Confirmed Speakers

Mr. Ajai Garg

Director (HoD International Cooperation & Bilateral Trade, Innovation and IPR) Sr Director at Ministry of Electronics & Information

Mr. Somesh Kumar

EY - Power & Leader, Power & Utilities

Mr. Vinit Mishra

Partner -Technology Consulting, Power and Utility - Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. Amit Sharmaa

Director, Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. N. Kishor Narang

Founder, Mentor, Principal Design Strategist & Architect - NARNIX TECHNOLABS PVT. LTD.

Mr. R Lakshmanan IAS

CEO - REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited

Dr Tulika Pandey

Director - Cyber Security & Digital Village, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India,

Mr. Sombuddha Chaudhury

Head (IT) - Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Mr. Sanjeev Sinha

President-IT & Digitization - India Power Corporation Ltd (IPCL)

Mr. Abhishek Ranjan

Sr. VP Strategy & Head - Utilities & Retail - ReNew Power

Mr. Yogesh Kumar

Director (Commercial) - Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd

Dr. Arup Sinha

Vice President – Utility Practice at Virtuoso Technologies and Consulting

Mr. Umashankar Gantayat

Independent Energy Utility Consultant

Mr. Atul Pratap Singh

DISTRIBUTION AND ENERGY AUDIT - Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited

Mr. Alex Hogeveen Rutter

Private Sector Specialist - International Solar Alliance

Mr. Prabhat Goel

Industry & Technical Advisor Eurovent Certita

Mr. Shobhit Jain

Technical Manager, CommScope India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Santosh Kumar Jain

DGM, GRIID INDIA - ( Erst While POSOCO)

Mr. ER Pankaj Dadwal

Managing Director - Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd

Mr. Manu Srivastava

Principal Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Mr. Bhadresh Bachubhai Mehta

Director [SLDC, IT & Telecom] Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd

Mr. Mukesh Dadhich

Head- Sustainability and Clean Technology, Business development and NTI -BSES

Mr. Arijit Mitra

Vice President, Information Technology, NPCL Noida Power Company Limited

Mr. Arindam Ghosh

Leader & Partner - Power Sector Advisory, Nangia Andersen LLP

Mr. Debashis Sarkar

Managing Director (in-charge) & Director (Technical) Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited

Mr. Ebin Thomas

Regional Sales (S.A.E) APAC, Middle East and North Africa at Anyline GmbH

Mr. Manoj Kumar

Chief Information Technology - Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited

Dr Faruk Kazi

Professor & Dean of Research & Development at VJTI, Mumbai

Mr. Prabhajit Kumar Sarkar

Managing Director & CEO, Power Exchange India Limited

Mr. Rajesh Bansal

Former CEO of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.

Mr. Alok Mishra

Business Lead Power Grid - Asia Pacific - DNV

Mr. Suman Dasgupta

Principal Consultant, Infosys Limited

Mr. Suddhasatta Kundu

Lead - Strategy & Transformation (Engergy & Utility) - RTI International

Mr. Chetan Pathak

Assistant Vice President - Business Development, Log9 Materials Scientific Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Akilur Rahman

Chief Technology Officer - Hitachi Energy India Limited

Mr. Ajay Sharma

Chief Operating Officer - Reliance Energy

Mr. Bruno Goveas

Director, Cloud Security - Akamai Technologies

Mr. Devesh Jha

Manager Sales (Digital) - GE T&D India Ltd.

Mr. Neeraj Bisht

Engineering Leader -Turnkey Digital Projects GE T&D India Ltd

Ms. Anjuli Chandra

Director - Ex Member Punjab State Electricity Board and Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Mr. Fabien Petitgrand

Chief Technology Officer at Ubiik Inc. & Board Member at La French Tech Taiwan

Mr. Arindam Sanyal

Deputy General Manager (Distribution Automation) at CESC Limited

Dr. Shivani Sharma

Principal Technical Consultant, Power Consulting - Hitachi Energy India Limited

Mr. Vijayan Sr

Principal Technical Consultant - Enterprise Software, Grid Automation at Hitachi Energy

Mr. Vikrant Sangwan

SE IT, Planning & Design, Power Procurement & Material Management wings - in DHBVN

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh

Head Digital Technology & Short-Term Power Market - PTC India Limited

Mr. Vikram Gandotra

IEEMA, National Executive Council Member & Head – Utilities Sales & Strategy, Siemens Ltd.

Mr. Nihar Raj

Vice President (O&M) at Adani Transmission Ltd

Mr. Sumit Dey

General Manager - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd.

Mr. Abhijit Patil

Assitant Vice President - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd

Mr. Abhijit Joglekar

Assitant Vice President- Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd.

