Technology for energy and water infrastructure: unlocking data analytics & IoT
26 June 2019
Radisson Blu Portman, London
Future of Utilities: Innovation in Networks showcases those at the forefront of industry advancement by bringing networks together to discuss how asset management is changing as a result of new sensor data and analytical capability.
What is data’s true potential, and what are its costs? The future of the utilities industry will be transformed forever by data analytics, the Internet of Things and new technologies. In order to adapt to its new future, electricity, gas and water networks must rise to the challenge they face, or they risk missing their incident reduction targets and spiralling operational costs.
Agenda Highlights
The future of network management – unlocking innovation in operations
Join UK Power Networks, Electricity North West, SSEN, and Western Power Distribution and learn how your company can deliver more for less by improving operations to meet and exceed targets.
Innovation in asset management case studies – predictive and proactive maintenance
Don’t miss out on key applied use cases from Thames Water, Wales & West Utilities and more so that you can understand which strategies and projects are successful so that you can undertake your implementation efficiently.
Using analytics to improve incident response – enabling better decision making
Discover the step-change in decision making that technology unlocks, and be part of the conversation as the industry comes together to share and develop best practice in strategies for incident response.
Thinking outside the box – making use of a wider pool of data
Understand the benefits that different pools of information unlock, and break the trend of utilities being unimaginative with where they source their data from.
Standardising data – an imperative for effective analysis
Learn how to step up your company’s data standards so that you can break down barriers to analytics success with a presentation from Anglian Water.
Innovation showcase – carving out the industry’s future path
Join the conversation, facilitated by National Grid, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water and more, as senior network leaders discuss and debate how innovation can be improved across the industry and work together to develop the practical steps needed to embed innovation within your business model.
Why Attend?
- Join industry leaders from all branches of electricity, gas and water networks to be immersed in the who’s who of utilities infrastructure.
- Gain key insights from our hands-on case studies from Thames Water, Wales & West Utilities, Northumbrian Water, and more
- Find out which strategies work, so that you can get it right first time, from our real-life examples of implementing success in a wide range of areas including asset management, innovation in operations and incident response.
- Learn how to generate value from data in our Data Analytics 101 breakfast workshop so that you can take your first steps to become an information-driven organisation.
- Be part of the discussion in the implementing innovation peer-to-peer discussion facilitated by senior leaders from National Grid, United Utilities, SSEN, and more, to gain practical take-home insights to re-inject company-wide energy into your innovation strategy
- To enjoy our exclusive drinks reception where you can network with 150+ key industry professionals.
Speakers
Suleman Alli
Director of Strategy, UK Power Networks
Andrew Hopkins
Director of Asset Management, Wales & West Utilities
Stewart Reid
Head of DSO and Innovation, SSEN
Andrew Hagger
Head of WWI Strategy and Planning, Thames Water
Iliana Portugues
Head of Innovation, National Grid
Faithful Chanda
Innovation & Low Carbon Engineer, Western Power Distribution
Dave Ogden
Head of Wholesale Technology, United Utilities
Thomas Gardiner
Head of Lifecycle Asset Planning, NI Water
Agenda
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Day 1 Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Breakfast workshop | Becoming an information-driven organisation
Data analytics 101: generating value from data – how to get there, and where to start
Peter Jackson
Group Data Sciences Director , Legal & General
Welcome address and chair's opening remarks
The future of network management – unlocking innovation in operations
Pushing the boundaries during the transition: digitalisation, decarbonisation and decentralisation
- Understanding the changing landscape: evaluating the scale of potential disruption
- Opportunities for new technology: improving operations to meet and exceed targets
- How can networks deliver cheaper, faster, greener and better?
Suleman Alli
Director of Strategy , UK Power Networks
Case study | Northern Gas Networks
Daniel Howett
Network Lead , Northern Gas Networks
Title to be confirmed
Elin Williams
Research & Development Manager , Southern Water
Panel discussion
Strategic priorities for 2019 an beyond: creating the managing of the future
- What could the future of networks look like?
- Which areas of operations are most likely to be transformed by new access to insights?
- To what extent will data analytics change incident-response strategies?
