A) Smart Grid Tutorials (Venue: ISGF, CBIP Building, Chanakyapuri New Delhi)
Track-1:
10:00 – 13:00 : Case Studies on Smart Grid Project Planning and Successful
Implementation: Rahul Tongia & Ravi Seethapathy
14:00 – 17:00 : A Primer on Big Data Analytics, Visualization, Cloud Computing and its
Applications in the Utility Industry: Anant Venkateswaran & Kishore Narang
Track -2:
10:00 – 13:00: A Primer on Renewable Integration: Ravi Seethapathy & Anant
Venkateswaran
14:00 – 17:00: A Primer on Clean Air and Clean Transportation (EVs and EVSE): Girish
Ghatikar
B) Technical Tour:
Smart Grid Lab at Tata Power Delhi Distribution and National Load Dispatch Centre in
Delhi
09.30 – 11.15
Inaugural Session
1.
Welcome Address by ISGF
2.
Brief on ISGW 2016 by ISGW Technical Committee Chair: Richard
Schomberg, EDF
3.
Special Address by P.K.Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power
4.
Special Address by Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE
5.
Special Address by Secretary, DoT*
6.
Special Address by Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries *
7.
Special Addresses by Ambassadors and High Commissioners of select countries
8.
Special Address by CEO, NITI Ayog*
9.
Special Address by Alok Joshi, Chairman, NTRO
10.
Special Address by Amory Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist,
Rocky Mountain Institute
11.
Special Address by Anil Kakodkar, Renowned Nuclear Scientist
12.
Special Address by Cabinet Secretary*
13.
Inaugural Address by Chief Guest
14.
Vote of Thanks by Tata Power Delhi Distribution
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11.15 – 11.30
11.30 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.00
14.00-15.30
15.30 - 18.00
18.30-19.30
Inauguration of Exhibition & POSTER SESSIONS
Theme-A: Role of Smart Grids in the New Programs of Government of India

Plan for 24x7 Power Supply to All Citizens in India

Renewable Energy Target of 175 GW by 2022 and 40% Renewable
Energy by 2030

100 Smart Cities Mission

National Mission on Electric Mobility

Amendments to Electricity Act

Renewable Energy Act
Session Chair: P.K.Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power
1.
Theme Presentation: ISGW Knowledge Partner (Accenture)
2.
Making India’s Electricity System Secure, Clean, and Affordable –
Special Talk by Amory Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky
Mountain Institute
3.
Energy Policy for India – Highlights: NITI Ayog, Govt of India
Lunch hosted by ERICSSON
Theme-B: 21 st Century Electric Grids – (i) Evolving Trends
Session Chair cum Moderator: Richard Schomberg, EDF, France
1.
100% Renewables: Christian Nabe, Ecofys
2.
Demand Flexibility: Chris Hickman, Innovari, Inc
3.
Energy Storage: Batteries/Compressed Air/Fly
Wheels/Cryognic/Super Capacitors: CEO, EDF Energy Storage*/LG
Chem/Samsung SDI/NGC/NGK/Imergy/SAFT/Younicos/Gencel
4.
Smart Microgrids: Terry Mohn, OATI
5.
V2G Technologies: Girish Ghatikar, ISGF & Greenlots, USA
6.
Grid Modernization-Technology Choices for India: N.Venu, ABB
7.
Social Media for Utilities: Facebook/Twitter*
Special Plenary Session-1: Recap of REINVEST
& Theme-E: Emerging Era of 100% Renewables & Challenges
Session Chair: Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE
Moderator: Ravi Seethapathy, ISGF & Biosirus, Canada

Recap of REINVEST – 175 GW of RE by 2022: Presentation by
MNRE

COP21 Commitment of 40% electricity from Renewables by 2030 and new programs: Ajoy Mathur, TERI

Enabling Technologies for Grid Integration:
Ecofys/NREL/Greenpeace International

New Operating Rules – Grid Code and Market Mechanisms:
Pierre-Guy THEROND, CTO, EDF New Technologies*