Mr. Anshuman Sharma

General Manager - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd

Mr. Vivek Jain

Business Head, Public Sector, India Akamai Technologies

Mr. Subrata Das

Head of Utilities Global Business Unit (India ) , Oracle Energy and Water

Mr. Debasis Mohapatra

Director - Sustainable Outreach and Universal Leadership (SOUL) Limited

Mr. P.K. Agarwal

Sr Technical Advisor Former Director & CISO, POSOCO Ltd.

Mr. Bhaskar Natarajan

Director Researchs & Programme - Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE)

Ms. Poonam Kaura

Partner - Government and Public Sector Advisory - Nangia Andersen LLP

Mr. Atul Mathur

DGM Engineering - Powergrid
Digital Utility India Summit

Digital transformation for utilities to stay ahead of the curve

Among the industries facing big challenges and having tremendous opportunities in digital innovation and digital transformation is the utilities industry.

Digital Utility 2022 will allow the exploration of successful implementation of recent case studies within Digital Business and its unique strategies. The conference will bring together key industry stakeholders for exchanging perspectives, learning and excellent networking opportunities with your peers to address current challenges of the digitization in the utilities sector. Join us in to receive expert insights on business cases, financial aspects and technological advancements in the industry through latest case studies, discussions and interactive networking sessions focusing on innovation and technology, cyber security, customer experience and much more.

While utilities may face some unique challenges, the imperative to digitally transform is far from unique. All industries are undergoing digital transformations. The results are telling: companies that invested heavily in digital transformation are now reaping rewards.

Objectives of Utilities - Top priorities from Digital Transformation

  • Enhancing customer experience
  • Improving operational efficiencies
  • Digitalizing the learning and development program for employees

Hurdles Utilities experiencing in their Digital Transformation Journey

  • Complex decision making process
  • Legacy systems and cultural resistance to change
  • Lack of digital vision and awareness of potential impact
  • Lack of appreciation of business case and long term ROI

Solutions Utilities looking to implement

  • Advanced distribution management solutions (ADMS)
  • Decentralized Energy System (DES)
  • Geospatial Services (GIS)
  • Enterprise Asset management (EAM)
  • Advanced energy management system (AEMS)
  • Cyber security
  • Data Analytics and Management
  • Digital twins

Key Topics

  • A Look at The Future of Digital Utilities
  • The Importance of Customer Experience and Anticipating Their Expectations
  • Digitally enabled customer centric business models
  • GIS implementation
  • Digital enablement of workforce
  • Exploring Changing Business Models
  • Operational Focus: The Digital Era
  • Addressing the Challenges of Cyber Security and New Innovations for The Future
  • Trading Markets
  • Utilities Approach to Data Analytics and Management
  • The Benefits of Data Sharing in Digital Utilities

Who will attend?

During the course of the event, industry leaders and experts from major public and private utility companies will be coming together, creating great networking opportunities. High profile speakers will be sharing their knowledge and expertise on the key aspects of digitalization. This will allow you to gather new and vital information from industry innovators, which will be invaluable for future strategies.

The event is designed with special interest to CTO'S, CIO'S, CDO'S and Heads of Digital innovation looking to develop and enhance their technological solutions. Furthermore, attendees include transmission, power generation, distribution & supply companies and lastly TNO's/TSO'S & DNO'S/DSO'S.


Opportunities to Meet Your Target Audience:

Showcase your case studies technologies to the industry, with opportunities to demonstrate the capabilities of your latest products and services. Companies can gain direct access to our senior level audience and have an increased level of visibility and exposure through branding and networking at the conference. This will allow you to attract new business and forge lasting commercial relationships.

Attending Job titles

  • CTO’s
  • CIO’s
  • CDO’s
  • Heads of Digital Innovation
  • Transmission Companies
  • Utility Companies
  • Power Generation Companies
  • Distribution and Supply Companies
  • TNO’s/TSO’s
  • DNO’s/DSO’

Utility Industry Transformation

Agenda

Digital Utility 2022

  • 1st Day
    24 Nov. 2022
  • 2nd Day
    25 Nov. 2022

24 November 2022

09:00 am – 09:20 am

Registration, Refreshments And Networking

24 November 2022

09:20 am - 09:30 am

Conference Inaguration and Opening Speech By Chairperson

24 November 2022

09:30 am - 10:00 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Regulations and Policy towards Digital Technology and Renewable in the Industry

  • Mr. Ajai Garg
    Director (HoD International Cooperation & Bilateral Trade, Innovation and IPR) Sr Director at Ministry of Electronics & Information
  • Mr. Manu Srivastava - IAS
    Principal Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh
  • Mr. P.K. Agarwal
    Sr Technical Advisor Former Director & CISO, POSOCO Ltd.

