Andres Carvallo Keynotes Australian National Smart Grid Forum

With the Australian Federal Government's $100 million National Energy Efficiency Initiative: Smart Grid, Smart City, which will accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy by encouraging innovative smart grid technology, the Energy Industry is gearing up for its biggest transformation in over 100 years.

While collaboration will be key to establishing a national framework, there are however still questions to be answered when it comes to the realities of Australia’s national smart grid adoption and the impact of this significant industry transformation on business models.

The National Smart Grid Forum 2010 has been designed to bring together Senior Level representatives from the entire value chain to discuss key challenges and formulate solutions to truly transform Australia’s Energy Grid into an Intelligent Network.

Make the most of this opportunity to share ideas and network with colleagues who share common challenges and who, like you, are eager to develop innovative strategies to align quality and cost to transition their business into the next generation of electricity management.

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Andres Carvallo Speaks at IDC Intelligent Economy Panel

As the world slowly recovers from a severe recession, economic conditions have exposed massive inefficiency, dangerously poor visibility and transparency, and painfully slow ability to innovate and adapt. It's no surprise that almost every industry is poised for significant - and, in many cases, long overdue - restructuring and transformation. A common element of such transformation and revitalization is the deeper embedding and leverage of technology to foster an intelligent economy, greatly improve growth and efficiency, and stave off future crises.

The IT-driven revitalization of industries and markets puts the ICT industry in a unique position for strong, sustained growth over the next decade. Given the sea changes in the global economy, simply returning to "business as usual" will be a very poor strategic choice.

Join IDC's leading analysts for Directions 2010. Throughout the presentations, networking, and one-to-one meetings, IDC and Insights analysts will share their research and perspectives about this next wave of opportunities for the ICT industry and the changing strategies that will be required to capture them.

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Andres Carvallo Keynotes Intelligent Transmission and Distribution Conference

While smart grid strategies have been in development for nearly twenty years, it is really only recently that the technology has truly caught up with the promise of increased efficiency, reliability and security. With federal funds being released to utility companies throughout the nation for the use of upgrading their transmission and distribution facilities to better technologies, companies are finally becoming serious about designing and implementing improved grid components. For many utility companies, there is a base of understanding related to the benefits and value of new technologies, but a lack of knowledge related to where to start in designing and implementing their own “smart grids.”

This smart grid conference will provide an opportunity for utility companies to come together to discover and understand how to begin implementing a more stable grid, from understanding the components required, to recognizing realistic time frames for implementation and deployment of advanced technologies across the grid.

Through in-depth case studies from utility companies that have implemented advanced technologies, or that are in the process of implementing smart grid components, companies will truly understand the requirements from both an internal resource and financial perspective. Solution providers will also be on-hand to answer questions related to the many components required to successfully launch a smart grid initiative, ranging from demand and asset management, transmission upgrades, and better communication networks. These enabling technology providers will provide case-study examples of how technologies can work together to provide more secure, accurate, and reliable service.

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