Summit Day 1: Tuesday 15th June 2010

08.00 Opening Remarks From The Chairman

09.00 Special Keynote Address: Analysing Strategy And Smart Metering And Operations In More Advanced Markets: Experience From A Large-Scale Project

ENEL’s smart metering programme was the first and remains the largest roll-out to date in Europe. Paola is responsible for the research and development of new technologies, she has directed the implementation of the information technology system for the “Enel smart meter project”, one of the most innovative applications in the energy sector. This session will describe what lessons have been learnt, where key challenges have been overcome and what the roadmap towards the Smart Grid looks like in Europe’s most advanced marketplace.

• An overview on the experience in smart metering from the Italian market
• The new role of metering and meter data management
• The new architecture supporting smart metering
• How to face the main challenges; a successful case!
• Lesson learned from large-scale project implementations

Paola Petroni
Vice President, Networks & Infrastructure
ENEL

09.40 Keynote Address: Dedicated, secure, resilient and universal: Getting the basics right for a smart meter deployment

In this keynote presentation, senior representatives from Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, and Sensus, Smart metering and smart grid specialists, jointly discuss the key factors for a successful nation wide deployment.

The keynote will include:

• Sensus' experience in the deployment of over 5 million smart meters in North America
• The importance of ensuring a dedicated, secure and resilient data communications network as part of any smart meter deployment
• The role customer engagement has to play in any smart meter deployment
• Arqiva will review the lessons learned from its management of the UK's digital television switchover programme

David Ayers
VP Engineering
Sensus

Russell Inman
Director of Technology
Arqiva

10.20 Q&A Session With Keynote Speakers

11.00 Update From The Inside: Smarter Gas And Electricity Metering

• What have we learnt over the last six months and how can we use this moving forwards?
• Building business cases and managing the investment challenge: communication and collaboration
• Establishing a clearer understanding of the Smart Meter roll-out challenge – materials, manpower and organisation
• Assessing the technology available: what works and what doesn’t?
• Planning for after roll-out completion - what happens next?

Martin Deehan
Operations Director, Metering
United Utilities

11.30 Smart Trends In Europe: Market Models, Technology And Lessons From Rollouts

• Market models and roll out schedule
• Evolution of minds on standards
• Central coms or central database
• Integrated solutions or not
• What’s next after roll Out of meters?

Mark Ossel
Board Member
Energy Services Network Association (ESNA)

12.00 Utilities Panel Session: Metering, Grids, Pilots, Roadmaps – Key Lessons Learnt So Far And Key Messages From The Industry

With the large number of pilots, customer trials and technology architectures in development and deployment, the need for Utilities to understand how to actually deliver on the 2020 vision is greater than ever. This interactive panel session brings together leading industry experts to share lessons learned, discuss key issues going forwards and clarify what needs to be done in the industry and with Government in order to successfully deliver the Smart Utility of the future.

• Where are we now and how are pilot projects progressing?
• The technology landscape: what choices do we have, what works and what doesn’t and how can we work together to ensure end to end rollout?
• Government engagement: working together to drive the industry forwards
• What about the customer? Engaging, trialling with and communicating the message – tools and techniques
• What’s next and when can we expect it?

14.20 DECC/ENA/ERA/OFGEM Panel: Enhancing Government And Industry Cooperation For A Smarter Energy Future

One of our most popular panel session ever, this session brings together policymakers and industry to assess the current state of play for smart metering in the UK, analyse the latest policy initiatives and engage with the expert audience to debate and discuss the best way forward to meet the challenge of rolling out smart metering and to understand what success will look like in 2020.

• Assessing the role of government:
  • Provide and assure transparency
  • Build upon existing communication, computation and visualisation technologies
  • Leverage other existing infrastructures—wireless, broadband, Internet
  • Shape and guide access to new data sources
• Reviewing initial results from the DECC consultation
• Incorporating the Networks view: planning and progress to support the 2020 vision
• The IT factor: importance of collaboration with the industry to keep momentum and actually deliver
• Smart metering technology and initial rollout planning: next steps and deliverables

Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC)

Tony Glover
Public Affairs Manager
Energy Networks Association

Jason Brogden
Director, Engage Consulting, Programme Manager
Energy Retail Association

Neil Barnes
Smart Metering Group, OFGEM

15.40 The Journey To Becoming A 'Smart' Organisation

This session combines views from PA Consulting Group (PA) and Siemens IT Solutions and Services and considers how utility companies can achieve a truly ‘Smart' operation. PA will speak about its experiences from the global energy sector, sharing lessons and insights from international clients who are already implementing Smart Grid and drawing on parallels from other industries. They will demonstrate the likely scale of change a utility can expect to face and finish with the top themes that any organisation intending to become 'smart' should be embracing.

Siemens will expand upon this to explore the practical applications of Smart Grid and smart infrastructure – including the engineering, information systems, communications and telemetry that underpin them – and the business benefits that these can deliver..

• o What does ‘Smart’ mean: for generation, transmission, distribution, retail – and for the consumer? o Business drivers: reliability, efficiency, safety, customer service, competitiveness and reduced emissions. o Drawing up a smart infrastructure implementation roadmap. o Putting it into practice! Examples of implementation and benefits.

16.10 First Steps To Deploying Smart Metering To Support New Utility Business Models, Services And Network Demands

• What does metering look like at Centrica and how do we define a roadmap?
• Ensuring the initiative provides a platform for demand management, addition of renewable energy and improved network utilisation
• Migrating from legacy operations and IT to AMI, real time intelligent devices and architecture: criteria to assess technology
• Overcoming the challenges of upgrading and expanding IT infrastructure to align with the new energy landscape
• Using a gradual rollout process to ensure seamless integration of networks and systems

Wayne Johncock
Chief Architect, Enterprise Strategy & Planning
Centrica

16.50 How To Create Energy Savings And Involvement Through An Effective Customer Awareness Strategy

• Launching a smart metering programme with a defined and communicable customer focus
• Leveraging the smart meter itself as a platform for consumer energy advice, education and direct communication
• Key challenges and issues to be overcome to ensure a successful programme. And what does success look like?
• The SEAS experience in Denmark: Results and future roadmap to ensure successful rollout, consumer adoption and benefit realisation

17.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

17.30 Smart Utility 2010 Networking Drinks Reception