This document describes an executive education program on future power grid management offered by Vlerick Business School starting in October 2013. The 11-day program consists of 3 modules covering topics like EU energy regulation, future grid scenarios, business models and regulation, and strategic innovation. It aims to build a community of managers and help them broaden their vision. The program will be co-directed by experts from Vlerick and Florence School of Regulation. Participants will develop projects and the program fee is EUR 12,000 per participant, excluding accommodation.

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2. FUTURE POWER GRID MANAGERS
PROGRAM
UNIQUE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
FOR DSO & TSO, STARTING OCT 2013

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1. BACKGROUND
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Co-directed by
• Prof. Leonardo Meeus (Professor of Energy Markets at Vlerick Business School)
• Prof. Jean-Michel Glachant (Director of the Florence School of Regulation)
With the support of
• Prof. Ronnie Belmans (Executive Director of the Global Smart Grid Federation)
• Daniel Dobbeni (President of Eurogrid International, and ENTSO-E)
Development of the program has been initiated
• Based on our understanding of the power grid business
• Combined with the management expertise of the faculty at Vlerick
Business School
• And refined with feedback from DSOs and TSOs

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2. CONTENT – 11 DAYS (OCT 2013 – MAY 2014)
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Opening Seminar 2,5 days in October 3-5 Florence, Villa Finaly
EU regulatory framework for power grids
Business, technology, legal and regulatory challenges for power grids
Guests speakers from EU institutions, ACER, CEER, ENTSO-E, EDSO
Module 1 2,5 days in November 7-9 Vlerick Business School, Ghent Campus
Role of power grids in different scenarios of the future
Dealing with a fast moving industry
Customer orientation in regulated industries
Module 2 2,5 days in Jan 30 - Feb 1 Vlerick Business School, Brussels Campus
Business models and regulation of power grids
Financing the future power grid
Module 3 2,5 days in April 3-5 Florence, Villa Finaly
Strategic Innovation and dealing with strategic innovators
Launching new business models in existing organizations
Closing seminar 1 day in May 31 Vlerick Business School, Brussels Campus
Final presentation of the projects by participants

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3. FACULTY
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Power grids expertise
• Ronnie Belmans, KU Leuven
• Daniel Dobbeni, Eurogrid International
• Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation
• Leonardo Meeus, Vlerick Business School & Florence School of Regulation
• Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Comillas University Madrid & MIT Boston
Management expertise
• Marion Debruyne, Vlerick Business School
• Philippe Haspeslagh (Dean), Vlerick Business School
• Michael Pollitt, Cambridge Judge Business School
• Filip Roodhooft, Vlerick Business School
• Paul Schoemaker, Wharton Business School
• Kurt Verweire, Vlerick Business School

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4. OBJECTIVES & TARGET GROUP
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What’s in it for the organization?
• Build a community of managers with shared knowledge
• Create the foundations for change management
• Participants work on projects during the program
What’s in it for the participant?
• Target group minimum of eight years of working and four years of
management experience
• They will have different responsibilities in their own organization, and will
come from different grid companies in Europe
• They will broaden their vision and contacts to contribute successfully to
the strategy of their organization

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5. BUDGET
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Contact
Leonardo Meeus (leonardo.meeus@vlerick.com; leonardo.meeus@eui.eu)
Per participant (excl. 21% VAT)
• Program fee of EUR 12.000
• Catering expenses EUR 1.995
• Accommodation expenses are not included