Pre-Conference Workshop: Women Leadership in Clean Energy Development

Pre-Conference Tour: Microgrid Living Laboratory at Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC)

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

To be held at IL3 facility
07:30 - 08:30    Continental Breakfast
07:30 - 17:30    Registration Open

Opening Keynote Address

08:30 - 09:00

Achieving Universal Energy Access: The Role of Mini/Microgrids

Ernesto Macías
President
Alliance for Rural Electrification
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Microgrid Productive Uses

09:00 - 10:15    View abstract

Xavier Vallvé
Managing Partner
Trama TecnoAmbiental
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Rocío Hortigüela
CEO
Entiba Energy
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Vivian Vendeirinho
Founder & Managing Director
RVE.SOL - Soluçoes de Energia Rural Lda

10:15 - 10:45    Networking Coffee Break

Microgrid Business Models, Part 1

10:45 - 12:00

From Electrification to Empowerment: Re-Defining Energy Access in Frontier Markets

Frank Bergh, P.E., LEED-AP
VP Grid Engineering
Sigora International
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Transforming Energy Access: Innovation Opportunities That Drive Performance Up and Cost Down

Dr. Angus Vantoch-Wood
Manager, Policy and Innovation
The Carbon Trust
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Evolving the Traditional Utility Business Model: From Centralized to Off-Grid Mini-Grids -- Not So Different

Irene Calvé Saborit
Business Development Manager
ENGIE - PowerCorner     View abstract

Arnaud Henin
Founding Partner
Gommyr Power Networks

12:00 - 13:15    Networking Luncheon

Microgrid Business Models, Part 2

13:15 - 14:30

Martin Baart
CEO
Ecoligo GmbH
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Microgrid Business Models and Challenges in the Due Diligence Process

Dr. Thomas Hillig
Managing Director
THEnergy Sustainable Consulting     View bio

Tackling Africa's Energy Crisis with Remote Power Units and Mini-grids

Nicholas Wrigley
CEO, Founder and Co-owner
Winch Energy Limited
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Rural Electrification: GEF Experience in Renewables-based Microgrids

Ming Yang
Sr. Climate Change Specialist
Global Environment Facility (GEF), World Bank
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14:30 - 15:00    Networking Coffee Break

Rural Microgrid Case Studies

15:00 - 16:30

Scaling SE4ALL: A Case Study of EarthSpark's work in Rural Haiti

Rachel McManus
Executive Director
EarthSpark International
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Integrated Monitoring and Control of Microgrid Operations For Rural Electrification

Stefan Trittler
Engineering Manager
E.ON Off Grid Solutions GmbH
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Renewable Energy When the Sun Doesn't Shine: How Ultra-Robust Wind & Energy Storage Boost PV Micro- and Hybrid Grid Feasibility

Gian Schelling
Business Development Manager
Northern Power Systems
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Update India: Microgrid Deployments, Trends, Lessons Learned, and Directions Forward

William Brent
Director
Power for All
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16:30 - 17:00    Networking Coffee Break

Market-Based, Grid-Tied Microgrids

17:00 - 18:00

Overcoming Challenges to Wider Applications of Grid-Tied Microgrids

Tony Fullelove
Program Director, Sustainable Energy Transformation and Microgrid Project
Monash University, Australia     View abstract

New Models for the Distributed Exchange of Energy and Grid Services

Juan Prieto
Manager, Optimization and Forecast
Indra
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18:00 - 19:00    Networking Drink Reception

 

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

To be held at IL3 facility
08:00 - 09:00    Registration and Continental Breakfast

Breakfast Briefing: Unleashing Finance so the Microgrid Sector Can Scale

08:00 - 09:00

Cathy Zoi
Co-Founder and President
ODYSSEY
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Advances in Microgrid Technologies and Strategies

09:00 - 10:15

Alexander Ochs
Managing Director, SD Strategies
Chair, LEDS GP Energy Working Group
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An Innovative Wind-Power Water Pumping System for Commercial Irrigation and Municipal Water Supply in the Middle East and Africa

Steve Drouilhet
CEO
Sustainable Power Systems, Inc     View abstract

Alex DeBroe
CEO
XANT, n.v., Belgium

Maritime Microgrid Technologies for Greener Seas

Dr. Josep M. Guerrero
Professor in Microgrid, IEEE Fellow
Department of Energy Technology
Aalborg University, Denmark
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10:15 - 10:45    Networking Coffee Break

Optimizing Off-Grid Microgrids

10:45 - 12:00

Dean Cooper
Global Sector Co-ordinator, Innovative Finance
SNV (The Hague, Netherlands)
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Mini-Grids in Africa: Experience from the Field

Pablo Muñoz
Technical Support Manager
Studer Innotec SA
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Remote Energy Monitoring System For Minigrids

Alex Riri Mari
Energy & IT Analyst
Strathmore Energy Research Centre, Kenya
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Arthur Jacquiau-Chamski
Vice President, Product Management
SparkMeter

12:00 - 13:00    Networking Luncheon

Grid Modernization and Transition Toward the Digital Utility of the Future, Part 1

13:00 - 14:15

Manel Sanmartí
Electical Engineering Research Area (EERA) and Barcelona Fusion Center (bFUS) Manager
Catalonia Energy Research Institute (IREC)
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Digitization or Digitalization? The Case for Microgrids

Aitor Amezua Ayarza
Business Unit Development Manager, Grid Automation
ZIV Aplicaciones y Tecnología
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Optimization and Machine Learning for Smart Microgrid Management

Bertrand Cornélusse
Assistant Professor of Smart Microgrids
Université de Liège
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Digitalization as Enabler of Microgrid Concept Expansion

Jose Luis Domínguez-García
Power Systems Group Leader
Catalonia Energy Research Institute (IREC)
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14:15 - 14:45    Networking Coffee Break

Grid Modernization and Transition Toward the Digital Utility of the Future, Part 2

14:45 - 15:45

Manel Sanmartí
Electical Engineering Research Area (EERA) and Barcelona Fusion Center (bFUS) Manager
Catalonia Energy Research Institute (IREC)
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Microgrids as an Extension of Future Digital Distribution Grids

Santiago Cascante
Head of Innovation - Global Infrastructure & Networks
ENEL    View bio

Microgrid for Commercial & Industrial Buildings: Grid-tied or Islandable, Solutions and Business Cases

Matthieu Mounier
Head of Microgrid & Digital Substation Solutions
Schneider Electric    View abstract

Risks and Advantages of Electrical Grid Digitalization: A Local DSO Perspective

Oriol Xalabarder
Chief Executive Officer
Electra Caldense Holding S.A.
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15:45 - 16:00    Networking Coffee Break

Interconnection Opportunities and Challenges within the Larger Grid

16:00 - 17:15

Added Value of Microgrids and Energy Storage in the Distribution Grid: A Case Study In Navarre

Gabriel García
Researcher and Industrial Engineer, Grid Integration Department
CENER     View abstract

Interconnection of Microgrids Using Distributed Model Predictive Control

Dr. Félix García-Torres
Microgrid Laboratory Responsible
Spanish National Center on Hydrogen
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Addressing an Unwelcome Guest in Microgrids: Supraharmonic Emissions

Noelia Uribe-Pérez
CEDER-CIEMAT
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