UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) and Wireless Internet for the Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC) announce the

Fourth Smart Grid Thought Leadership Forum
Creating the Future Smart Grid with Innovation, Investment and Infrastructure

http://winmec.ucla.edu/smartgrid/2010/

SPEAKERS - We are currently accepting speaker nominations : Nominate a Speaker.

Current Speakers

Sean Arian	Founder and President	Eos Consulting
Vikram Budhraja	President	Electric Power Group
Andres Carvallo	Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer	Grid Net
Susan Covino	Senior Consultant, Market Strategy	PJM Interconnection LLC
Vijay Dhir	Dean - Engineering	UCLA
Kshamit Dixit	Director of IT Security	Toronto Hydro
Ahmad Faruqui	Principal	The Brattle Group
Francesco Fileppo	Researcher	ISMB
Rajit Gadh	Professor & Director	UCLA - WINMEC
Livio Gallo	Chief Executive Officer	Enel Distribuzione
Josh Gerber	Lead Architect for Smart Grid	San Diego Gas & Electric
Erich Gunther	Chairman and CTO	EnerNex Corporation
Asad Madni	Executive Managing Director & CTO	Crocker Capital
Zahra Makoui	Supervisor - Smart Grid Communication Standards	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Jack McGowan	Leader	Galvin Perfect Power
Michael Montoya	Director Engineering Advancement	Southern California Edison
Ali Morabbi	Manager, Power System Information Technology	LADWP
Peter Pardee	Vice President	Hughes Network Systems
Jim Parks	Program Manager, Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D	Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Roberto Peccei	Vice Chancellor	UCLA
David Watson	Program Manager	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David Wollman	Manager, Electrical Metrology Groups	NIST

PARTICIPANTS - At the Fourth UCLA Smart Grid Thought Leadership Forum, we will be joined by several leaders from government, utilities, suppliers, and academia.

SPONSORSHIPS - Limited sponsorship opportunities are available - for further information please contact : sponsor@winmec.ucla.edu

Teleconference will be provided for registered attendees who wish to participate remotely if they request it during registration.

Join UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center or SMERC (http://smartgrid.ucla.edu/) and UCLA WINMEC (http://winmec.ucla.edu/) for its fourth Smart Grid Leadership Forum. On May 17, 2010, this thought leadership forum will focus on Transmission and Distribution Electrical Power Grid in the United States and its modernization opportunity and accompanying innovations over the next 5 to 25 years into what is being now called the Smart Grid.

OPPORTUNITY - The Electric Utility Grid is approximately a hundred years old. The grid architecture is generally hierarchical with a smaller number of energy generation sources and a larger number of energy sinks or consumers. The electric grid was not primarily meant to incorporate stochastic and small renewable energy sources such solar energy from residential rooftops, nor was it meant to integrate demand response or to integrate smart devices or smart electric cars into the grid. Today, however, with the Obama administration having provided one of the largest grants totaling $3.4 billion earlier this year for modernization of the US electric grid, we have an unprecedented opportunity to define, architect and build this Smart Grid. This investment, coupled with industry match which is expected to be approximately $4.7 billion, will go into research, technology development, innovation, infrastructure, modernization, training, customer education, etc.

ARCHITECTURE AND MODEL - As a nation before we start to implement the Smart Grid, we need to define our vision of the Future Smart Grid. As part of this vision, we need to define an architecture for the Smart Grid. The "Smart" in "Smart Grid" needs to be understood and modeled as well. Is the "Smart" model like that of a Smart Phone, or the Internet, or even like a human being? For starters, we know that a Smart System is a closed loop system, incorporating concepts such as sensing, control, communications, information gathering and analysis. We also know that smart systems have the ability make decisions, to store information, to learn by experience, and, to self-adapt and self-heal. Moreover since we are dealing with energy as the essential entity that is being manipulated, its generation, movement, storage, control, consumption, reuse, routing, etc., are important considerations.

