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FPSA - the views are getting better, but are we near the top yet?

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Event
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 22 May 2018
  • 17:00
  • Duration: 17 mins
  • Publication date: 05 Jun 2018
  • Location: Network Theatre, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility week Live 2018

About the session

The Future Power System Architecture project is addressing what is arguably the biggest challenge Britain's energy sector has ever seen. Externally driven changes are standing the known order on its head, transformative change can be seen in every direction and it's involving new parties, new technologies, new services, multi-vector integration, and institutional change. The learning from the FPSA project is emerging from some six years of work that's engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, involved more than a dozen specialist consultants, and now maintains a database in excess of 1,000 industry contacts. This session will summarise the project, outline the most recent learning, and share some of the joys ...and the pains!

Keywords:
  • decarbonisation
  • electricity
  • energy
  • energy system
  • energy user
  • heat

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Speakers

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    Duncan Botting

    Global Smart Transformation, Managing Director

    Duncan currently holds the posts of Director European Utilities Telecoms Council and Managing Director Global Smart Transformation Limited. In these roles he works closely with customers, academia, industry, government and regulators to deliver innovative technical, commercial, environmentally balanced and culturally acceptable solutions to market challenges. He also provides mentoring and business acceleration services to numerous SMEs to help them achieve their strategic aims. Some of his previous roles include: Business Innovation and Growth Director at Parsons Brinckerhoff (part of Balfour Beatty Group), Executive Chairman of the Scottish European Green Energy Centre, Managing Director ITI Energy (a research institute), Head of Technology & Business Development for ABB, Departmental Head of Schneider Power Projects, a Mathematician and Radar Modelling Engineer with Thorn-EMI Electronics. He has over 40 years’ experience covering the complete spectrum of technical and commercial roles from apprentice to boardroom. He is engaged across the energy domain from market design to end user delivery and is invited on many influential panels, advisory boards and committees at a National, European and International level. He gained his degree from the Open University in Mathematics and Physics. He is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and previously was a visiting professor at Imperial College London.He is an active member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, formerly the IEE). He is chair of the IET Energy Sector Executive, a member of the IET Energy Policy Panel and Power Network Joint Vision (PNJV) group, founding member of the DECC/Ofgem Smart Grid Forum and a work stream chair and is serving on the DECC/IET/Catapult Board and Synthesis Team for the Future Power System Architect Project. Duncan is a current member of the EU Smart Grids Taskforce and Expert Groups and a member of the ETP Smart Cities and Communities working groups. He was voted one of the top 40 influencers in Europe on Smart Grids by his peers in 2014 (Metering and Smart Energy International). He is an international research assessor/advisor for competitive research programmes in various countries.He is a former UK Energy Research Council Advisory Board member, a former member of the Scottish Government’s Energy Advisory Board, former member of Birmingham’s Smart City Commission, former Vice-Chair of the European Technology Platform (ETP) for “SmartGrids” and co-author of the Strategic Research Agenda to 2035, he was also a founding member and served on the shadow board of the National Skills Academy for Power in the UK.In the area of energy and climate security Duncan has been a thought leader for over 20 years and has been contributing to national critical infrastructure working groups (DoE, UK, Asia), global corporate R&D and scenario building to inform and challenge board level decisions. He is helping to shape future thinking and deployment across the energy, telecommunications, technology and future cities sectors by challenging traditional approaches and using his experience to, hopefully, benefit societal outcomes.
  • Linda Chandler

    Linda Chandler

    Hyperlocal Cities, Founder

    Linda Chandler is a global smart cities advisor, working on a portfolio of engagements through her company, Hyperlocal Cities. One aspect of her work with the energy agenda is through the Management Group of the Future Power Systems Architecture (FPSA) programme jointly sponsored by the Energy Systems Catapult and the IET. Linda is the FPSA smart cities and data lead.She has recently left Microsoft after 10 years and relocated back to the UK from Singapore, where she was the Smart Cities Lead for Microsoft Services in APAC, focused on numerous innovation, incubation and scale activities across Singapore, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Prior to that, she was a Managing Architect for Cities in the UK, leading a team of consultants, where she kick-started Microsoft’s involvement in smart cities and shaped their global agenda.Linda’s passion for cities has been threaded throughout her 25 year career. Prior to joining Microsoft, she was CIO for the London Development Agency, previously a functional body of the Mayor of London. Linda has experienced many facets of the technology industry, having worked for systems integrators, large independent software vendors and a number of start-ups.Previously Linda was a Trustee of the London Transport Museum with a special focus on Future Cities and represented Microsoft on the board of the UK National Equality Standard incubated by Ernst & Young. Linda remains a strong supporter of the Women in Technology agenda. She maintains her links in Asia, still serving as a non-executive member of the RICS Asia Pacific World Regional Board.Linda holds a First Class Honours Degree and Masters in Computing from the London School of Economics and also an MBA from the Open University. She is married with a 14 year old daughter.
  • Olivia Carpenter

    Olivia Carpenter

    Ricardo, Senior consultant - technical

    Olivia is a power engineer and consultant, specialising in whole energy systems, smart grids, and renewable energy.Her focus in recent years has been innovation within energy networks and future energy systems, and has been involved in a number of technical innovation projects, as well as contributing to the Future Power Systems Architecture programme in various roles since 2015. Most recently, Olivia led the development of a set of EV Charging Use Cases, drawing upon senior expertise from the power and transport sector.
  • Robert Hull

    Robert Hull

    Riverswan Energy Advisory, Director

    An experienced utility industry leader, previously holding senior roles with energy regulator Ofgem, National Grid, the UK Government, and consultancy firm KPMG. He led policy design and delivery as a Managing Director at Ofgem, led international investment campaigns at National Grid, and advised energy and utility clients at KPMG. He joined Enzen as Head of Strategy in 2017 - Enzen is a consultant, investor and operator in the global energy & utilities sector
  • Robert Hull

    Robert Hull

    Riverswan Energy Advisory, Director

    An experienced utility industry leader, previously holding senior roles with energy regulator Ofgem, National Grid, the UK Government, and consultancy firm KPMG. He led policy design and delivery as a Managing Director at Ofgem, led international investment campaigns at National Grid, and advised energy and utility clients at KPMG. He joined Enzen as Head of Strategy in 2017 - Enzen is a consultant, investor and operator in the global energy & utilities sector
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