DISTRIBUTECH International announces conference sessions for January 2022 summit
DISTRIBUTECH International has announced the conference sessions for its 2022 event that is scheduled for January 26-28 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
The conference will be side by side with POWERGEN International and aims to bring together global energy transmission and distribution market stakeholders to network, share knowledge and solve problems with utilities, product and service providers.
Discussions will focus on grid modernisation, electric vehicles, energy storage, next-generation utility business cases, smart cities, the Internet of Things, and resiliency planning and preparation.
Grid modernisation
The grid modernisation track will focus on how utilities can improve grid operations through automation, monitoring, control and optimisation. Technologies such as advanced distribution management systems (ADMS), advanced metering infrastructure, microgrids and more will be discussed as tools that utilities can deploy as the grid evolves to meet existing and future challenges.
Sessions in the grid modernisation track include:
Next-generation utility cases
The track explores changes and innovations in grid operations, market models, and regulations that will influence the utility of the future and help determine its future marketplace success.
Sessions in the track include:
Resiliency and planning
This track focuses on challenges, success stories, and lessons learned in the high-stakes task of identifying areas with a high risk for failure through the use of tools such as visual inspection, satellites, drones and lidar, then analyzing data and creating plans to mitigate those risks.
Sessions in the track include:
Smart cities and IoT
Sessions will consider technologies and trends that will allow utilities to operate effectively in the interconnected world of smart cities that is being created through IoT. Presenters will offer their views on how the confluence of power, communications and transportation electrification contributes to energy and environmental security, resiliency and sustainability.
Sessions in the track include:
Keynote speakers will include:
Rick Perry, former US Secretary of Energy and Governor of Texas.
On January 27, from 8:30 am to 10:00am CT, Perry will provide his insights on the current and emerging energy markets and how the energy sector should be positioning itself to achieve both a smooth and robust energy transition.
Allen Nye is the CEO and director of Oncor, the largest electric utility in Texas, and the largest pure-play wires Company in America.
Nye became CEO of Oncor in early 2018, after the close of a successful transaction with Sempra Energy.
Tom Deitrich was appointed president and chief executive officer and named to Itron’s board of directors in August 2019.
He joined Itron in 2015 as executive vice president and COO and has played a major role in shaping the company’s strategy to partner with cities and utilities to deliver industrial IoT solutions.
Related content:
Utility behind the meter storage
From cloud to smart meters
DISTRIBUTECH+ virtual community surpasses 1000 members
POWERGEN International, DTECH and Leadership Summit postponed to January 2022
