to a draft agenda for the India Workshop.

Draft Agenda (as of February 25, 2015)
JW Marriott, Bangalore, India – March 2, 2015
0830 – 0930
REGISTRATION
Continental Breakfast and Sponsors Expo Opens
0930 – 1000
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
 Representative, Consulate General of the United States, Chennai
 Representative, Government of India
 Henry Steingass, Regional Director for South and Southeast Asia,
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
1000 – 1100
GLOBAL SMART GRIDS: HIGHLIGHTS, DRIVERS, TRENDS
In this stage-setting panel discussion, Indian and U.S. power sector stakeholders
will discuss, compare and contrast major U.S., Indian and global smart grid
initiatives, best practices and technology trends fueling smart grid deployment.
Moderator: Katherine Michaud, Country Manager, South and Southeast Asia,
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
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1100 – 1130
Glenn Pritchard, Principal Engineer, Exelon
Christopher Villarreal, Senior Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities
Commission
Reji Pillai, President, India Smart Grid Forum
Bhaskar Natarajan, USAID PACE-D TA Program, Nexant
Russell Conklin, Policy Analyst, Office of Policy and International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy
NETWORKING BREAK
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1130 – 1300
USTDA IN INDIA: SMART GRID DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES
USTDA is active in the India power sector working in partnership with leading
Indian utilities to support their smart grid deployment plans. This session will
provide a brief overview of some of the technology initiatives, strategies, lessons
learned and next steps resulting from recent USTDA-funded studies.
Moderator: Mehnaz Ansari, Country Representative, U.S. Trade and
Development Agency
Mumbai Demand Side Management Pilot Power Project
 Raghavendra Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Infrastructure
Limited - Mumbai Distribution
 Chris Hickman, Chief Executive Officer, Innovari
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited Smart Grid Project
 Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, TATA Power
Delhi Distribution Limited’s (TPDDL)
BESCOM Smart Grid Project
 Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Managing Director, Bangalore Electricity Supply
Company’s Limited’s (BESCOM)
 Jerry Melcher, PMC Project Manager, BESCOM DAS Project, KEMA, Inc.
CESC Smart Grid Project
 Debasis Gupta, General Manager, Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation
Limited (CESC)
 Rakesh Kumar Goyal, Director, Tetra Tech
1300 – 1400
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
1400 – 1415
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Devendra Chaudhry, Special Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India
1415 – 1515
SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
This panel will review various technologies and present case studies demonstrating
the effective deployment of smart grid technologies in distribution systems
featuring AMI deployments, metering and communications infrastructure to
improve efficiencies and to mitigate losses.
Moderator: Pamela Peseux, President, Cimperium LLC
Short presentations by:
 Glenn Pritchard, Principal Engineer, Exelon
 Sachin Gupta, VP Sales, Asia Pacific, Trilliant
 Raj Vaswani, Chief Technology Officer, Silver Spring Networks Inc.
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Followed by a moderated panel discussion including the presenters and:
 Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI
 Jayanta Chatterjee, General Manager – Distribution (Automation),
Calcutta Electric Supply Company
1515 – 1530
NETWORKING BREAK
1530 – 1645
BIG DATA TO IMPROVE TO OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
Smart grid technologies have increased the availability of huge amounts of data to
utilities. Shared data across the enterprise, engineering, and operations
departments of utilities can increase efficiency and reliability. This session will
discuss how utilities can use “big data” to improve accurate operational and
market decision making and customer service.
Moderator: TBD
Short presentations by:
 Lance Brown, Vice President of Customer Service, SUS
 Jim Connaughton, Executive Vice President, C3 Energy
 Sarah J. Montgomery, Director of Client Solutions, Asia, Opower
Followed by a moderated panel discussion including the presenters and:
 Rajesh Bansal, Vice President (EMG & New Technical Initiatives),
BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.
1645 – 1800
LOAD BALANCING STRATEGIES
Smart grid technologies enable the utility to more effectively manage energy supply and
demand. This session will discuss load balancing strategies utilizing demand response,
energy efficiency and energy storage technologies.
Moderator: Christopher Villarreal, Senior Regulatory Analyst,
California Public Utilities Commission
Short presentations by:
 Rajsekhar Budhavarapu, Head-Wind Business & CTO- Renewable Investments,
IL&FS Energy Development Company Limited
 James Karavakis, Business Development Manager, Imergy Power System.
 Ambassador (Ret.) Thomas T. Riley, Senior Adviser on International
Development, BrightSource Energy, Inc.
Followed by a moderated panel discussion including the presenters and:
 Chris Hickman, Chief Executive Officer, Innovari
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1800 – 1815
WORKSHOP CLOSING REMARKS
 Henry Steingass, Regional Director for South and Southeast Asia,
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
1815 – 1945
NETWORKING RECEPTION Sponsored by:
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