24 November 2022

10:00 am - 11:00 am

PANEL DISCUSSION - 1

Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS)

  • * How to choose the right solution to improve utility’s safety, reliability, asset protection and quality of service
  • * Unified Decision Support Environment
  • * Grid Modernization
  • * Track & Restore Outages
  • * Integrating smart meter data and IOT inputs with ADMS
  • * how adms enables transition of a Discom to DSO - distributed system operations
  • * How ADMS can help in deep decarbonazation

Moderator - Amith Sharma - Director - Ernst & Young LLP

  • Mr. Abhijit Patil
    Assitant Vice President - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd
  • Mr. Santosh Kumar Jain
    DGM, GRIID INDIA - ( Erst While POSOCO)
  • Mr. Neeraj Bisht
    Engineering Leader -Turnkey Digital Projects GE T&D India Ltd
  • Mr. Sombuddha Chaudhury
    Head (IT) - Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited
  • Mr. Abhishek Ranjan
    Sr. VP Strategy & Head - Utilities & Retail - ReNew Power
  • Dr. Shivani Sharma
    Principal Technical Consultant, Power Consulting - Hitachi Energy India Limited
  • Mr. Vikram Gandotra
    IEEMA, National Executive Council Member & Head – Utilities Sales & Strategy, Siemens Ltd.

24 November 2022

11:00 am - 11:30 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Strategic Approach for Asset Management For Utility

  • Mr. Alok Mishra
    Business Lead Power Grid - Asia Pacific - DNV

24 November 2022

11:30 am - 11:45 am

REFRESHMENTS - TEA BREAK

24 November 2022

11:45 am - 01:00 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION - 2

The Importance of Customer Experience and Anticipating the Expectations

  • * How is the public domain becoming more dependent on digital investments and why is this case for utilities today?
  • * Detailed analysis about how customers experience and expectations are altering as utilities become more digitalized
  • * The integration of customer experience into The Grid including real world examples.
  • * Customer expectations are growing fast for seamless digital experiences at all times.
  • * Adding energy origins to the market in order to document the origin of fuels and where energy is coming from
  • * New systems to tackle cyber threats

Moderator: Mr. Arindam Ghosh - Leader & Partner - Power Sector Advisory, Nangia Andersen LLP

  • Mr. Rajesh Bansal
    Former CEO of BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.
  • Mr. Prabhajit Kumar Sarkar
    Power Exchange India Limited
  • Mr. Anshuman Sharma
    General Manager - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd
  • Mr. Subrata Das
    Head of Utilities Global Business Unit (India ) , Oracle Energy and Water
  • Ms. Anjuli Chandra
    Director - Ex Member Punjab State Electricity Board and Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission.
  • Dr. Faruk Kazi
    Professor & Dean of Research & Development at VJTI, Mumbai
  • Mr. Debashis Sarkar
    Managing Director (in-charge) & Director (Technical) Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited

24 November 2022

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK WITH NETWORKING

24 November 2022

02:00 pm - 02:30 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Key decision for every Utility: what technology, standards and architecture to select to support the energy transition into the future?

  • * How to cope with technology evolution?
  • * Standards & Architectures for Sustaniable Digital Transformation of the Utilities.

  • Mr. Akilur Rahman
    Chief Technology Officer - Hitachi Energy India Limited
  • Mr. Kishore Narang
    Principal design strategist & architect, Narnix Technolabs Pvt. Ltd.

24 November 2022

02:30 pm - 03:00 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Building cyber resilience in the utilities sector

  • Mr. Bruno Goveas
    Director, Cloud Security - Akamai Technologies

24 November 2022

03:00 pm - 04:30 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION - 3

Operational Focus: The Digital Utility

  • * How are utilities moving forward with digital transformations?
  • * How does digital transformation help utilities create value, serve customers, manage costs, optimize processes, and capture new market opportunities?
  • * New and innovative IT systems that benefit utilities, ex: automated systems
  • * Next gen solutions for today's challenges
  • * Digitalization across all channels, including, increasing speed, new assets and forecasting new leads
  • * Latest innovations for energy transmissions: Planning wisely for electricity transmission and distribution.
  • * Interoperability, IoT, Smart Grid and Smart City
  • * Organization change management requirements for a digitally transforming utility
  • * Smart Utilities: Best practices and Learning from Large Scale AMI roll out.

