After many hours of research and speaking to those who helped make last year's event such a success, Windpower Monthly's Wind Data North America Forum is back BIGGER and BETTER than ever before on the 13-15th March in Houston, Texas.
We have listened to the communities feedback and tried to make this latest edition even more interactive to ensure there is no more 'death by powerpoint'!!
Therefore we have several panel discussions, round-tables and interactive audience participation sessions that will ensure your time is well spent in attendance at this industry leading event.
Defining a Practical Path to Artificial Intelligence Roman Chanclor
With the evolution of purpose built AI Infrastructures and the advancement of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) that enable massively parallel, deep analysis in real-time; cognitive computing may be the norm in data centers in record time. But how?
Software Sustainability: The Challenges and Opportunities for Enterprises and...Patricia Lago
This is the opening keynote presentation to the 14th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) 2021. See at https://poem2021.rtu.lv/program
Defining a Practical Path to Artificial Intelligence Roman Chanclor
With the evolution of purpose built AI Infrastructures and the advancement of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) that enable massively parallel, deep analysis in real-time; cognitive computing may be the norm in data centers in record time. But how?
Software Sustainability: The Challenges and Opportunities for Enterprises and...Patricia Lago
This is the opening keynote presentation to the 14th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) 2021. See at https://poem2021.rtu.lv/program
The symposium, Livable Cities of the Future, brought together
an interdisciplinary group of engineers, civic leaders, educators
and futurists in a unique forum that offered an open discussion
of how George Bugliarello’s vision manifests itself in innovative
urban planning for the cities of tomorrow. Discussions examined
the critical role engineers play in the social and economic
development of cities and their ever-increasing importance in the
area of policymaking.
http://www.poly.edu/bugliarello-symposium
7 Amazing Examples of Digital Twin Technology In PracticeBernard Marr
Digital twins are a virtual simulation of real-world objects. By using Internet of Things sensors that feed data from the physical object to computers, digital twins provide the exact same situation to study and test without the consequences of doing the test in the real world. The uses for the technology are nearly limitless.
The Hive Think Tank: Rendezvous Architecture Makes Machine Learning Logistics...The Hive
Think Tank Event 10/23/2017, hosted by The Hive and presented by Ted Dunning, Chief Application Architect of MapR Technologies and Ellen Friedman of MapR Technologies.
Digital twins: the power of a virtual visual copy - Unite Copenhagen 2019Unity Technologies
From buildings and infrastructure to industrial machinery and factories, digital twins are becoming integral revisualization tools across the industrial sector. Learn how Unit040, a company specializing in visualization and simulation, creates digital twins that combine real-time 3D technology with BIM, CAD and CAE systems to add value at all stages of the building and product lifecycle, from the early design phase to predictive maintenance using Internet of Things (IoT) data.
Speakers:
Pieter Weterings - Unit040
Guido van Gageldonk - Unit040
Watch the session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j4i14p89h_s
During the next few years, says GE Digital's leader Bill Ruh, the Industrial Internet will turn every company into a digitally empowered enterprise. Ruh sees himself as a productivity activist -- building the software and hardware platforms that will take society into a new, prosperous stage of development.
Taming Big Science Data Growth with Converged InfrastructureThe BioTeam Inc.
2014 BioIT World Expo presentation
"Many of the largest NGS sites have identified IO bottlenecks as their number one concern in growing their infrastructure to support current and projected data growth rates. In this talk Aaron D. Gardner, Senior Scientific Consultant, BioTeam, Inc. will share real-world strategies and implementation details for building converged storage infrastructure to support the performance, scalability and collaborative requirements of today's NGS workflows. "
For a copy of this presentation please email: chris@bioteam.net
Digital Twin - What is it and how can it help us?Shaun West
RQ: What services can be provided (by whom and to who) through (or adopting, or developing) the digital twin concepts?
Our focus is long-life capital equipment
Consider the whole life cycle
Apply Service Dominant Logic in the assessment
Consider technical and business hierarchies
Talk slides from my annual address at the Bio-IT World Expo & Conference where I cover trends, best practices and emerging pain points for life science focused HPC, scientific computing and "research IT"
Email "chris@bioteam.net" if you want a PDF copy of these slides. I've disabled the raw powerpoint download option on slideshare.
In this month's Water Industry Process Automation & Control (WIPAC) Monthly for May 2017 we give you three fantastic articles on
The adoption of the Smart Water Industry
Measuring Flow in part full pipes using the radar method from Area Velocity Specialists, Nivus.