Challenges in Financing Renewable Energy – why foreign money not flowing? : ADB/EIB/OPIC/YES BANK/IFC

Challenges to Project Developers: Wellspun/Adani/Sun
Edison/Sky Power*

Master Limited Partnership (MLP) Model for Financing
Renewable Energy Projects: Prof.Richard Kauffman, Yale
University; and Energy CZAR of New York State (on Video)*
Special Plenary Session-2: Climate Change and Impact on Utilities
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19.30 Onwards
Chair: B.N.Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power
Sir David King, Special Advisor to UK Government on Climate Change*
Lars Thomsen, Chief Futurist, Future Matters AG*
Professor Jagdish Bhagawati, Columbia University *
Cocktails and Dinner
9.30 – 11.30
11.30 - 13.30
13.00 – 14.00
14.00 - 15.30
Theme-C: Smart Grid Project Outcomes: Experiences and Lessons Learned –
UTILITY PRESPECTIVES: Global and Indian Case Studies
Session Chair: Dr.Arun K Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power*
Moderator: Ravi Seethapathy, ISGF & Biosirus, Canada

Project Deployment Experiences

Key Decision Processes – What went right and what went wrong

Key Questions of Decision Makers and Regulators

Key Questions and View Points of Project Owners and Investors
Speakers:
1.
Europe: ERDF, France /RWE, Germany/ENEL, Italy/ Iberdrola, Spain*
2.
USA: Russel Conklin, ISGAN, PG&E/DOMINION/SCE, USA*
3.
Japan: NEDO*
4.
South Korea: KEPCO
5.
Australia: Mark Patterson, CSIRO*
6.
INDIA: Tata Power Delhi Distribution/Reliance/BESCOM/CESC
7.
Regulators – USA/Europe/India
Theme-C: Smart Grid Project Outcomes: Experiences and Lessons Learned –
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES: Global and India
Session Chair: Director – NSGM, India
Moderator: Dr.Rahul Tongia, ISGF & Brookings India

Framework and Characteristics of Successful Projects

Business Cases

How to Rollout Smart Grid Projects? – Key considerations in project formulation, implementation and operation

Customer Engagements Programs – Customer’s View Points and
Cooperation

Standards, Architecture and Regulations: Industry expectations
Speakers:
1.
Laurent Schmitt, GE Alstom, France
2.
Thierry Godart, INTEL
3.
Jeffrey Katz, IBM*
4.
Eric Dresselhuys/Raj Vaswani, Silver Spring Networks
5.
S.R.Vijayan, ABB
6.
Phil Stone, Sensus
7.
ORACLE
8.
OPOWER
Lunch
Theme –G: Cross Cutting Themes – (1) CYBER SECURITY, (2) Advanced
Analytics, (3) Security for IoT Devices
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15.30-16.00
16.00-18.30
19.30 Onwards
Session Chair: Dr.Gulshan Rai, National Coordinator for Cyber Security, Govt of India*
Moderator: Sachin Burman, Director, National Critical Infrormation
Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC), Govt of India
Speakers:
1.
Arvind Gupta, Head of BJP’s IT Cell
2.
Dr.Ehud Ganani, Electric Infrastructure Security Council*
3.
Justin Searle, UtiliSec (on Video)
4.
Aseem Jakhar, Nullcon
5.
C3 Energy/IBM/SMUD/SaaS/Mu Sigma*
6.
ORACLE
Launch of ISGF-NCIIPC-VJTI Cyber Security Workshop on E-Learning Platform
Tea
Special Plenary Session-3: 21 st Century Electric Grids: Disruptive Innovations and its applications for utilities (Theme-B)
Session Chair: Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt of
India*
Moderator: Reji Pillai, ISGF

Machine Learning for Utilities: Prof.Narendra Ahuja, University of Illinois
& Director- Information Technology Research Academy, Govt of India

Wearable Devices: Sangeet Dutta, Apex CoVantage

3-D Printing for Utilities: Prasad Rodagi, ALTEM Technologies

AI, Robotics, Drones for Utilities: Marin Ford, Author of “Rise of Robots”

