Smart Grid SIG
WCA Smart Grid SIG presents: Smart Grid Security: Challenges and Solutions
August 21st 2012, 4:00pm - 7:00pm (Sign-in begins at 3:30pm)
Venue: Synopsys Inc., Bldg B, 455 North Mary Ave, Sunnyvale CA
Cost: Early pre-registration is $20 before August 13th, $30 afterwards.
As we continue to build out our modern electric generation, transmission, and delivery infrastructure, we continue to learn more about what it takes to address the security challenges that come with it. In the earliest days of the Smart Grid, we often made security decisions based on educated guesses combined with limited experience.
Moderator:
-- Mike Ahmadi, COO, GraniteKey LLC
Panelists:
-- Rohit Khera, Lead Cybersecurity Architect, S&C Electric Company
-- Craig Rosen, Director, Technology Risk & Strategy, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
-- Charles (Chuck) Speicher, Managing Principal, Secure System Center Practice, McAfee
-- Chris Villarreal, Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
While we still have a long way to go before we can state we fully understand the challenges, time has granted us a bit more wisdom. Hopefully, this sets us on a path that helps us focus on security practices and technologies that deliver maximum value for the resources applied.
Join this session as stakeholders discuss what they have learned and what direction the industry is taking towards securing our Smart Grid.
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WCA Smart Grid SIG Leadership
Stephen McGrath - WCA Director & SIG Co-Chair
Francie Miller - WCA Director & SIG Co-Chair
Steven R. Ray - SIG Co-Chair
Janet Dulsky - SIG Marketing Lead
D. Mike Ahmadi - Event Chair
Steve Farrell - Event Chair
Gene Summerville - Event Chair
Recent WCA Smart Grid SIG Events
Smart Grid Standards Soup: An Update on the State of Smart Grid Standards Evolution
-- Moderator: Erich Gunther, EnerNex / SGIP
-- Toby Considine, Principal, TC9 (Energy Usage Information)
-- Mary Ann Piette, DRRC Research Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Demand Response)
-- Rik Drummond, CEO and Chief Scientist, Drummond Group Inc (Testing)
-- Dean Prochaska, NIST (Standards)
-- Aloke Gupta, CPUC (Regulatory)
September 2011 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Electric Vehicles in the Smart Grid
-- Special Speaker: The Honorable George Shultz, Former US Secretary of State
-- Moderator: John Addison, Author, Publisher, www.cleanfleetreport.com
-- Rob Bearman, Director of Global Alliances, Energy & Utilities Group, Better Place
-- Richard Lowenthal, Founder & CTO, Coulomb Technologies
-- Trae Vassallo, Partner (Fisker Automotive), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
-- Saul Zambrano, Director Integrated Demand Side Management Product Portfolio Lead, PG&E
-- Mike Wojcik, Enterprise Data Sales Director, Verizon Wireless
January 2011 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Smart Grid Security -- Challenges and Solutions
-- Moderator: D. Mike Ahmadi, COO, GraniteKey
-- Dr. Isaac Ghansah, Professor of Computer Science, CSU Sacramento
-- Rohit Khera, Strategic Planning & Architecture - Smart Grid Technology, PG&E
-- Christopher Villarreal, Regulatory Analyst, CPUC
-- Pan Kamal, Director of Marketing, AlertEnterprise
-- Aditi Dubey, Software & Hardware Product Manager, Silver Spring Networks
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline
September 2010 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Demand Response in the Residential Market - Hype or Hope?
-- Moderator: Eric Wesoff, Senior Analyst, Greentech Media
-- Mary Ann Piette, Deputy Head of Building Technologies Dept., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
-- Mark W. Toney PhD, Executive Director, TURN
-- Scott Hublou, SVP Products, Ecofactor
-- Jim Nichols, Enterprise Architect, EnerNOC
-- Aloke Gupta, Senior Energy Analyst - Energy Division, California Public Utilities Commission
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline
May 2010 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Home Energy Management in the Smart Grid World
-- Moderator: Vito Longo, Technology Editor, Transmission & Distribution World
-- James Dempsey, Vice President for Public Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology
-- Paul Nagel, Vice President of Strategic Development, Control4 Energy Systems
-- Ted Reguly, Director of Smart Meter Program Office, SDG&E
-- Raj Vaswani, CTO, Silver Spring Networks
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline
January 2010 : WCA Smart Grid SIG
Smart Grid Evolution -- 2010 and Beyond
-- Moderator: TJ Glauthier, President, TJG Energy Associates LLC
-- Andy Balaschak, Dir. Product Management, Tropos - Presentation
-- Rob Conant, VP of Infrastructure Development, Trilliant - Presentation
-- Bob Friday, Dir. Strategic Initiatives, WNBU, Cisco - Presentation
-- Nada Golmie, Group Leader, Emerging and Mobile Network Technologies, NIST - Presentation
-- Aloke Gupta, Senior Energy Analyst, CPUC - Presentation
-- Robert Gustin, Industry Solutions Manager Utilities, Sprint Nextel - Presentation
-- Michael Wojcik, Manager, Enterprise Data Solutions, Verizon Wireless - Presentation
-- Seppo Yrjola, Principal Innovator, CTO unit, Nokia Siemens Networks - Presentation
About the WCA Smart Grid SIG
Silicon Valley and Northern California are rich in technology companies active in smart grid developments. We, all, have a stake in how these changes come about. The WCA Smart Grid SIG gives us the opportunity to network, discuss, and learn about the issues that affect our region, in particular, as well as nationally and internationally.
The WCA Smart Grid SIG is a neutral, unbiased forum for education, networking and exchange of smart grid knowledge, so you can hear all the perspectives - utilities, regulators, service providers, telecom... - and have a chance to debate the different sides of this complex industry. Through such interactions we aim to clarify and expose opportunities for collaborations or innovative business ideas.
The WCA Smart Grid SIG events spotlight presentations by experts and leaders from around the world on a wide spectrum of topics including: the technical and marketing aspects of smart grid products and services, regulatory issues, standards, and investor-driven market analysis.
Attendees have ready access to these global experts at convenient, local venues.
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