A Technical paper on the evaluation of solid state reference electrode junction materials for ISEs.
All of this plus this month's news from the Water Industry with reference to instrumentation, process automation, control & the general Smart Water Industry
In order to relaunch sales volumes and market share, N BBDO developed a 360° brand activation platform named Solo Open Kitchen, positioning Solo as the everyday inspiring cooking partner.
The symposium, Livable Cities of the Future, brought together
an interdisciplinary group of engineers, civic leaders, educators
and futurists in a unique forum that offered an open discussion
of how George Bugliarello’s vision manifests itself in innovative
urban planning for the cities of tomorrow. Discussions examined
the critical role engineers play in the social and economic
development of cities and their ever-increasing importance in the
area of policymaking.
http://www.poly.edu/bugliarello-symposium
7 Amazing Examples of Digital Twin Technology In PracticeBernard Marr
Digital twins are a virtual simulation of real-world objects. By using Internet of Things sensors that feed data from the physical object to computers, digital twins provide the exact same situation to study and test without the consequences of doing the test in the real world. The uses for the technology are nearly limitless.
The Hive Think Tank: Rendezvous Architecture Makes Machine Learning Logistics...The Hive
Think Tank Event 10/23/2017, hosted by The Hive and presented by Ted Dunning, Chief Application Architect of MapR Technologies and Ellen Friedman of MapR Technologies.
Digital twins: the power of a virtual visual copy - Unite Copenhagen 2019Unity Technologies
From buildings and infrastructure to industrial machinery and factories, digital twins are becoming integral revisualization tools across the industrial sector. Learn how Unit040, a company specializing in visualization and simulation, creates digital twins that combine real-time 3D technology with BIM, CAD and CAE systems to add value at all stages of the building and product lifecycle, from the early design phase to predictive maintenance using Internet of Things (IoT) data.
Speakers:
Pieter Weterings - Unit040
Guido van Gageldonk - Unit040
Watch the session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j4i14p89h_s
During the next few years, says GE Digital's leader Bill Ruh, the Industrial Internet will turn every company into a digitally empowered enterprise. Ruh sees himself as a productivity activist -- building the software and hardware platforms that will take society into a new, prosperous stage of development.
Taming Big Science Data Growth with Converged InfrastructureThe BioTeam Inc.
2014 BioIT World Expo presentation
"Many of the largest NGS sites have identified IO bottlenecks as their number one concern in growing their infrastructure to support current and projected data growth rates. In this talk Aaron D. Gardner, Senior Scientific Consultant, BioTeam, Inc. will share real-world strategies and implementation details for building converged storage infrastructure to support the performance, scalability and collaborative requirements of today's NGS workflows. "
For a copy of this presentation please email: chris@bioteam.net
Digital Twin - What is it and how can it help us?Shaun West
RQ: What services can be provided (by whom and to who) through (or adopting, or developing) the digital twin concepts?
Our focus is long-life capital equipment
Consider the whole life cycle
Apply Service Dominant Logic in the assessment
Consider technical and business hierarchies
Talk slides from my annual address at the Bio-IT World Expo & Conference where I cover trends, best practices and emerging pain points for life science focused HPC, scientific computing and "research IT"
Email "chris@bioteam.net" if you want a PDF copy of these slides. I've disabled the raw powerpoint download option on slideshare.
In this month's Water Industry Process Automation & Control (WIPAC) Monthly for May 2017 we give you three fantastic articles on
The adoption of the Smart Water Industry
Measuring Flow in part full pipes using the radar method from Area Velocity Specialists, Nivus.
A Technical paper on the evaluation of solid state reference electrode junction materials for ISEs.
All of this plus this month's news from the Water Industry with reference to instrumentation, process automation, control & the general Smart Water Industry
In order to relaunch sales volumes and market share, N BBDO developed a 360° brand activation platform named Solo Open Kitchen, positioning Solo as the everyday inspiring cooking partner.
Join your peers at the leading dedicated oil and gas enterprise mobility event series in London this March. View the full agenda here: http://bit.ly/1GSJA0t
Developed with Forum for the Future, an international sustainability non-profit organization, and based on our own interviews and executive survey, Vision 2030: A connected future highlights the opportunities that experts and business leaders see for IoT, data and connectivity to create a sustainable future.
