Innovation Partners Day Agenda THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012
9.00 am - 10.00 am
Welcome
10.00 am 10.30 am
The Elia Group’s Approach to Innovation Hubert Lemmens – Chief Innovation Officer
10.30 am - 11.15 am
Flexibility for the electricity system Reserve management: Patrick De Leener - Head of Energy Management Storage technologies for the future grid: Klaus von Sengbusch – Head of Energy Management Distributed energy resources – integration into the grid: Frank Wellens - Head of Customer Care
11.15 am - 12.00 noon
The grid: the nervous system of the electricity system The grid of the future: Frédéric Dunon - Head of Grid DevelopmentPower technologies and practices for the future grid: Rainer Oettl – Head of Asset Management Grid operation of the future: Wim Michiels - Head of National Control Centre
12.00 noon - 12.30 pm
Developing future knowledge and competencies How to embed new knowledge into the company? Peter Clybouw - Knowledge Manager How can a partner help to anchor new knowledge? Ronny Belmans - KUL
12.30 pm - 1.45 pm
Lunch Break
1.45 pm - 2.00 pm
The value of R&D partners for a leading TSO What’s in it for a R&D partner? Jacques Vandermeiren – CEO Elia Group
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Panel sessions Paving the roads for electricity Claes Rytoft – Group Senior Vice President Technology Manager ABB Management Services Ltd Frédéric Dunon, Rainer Oettl, Wim Michiels Keeping the pendulum stable André Jurres CEO NPG Energy Patrick De Leener, Klaus von Sengbusch, Frank Wellens
4.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Conclusions Hubert Lemmens
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Cocktail reception