Programme

• Creating avenues for dialogue between commercial services, manufactures and grid operators to achieve the integration of an interoperable and optimal AMI system
• Implementing a common information model for data access by consumers and third parties
• Implementing consumer orientated solutions that create an environment conducive to customers engagement with energy to achieves energy efficiency, encouraged prosumers and the trading of energy
• Effectively interpreting standards to fully capitalise on the benefits of customer-centric smart meters, achieve digitalisation of the distribution network and assist the creation of flexibility markets

• Effectively integrating standardisation throughout your AMI system design to ensure future system expansion and improvement
• Creating interoperability across smart meters and several vendors to guarantee assets are future-proofed whilst generating the greatest ROI
• Exploring different technologies and protocols that are available to understand what is really important
• Conceptualising the difference between ‘interoperable’ and ‘interchangeable’ to find solutions for your specific grid environment
• Overcoming restrictive standards to fully capitalise on new technologies and maximise innovation
• Creating strategies for using different technologies at the same time to create a future-proofed AMI system architecture
• Understanding the ever-charging demands from new grid structure to realise opportunities in the energy transition

During this session 3-4 technology innovators will present the results of their system implementations and discuss their product development plans to support the large-scale deployment of next generation metering infrastructure. This is your opportunity to quiz the tech experts, influence the shape and form of future products, and ensure the close collaboration of utilities and suppliers in the drive toward 100% smart meter coverage by 2024.

During this session, the audience breaks out into several smaller working groups, each focused on a specific theme arising from the day’s presentations. Each working group will comprise of representatives from the AMI community to ensure a well-rounded and holistic discussion. Key issues raised and solutions proposed will be collated for presentation to the wider group at the end of the session.

• Implementing a thorough rollout plan that incorporates the training of fieldworkers to reduce installation time and meter maintenance
• Overcoming the limited number of installation technicians through investing in inhouse training or outsourcing to contractors
• Working to foster increased customer mistrust with contractors entering their home to ensure greater ease to domestic properties
• Establishing optimal timelines for training inhouse technicians at minimal expenditure
• Establishing and delivering a comprehensive roadmap to ensure field force efficiency and that daily, monthly and yearly installation targets are met

• Leveraging advanced analytics to model consumption patterns and enable capacity driven production of electricity
• Combining smart meter data, grid load profiles and weather data to support the integration of intermittent renewable resources
• Clustering smart meter data for customer profiling and predicting how customers will react to dynamic tariffs to facilitate demand side management
• Using machine learning algorithms for analysing grid edge data to shave peak demand by informing customers of their load profiles in conjunction with dynamic tariffs
• Making short-term load forecasting more accurate to maintain grid frequency and ensure security and quality of supply whilst scaling up the smart grid

• Establishing granular consumer production and consumption patterns to maintain grid frequency whilst supporting the integration of more renewable resources sources
• Modelling smart meter data to better monitor microgeneration and support the creation of a flexibility market
• Understanding the ability of real-time home consumption data to monitor home EV charging and reduce customer billing in conjunction with dynamic tariffs
• Overcoming the privacy concerns of sharing home consumption data to facilitate the establishment of local flexibility markets
• Navigating the regulatory framework, effectively analysing real time data and collaborating with governing bodies to more effectively manage the LV network

• Creating strategies for integrating next generation advanced metering products into existing systems and investment cycles
• Establishing tactics for the DSOs to keep pace with the rapidly changing technologies through the long procurement and roll out phase
• Keeping up to date with new products and services entering the market to ensure you select the optimal solution
• Creating relationships with suppliers and establishing standards to avoid supplier lock-in to ensure systems can be easily upgraded
• Determining the key use cases for which smart meter data can be used to help inform minimum standards and standardise functionalities
• Deploying an AMI system that is interoperable with existing infrastructure and easily upgraded to future proof your smart meter rollout

During this session, the audience breaks out into several smaller working groups, each focused on a specific theme arising from the day’s presentations. Each working group will comprise of representatives from the AMI community to ensure a well-rounded and holistic discussion. Key issues raised and solutions proposed will be collated for presentation to the wider group at the end of the session.