Plenary Session 3: Smart Grid: From Concepts to Reality
October 12, 15:30-18:00
Chair: Wanda Reder, Vice President, S&C Electric Co., USA
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| Wanda Reder Past-President for IEEE Power & Energy Society |
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| Linda Ekener Mägi Director Communications and Stakeholder Engagements – Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility |
Jeffrey S. Katz Chief Technology Officer, Global Energy and Utilities Industry IBM Corporation |
Patricia Arsene Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission |
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| Paola Petroni Vice president, ENEL, Italy |
Johan Söderbom R&D programme manger, Smart Grids |
Bazmi Husain Head of Smart Grids, ABB, Switzerland |
Key note speeches:
- “Experiences from Deploying Real Smart Grid Projects”, Wanda Reder, Vice President, S&C Electric Co., USA
- “The Connected City enabling the Smart Grid” Linda Ekener Mägi, Director, Communications and Stakeholder Engagements
- “Smart Grid: An Industry's Strategic Growth Case”, Jeffrey S. Katz, Chief Technology Officer, Global Energy and Utilities Industry, IBM Corporation, USA
- “European Level Activities on Smart Grids: A European Commission Perspective”, Patricia Arsene, Directorate General Information Society and Media, European Commission
- “Smart Grid Projects with Distribution System Operator perspective”, Paola Petroni, Vice President, ENEL, Italy
- “Adapting Smart Grid to Different Markets”, Johan Söderbom, R&D Program Manager - Smart Grids, Vattenfall AB, Sweden
- “Experience on Realizing Smart Grid”, Bazmi Husain, Head of Smart Grids, ABB, Switzerland







