical responsibilities. With increasing recognition that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are a major contributing factor to global warming, we now have an important new agenda. During this enlightening and action-packed presentation you will learn: 1) why increased information bombardment plays a significant role on our environment, 2) when future changes in technology will put greater pressure on our productivity, 3) how three world-class organizations transformed their green strategies into action, 4) where you stand in terms of a “Corporate Green Diagnostic”, 5) what action you can take tomorrow. 11:00 - noon Plenary #1 - Markham Ballroom The Evolution of Ontario's Power System Kerry Noble - Director, Information & Technology, IESO Ontario's electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Implementation of the GEGEA will begin this transformation over the landscape of electricity generation, distribution, transmission and consumption. As the industry evolves to meet the needs of government policy, environmental principle, and consumer engagement, the relationships among the industry players will also evolve. The transition to a smart grid with new systems, processes, and tools will accelerate these changes and introduce unparalleled levels of technological innovation. Standards for information exchange, security and commercial ground rules will also emerge as prominent issues as the industry grapples with the changes that new smart technologies will bring. 1:30 - 2:15 pm Track A #1 - Markham Ballroom A Developing a Comprehensive Generation Connection Process Hani Taki - Project Lead, Distributed Generation & Protection and Control, Horizon Utilities Corp. An effective embedded generation connection process must involve parties responsible for customer services, legal/regulatory issues, metering, operating, records and engineering. This presentation will also discuss the increasingly important role of embedded generation in distribution system engineering and operating, and the significance of a comprehensive generation connection process to this role. Track B #1 - Markham Ballroom B Preparing for the Worker Shortage Grant Pennington - Director, Overhead & Underground, EnWin Utilities Ltd. Ian Murray - Health & Safety Supervisor, EnWin Utilities Ltd. Joseph Heraldo - COO, Springboard Management The utility industry is bracing for a worker shortage. EnWin Utilities shares this challenge estimating the need to train 40 to 50 new apprentices over the next five years. This is an investment of $25 million and over 4,750 hours of training. Learn how EnWin is establishing a program to ensure comprehensive apprentice training that will also provide a consistent level of employee competence. Track C #1 - Markham Ballroom C Ontario MDM/R Update and the LDC Enrollment Process/Status Przemek Tomczak - Director - Smart Metering, IESO Bruce Orloff - Canadian Smart Grid Lead, IBM Shelley Lewis - CEO, The SPi Group This presentation will provide an overview of the role of the MDM/R within the Ontario Smart Metering System Implementation Program (SMSIP) and of the overall SMSIP program. There will be an update with regards to the current LDCs that have enrolled to the MDM/R followed by a discussion of how and what the LDCs should do to prepare to enroll in the MDM/R. 2:20 - 3:05 pm Track A #2 - Markham Ballroom A Interconnecting Distributed Generation (DG) to the Ontario Electrical Grid - A Bio-mass DG Case Study Gustavo Brunello - Applications Engineer, GE Digital Energy Dale Williston - Applications Engineer, Magna Electric Corp. The steady increase of the cost of energy, the requirement for 100% availability of electric power, and the need to develop green energy resources to reduce the impact on environment/climate change, has resulted in the installation of generating resources distributed in the primary and secondary distribution networks. Distribution networks have been designed to take unidirectional flows from a central generating plant to the load. During the presentation the authors will discuss the methods and solutions to safely connect DG to a distribution network. Track B #2 - Markham Ballroom B Condition-based Maintenance for Early Warning of Equipment Failure JJohn Marriott - Account Management, OSIsoft Canada Utilities are adopting CBM practices for early warnings of equipment failures and for reducing maintenance expenses. This session highlights CBM deployment at two sites: PSE&G, combines manually collected weekly inspection data for substation assets with SCADA data, operations history, monthly oil analysis, and other equipment attributes such as age and criticality for aggregate equipment health index to make repair/replace decisions. In contrast, Sempra, has end-to-end real-time CBM automation, from substation sensors to back-office analytics and visualization. Track C #2 - Markham Ballroom C IT Transformation - Know Where You Are, Where You Need to Go, and How to Get There Rick Bowes - Director of Business Consulting and Service Management, Online Business Systems We are all at different stages of transforming towards Business and IT alignment. Before we can determine “what’s next?”, we need to know where we are now. Establish your baseline and uncover the path towards efficiency, innovation, and business alignment. This session will present the transformation lifecycle, maturity measurement methods, and how to chart an IT roadmap towards IT agility and business alignment. This presentation will leverage real-world case studies to illustrate successful methods and approaches for IT transformation programs. 4:00 - 5:00 pm Plenary #2 - Markham Ballroom Best Practices in Continuity and Emergency Planning Ann Wyganowski - VP, HZX Business Continuity Planning Linda M. Russell - Managing Partner, TCI Whether a pandemic, category 5 hurricane or power disruption caused by a backhoe in the parking lot, it is critical to have a structured approach to building the business continuity plan and to put the plan into effect. After the emergency response is finished, what will you do? This presentation details how to implement strategies for business continuity to continue services and delivery to protect all your resources (human, technological, and physical) and sensitive information in the event of a crisis.
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SESSIONS - Wednesday, January 20^th

9:00 - 10:00 am
Opening Keynote Session - Markham Ballroom
Leadershifting Towards Greener Pathways
Nick Bontis, PhD - Associate Professor of Strategic Management at McMaster University and Director of the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research
How do we strive to achieve economic viability and improved system performance, while abiding by our social and ethical responsibilities. With increasing recognition that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are a major contributing factor to global warming, we now have an important new agenda. During this enlightening and action-packed presentation you will learn: 1) why increased information bombardment plays a significant role on our environment, 2) when future changes in technology will put greater pressure on our productivity, 3) how three world-class organizations transformed their green strategies into action, 4) where you stand in terms of a “Corporate Green Diagnostic”, 5) what action you can take tomorrow.

