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VIRTUAL EDITION | 27-30 JANUARY 2021

IN PERSON EDITION | 27-29 OCTOBER 2021
IECC, PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI, INDIA

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Summit Agenda

Please Note: The below Agenda will be updated with the new event dates when confirmed. The layout of the agenda is correct as present, however the dates of the Summit will change in due course

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09:00
  1. Welcome Coffee
    Exhibition Hall
    45 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
09:45
  1. INAUGURATION CEREMONY
    Exhibition Hall
    15 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
10:00
  1. WELCOME ADDRESS BY SHRI. ANIL RAZDAN
    15 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Chairperson
    Anil Razdan
    Mr Anil Razdan, Chairman of the PGID/IUW Advisory Committee | Former Secretary of Power and Special Secretary / Additional Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas
10:15
  1. OPENING KEYNOTE PLENARY: MAJOR TRENDS OF INDIA’S ENERGY TRANSITION
    105 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Topics to be covered include:
    • Government initiatives to achieve “Power for All”
    • Rethinking how the central/state regulatory environments operate
    • Achieving energy security by optimizing generation efficiency
    • Greening the grid
12:00
  1. Tea/Coffee Break
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
12:30
  1. LEADERSHIP SESSION I: THE ENERGY TRANSITION CHALLENGE – VALUE CHAIN/SECTOR MOBILISATION
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit

    How is the energy sector embracing India’s transition towards ‘Power for All’ and addressing the associated challenges that are impacting an evolving value chain, from utilities and OEMs to EPCs and manufacturers.

    Topics include:
    • Regulatory reform – what is needed in the mid and long term to enable a renewable rich environment?
    • Finance and investment – where we are and where we need to be
    • Nurturing both the conventional mothership and renewable adolescent – what steps is industry collectively taking to achieve a happy family?
    • Facing up-to the renewable energy integration challenge

     

    Speakers
    Doug Waters
    Mr Doug Waters, Director Energy Services - Uniper
    Rahul Walawalkar
    Dr Rahul Walawalkar, President and MD - India Energy Storage Alliance
    Ajay Mathur
    Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
13:30
  1. Lunch
    Exhibition Hall
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
14:30
  1. LEADERSHIP SESSION II: RESTRUCTURING PROJECT FINANCING IN THE POWER SECTOR
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Successfully securing finance for power projects remains a challenge in India, with growing calls from industry for project funding to be restructured, in particular to encourage greater investment from the private sector. What should that restructure look like?
15:30
  1. Coffee Break
    Exhibition Hall
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
16:00
  1. INITIATE! – A GLOBAL ENERGY MOVEMENT
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit

     

    A global platform to Initiate! change for a bold and brighter future.

    Spearheading the Initiate! India movement
    • The Indian landscape for Next Generation Technology and Next Generation Talent
    • Building a roadmap together – Where do we want to get to and how? What are the investment challenges and opportunities?
    • Accepting the challenge and next steps- How can the sector make a difference?
    Initiate! India Taskforce

17:00
  1. Networking Reception
    Exhibition Hall
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
09:30
  1. Welcome Coffee
    Exhibition Hall
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
10:00
  1. Ensuring Effective Grid Management
    90 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    The ability to operate and manage grids, whether transmission or distribution-based, is paramount, but can be easier said than done in a market undergoing an energy transition. The challenges facing grid operators and utilities in India are explored and the available solutions discussed.
  2. Reimagining Coal in a Carbon-Constrained, Evolving Market
    90 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Operating conventional assets in a market with growing intermittent inputs from renewables, stronger environmental controls and the need for ever-greater efficiency is no mean feat. How can and how is coal-based power generation responding to those pressures?
    Chairperson
    R.K. Sachdev
    Mr R.K. Sachdev, President - Coal Preparation Society of India
    Speakers
    Animesh Kumar
    Mr Animesh Kumar, Regional Director - Uniper India
    Asif Hussain
    Mr Asif Hussain, Senior Vice President - Sumitomo SHI FW
11:30
  1. Coffee Break
    Exhibition Hall
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
12:00
  1. Panel Discussion: Smart Meters & Other AMI: Gearing up of Smart Meters and their Speedy Deployment
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    With the government considering an ambitious smart meter roll-out, experts discuss whether the time is right for such a move in India.
    Speakers
    Rajiv Kumar
    Mr Rajiv Kumar, General Manager - EESL
    Udayan Ganguly
    Mr Udayan Ganguly, General Manager, Technical - CESC Ltd.
  2. Panel Discussion: How to Address the Stressed Assets Issue
    60 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    An 'elephant in the room' issue as India transitions its power sector is its stressed conventional assets. How should this issue be addressed?
13:00
  1. Lunch
    Exhibition Hall
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
14:00
  1. Smart Grid Projects: Present Status and Latest Financing Update
    75 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    Financial experts showcase new and innovative models, deal structures and routes to successfully access finance T&D infrastructure projects.
    Chairperson
    Arun Kumar Mishra
    Mr Arun Kumar Mishra, Director - National Smart Grid Mission - NPMU
  2. Panel Discussion: Reinvigorating the Renewable Energy Boom
    75 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Despite India's having one of the most ambitious renewable energy targets in the world, tendering activity has all but stopped. Why is this and what needs to be done to reinvigorate the sector and get the money flowing again?
    Chairperson
    Anurag Mishra
    Mr Anurag Mishra, Energy Team Leader - USAID
    Speakers
    Sachin Gupta
    Mr Sachin Gupta, COO & Director - Caparo Power Limited
15:15
  1. Coffee Break
    Exhibition Hall
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
15:45
  1. Digitalization and Changing Landscape of the Energy Utilities, Virtual Power Plants and Blockchain Technologies for Power Utility
    75 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    In an ever-more digitalised and interconnected world, digital solutions to real-world problems faced by utilities are presented.
    Chairperson
    Praveen Kumar Agarwal
    Mr Praveen Kumar Agarwal, Former Director, Market Operations & Chief Information Security Officer - Power System Operation Corporation Ltd.
    Speakers
    Ajoy Rajani
    Mr Ajoy Rajani, Director - OBO Consulting
  2. Panel Discussion: Quality & Safety in the Power Sector: Taking it to the Next Level
    75 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Starting with a presentation from the QCi

