John McDonald will familiarize participants with a vision for Grid Modernization, focusing on technological advancements beyond Smart Grid. The technological advancements include discussions of key industry/societal trends, Smart Grid concepts, holistic solutions, integration of microgrids and distributed generation, and ADMS software applications. He’ll also cover feeder automation business models, managing different types of data, big data, analytics, enterprise data management, Smart Grid standards and interoperability, and Smart Grid deployments and lessons learned.

Speaker(s): John D McDonald,

Agenda:

2 PM – Food and Beverage Served

2:15 – 4:15 PM – Grid Modernization Speech

4:15 – 4:30 PM – Questions

Location:
Room: Span Room
Bldg: Atrium
111 Research Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7N 3R2