- What are the biggest obstacles to change in the short term?
- How can data be transformed into a usable form?
- Communicating the benefits to stakeholders: what are the most compelling advantages to analytical capacity?
- What should a network look for when recruiting data scientists?
- Working together to share practical insights: learning from each other in this era of change
Suleman Alli
Director of Strategy , UK Power Networks
Faithful Chanda
Innovation & Low Carbon Engineer , Western Power Distribution
Steven Gough
DSO Technical Authority , SSEN
Dan Wilson
Asset Data Manager , Electricity North West
Daniel Howett
Network Lead , Northern Gas Networks
Elin Williams
Research & Development Manager , Southern Water
Innovation in asset management case studies – predictive and proactive maintenance
Case study | Thames Water
Innovation, transformation and change: creating a maintenance strategy for the
future
- Maximising the potential of existing assets: optimising capability while ensuring asset resilience
- Collecting high quality information to manage risk and prepare for competition
- Working with stakeholders and alliances to improve performance and deliver efficiency
Andrew Hagger
Head of WWI Strategy and Planning , Thames Water
Case study | Beyond Visual Line of Sight
A full rollout of unmanned drone technology
In recent years drones had seemed to stall as a transformative force for intelligence and operations. Beyond Visual Line of Sight technology transforms their proposition for asset owners, allowing companies to collect data in a way that is safer and more cost-efficient than traditional methods. Learn how this new technology has significantly improved the economics and feasibility of drone inspections, and how it has changed the game for Wales & West Utilities.
Andrew Hopkins
Director of Asset Management , Wales & West Utilities
Using analytics to improve incident response – enabling better decision making
Case study | Twincident
Harnessing the power of Digital Twin technology to reduce the impact of incidents
By bringing the future to life using Digital Twin technology, Northumbrian Water seeks to help to protect people and the environment during an incident. This virtual model of the real world can help to predict the impact of a burst pipe or heavy rainfall allowing it to understand likely outcomes and therefore prioritise the appropriate response actions. Hear from Chris Jones about the benefits of bringing together the new computer models of flooding with real-time monitoring data for informed decision making when it really matters.
Chris Jones
Research & Development Manager , Northumbrian Water
Thinking outside the box – making use of a wider pool of data
Case study | Summer 2018
Modelling future scenarios with 110 years of weather data: informing reactions to drought
Through access to historical weather data, NI Water was able to model inflow and outflow scenarios to map the projected storage of reservoirs. This enabled NI Water to decide which reservoirs to prioritise during the droughts of the Summer 2018. Learn from this example of the benefits of using innovative pools of data, including weather, geological, thermal, and seismic sources to improve a variety of different aspects of your network.
Thomas Gardiner
Head of Lifecycle Asset Planning , NI Water
Standardising data - an imperative for effective analysis
Stepping up data standards: breaking down barriers to analytic success
- What are the benefits of investing in data quality?
- Moving from concept to reality: implementing a large-scale data cleanse
- Sharing best practice to over come industry-wide barriers
Darren Coleman
Project Delivery Manager , Anglian Water
Innovation showcase – carving out the industry’s future path
Panel and peer-to-peer discussion | Implementing innovation
In this session, our panel of experts will discuss how innovation can be improved across the industry. Delegates will then have the opportunity to break into roundtables to discuss and debate the practical steps needed to embed innovation within your business model in order to create a truly collaborative effort.
Working collaboratively to magnify the industry’s efforts together
- Sharing insights from pilots: what are the learnings so far?
- Taking developments to the next stage: where should the industry look to move next?
- Innovation from within: developing an innovation culture that breeds creativity
- Learning from the past: how to avoid the pitfalls of innovation
- Overcoming the image problem: ensuring the industry attracts the right type of talent
Iliana Portugues
Head of Innovation , National Grid
Dave Ogden
Head of Wholesale Technology , United Utilities
Adam Smith
Innovation Programme Manager , Yorkshire Water
Stewart Reid
Head of DSO and Innovation , SSEN
Jeremy Heath
Innovation Manager , SES Water
Chair’s closing remarks and end of conference
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