The report outlines a future vision for IoT driven connectivity and highlights the barriers that need to be overcome to realize this vision and concludes with recommended next steps.
Developed with Forum for the Future, an international sustainability non-profit organization, and based on our own interviews and executive survey, Vision 2030: A connected future highlights the opportunities that experts and business leaders see for IoT, data and connectivity to create a sustainable future.
The report outlines a future vision for IoT driven connectivity and highlights the barriers that need to be overcome to realize this vision and concludes with recommended next steps.
Infographic - Digitizing Energy: Unlocking business value with digital techno...Accenture the Netherlands
The energy industry is undergoing an unprecedented period of transition. How can digital technologies help companies disrupt existing markets and penetrate new ones?
Future of energy 4.0 artificial intelligence and operational efficiency Ams...EPCConferenceAmsterd
Future of Energy 4.0: Artificial Intelligence and Operational Efficiency 20-21 May 2021 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
https://www.artificial-intelligence-energy.com/
Aws keynote oil and gas calgary industry day - jon guidrozAmazon Web Services
Jon is the head of worldwide Business Development for Energy and Utilities Industries at Amazon Web Services. He presents the State of the Oil and Gas Industry, and how business, engineering, and operations support applications, are solved using the AWS Cloud.
Post Brexit Planning and Economic Development Heather Smith
The Post-Brexit Planning And Economic Development Conference is the inaugural forum for senior professionals from both the public and private sectors working in planning, regeneration, economic and sustainable development to discuss and explore what Brexit means for them and their local communities.
The Institute of Economic Developement Heather Smith
The Major Economic Development Event of the Year
This year’s IED Annual Conference will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster on 23 November, and will bring together economic development, regeneration and business leaders from across the UK to discuss how to achieve true economic development and create an enabling environment for sustainable economic growth.
70045 wind farms in cold climates (print) (2)Heather Smith
Do you work on wind farms in cold and difficult climates?
Do you want to join over 70 of your peers from across the globe?
Do you want to go to an event whose delegates give it a 100% rating of excellent?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then you must join us in December at Windpower Monthly’s Optimising Wind Farms In Cold Climates, still the only event focusing on both the commercial and technical complexities which impede on the operation of wind farms in cold and difficult climates .
Do you want to know about the latest inspection strategies?
Are you keen to learn how to eliminate downtime and increase blade reliability?
Would you like to unlock the secret behind prolonging a blade’s lifetime and learn from the best in the field?
Are you longing to know how to set up a diverse blade maintenance program to meet the individual characteristics of your project’s fleet and site?
Then look no further.
Emerging from the cold: Despite the additional challenges and costs involved, cold-climates sites are increasingly attractive to developers thanks to their high winds and location in mature markets, technological advances have made tackling icy conditions easier.
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies.EpconLP
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies. With over 4000 installations worldwide, EPCON has been pioneering new techniques since 1977 that have become industry standards now. Founded in 1977, Epcon has grown from a one-man operation to a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative air pollution control technology and industrial heating equipment.
Artificial Reefs by Kuddle Life Foundation - May 2024punit537210
Situated in Pondicherry, India, Kuddle Life Foundation is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving the living standards of coastal communities and simultaneously placing a strong emphasis on the protection of marine ecosystems.
One of the key areas we work in is Artificial Reefs. This presentation captures our journey so far and our learnings. We hope you get as excited about marine conservation and artificial reefs as we are.
Please visit our website: https://kuddlelife.org
Our Instagram channel:
@kuddlelifefoundation
Our Linkedin Page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuddlelifefoundation/
and write to us if you have any questions:
info@kuddlelife.org
Altered Terrain: Colonial Encroachment and Environmental Changes in Cachar, A...PriyankaKilaniya
The beginning of colonial policy in the area was signaled by the British annexation of the Cachar district in southern Assam in 1832. The region became an alluring investment opportunity for Europeans after British rule over Cachar, especially after the accidental discovery of wild tea in 1855. Within this historical context, this study explores three major stages that characterize the evolution of nature. First, it examines the distribution and growth of tea plantations, examining their size and rate of expansion. The second aspect of the study examines the consequences of land concessions, which led to the initial loss of native forests. Finally, the study investigates the increased strain on forests caused by migrant workers' demands. It also highlights the crucial role that the Forest Department plays in protecting these natural habitats from the invasion of tea planters. This study aims to analyze the intricate relationship between colonialism and the altered landscape of Cachar, Assam, by means of a thorough investigation, shedding light on the environmental, economic, and societal aspects of this historical transformation.
