Exchange 2010 Programme

Please note, this is a provisional programme. A more complete programme will be available shortly. Please also remember that all attendees participate in the work-group discussions and therefore all attending companies (not just speakers) will be part of the programme.

May 26th

Respond 2010 Sponsor Morning (for sponsors of and contributors to Respond 2010)

09:00 – 09:30  Registration and Morning Coffee
09:30 – 10.00  Dr. Philip Lewis, VaasaETT – Selected key report findings
 10:00 – 10:30  Jessica Stromback, VaasaETT – Summary of Market Structure and Pilots Study Analyses
10:30 – 11:00  Alex Henney, EEE Ltd,  – Country Report Overview
11:00 – 11:30  Discussion and Q&A

Exchange 2010 Main Event Commences

11:00 – 11:30 Registration
11:30 – 13:00 LUNCH

Session 1: Making it Real: Utilities Experiences of Residential DR in Europe Now

13:00 – 13:10   Dr. Philip Lewis, VaasaETT, Introducing Exchange 2010
13:10 – 13:40   Thomas Mikkelsen, SEAS-NVE, Denmark – The Panasonic Lifinity Project: Establishing Smart Home in Denmark
13:40 – 14:10   Donna LeClair, BC Hydro, Canada – Feedback Pilots in Canada
14:10 – 14:40   Philip Denmead, ESB, Ireland - Experienced Challenges of Large Scale Pilot Setup
14:40 – 15:15   COFFEE BREAK

Session 2:  Customer Communication and Smart Home

15:15 – 15:40   Neil Tierney,  Onzo, UK - Customer Acceptance and Engagement in a Utility Environment
15:40 – 16:05   Gilbert Shaw,  Tendril, USA - Developing the Business Model for Europe: Home Automation from the USA
16:05 – 16:30   Victor Brown, BPL, USA - Demand Response as an Operational Resource: Examples from the USA
16:30 – 17:45   Working Group Discussion 1 - Maximizing Pilots for Best Roll-out Potential
17:45 – 18.10   Martin Vesper, Yello Strom, Germany  -  How to get Millions of Customers to Sign up for SM and DR

18:10 – 19:30   Drinks and Networking

Day 2 May 27th

Session 3:   Commercial Demand Response

09:15 – 09:30   Jessica Stromback, VaasaETT, – Introducing the Second Day Issues
09:30 – 09:55   Ross Malme Schneider Electric, USA -  The Development of Commercial Demand Response USA
09:55 – 10:20   Mike Gordon, C-Power, USA – Establishing Demand Response in 14 Towns in the USA
10:20 – 10:45   Yoav Zingher, Kiwi, UK – What Market Factors Make Demand Response Possible in the UK
10:45 – 11:10   COFFEE BREAK
11:10 – 12: 10   Working Group Discussion 2 – What are the Requirements and the Business Case for Demand Response in Europe Today?

12:10 – 13:10 LUNCH

Session 4: Smart City and The Development of Financial and Operational Structures

13:10 – 13:30   Dr Maher Chebbo, Work Group Chairman, European Commission SmartGrids Technology Platform Advisory Council. VP, SAP. Smart Grid Best Practice Europe
13:30 – 13:50   Prof. Bernt Bremdal, Narvik Institute of Technology and Knut Gustavson, Tieto Norway  – Smart City Norway. What’s Involved and Where Does the Business Case Lie
13:50 – 14:10   Oliver Stahl, General Capital, Germany – The Critical role of policy frameworks, market incentives and participation for   successful Demand Response
14:10 – 14:40  COFFEE
14:40 – 15:40   Working Group Discussion 3 – Smart Cities and Demand Response. How can companies maximise the benefit of their experience and their investments?
15:40 – 16:10   Feedback Session on Discussions
16:10 – 16:30  Closing remarks by Dr Philip Lewis, VaasaETT

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