As Africa progresses, the ability to meet growing energy demands and use available energy efficiently is of critical concern.
How are utilities going to ensure supply security for the future? Metering International magazine's Smart Grid Africa conference will educate participants on scenarios, strategies and the potential of the smart grid for Africa.
The challenges threatening industry leaders and consumers alike pertain not only to load but also to an ever ageing infrastructure and security of supply.
The African utility of the future requires more than progress – it requires change, and industry experts and utility leaders are looking for the right technologies to change the “dumb grid” to a “smart grid”, making it more efficient and changing the way utilities deliver services.
The Smart Grids Africa conference will educate participants on scenarios, strategies and the potential of the smart grid for Africa.
The event will provide a platform to define and discuss the role of the smart grid in Africa. It will look at sustainability issues, explore business models, and demonstrate how building the next generation grid can improve overall operational efficiencies for the continent.
Topics include:
Increasing demand and blackouts – how can the smart grid help?
Understand how the smart grid supports revenue protection
Compare communication technologies that make the grid smarter
How to develop and promote the smart grid agenda
Enabling alternative distributed generation
Facilitating efficiency and carbon reduction
Showing smart grid successes
Smart metering and AMI
High-level industry speakers and panelists at Smart Grids Africa 2008 include:
Thembani Bukela, Head of Electricity, NERSA, South Africa; Maher Chebbo, EU Advisory Council on Smart Grids, Douglas Houseman, Principal, Cap Gemini Consulting, USA; Dr Lawrence Musaba, Coordination Manager, SAPP, Zimbabwe; ASA Bada, System Operator, Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria, Nigeria; Graeme Mellis, Managing Director, Power Meter Technologies, South Africa; Jorge Costa Reis, Business Manager, No Limits Consulting, Portugal; Malope Ramagapa, Head of Metering, Citypower, South Africa; Richard Candy, national Control System Support, Eskom, South Africa; Nico Singh, Head of Revenue Protection, Johannesburg Water, South Africa; Rached Daghfouz, Head of Maintenance and Planning, STEG, Tunisia; Professor Youngleson, UNESCO Chair of Technological Entrepreneurship, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa... and many more!
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