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Tuesday 1 March, 1.30pmSkyCity, Auckland

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2016 FORUM THEMES• Use of smart data in managing the

modern smart grid

• Responding to the new smart technology opportunity

• The road markers to look for when considering the right time for grid development

• Options for increased sector efficiency and collaboration

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AGENDA1.30pm Registration opens, tea and coffee available

2.00pm Welcome from the Chair – Julian Elder

2.05pm Leader’s panel – View from the top Three lines company leaders share their views on which energy sector trends

are going to have the biggest impact on managing a network, and may be more importantly when they will affect day-to-day business.

• Responding to the new smart technology opportunity • Including the customer more in the decision-making process • Options for cross sector collaboration to improve productivity • The aspects of network management most likely to keep a CEO awake at night Mark Gatland – Chief Executive, Northpower Brett Norriss – Chief Executive, The Lines Company Andrew Tombs – Chief Executive, Alpine Energy Julian Elder – Facilitator

2.45pm Consumer uptake and potential impacts of smart grid technologies The Smart Grid Forum has commissioned Otago’s Centre for Sustainability to carry

out 3 related studies to support its investigation of how New Zealand can enjoy the benefits of the smart grid without the risk of negative unintended consequences:

• Consumers and the smart home • Prosumer communities • Early adopters of edge technologies The research is to contrast NZ experience internationally using a combination of

case studies and market surveys. Rebecca Ford – Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability

Tuesday 1 March, Marlborough Rooms, SkyCity Convention Centre

3.15pm Forum sponsor presentation Michael Pienaar – General Manager Sales and Marketing, Nexans

3.30pm Afternoon tea, coffee and a morsel

4.00pm Transmission tomorrow The uncertain impact of energy sector trends (such as the growth in distributed renewable generation) on the management and operation of the transmission network. Looking for the road markings which indicate a material change requires

action. Stephen Jay – General Manager Grid Development, Transpower

4.30pm Planning for embedded generation – lessons from the UK experience The future impact of embedded generation on the New Zealand distribution

industry is difficult to predict and unlikely to exactly replicate international experience. Strategic planning and an adaptive customer-focused network strategy will help identify key constraints and network reinforcements, making them transparent to asset owners, customers and developers.

Edward Jones – Principal Engineer, Mitton ElectroNet

5.00pm Closing remarks from the Chair

5.05pm Networking drinks and canapés

6.00pm End

To register, please RSVP by email to Neil Wembridge atneil.wembridge@freemanmedia.co.nz

Dear [first name]

You are invited to an exclusive Network Managers’ Forum to be held

during the afternoon of 1st March, before the 2016 Downstream

conference. The forum brings together New Zealand’s network managers

and their teams to discuss important sector issues.

This exclusive, complimentary event is open to all network staff involved

with managing, designing, operating and building New Zealand’s

transmission and distribution systems.

Feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.

We look forward to seeing you there.