This year’s conference with its technical theme, Power Systems Engineering in Challenging Times provides attendees with an international forum to address policy and infrastructure issues. It will allow power and energy professionals the opportunity to discuss issues and developments in all fields related to transmission, distribution, generation and renewable energy. Highlighting the meeting program will be the following Super Sessions:

• Super Session 1: Wind and Solar Energy: Challenges in furthering its penetration
• Super Session 2: Governmental Policies Impact on Industry Decision Making
• Super Session 3: Power Electronics Based Applications in Power Systems
• Super Session 4: Smart Grid Technology Integration
• Super Session 5: Major Challenges and Commercial Applications of New and Emerging Technologies

The conference mission is to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people.  Congress will have close to 200 speakers from 52 different countries and will discuss the world energy situation. Senior executives, energy ministers and world energy industry leaders will gather to provide a framework for addressing the main challenges facing the energy sector.

4 days, 4 challenges

Day 1 Challenge │ ACCESSIBILITY
Meeting Energy Demand :  a Global Challenge Requires Global Solutions

Day 2 Challenge │ AVAILABILITY
What is the Right Energy Mix for Long Term Stability?
Day 3 Challenge │ ACCEPTABILITY 
Energy Solutions for a Living Planet

Day 4 Challenge │ ACCOUNTABILITY
Policies, Regulations and Financing

Other Events

• The Annual General Meeting of the Electricity Sector Council of Canada
• A Seminar of the World Bank on Financing Energy Projects
• Board Meeting of the International Hydropower Association

The Homeland Security for Networked Industries (HSNI)™ 2010 conference focuses on the topic of securing our nation's critical infrastructure industry networks, namely the Telecommunications, Utilities and Transportation industries. The conference also initiates dialogue between these industries and government in an environment dedicated to protecting the country, its people, its infrastructure and the nation's economy.

In an atmosphere of cross industry collaboration and communication, the conference seeks to highlight challenges and success stories in these three major industries, and encourages leaders in these industries to share insight and experience with their peers.

Topics to be addressed in the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Securing Next Generation communications networks
• Smart Grid Security – As stimulus dollars encourage development of a next generation utilities grid, a key concern is securing that grid from natural and unnatural causes
• Securing our nation’s utilities and energy sources
• Securing broadband, VoIP and 3/4G+ networks
• Network Security issues pertaining to travel within and outside the United States
• Tracking and monitoring transportation of sensitive goods
• The latest wireless communications technologies for the defense industries

 Session Details

• Telecom Leadership Panel
• Transportation Leadership Panel
• Securing our Nation: Opportunities for Collaboration
• Emergency Response: Preparedness, Response and Rebuilding Track
• Two: Utilizing Standards to Optimize and Streamline Sensitive
• Communications Networks
• Smart Grid Security Summit
• NIST Cyber Security Panel
• Utility Roundtable
• Securing the Larger Smart Grid Eco-System

The GridWise Global Forum will convene thought leaders from the highest levels of government, business, NGOs, and academia from around the world to discuss the ultimate enabling potential of a modernized electric system to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time: energy sustainability, energy independence, global security, and prosperity for all.

Conference highlights include:

• Speakers and participants from the highest levels of government and the private sector to will discuss the
• Impact of the smart grid on world use energy and supply
• Impact of smart grid's adoption on industrial, commercial and residential consumer,
• Opportunities for investors
• Global view of smart grid today, including best practices from around the world
• Clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead
• Commitment from countries around the world to work together to achieve the full potential of smart grid.

Implementing energy efficient measures in your company can lead to significant cost savings.

This event is designed to offer information to conduct energy efficient practices more strategically and will also provide expertise on implementing energy efficient practices in their organizations and have seen major improvements in their bottom line.

Conference Highlights include:

• Analyzing energy efficiency
• Reducing resource consumption
• Analyzing the latest technologies in terms of energy efficiency –
• Technical development issues impeding implementation of newer technologies
• Financial Incentives for Energy Efficient Programs
• Eco-Energy
• Utility Industry Assessment Incentives offered by Natural Resources Canada
• Energy monitoring
• Developing energy monitoring systems
• Converting waste heat to power
• Green Energy
• Green Economy Act
• Energy Efficiency Act