Climate Change All over the World .pptxsairaanwer024
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
Willie Nelson Net Worth: A Journey Through Music, Movies, and Business Venturesgreendigital
Willie Nelson is a name that resonates within the world of music and entertainment. Known for his unique voice, and masterful guitar skills. and an extraordinary career spanning several decades. Nelson has become a legend in the country music scene. But, his influence extends far beyond the realm of music. with ventures in acting, writing, activism, and business. This comprehensive article delves into Willie Nelson net worth. exploring the various facets of his career that have contributed to his large fortune.
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Introduction
Willie Nelson net worth is a testament to his enduring influence and success in many fields. Born on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. Nelson's journey from a humble beginning to becoming one of the most iconic figures in American music is nothing short of inspirational. His net worth, which estimated to be around $25 million as of 2024. reflects a career that is as diverse as it is prolific.
Early Life and Musical Beginnings
Humble Origins
Willie Hugh Nelson was born during the Great Depression. a time of significant economic hardship in the United States. Raised by his grandparents. Nelson found solace and inspiration in music from an early age. His grandmother taught him to play the guitar. setting the stage for what would become an illustrious career.
First Steps in Music
Nelson's initial foray into the music industry was fraught with challenges. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue his dreams, but success did not come . Working as a songwriter, Nelson penned hits for other artists. which helped him gain a foothold in the competitive music scene. His songwriting skills contributed to his early earnings. laying the foundation for his net worth.
Rise to Stardom
Breakthrough Albums
The 1970s marked a turning point in Willie Nelson's career. His albums "Shotgun Willie" (1973), "Red Headed Stranger" (1975). and "Stardust" (1978) received critical acclaim and commercial success. These albums not only solidified his position in the country music genre. but also introduced his music to a broader audience. The success of these albums played a crucial role in boosting Willie Nelson net worth.
Iconic Songs
Willie Nelson net worth is also attributed to his extensive catalog of hit songs. Tracks like "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," "On the Road Again," and "Always on My Mind" have become timeless classics. These songs have not only earned Nelson large royalties but have also ensured his continued relevance in the music industry.
Acting and Film Career
Hollywood Ventures
In addition to his music career, Willie Nelson has also made a mark in Hollywood. His distinctive personality and on-screen presence have landed him roles in several films and television shows. Notable appearances include roles in "The Electric Horseman" (1979), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980), and "Barbarosa" (1982). These acting gigs have added a significant amount to Willie Nelson net worth.
Television Appearances
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"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
Summary of the Climate and Energy Policy of Australia
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13:00 Registration And Refreshments
13:30 The Repowering Movement
Are performance tax credits catalysing the
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What are the solutions offered for manufacturers and
OEMs?
How to use data to address a repower that is about
15 years old
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are others doing?
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Using retrofitting to deal with data security needs
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How operators tend to take unnecessary risk from
limited data campaigns
Host: Josh Fausset, Manager – Renewable Energy, OGE
Energy
Utilising your analytics team to create your own
reference data
Host: TBC
Real concrete examples and ways to encourage
investment in data from upper level executives
Host: Ninochska Maldonado-Bosthworth, Lead Fleet
Engineer, EDF RE
Risk mitigation techniques for wind turbines?
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EDP Renewables
How to manage data teams and monitoring systems for
best results?
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Streamlining the adoption of artificial neural networks
Host: TBC
08:15 Registration And Refreshments
08:45 Chair’s Opening Remarks
Benjamin Rice, Operations Engineering Manager,
Pattern Energy
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9:00 How Have We Used Big Data So Far And What Else
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Examples of breakthrough moments with data sets
Why data modelling will continue to exponentially
increase efficiency
What role is data likely to play in future construction
of wind farms?
