IEEE Technology Time Machine

Symposium on Technologies Beyond 2020

http://ttm.ieee.org

May 23-25, 2012, Dresden, Germany

IEEE TTM is a unique event for industry icons, academics, and government leaders who direct R&D activities, manage strategic programs, or oversee innovative product and service portfolios. It engages world‐renowned technology thought leaders in conversation about revolutionary and evolutionary advances in technology landscapes as we look forward to 2020. The Symposium is structured to facilitate informal interaction between attendees and senior business leaders and world‐renowned innovators, as well as the opportunity to visit leading German research institutes and industries.

Keynote speakers include:

• Peter Bauer, CEO, Infineon
• Carl‐Peter Forster, former CEO, Tata‐Motors
• James Truchard, CEO, National Instruments
• Anjali Kasturia, Director of Product Mgmt, Google
• Karsten Ottenberg, CEO, Giesecke & Devrient

…and many others from NASA, DLR, Vodafone, Oracle, IBM, SenSys, Kofler Energies, Telecom Italia, EIT ICT Labs, NSN, SafeAmerica, ZMDI, Fraunhofer HHI and FOKUS. A selected set of technologies, their current state of maturity, and scenarios for the future will be covered. Plenary and general session topics include:

• Robotics and Cyber Physical Systems
• Collective Intelligence
• Future of Media
• Sustainable Energy
• Smart Vehicular Transportation
• Smart Power Electronics
• Future of Networks
• Security
• Cloud Computing and Communications
• Future Applications
• e‐Health
• Electronics Beyond CMOS

Join us and share your views on setting future trends and directions! See the flyer here.

IEEE standards simplify, accelerate smart grid

Publication: Fierce Smart Grid
Issue Date: Mar 2012

IEEE's series of smart grid and wireless standards is streamlining the way home networks and smart grid components share and transport data, and laying the groundwork for future infrastructure development. Read more

Wanted: Students in the smart grid pipeline - IEEE PES pursues objectives to attract and retain talent

Publication: Intelligent Utility
Issue Date: Mar 2012

By 2020 about half the utility workforce could retire, taking with them vital experience, skills and knowledge. These retirees include engineers and technicians. Faculty in related, higher education are retiring, too. Read more

On the Hot Seat: IEEE's Stefano Galli

Publication: Fierce Smart Grid
Issue Date: Feb 2012

Stefano Galli: Many people think that Smart Grid is all about modernizing the aging grid. Certainly that is necessary in many countries, but Smart Grid involves much more than that. Read more

On The Hot Seat With IEEE's Avnaesh Jayantilal

Publication: Fierce Smart Grid
Issue Date: Feb 2012

Avnaesh Jayantilal: The key drivers are changing environmental attitudes - specifically, the strong interest in creating a sustainable environment for future generations - and, the political imperative to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy. A related economic driver is recognizing the real economic cost of green house gas emissions. Read more

Smart grid substation and feeder automation

Publication: Fierce Smart Grid
Issue Date: Feb 2012

One of the most common definitions of Smart Grid is that it will bring together the operational and information technology infrastructure of a utility to create a more intelligent, efficient and reliable grid. Substation and feeder automation technologies will play important roles in bringing operations and IT together to create better and smarter grids, but utilities must deploy the technologies effectively to fully realize these benefits. Read more

Vehicle-to-Grid Development & Integration: EnVision 2030 SPECIAL V2G FEATURE (Part 1 of 3)

Publication: Electric Energy Online
Issue Date: Feb 2012

This is the first installment of our 3-part interview with Dr. Russell Lefevre, a widely recognized IEEE Smart Grid technical expert and chair of the IEEE Steering Committee on Electric Vehicles. Dr. Lefevre is an IEEE Fellow, past president of IEEE-USA, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society of IEEE. The interview is conducted by Jon Brock, EnVision 2030 Contributing Editor. This initial session addresses the roles that electric vehicles will play in the future of Smart Grid and the benefits they can provide. Some of the pertinent issues around consumer acceptance of these new and emerging electric vehicle technologies are also discussed. Parts 2 and 3 – appearing in the July-August and November-December 2012 issues – will delve deeper into other facets of V2G development and deployment; be sure to watch for them! Read more

Managing intermittency key to wind power integration

Publication: FierceEnergy
Issue Date: Jan 2012

Integrating wind power into the U.S. smart grid poses challenges for the energy industry, but new forecasting and price shifting techniques are helping overcome distribution obstacles related to generation intermittancy and load management. Read more

EPRI exec: Asset owners balking at NERC CIP's quick-change act

Publication: SmartGridToday
Issue Date: Jan 2012

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Rapid changes to NERC's critical infrastructure protection (CIP) standards are inhibiting owners of grid equipment from investing in communications gear that could . . . Read more

Planning, Architecting and Executing Smart Grid Transformation

TIME: December 6, 2011 2:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM PDT / 19:00 GMT (Duration: 1 hour)

DESCRIPTION: Prior to implementing the smart grid transformation, proper governance is necessary in order to achieve successful results. During initial stages adoption, deployment planning, systematic and formal delivery process, requirements management, enterprise modeling, portfolio management, and team collaboration, need to be completed.

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