Nanotechnology and New Materials and their impact for Utilities –
Carbon Fiber, Graphene, Shrilk, Stanene, Designer Nano Crystals,
Ultrathin Platinum, Self-Healing Plastics, Metamaterials: Anil Kakodkar,
Renowned Nuclear Scientist

Space Technologies for Terrestrial Applications: Abhishek Roy,
Chief/Craftman, Lunatic Koncepts & Rahul Narayan, Co-founder &
Technology Lead, Team Indus*
Cultural Program, Cocktails and Dinner & Prize Distribution to Winners of
HACKATHON, INNO-THON and APP-ATHON
(Venue: Hotel Le Meridien, Janpath, New Delhi)
10.00 – 11.00 Special Plenary Session-4: IEC Systems Committee on Smart Energy
& Theme-G: Cross Cutting Themes – Standards
Session Chair: Alka Panda, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards
Moderator: Girish Ghatikar, ISGF & Greenlots, USA

BIS vision for development of standards for smart energy and smart cities

Partnerships with Global Standardization Agencies
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11.00 - 13.30
13.00 – 14.00
14.00-15.30

Roadmap for accelerated development of standards for smart energy and smart cities
Speakers:
1.
Jack Sheldon, IEC
2.
Richard Schomberg, IEC & EDF, France
3.
BIS Representative
4.
Prof. Hiroshi Esaki, University of Tokyo*
Special Workshop -2: Regulations for Smart Grids (Sponsored by USTDA*,
European Commission* and Asian Development Bank*)
Theme-D: Regulatory Support for Smart Grid Rollouts & Amendments to
Electricity Act – Separation of Carriage and Content
Electricity Regulators from India and other Asian Countries are invited to participate
Session Chair: Chairman, CERC, India*
Moderator: Rahul Tongia, ISGF & Brookings India

Model Smart Grid Regulations in India

Regulatory Support for Smart Grid Projects

Preparation for Retail Competition

Global Experiences and Lessons Learned

Enabling Regulations

Changes in Business Processes and Grid Codes

Renewable Energy Act (proposed)
Speakers:
1.
Suedeen Kelly, Former FERC Commissioner
1.
Jorge Vasconcelos ,
*
2.
Lorenzo Kristov, CAISO, California*
3.
Paul Centolella, Former Commissioner, Ohio PUC*
4.
Koo Ja-Yoon, Former Chairman of Energy Regulation in South Korea*
5.
Vijay Sonavane, Former Member, MERC
6.
R.N.Sen, Chairperson, West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission
7.
Representative from ADB/World Bank/USTDA
Lunch
Theme-F: National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM)
Session Chair: B.N.Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power