Participants include:
Jaimeet Gulati, Associate Director – Global
Operations Performance Management, EDPR
Gerry Lindauer, Manager of Performance assurance,
Siemens
9:45 Making The Most Of Your Big Data To Ensure Maximum Use
Ensuring you get reliable data and knowing what
the limitations are
How to get more data out of OEMs and increase
the number of tags
Getting data that is representative of your site for
scalable figures
Integrating external data and extracting its value
for added analysis in fleet efficiency
David Korim, Software Product Manager – Asset
Performance, GE Renewables
10:15 How To Be Smart With Your Data To Reduce Downtime
Improving site and maintenance workflow with
OM data
How to reduce down time and plan operations for
least impact
Weather forecasting to avoid bad conditions and
aborted maintenance operations
Predictive maintenance to reduce visits and
choosing the least disruptive times
Using historical data and feedback loops to save
on time and cost
Gerry Lindauer, Manager of Performance Assurance,
Siemens
10:45 Networking Break And Morning Refreshments
11:15 Data Networks: Blending And Integrating Data from
Multiple Sources
Getting Data from turbines to provide full
transparency for reporting purposes
Exploring data enabled remaining useful life predictions
Validating human data to eradicate errors
Supervisory controls being used today
Shawn Sheng, Senior Engineer, NREL
Prof. Dr Jan Helsen, Coordinator Big Data Analytics,
OWI-lab
BIG ANALYTICS MADE EASIER: THE
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11:45 Digitalization Of The Wind Energy Industry
What do we understand by ‘digitalization of wind?
and why it is important?
What are key ingredients of digitalization in the
wind industry?
Application of the cognitive technology in other
industries
What are the key learning points from applying
cognitive technologies in other industries?
Biren Gandhi, Global Renewable Energy Solutions
Leader, IBM Global Energy Utilities Industry
12:15 The Analytical Value In Remote Monitoring And Sensing
Using Historical Data to re-prioritise
troubleshooting steps
Creating feedback loops for new reference data
Ensuring a future knowledge base for ‘go to fixes’ in
the future
To join this session please contact Dominic Coyne:
dominic.coyne@haymarket.com
12:45 Networking Lunch
13:45 The Automation Arms Race, Creating Solutions for
Asset Managers
With the increasing numbers of solutions and analytical
firms, asset managers are faced with big choices:
What are the software and platforms are available?
What is the right information to bring to a
performance engineers dashboard?
What data should be standardised or automated
and how does this vary with each task?
How do firms offering automation/analytics
propose to help?
Participants include:
Josh Fausset, Manager – Renewable Energy, OGE Energy
Biren Gandhi, Global Renewable Energy Solutions
Leader, IBM Global Energy Utilities Industry
14:30 Specific Approaches For Failure Forecasting And
Predictive Maintenance
Finding failures and different types of discovery
methods, configurations and failure modes
What happens pre failure: creating data for future
cycles
Challenges of setting up systems to tag the data
Closing the loop to use failure data to feedback for
more effective operation and maintenance in the
future
Ninochska Maldonado-Bosthworth, Lead Fleet
Engineer, EDF RE
15:00 Condition Monitoring And Artificial Neural Networks
Building an array of sensors that can measure
vibrations across the drive train
Using the array to detect anomalous behaviour
and indentify faults
Automation in determining severity of faults
What really is condition monitoring: time domain vs.
frequency domain
Abstracts welcome, to join this session please contact
Dominic Coyne:
dominic.coyne@haymarket.com
15:30 Afternoon Networking And Refreshments
FINDING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR
INVESTMENT FROM PRE CONSTRUCTION
SITE DATA AND UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE CONSTRAINTS
16:00 Using Preconstruction And Wind Resource Assessment
Data To Reduce Risk In Projects And Create Further
Investment
Why it is important to properly understand and
reconcile differences from prediction and actual
operating site data
How do you validate models and lower accuracy
uncertainty for predictions
Creating scalable data for forecasting
performance output once wind farm is built
Positively correlated relationship of preconstruction
data and level of investment
Chad Ringley, Director – Energy Analytics, Pattern
Energy
16:30 Data Analytics Method For Understanding Turbine
Underperformance
Why do site specifics differ from the warranted
power curve?
The power deviation matrix approach and a few
others in discussion
What can a machine learning/data analytics
method offer?
Kernel PLUS method for understanding and
predicting site-specific turbine performance
Yu Ding, Professor, Texas AM University
Hoon Hwangbo, Ph.D. Student, Texas AM University
17:30 Roundtable Feedback
17:50 Chairs Closing Remarks
Benjamin Rice, Operations Engineering Manager,
Pattern Energy
18:00 End Of Day 1
FORUM day one
tuesday 14th March
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08:30 Registration And Refreshments
09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks
Benjamin Rice, Operations Engineering Manager,
Pattern Energy
MERGING THE NEEDS OF SECURITY, DATA
TEAMS COMPLIANCE AND THE SUPPLY
CHAIN SHIFT
09:15 How Security Impacts Analytics: A Guide From A-Z
How to get quick and secure data through co-operation
Logistical issues of transferable data
Dealing with multiple securities for different
customers data
Merging the needs of security and data teams
How latest security measures will change the
vendor/operator relationship
Jeff Wehner, Vice President – Operations, Duke Energy
09:45 The Changing Supply Chain: A Need To Rethink The
Owner/Operator And OEM Relationship
Discussion on how security measures and have
adjusted the supply chain
How have security requirements affected the
Owner/OEM relationship?
