Grid Modernization: Technological Advancements Beyond Smart Grid

John McDonald will familiarize participants with a vision for Grid Modernization, focusing on technological advancements beyond Smart Grid, from his 45 years of full-time work with electric utilities in generation, transmission and distribution. The technological advancements include discussions of key industry/societal trends, Smart Grid concepts, holistic solutions, integration of microgrids and distributed generation, and ADMS software applications. He’ll also cover feeder automation business models, managing different types of data, big data, analytics, enterprise data management, Smart Grid standards and interoperability, and Smart Grid deployments and lessons learned. John is an IEEE Life Fellow and has been an IEEE member for 48 years.

The Internet: a lot more than a network of networks

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Asset Management Applied to Electric Utilities Conforming to Standard ISO 55001 Requeriments

Contents:

1) Introduction to Asset Management
2) Organizational context:
3) Leadership:
4) Asset Management Planning
5) Asset Management System Maturity Assessment
6) Conclusions

Companies strive to reduce product design cycles by using automation tools and by implementing standard integration methodologies or procedures. It is well known that automatic place and route (APR) tools and methodologies have successfully supported integration of digital and mixed-signal circuits and systems during the last two decades. The purpose of this talk is to describe the main APR design flow and the
implementation of its major steps, showing some advantages of this kind of implementation in the circuit design process.

Counteracting the ‘Matilda Effect’ by promoting the participation of women in STEM and giving them a role within the wold agenda

Renetta Tull will explain the ‘Matilda Effect’ and she will talk about her experience promoting the participation of woman from America Latina in engineering and STEM in general. She will let the audience know about the work that she and other women have been developing within LACCEI organization in order to counteract the Matilda effect.