INNOVATION - The overwhelming excitement today in the energy transmission and distribution sectors is the innovation that can result from the investment and modernization of the grid creating a fundamentally new cyber-infrastructure. Other industries such as the mobile phone industry, telecommunications industry, computer industry and the music industry, have gone through a considerable and often unexpected technological and consumer change in the last 25 years. Twenty five years from now, the Electrical Power grid is expected to look very different, and a key question that is being raised is what type of innovative evolution will it follow - the iPhone from the mobile industry, or, Google from the Internet, or, perhaps an entirely new model? Also, what other entirely new innovations will it create or will it absorb some of the innovations from emerging sectors such as ZIgbee or RF-sensors from the wireless industry?

BENEFITS TO CONSUMERS - Irrespective of which model is followed or innovated, it is a certainty that customer choice will be key to drive the direction of the Smart Grid. Incremental benefits and low hanging fruit, if identified, would help convince the customer who is also the taxpayer paying for this development. The customer must understand the benefits, and this would be possible through demonstrations targeted in the first round of the investment stimulus ARRA grants.

BENEFITS TO UTILITIES - Utilities must benefit as a result of the Investment via Innovation and Infrastructure, resulting in the ability of their customers to participate via Demand Response. If their customer can respond to changes in price, change request for load shedding, etc., the end result is a giant automated smart control loop, which starts to form the beginning of the Smart Grid of the future.

BENEFITS TO SOCIETY - Society at large must benefit not only from the perspective of the taxpayer's investment, but also from a betterment of citizens' lives. First, integration of renewable energy sources will result in greener sources of power thereby potentially reducing greenhouse gases or GHG's. The Smart Grid would reduce energy losses at the consumer level by integrating smart sensors in buildings and homes thereby refining the control systems and reducing waste (e.g. via the use of UCLA Wireless Internet SmartGrid or WINSmartGrid TM technology) and increasing efficiency by reducing transmission and distribution losses. The grid would be flexible as a result would reduce outages as well as localizing or curtailing instabilities in the grid and mitigating large-scale outages.

TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION - The innovation, investment and infrastructure would have a 25 year-cycle at the minimum, with the first five years being regional demonstrations. The demonstrations will shed light on the potential capabilities and would in turn result in the first phase of the deployments. The investments would be a combination of public and private.

TOPICS (include but not limited to):

• Stimulus ARRA investment - first round of funded projects, planned developments across the nation
• Advanced Smart Grid Technologies - Communications, Sensors, Controls, Wireless, Mobile
• Demand Response - Integration of Consumer with utility's infrastructure
• AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) - Automation at various levels including billing and monitoring, Smart Meter Integration
• Electric Vehicles - Integration of EV and Battery Technology into the grid of the future, charge/discharge, back-fill planning, capacity issues.
• Smart Appliance Integration - Communications interfaces, data formats, infrastructure for Smart Appliances
• Customer and consumer response - Integrating customer response while developing the Smart Grid
• Transmission Integration - Bringing Transmission and Distribution Together, Phasor Measurement Units (PMU), Power Quality
• Solar Integration - Solar PVC Integration, Solar Technologies, Variability of source
• Wind Integration - Small versus large Wind Mill Technology, Urban versus rural technology
• Energy Storage Integration - Battery, Hydro, Mechanical Fly-wheel energy storage
• Renewable energy - Energy source integration models
• Business Issues - ROI of Smart Grid investment technologies, determining low hanging fruit, measuring benefits
• Modeling and architecture - Hierarchical versus P2P models, Information models, data models, Internet/Wireless Models, RF-sensor models.
• Scaling up - What needs to get done to have a Scalable Infrastructure
• Cyber-infrastructure and Cyber-security - Securing the new cyber-infrastructure, technologies, Models including IPSEC, packet security, embedded security
• Visions of Smart Grid - From DOE, National Labs, Industry, Utilities, Government
• Open-systems wireless and communications interface software and standards based approach for the Smart Grid of the Future
• User interfaces - Use of personal mobile device as a tool for interaction with the home electrical control systems
• Security of information technology that is being applied to the grid (including wireless, wire-line, broadband over power lines).
• Standards - at what stage should a given technology be standardized, what should be standardized, and who should be allowed to standardize? Open systems versus open-source
• California Bill AB 32 and its impact on the Smart Grid

