Mr. Parveen Verma is currently working with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Delhi as Head of Network Planning, Engineering, Geographical Information System and Quality Assurance. He has an overall work experience of 22 years out of which 20 years in Electrical Distribution Utility. He has experience of working in almost all spheres of electrical distribution utility like Operation and Maintenance, Revenue Discipline, Commercial operations, Network Planning & Engineering, Quality Assurance and Implementation of various Operational Technology projects like Outage Management System, Geographical Information System, Distribution Management System etc. Mr. Parveen Verma did his bachelors in Electrical Engineering and masters in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi.

Our world is becoming more Digital due to key developments in cloud, Big data, AI etc. Every day the world is becoming more digital and at Schneider Electric Our mission and vision of Internet of Things (IoT) is to support our customers in their digital transformation journey and work with them to accelerate their digital transformation. For many around the world Access to Energy is the basis of life. Without Energy, Life is difficult. Similarly, for our young generation, Access to Digital is also the base of the new age life. So Power and Digital - together - is the base of life.

Schneider Electric is Powering the Digital Economy and with EcoStruxure , our IoT-enabled system architecture and platform, we make it possible to converge the world of information and the world of operation simply by bringing together everything we can do in energy, automation, and software to get a greater level of efficiency.

With the modernization of various types of facilities, customers of electricity are operating more and more sensitive equipment. Traditionally, these operations were mostly impacted by complete outages or interruptions of power. Today, a deviation from the nominal voltage can lead to similar impacts as a full interruption. This discussion will encapsulate the common causes of these issues on the grid, mitigation strategies on the grid side, typical impacts on the customers and potential ways to mitigate the issues. Identifying the root cause of these interruptions can also be challenging and the discussion will touch on a way to leverage machine learning to help with identifying the root causes of issues. We will also go through examples/criteria of the sizing of mitigation equipment and some limitations of the approaches.

In this tutorial, the updates and relevance of the recent developments to energy storage standards will be presented. The topics that will be discussed in this tutorial include: technology and market review of electrical energy storage systems (EESS), value chain and applications of EESS, energy storage systems safety road map, current EESS codes and standards landscape, recent standard development activities, and opportunities and challenges of EESS standards development.

Starting with the asset management framework, the participants will learn different elements of asset-centred corporate risk formulation and how these are developed and cascaded into the creation of utilities' capital and maintenance investments taking a risk-based investment approach. Finally, participants will discuss and understand how these diverse investments can be optimized through difficult trade-offs in order to minimize corporate risk in the face of challenging constraints be they financial, safety, environmental, or any other. Easily applied to a utility of any size, the approach and principles discussed compel asset managers to take action when warranted and to defend their actions with facts and figures.

Speakers: Birendra (Bob) N. Singh a former IESO Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) at Ryerson University, Toronto has thirty-five years of diversified experience including asset management, long/short-term system planning, corporate strategy/policy, etc. in the transmission and distribution (T&D) areas of the electrical utility business. He held positions at Hydro One Networks, Toronto Hydro, former North York Hydro and Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro.

David Curtis has over thirty-five years of extensive experience in transmission, distribution and generation of the electrical utility business. His areas of expertise include asset management (PAS 55 and ISO 55000), regulatory affairs, corporate strategy/policy, business transformation, R&D, etc. David has held positions at former Ontario Hydro and Hydro One Networks. David has served on many committees/panels including the Independent Electricity System Operator's Technical Panel, C1 System Development and Economics study committee of CIGRE, etc.

Alexandre Nassif from ATCO, Colin Clark from Siemens and Ahsan Upal from Burns & McDonnell talk about technology developments that are shaping up to be the building blocks of a smart city such as microgrid and compact switchgear to a peek into what a smart city could look like.

Keynote: Changes in the New Energy Market from Hydro Quebec Célestin Ratsimbazafy, Network Strategy Engineer, Smart Network and Technology Solutions, Hydro Quebec

Standards Panel - IEEE Standards Association Overview and Key New Energy Activities: Mary Lynne Nielsen, Global Operations and Outreach Program Director, IEEE Standards Association

Hydro Quebec's Energy Cloud Architecture: Célestin Ratsimbazafy, Network Strategy Engineer, Smart Network and Technology Solutions, Hydro Quebec

IEEE 2030.5 Smart Grid Standards - Robby Simpson, System Architect, GE Grid Solutions; Vice-Chair, IEEE 2030.5 Working Group

Are You Ready for Changes in Interconnection? An In-Depth Review of the IEEE 1547 Revision: Mark Siira, Director of Business Development and Technology Strategy ComRent Load Bank Solutions; Chair, IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 21 (SCC21) on Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation, and Energy Storage

Panel Discussion: What Standards Gaps Need to Be Addressed for the New Energy Market?