Can technology and cloud storage make
permissions and access easier
What will the landscape look like in the future?
Participants include:
Ashok Naik, Operations, Siemens
Dushyant Tank, Reliability Engineer, Pattern Energy
10:30 Morning Refreshments Networking Opportunity
11:00 Strengthening The Relationship Between Data And
Cyber Security
How to make the network secure?
Choosing and designing the right infrastructure
and security architecture
Security solutions for problem solving
Reliability and data recovery
11:30 Feedback On GADS Reporting And Integration
Solutions (Generating Availability Data Systems)
Grid Integration Solutions and the active power support
The future of electrical systems for wind
Facility services available to owner operations
To join this session please contact Dominic Coyne;
dominic.coyne@haymarket.com
12:00 ‘Spotlight On’ With Audience Participation: In the Hot
seat With OEMs On NERC Compliance
This session will involve an open audience forum from
which the audience can submit/ask questions (via
slido) to be put to a panel of OEMs. An independent
chair will mediate each discussion for the best results
To join this session please contact Raihan Chowdhury:
raihan.chowdhury@haymarket.com
12:45 Networking Lunch
BEST PRACTICES OF SHARING,ACCESSING
DATA AND STORING DATA
13:45 Accessing Data Given Ownership And Security Level
Contraints
Why there is need for building a new relationship between
suppliers and operators for smooth maintenance
How heightened security levels and issues over
data security and ownership created a need for
further integration
Working together in new and more secure ways to
ensure each party gets what they need to perform
their tasks
The challenge for OEM’s in servicing their products in
line with warranty agreements whilst dealing with their
different customers and their varying levels of security.
Participants include:
Jeff Wehner, Vice President – Operations, Duke Energy
David Korim, Software Product Manager – Asset
Performance, GE Renewables
14:30 Why Haven’t You Moved To The Cloud Yet?
Why it is better for storage and retrieval
How to meet security requirements with the cloud
How the cloud could alleviate customer concerns
and OEMs from getting locked out of the network
Operating examples of cloud use in action
To join this session please contact Raihan Chowdhury:
raihan.chowdhury@haymarket.com
15:00 Data Standardization For Better Communication And
Monitoring
Making the case for a global standard IEC6400-25
Where it is being utilised already and by who
What problems will this measure solve?
Building the standardisation model without
decreasing competition
To join this session please contact Dominic Coyne;
dominic.coyne@haymarket.com
15:30 Chairs Closing Remarks
Benjamin Rice, Operations Engineering Manager,
Pattern Energy
15:45 Afternoon Refreshments And Extended Networking
Opportunities
16:15 End Of Forum
FORUM day two
wednesday 15th March
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Event documentation pack
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MEET THE
INTERNATIONAL
TEAM
Dominic Coyne
Event Producer
Dominic is your Event
Producer who is
currently developing
and researching the
content and speakers for
the event program. To
discuss any new ideas for
content or to put yourself
forward as a speaker
please send an email to:
dominic.coyne@
haymarket.com
Raihan Chowdhury
Commercial Director
Raihan is your Commercial
Director and is also
responsible for developing
commercial partnerships
at our events. To discuss
any new potential
partnerships please send
an email to:
rmc@windpowermonthly.
com
Heather Lynn
Account Director
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Account Director
and is responsible for
developing commercial
partnerships at our
events. To discuss
any new potential
partnerships please send
an email to:
hs@windpowermonthly.
com
Susie Price
Marketing Manager
Susie is your Marketing
Manager and is
responsible for marketing
and promoting our
events. If you have any
questions or queries or
would like to be involved
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please contact Susie on:
Susie.price@haymarket.
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Gemma Boyd
Event Manager
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Event Manager and
is responsible for all
logistical details in the
run up to and on the
days of the event. If you
have any queries as to
how the event will be
co-ordinated please
contact Gemma on:
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together a ‘who’s who’ of
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– President, Cielo Wind Services Inc.
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