What is UCLA WINSmartGrid^TM?
UCLA WINSmartGrid^TM is a research technology platform developed at UCLA whose objective is to advance novel Wireless / Communications Sense-and-control Smart Grid technologies, perform testing in the labs, transition technologies into the field for scaled testing, and work with partners in industry and government for demonstrations and eventual rollout. Examples of projects undertaken would include:

• Monitoring of in-building, in-office and in-home infrastructure and its integration into the Smart Grid to achieve Demand Response
• Electric Vehicle energy monitoring, charge/discharge, back-fill planning, scheduling, and integration with enterprise-grade wireless sense-and-control technology
• Information architecture for Integration of Energy storage
• Modeling and integration of renewable energy sources such as Solar Power
• Minimal delay wireless networks connecting to monitoring infrastructure, and, use of personal mobile device to connect to the wireless infrastructure
• Remote field monitoring of electric sparks and other potentially harming conditions, and, and getting this information back to Central station for rapid action
• Wireless monitoring condition of remote underground power lines and conductor temperature
• Developing architectures and models for remote in-field communications and control
• Real-time intelligent response systems for in-field repair, operations and maintenance

Registration
To register to attend - http://winmec.ucla.edu/smartgrid/2010-05/registration.asp

Current Speakers

Sean Arian	Founder and President	Eos Consulting
Vikram Budhraja	President	Electric Power Group
Andres Carvallo	Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer	Grid Net
Susan Covino	Senior Consultant, Market Strategy	PJM Interconnection LLC
Vijay Dhir	Dean - Engineering	UCLA
Kshamit Dixit	Director of IT Security	Toronto Hydro
Ahmad Faruqui	Principal	The Brattle Group
Francesco Fileppo	Researcher	ISMB
Rajit Gadh	Professor & Director	UCLA - WINMEC
Livio Gallo	Chief Executive Officer	Enel Distribuzione
Josh Gerber	Lead Architect for Smart Grid	San Diego Gas & Electric
Erich Gunther	Chairman and CTO	EnerNex Corporation
Asad Madni	Executive Managing Director & CTO	Crocker Capital
Zahra Makoui	Supervisor - Smart Grid Communication Standards	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Jack McGowan	Leader	Galvin Perfect Power
Michael Montoya	Director Engineering Advancement	Southern California Edison
Ali Morabbi	Manager, Power System Information Technology	LADWP
Peter Pardee	Vice President	Hughes Network Systems
Jim Parks	Program Manager, Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D	Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Roberto Peccei	Vice Chancellor	UCLA
David Watson	Program Manager	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David Wollman	Manager, Electrical Metrology Groups	NIST

Speakers from previous events:

Andres Carvallo	Chief Information Officer	Austin Energy
Dave Chassin	Staff Scientist	PNNL
Aloke Gupta	Energy Analyst	California Public Utilities Commission
Rajit Gadh	Director	UCLA WINMEC
Kevin Garrity	Manager	LADWP
John Garrity	Manager, RF& Photonics laboratory	GE Global Research
Marie Hattar	VP, Network Systems and Security Solutions	Cisco
Mark Hura	Global Smart Grid Commercial Leader	GE Energy T&D
Erfan Ibrahim	Technical Executive	EPRI
Joel Ibarbia	Senior Consulting Engineer - SmartMeter	PG&E SmartMeter Engineering and Planning
Matthew Lampe	Chief Information Officer	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Lee Krevat	Director - Smart Grid	San Diego Gas & Electric
Jayant Kumar	Director, Strategy & Partnership	AREVA T&D Inc
Mark McGranaghan	VP	EPRI
John Nelson	Chief, Electricity & Renewables	Defense Energy Support Center
Scott Pugh	Science & Technology Directorate	Department of Homeland Security
Ted Reguly	Director - Smart Meter Program Office	San Diego Gas and Electric
Weston Sylvester	Director Distribution Solutions/Smart Grid	Siemens Energy, Inc.
Malcolm Unsworth	President & CEO	Itron, Inc.