Moderator: Mr. Vinit Mishra - Partner -Technology Consulting, Power and Utility - Ernst & Young LLP

  • Mr. Ebin Thomas
    Regional Sales (S.A.E) APAC, Middle East and North Africa at Anyline GmbH
  • Mr. Mukesh Dadhich
    Head- Sustainability and Clean Technology, Business development and NTI -BSES
  • Mr. Ajay Sharma
    Chief Operating Officer - Reliance Energy
  • Mr. Yogesh Kumar
    Director (Commercial) - Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd
  • Mr. Manoj Kumar
    Chief Information Technology - Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited
  • Mr. R Lakshmanan IAS
    CEO - REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited
  • Mr. Abhijit Joglekar
    Assitant Vice President- Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd
  • Mr. Debasis Mohapatra
    Director - Sustainable Outreach and Universal Leadership (SOUL) Limited
  • Mr. Fabien Petitgrand
    Chief Technology Officer at Ubiik Inc. & Board Member at La French Tech Taiwan

End of Day 1

25 November 2022

09:00 am – 09:20 am

Registration, Refreshments And Networking

25 November 2022

09:20 am - 09:30 am

Conference Inaguration and Opening Speech By Chairperson

25 November 2022

09:30 am - 10:00 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Data Analytics by Utilities for Asset Longevity

Utilities Approach to Data Analytics and Management


  • Mr. Nihar Raj
    Vice President Head (O&M) at Adani Transmission Ltd
  • Mr. Arindam Sanyal
    Deputy General Manager (Distribution Automation) - CESC Limited

25 November 2022

10:00 am - 11:30 am

PANEL DISCUSSION - 4

Discussing the Methods of Adaptation to Decentralized Energy Networks

  • * Evaluating The paradigm shift from a CES comprising of large scale over HV network to a clean and renewable DES
  • * Decentralized networks- Providing energy supplies when The national system has tight margins, thereby enhancing security of supply
  • * Analyzing The need for a digital establishment in a decentralized world
  • * Establishing grid-friendly conduct between operator and consumer

Moderator - Mr. Somesh Kumar, - Ernst & Young LLP - Power & Leader, Power & Utilities

  • Mr. Bhaskaran Natarajan
    Director Researchs & Programme - Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE)
  • Mr. Suddhasatta Kundu
    Lead - Strategy & Transformation (Engergy & Utility) - RTI International
  • Mr. Alex Hogeveen Rutter
    Private Sector Specialist - International Solar Alliance
  • Mr. Prabhat Goel
    Industry & Technical Advisor Eurovent Certita
  • Mr. Arun Kumar Singh
    Head Of Technology & Shot-Term Power Markets - PTC INDIA
  • Mr. Vikrant Sangwan
    SE IT - The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVN)

24 November 2022

11:30 am - 11:45 am

REFRESHMENTS - TEA BREAK

25 November 2022

11:45 am - 01:00 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION - 5

Asset Life Cycle Management : Procurement to Retirement

  • * Optimize Asset Utilization
  • * Increase Asset Reliability
  • * Reduce Maintenance Costs
  • * Improve Collaboration - Procurement, Operations and Maintenance
  • * Challenges: Huge volume of Assets, Complex Asset Configuration, Tighter Regulatory Compliance, Higher Testing Standards, Complex Procurement and Inventory Management, A complex systems landscape, Interoperability and real-time integrations

Moderator: Ms. Poonam Kaura - Partner - Government and Public Sector Advisory - Nangia Andersen LLP

  • Mr. Alok Mishra
    Business Lead-Power Grid Energy Systems APAC - DNV MES India Private Limited
  • Mr. Vijayan Sr
    Principal Technical Consultant Enterprise Software, Grid Automation - Hitachi Energy
  • Dr. Arup Sinha
    Vice President – Utility Practice at Virtuoso Technologies and Consulting
  • Mr. Amit Sharmaa
    Director, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Mr. Nihar Raj
    Vice President Head (O&M) at Adani Transmission Ltd
  • Mr. Mathur Atul
    DGM Engineering - PGCIL - Powergrid

25 November 2022

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK WITH NETWORKING

25 November 2022

02:00 pm - 02:30 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Connectivity Trends in Digital Transformation for Utilities


  • Mr. Shobhit Jain
    Technical Manager (North, East & Central India) - Commscope

25 November 2022

02:30 pm - 04:00 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION - 6

Geo-spatial Technology and services : GIS Application Integrations with other systems

  • * Customer Care Center (CCC)
  • * Billing System
  • * Asset Management & Material Management (AM & MM)
  • * Document Management System (DMS)
  • * Meter Data Acquisition system (MDAS)

Moderator - Amit Sharma - Director, Ernst & Young LLP

  • Mr. Arijit Mitra
    Vice President, Information Technology Noida Power Company Limited
  • Mr. Devesh Jha
    Manager Sales (Digital) - GE T&D India Ltd
  • Mr. Sumit Dey
    General Manager - Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd
  • Mr. Suman Dasgupta
    Principal Consultant, Infosys Limited

Digital Utilities