Next Phase of Smart Grid Projects - Rollout Plan and Strategies

Preparedness of State Govts, Utilities, Regulators and the
Industry

Business Models for Self-Funded and Sustainable Smart Grid
Projects

Challenges to the Industry

Smart Grids for Smart Cities
Speakers:
1.
Prabhu Narayan Singh, Director, National Smart Grid Mission
2.
Pankaj Pandey, Managing Director, BESCOM
3.
Praveer Sinha, CEO & ED, TPDDL
4.
Aniruddha Basu, Managing Director, CESC, Kolkata
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15.30-16.00
16.00-17.30
17.30-18.30
Tea
5.
Industry Reps: Schneider/ABB/Siemens/L&G/Silver Spring Networks*
6.
MoUD/Smart City Commissioners*
Special Plenary Session-5: Future of Utilities and the Utility of the Future
1.
Martin Ford, Author of “Rise of Robots”
2.
Philippe Monloubou, President, ERDF*
3.
Professor Jose Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, MIT
4.
Dr.Massoud Amin, University of Minnesota and IEEE*
Concluding Session
Day-2 (16 th March 2016) –
Ashoka Hall
14.00 – 17.30
Special Workshop-1: Theme-G: Cross Cutting Themes –
Communications, Standards and Interoperability - Sponsored by
Wi-SUN
Session Chair: DoT/TEC
Moderator: Phil Beecher, Wi-SUN
Speakers:
1.
Silver Spring
2.
Ericsson
3.
Cyan Technologies
4.
Huawei*
5.
BIS
6.
CISCO
7.
Vodafone*
Presentation of Select Technical Papers Day-3 (17 March 2016) –
TABER HALL
09.30 – 16.00
Day-3 (17 March 2016) –
ASHOKA HALL
10.30 – 13.30
Day-3 (17 March 2016) –
ASHOKA HALL
14.00 – 16.00
Special Workshop-3: Renewable Energy Integration and Energy
Storage (10.30 – 13.30)
Session Chair: Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary, MNRE
Moderator: Ravi Seethapathy
Panellists:
1.
Rahul Walwakar, India Energy Storage Alliance
2.
CERC Representative
3.
ERDF
4.
POSOCO Representative
5.
Innovari
6.
TPDDL/BESCOM
7.
AES
Special Workshop-4: India – South Korea Smart Grid Workshop
(14.00 – 16.00)
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Technical
Tour on 15
March 2016
Cultural
Tours on 19
March 2016
Day-4 (18 March 2016) –
ASHOKA HALL
10.00 – 13.00
Special Workshop-5: Smart Grids as Anchor Infrastructure for
Smart Cities – Workshop with City Commissioners from Smart
Cities
Session Chair: Secretary/Additional Secretary, MoUD*
Moderator: Karuna Gopal, President, Foundation for Futuristic
Cities
Panellists:
1.
Jagan Shah, Director, National Institute for Urban Affairs
2.
Kunal Kumar, Commissioner, Smart City Pune
3.
City Commissioner – Bhubaneshwar*
4.
City Commissioner – Kochi*
5.
BIS Representative
6.
Industry Speakers – McKinsey/IBM/Accenture
Special Workshop-6: India – Sweden Smart Grid Workshop (11.00
– 13.00)
Day-4 (18 March 2016)
TABER HALL
11.00 -13.00
Day-4 (18 March 2016)
ASHOKA HALL
14.00 – 16.00
Special Workshop-7: Third EU - India Smart Grid Workshop
Tour to the Smart Grid Lab and Control Centre of Tata Power Delhi
Distribution; and National Load Dispatch Centre of POSOCO in Delhi
For Participation please write to: sneha@indiasmartgrid.org
Tour -1: Visit to Taj Mahal in Agra (7 am to 8pm)
Tour-2: Visit to historical places in Delhi - Qutab Minar, Red Fort, Jama
Masjid, Lotus Temple, Humayun Tomb, India Gate, Connaught Place, Raj
Ghat and Shanti Vana, Indira Gandhi Memorial etc. ( 9am to 5pm)
All Tours in Air-Conditioned Luxury Buses (Volvo Coaches)
INNO-THON:
INNOVATING THE
GRID
APPA-THON: APPS
DEVELOPMENT FOR
SMART GRIDS AND
SMART CITIES
Organized in association with Tata Power Delhi Distribution and Netaji Subhas
Institute (NSIT) of Technology; the challenge is to showcase an innovative and ground-breaking idea/concept through a hardware model, concept note, a software tool etc
Organized in association with Tata Power Delhi Distribution and Netaji Subhas
Institute (NSIT) of Technology; the challenge is to create a smart phone App that can be useful for electric, water and gas utilities and their customers, smart city administration, transport, security, health, sanitation, education etc
11 – 13 March 2016 at
NSIT, Dwaraka, New Delhi
11 – 13 March 2016 at
NSIT, Dwaraka, New Delhi
HACKATHON:
SECURING THE GRID
Organized in association with NCIIPC & VJTI, Mumbai; the challenge is to
Capture The Flag (CTF) which involves hacking into a SCADA system, toggle a switch and exit the system
16 – 17 March 2016 at
Manekshaw Centre, New
Delhi
Prize Distribution and Felicitation of Winners of all 3 competitions will be held on 17 th March 2016 at
Hotel Le Meridien, Janpath, New Delhi 110001
For Participation in the Competitions, please write to: competitions@isgw.in
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