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See our Previous Events:
2010-05-17: UCLA WINSmartGrid^TM Connection
2009-11-04: UCLA WINSmartGrid^TM Connection
2009-06-18: WinSmartGrid^TM Thought Leadership Round Table Forum
2009-03-18: WinSmartGrid^TM Connection kickoff meeting

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Participants from previous events:
3Di Systems, A2Insights, APS, AREVA T&D Inc, Austin Energy, BC Hydro, Boeing, California Energy Commission, California Institute for Energy & Environment, California Public Utilities Commission, Capgemini, Cisco, Clark Strategic Partners, CMC / TATA, Constellation Energy Group, Inc., Crocker Capital, CSC, CSC, CSULB/TMAssociates, Current Group LLC, Defense Energy Support Center, Department of Homeland Security, Duke Energy Corporation, Electric Power Group, Elektrobit, Inc, Energy Systems Research Office, EPRI, Ernst & Young, LLP, GE Energy T&D, GE Global Research, Global Quality Corp., H2scan Corporation, Hanna Capital Management, Hughes Network Systems, Imaginative Innovation Group Inc, ISGEC Group, India, Ismb - istituto superiore mario boella, Itron, Inc., JETRO Los Angeles, LADWP, LanTech, Inc., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Litton Consulting Group, Inc., Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Motorola, Inc., NERC Cyber Security CIP Program, NIST, NSF Center for Chemical Innovation, Caltech, On-Ramp Wireless, Inc., OPUS Consulting Group, Oracle Corporation, Palomar Ventures, PG&E SmartMeter Engineering and Planning, PNNL, Qualcomm Inc., Qualcomm Ventures, RevGen Group, San Diego Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, Sempra Energy Utilities, Sempra Energy/The Gas Company, Sensinode, Ltd, Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Siemens Energy, Inc., Southern California Edison Company, Southern Contracting Company, Stealth Mode Start-Up, TATA Elxsi Limited, TDG Aerospace, TechnoCom Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, UC San Diego, UCLA Engineering, UCLA Facilities Management, UCLA Institute of the Environment, UCLA ITA, UCSD, Universal Devices, Inc, University of California, San Diego, University of South Carolina, USAF- Edwards AirForce Base CA, USC ISI, Utility Consulting Group, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Wireless Networking Business Unit.

Participating in UCLA WINSmartGrid^TM Connection
Organizations interested in joining the UCLA Wireless SmartGrid Connection should email smartgrid@winmec.ucla.edu

Smart Grid Technology Leadership Council
Select organizations are participating on The UCLA-WINMEC Smart Grid Technology Leadership Council (http://winmec.ucla.edu/advisory-smartgrid.asp). For further information, email smartgrid@winmec.ucla.edu, subject "Smart Grid Technology Leadership Council".

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Sponsors:
WINMEC, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, SMERC, Clean Tech Los Angeles

ETRI, Hughes Network Systems, ISMB, InterDigital Communications, Motorola Inc., QUALCOMM, Raytheon, Symbol Technologies, Tescom Co.

Equipment Sponsors:
Impinj, RSI ID Technologies, Printronix, Symbol, Maxell, Motorola Inc., Zebra, Quantum Route, Inc., Convergence Systems Limited, Magellan Technology (Australia), Confidex, Alien Technology, Intemec, UPM Raflatac, TagSense, Albis Technologies, Metalcraft Inc., Roxtron, Invengo

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