    India has made significant advances toward implementing best-practice benchmarks with regard to quality and safety in its power sector, but what needs to happen to take it to the next level?
    Chairperson
    Joerg Gmeinbauer
    Mr Joerg Gmeinbauer, Global Vice President, Power & Utilities - Bureau Veritas
17:00
  1. Networking Reception
    Exhibition Hall
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
09:30
  1. Welcome Coffee
    Exhibition Hall
    30 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
10:00
  1. Panel Discussion: Rural Electrification: Progress Update
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    In April 2018, 100% of village electrification was announced, but the situation is more nuanced. Experts discuss this successful programme but explore why more still has to be done.
    Chairperson
    Suman Ghorai
    Mr Suman Ghorai, Director-Energy - CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
  2. Panel Discussion: The Challenge of Being an IPP
    60 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    Being an independent power producer(IPP) can be challenging, especially for the small ones, who will spearhead power generation development in remote areas of India. What are their current pain points and how should they be addressed?
    Speakers
    Sachin Gupta
    Mr Sachin Gupta, COO & Director - Caparo Power Limited
11:00
  1. E-Mobility and Storage, and their Impact on Power System
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    With an ambitious target for the electrification of transport, key stakeholders demonstrate how India’s power suppliers can look to best leverage this 'new kid on the block’.
    Speakers
    Jitendra Nalwaya
    Mr Jitendra Nalwaya, Vice President - BSES Yamuna Power Limited
    Debi Prasad Dash
    Mr Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director - India Energy Storage Alliance
  2. R&D’s Growing Importance to Industry
    60 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    The importance of the R&D conducted by engineering research institutions and universities to the power industry is often overlooked. We explore its importance in India.
12:00
  1. Lunch
    Exhibition Hall
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit
13:00
  1. Customer Engagement Strategies & Technologies
    60 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    With customers now demanding more than electrons from their supplier, the pressure in on the latter to develop innovative strategies and technology roadmaps for enhanced customer engagement.
  2. Panel Discussion: Gas to Power: Its Potential Explored
    60 mins
    • POWERGEN India Summit
    With the construction of several LNG import terminals underway to partly address the fuel shortage issue, coupled with its potential role in supporting the greater integration of renewables, should natural gas become a fundamental part of India's energy transition?
    Chairperson
    C.R. PRASAD
    Dr C.R. PRASAD, Chairman & Managing Director - Everest Power Private Limited
    Speakers
    Rajeev Mathur
    Mr Rajeev Mathur, Executive Director - GAIL (India) Ltd.
14:00
  1. VALEDICTORY SESSION CLOSING KEYNOTE PLENARY: FUTURE MEGA TRENDS IN INDIA’S POWER SECTOR
    90 mins
    • Indian Utility Week Summit
    • POWERGEN India Summit

    As India continues along its energy transition pathway, experts share what they see as the future mega trends in the country power sector.

    Topics Include:

    • Reskilling of the workforce, especially in the public sector
    • Greater efficiency and flexibility
    • Tighter environmental controls
    • Diversity and inclusion to maximize the skills mix
    • Growing Power of the consumer

 

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