11:00 - noon
Plenary #1 - Markham Ballroom
The Evolution of Ontario's Power System
Kerry Noble - Director, Information & Technology, IESO
Ontario's electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Implementation of the GEGEA will begin this transformation over the landscape of electricity generation, distribution, transmission and consumption. As the industry evolves to meet the needs of government policy, environmental principle, and consumer engagement, the relationships among the industry players will also evolve. The transition to a smart grid with new systems, processes, and tools will accelerate these changes and introduce unparalleled levels of technological innovation. Standards for information exchange, security and commercial ground rules will also emerge as prominent issues as the industry grapples with the changes that new smart technologies will bring.

1:30 - 2:15 pm
Track A #1 - Markham Ballroom A
Developing a Comprehensive Generation Connection Process
Hani Taki - Project Lead, Distributed Generation & Protection and Control, Horizon Utilities Corp.
An effective embedded generation connection process must involve parties responsible for customer services, legal/regulatory issues, metering, operating, records and engineering. This presentation will also discuss the increasingly important role of embedded generation in distribution system engineering and operating, and the significance of a comprehensive generation connection process to this role.

Track B #1 - Markham Ballroom B
Preparing for the Worker Shortage
Grant Pennington - Director, Overhead & Underground, EnWin Utilities Ltd.
Ian Murray - Health & Safety Supervisor, EnWin Utilities Ltd.
Joseph Heraldo - COO, Springboard Management
The utility industry is bracing for a worker shortage. EnWin Utilities shares this challenge estimating the need to train 40 to 50 new apprentices over the next five years. This is an investment of $25 million and over 4,750 hours of training. Learn how EnWin is establishing a program to ensure comprehensive apprentice training that will also provide a consistent level of employee competence.

Track C #1 - Markham Ballroom C
Ontario MDM/R Update and the LDC Enrollment Process/Status
Przemek Tomczak - Director - Smart Metering, IESO
Bruce Orloff - Canadian Smart Grid Lead, IBM
Shelley Lewis - CEO, The SPi Group
This presentation will provide an overview of the role of the MDM/R within the Ontario Smart Metering System Implementation Program (SMSIP) and of the overall SMSIP program. There will be an update with regards to the current LDCs that have enrolled to the MDM/R followed by a discussion of how and what the LDCs should do to prepare to enroll in the MDM/R.

2:20 - 3:05 pm
Track A #2 - Markham Ballroom A
Interconnecting Distributed Generation (DG) to the Ontario Electrical Grid - A Bio-mass DG Case Study
Gustavo Brunello - Applications Engineer, GE Digital Energy
Dale Williston - Applications Engineer, Magna Electric Corp.
The steady increase of the cost of energy, the requirement for 100% availability of electric power, and the need to develop green energy resources to reduce the impact on environment/climate change, has resulted in the installation of generating resources distributed in the primary and secondary distribution networks. Distribution networks have been designed to take unidirectional flows from a central generating plant to the load. During the presentation the authors will discuss the methods and solutions to safely connect DG to a distribution network.

Track B #2 - Markham Ballroom B
Condition-based Maintenance for Early Warning of Equipment Failure
JJohn Marriott - Account Management, OSIsoft Canada
Utilities are adopting CBM practices for early warnings of equipment failures and for reducing maintenance expenses. This session highlights CBM deployment at two sites: PSE&G, combines manually collected weekly inspection data for substation assets with SCADA data, operations history, monthly oil analysis, and other equipment attributes such as age and criticality for aggregate equipment health index to make repair/replace decisions. In contrast, Sempra, has end-to-end real-time CBM automation, from substation sensors to back-office analytics and visualization.

Track C #2 - Markham Ballroom C
IT Transformation - Know Where You Are, Where You Need to Go, and How to Get There
Rick Bowes - Director of Business Consulting and Service Management, Online Business Systems
We are all at different stages of transforming towards Business and IT alignment. Before we can determine “what’s next?”, we need to know where we are now. Establish your baseline and uncover the path towards efficiency, innovation, and business alignment. This session will present the transformation lifecycle, maturity measurement methods, and how to chart an IT roadmap towards IT agility and business alignment. This presentation will leverage real-world case studies to illustrate successful methods and approaches for IT transformation programs.

4:00 - 5:00 pm
Plenary #2 - Markham Ballroom
Best Practices in Continuity and Emergency Planning
Ann Wyganowski - VP, HZX Business Continuity Planning
Linda M. Russell - Managing Partner, TCI
Whether a pandemic, category 5 hurricane or power disruption caused by a backhoe in the parking lot, it is critical to have a structured approach to building the business continuity plan and to put the plan into effect. After the emergency response is finished, what will you do? This presentation details how to implement strategies for business continuity to continue services and delivery to protect all your resources (human, technological, and physical) and sensitive information in the event of a crisis.