08:00
Registration and welcome coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the chair
Geoff James
Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures
University of Technology Sydney
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF THE GRID
09:00
Powering NSW’s future – learning from TransGrid’s substation automation and optimisation projects
- Examining TransGrid’s strategies for data, technology and security
- Using technology and data analysis on substation projects
- The important role of automation in networks going forwards
- Lessons learned and future plans for innovation
Mark Jones
Digital Infrastructure Asset Manager
Transgrid
09:30
Using edge intelligence to improve energy management and grid flexibility
- Overview of the future of the grid and interaction with new technologies
- Integrating power quality into the network
- Applications of edge intelligence for real time peak management
- Exploring real-life experiences on energy management in smaller networks
Robert Glasgow
Microgrid and Energy Transformation
Monash University
10:00
Morning tea in the exhibition hall
TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR INCREASED INTERMITTENCY OF ENERGY SOURCES AND STORAGES
10:30
Overcoming technical challenges of integrating renewables into the grid
- How can renewables compensate for the additional intermittency and uncertainty in the grid?
- What strategies can be applied without the need of costly battery and energy storage solutions?
- How to tackle infrastructure network optimisation
- How can you increase capacity utilisation and enable renewables integration?
Panel moderator:
Geoff James
Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures
University of Technology Sydney
Panellists:
Jacqui Bridge
Transmission Network Development Manager
AusNet Services
Andrew Kingsmill
Manager Network Planning
Transgrid
Ross Gawler
Senior Research Fellow - Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University
ENERGY STORAGE – HOW IT COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE ENERGY MARKETS
11:15
Batteries on wheels - how can we make electric vehicles work for transport and the grid?
- Examining the impact of electric vehicles on the grid
- The opportunities electric vehicles can create for network management
- How do we bring customers along for the ride?
Laura Jones
Senior Innovation Engineer
TasNetworks
11:45
CASE STUDY: Insight from Ergon Energy’s on battery storage and distribution network
- Strategies for effective management of energy storage integration
- Developing and implementing new storage technologies
- Insights into decision-making tools on the deployment of energy storage
- Optimal sizing and placement of battery storage and distribution network
Stephen Richardson
Technology Innovation Engineer
Ergon Energy
12:15
Case Study: Activating distributed batteries for network support in Evoenergy's network
- Understanding distributed energy resources (DER) and demand side solutions.
- Innovation in the Evoenergy network with DER. Drivers and barriers associated with DER uptake.
- Key insights from current trials of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs).
Eddie Thanavelil
Demand Side Innovation Engineer
Evoenergy
12:45
Networking lunch in the exhibition hall
14:00
Keeping pace with the rapid evolution of battery and energy storage
- Overview of energy storage technologies and applications
- Analysing recent initiatives in inertial response from batteries
- How to predict and integrate these changes into your infrastructure design
- Technical considerations and key enablers of battery storage technologies
Geoff James
Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures
University of Technology Sydney
14:30
Future State NEM analysis for Hydro Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation initiative
- An overview of the ‘Battery of the Nation’ project
- Exploring the potential for Tasmania to play a substantially larger role in the NEM
- Where the project is now and strategies moving forward
Cameron Potter
Future Energy Market Strategist
Hydro Tasmania
UTILISING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE PLANT DOWNTIME AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
15:00
CASE STUDY: Power control and stability systems for electric generating stations
- Overview of current issues in power control systems
- Assessing what reliability and stability means for power systems
- The philosophical conversation between local control versus centralised controls
- The market tends to drive everything toward a centralised control – what it means to good power system control
Kate Summers
Manager, Electrical Engineering
Pacific Hydro
15:30
CASE STUDY: Establishing, maintaining and improving standards for power line and cables management
- Understanding Powerlink’s electrical design of overhead and underground cable standards
- Undertaking asset investigations into new and innovative technologies
- Technical investigations into the operation and performance of the transmission assets
Glenn Stapleton
Principal Engineer Transmission Lines – Electrical
Powerlink Queensland
16:00
Afternoon tea in the exhibition hall
IMPROVING THE BONDS BETWEEN PROCUREMENT AND ENGINEERING TEAMS
16:30
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: Overcoming operations and technology procurement challenges in the electricity sector
- Understanding how new technologies are affecting business
- Addressing procurement engineering concerns on projects’ technical viability and risks
- The challenges faced by engineering and procurement teams
- Improving their bonds to ensure successful results to the business
Panel Moderator:
Geoff James
Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures
University of Technology Sydney
Panellists:
Andre Harvey
General Manager, Procurement and Supply
Stanwell Corporation
Kevin Foster
Chief Procurement Officer
Ausgrid
17:00
Closing remarks from the Chair
17:10
End of Day One and networking drinks in the exhibition hall
19:00
Official event dinner