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| Haskell/IEEE Conference on |
| SMART GRID Consumer and Utility Perspectives |
| Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, Maine |
Conference Schedule
| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| Dr. Mohamad Musavi, Chair and Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Dr. Dana Humphrey, Dean, College of Engineering | |
| 8:15 a.m. – 12noon | Morning Session/Definition and Consumer Perspective |
| Mr. John McDonald, General Electric | |
| Title: National Smart Grid Road Map and Need for Standards | |
| Ms. Patty Durand, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative | |
| Title: Consumer Segmentation 101: Creating a Marketing and Education Strategy | |
| 9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| Ms. Laney Brown and Mr. Brian Conroy, Central Maine Power | |
| Title: CMP - Building a Stronger, Smarter Grid for Maine | |
| Ms. Kendra Overlock, Banfor Hydro Electric Company | |
| Title: Smart Grid at Bangor Hydro: Current Projects, Future Strategy | |
| Rep. Jon Hinck, Maine House of Representatives | |
| Title: Setting Coordinates for a Maine Smart Grid Roadmap | |
| 12noon – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Afternoon Session/Utility Perspective |
| Dr. Vasudev Gharpure, Quanta-Technology | |
| Title: Synchrophasor Fundamentals, performance requirements and the role of NASPI's Performance and Standards Task Team | |
| Mr. David Bertagnolli, ISO-NE | |
| Title: Fundamental phenomenon of the traditional power system and the ISO-NE Synchrophasor Infrastructure and Data Utilization project | |
| Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty, FREEDM Systems Center, North Carolina State University | |
| Title: Wide-Area Phasor Measurement Technology and Wind Energy Integration | |
| 2:50 - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| Mr. Larry Fish, Underground Systems, Inc. | |
| Title: Utilization of Real-Time Data for the Smart Grid | |
| Mr. Eli Nelson, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Pullman WA | |
| Title: How the Smart Grid objectives are shaping product features and design: a manufacturer's view of the Smart Grid | |
| Dr. Caryl Johnson, Introspective Systems | |
| Title: Adaptive Microgrid Control: an Autonomic Approach to Integration | |

