CKI-Oracle Utilities Partnership: Energy Innovation Forum
24 November | 2 December | 9 December
Topics and Schedule
We’ll explore how EV detection using deep-learning and associated insights can help electricity distributors get ahead of the curve regarding asset investments and proactive customer engagement programs for smart charging to improve asset utilization without overloads. There are some key learnings for how EV detection/ uptake fits into an overall strategy for DERMs.
Specifically, we’ll look at how Mississippi Power Storm Damage Prediction POC, Southern California Edison Field Device Failure Prediction POC, and San Diego Gas & Electric delivering benefits through load and DER output and the related failure predictions associated with asset health and network reliability.
Featured speaker
Brad Williams
Vice President - Industry Strategy & Innovation Engineering, Oracle Utilities
Bradley Williams has more than 24 years of utility technology innovation experience. Prior to joining Oracle, he was a research director for Gartner’s Energy and Utilities Industry Advisory Services, focusing on utility applications of GIS, SCADA/EMS/DMS, outage and work management, and transmission and distribution (T&D) asset management research.
Prior to that, he directed PacifiCorp’s T&D asset management developed and implemented comprehensive IT investment programs. As director of T&D infrastructure planning, he was responsible for PacifiCorp’s sub transmission planning, telecommunications, and operations technology development groups. Williams also worked at Southern California Edison for 10 years, where he was involved in transmission system planning, distribution automation, and reliability programs. Brad Lives in USA.
Featured speaker
Nick Birrell
Vice President - Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities
Nick works closely with energy and water utilities in Australia and around the world to help guide Oracle strategy in the utilities industry. He is passionate about the dramatic transformations occurring in our industry and technology’s role in all of this. For many years he has consulted in the business and information technology domain, providing strategic guidance, regulatory oversight, solution insights and implementation expertise to utilities across the globe.
Nick holds firm to his belief that technology, when done right, is a positive agent of change, not just for the utility but for the local community it serves, and ultimately the Planet. Nick lives in Australia.
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