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- Early-Bird Utility Professionals Registration (by 24 February, 2012 at midnight): R$ 1.500,00 equivalent to US$ 880.00

- After 24/2/2012 the registration is R$ 2.000,00

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All cancellations must be in writing and will only be accepted through 24 February 2012. All refunds will incur a 15% processing fee. No refunds will be made after 24 February 2012.

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UTILITIES TELECOM COUNCIL
1129, 20TH STREET, NW, SUITE 350
WASHINGTON, DC - 20036 – USA
PHONE: 1-202-872-0030

OR

UTILITIES TELECOM COUNCIL AMERICA LATINA
AV. COPACABANA 928 COB 01
RIO DE JANEIRO – 20060-002
BRASIL
PHONE: +55-21-8116-9051

OR

VELGER PRODUÇÕES E EVENTOS
PHONE: +55-21-2247-0867/0735

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    PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

    DAILY SCHEDULE

    Thursday, March 22

    08:00 – 09:00 2012 UTC America Latina Summit Registration and Welcome Coffee
     
    09:00 – 09:30 Opening Ceremony
      The Opening Ceremony is designed to welcome all Summit delegates and lay the foundation for 2012 UTC America Latina Summit. UTC's US Chairman of the Board along with leading industry technology partners will present and set the stage for this exciting event.

    Ron Beck – Chairman of the Board – Utilities Telecom Council – USA
    Connie Durcsak – Presidente e CEO – Utilities Telecom Council – USA
    Connie Durcsak – President & CEO – Utilities Telecom Council – USA
    Dymitr Wajsman – Chairman International Division – Utilities Telecom Council – USA
    Josias Matos de Araujo – President and CEO of Eletronorte and Vice Presidente Cigré-Brasil
    Maximiliano Martinhão – Secretary of Telecommunications - Ministério das Comunicações
    Hermes J. Chipp – General Director and CEO - ONS (Operador Nacional do Sistema Elétrico)
    Michael Dulaney - Director - CISCO
     
    09:30 – 10:00 Technical Keynote – The Advanced Smart Grid
      Andres Carvallo
    Vice Presidente Executivo e CSO, Proximetry; Co-autor do livro "The Advanced Smart Grid"

    Carvallo is a "smart grid" pioneer, defining the term on March 5, 2004 at Austin Energy and building the first smart grid in the United States while at Austin Energy by 2009. Carvallo joined Austin Energy in February of 2003 as Chief Information Officer to lead a technological transformation that started with a smart metering project, and the deployment of an enterprise architecture and customer portals for one third of Austin Energy's customers. After reading EPRI's Intelligrid whitepaper and IBM's Intelligent Utility Network whitepaper in late 2003, Carvallo decided to use the free term "smart grid" to define the effort at Austin Energy for making the utility grid, buildings, homes, electric vehicles all one integrated grid managing two-way power and data flows.
     
    10:00 – 10:20 NETWORKING BREAK
      Local: Foyer
     
    10:20 – 11:20 Panel – The newest ICT Solutions / Technologies Over Wireless Networks  
      Moderator: Flavio de Moura Coelho - Chesf

    Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer the modern utility a vehicle to embrace the latest wireless communication advancements and expand intelligence throughout their existing wireless networks. As utilities continue to make their foray to smart energy networks, ICT will serve as a tool for companies exploring wireless technology options. This session will outline the different options along with the pros and cons of different selections.

    Huawei
    Steve Meissel – International Director - ACLARA
    Thomas M. Hoyne - Director, Utility Markets - HARRIS
    Elaine Fonseca - Manager Project Cidade de Parintins - ELETROBRAS
     
    11:20 – 12:20 Panel - Regulatory and Legal Issues Facing a Critical Utilities Telecom Network  
      Moderator: Dymitr Wajsman – UTC International Division

    The regulatory and legal landscape for utilities around the world is a very complex environment. The issues range from access to spectrum, cybersecurity to privacy to interoperability, making it difficult for utilities to discern what is important and relevant to their company. This session will provide a picture of the current issues relevant to all utilities through Latin America, tying it back to what is happening around the globe for a broader perspective.

    Maximiliano Martinhão – Secretary of Telecommunications - Ministério das Comunicações – Brasil
    Connie Durcsak – Presidente e CEO da UTC
    Nelson Hubner – General Director – ANEEL (invited)
    Ildo Grudtner – Secretary of Electric Energy - Ministério de Minas e Energia (invited)
    Adrian Grilli – Joint Radio Company Ltd (JRC), joint venture entre National Grid plc e a Energy Networks Association Ltd - UK
     
    12:30 – 13:50 NETWORKING LUNCH
      Local: Restaurant
     
    13:50 – 14:30 PANEL: Who is Liable for Security?
      Moderator:
    Security is an exercise in interdependency analytics, both in terms of an individual utility as well as the interconnected grid as a whole. There are many potential entry points into a system and you're only as strong as your weakest link. As you buy new hardware, is it your responsibility to verify its security or is the vendor responsible for building security into the product as well as providing periodic security updates and patches? Who is certifying the security of the product and what is the current standard? This session will discuss whether your company's internal security strategy can minimize risk from interconnection with other parts of the grid that may not be quite as secure as yours and help you plan the appropriate security strategy.

    Marcos da Silva Rabello - Coordenador Projetos Segurança Cibernética - CEMIG
    Rick Geiger - Executive Director, Utilities & Smart Grid - CISCO
     
    14:30 – 15:15 PANEL: Technologies that are Transforming the Grid  
      Moderator: Ronaldo Collecta Santarem - Furnas
    Distributed generation brings a variety of factors to consider: its intermittency, cost, location of sources and the impact on distribution networks deserve special attention from energy companies. On the other hand, synchrophasors present themselves as powerful tools for real-time support in maintaining the quality of transmission and distribution. The current time the control and protection equipments are monitored once every four seconds, on the other hand, a typical solution with synchrophasors require 30 observations per second. This increased monitoring capability coupled with the fact that synchrophasor can be in sync even when different companies use it as powerful predictive technology for the security of networks. Finally, this technology allows a full view of the "grid" in a precise and comprehensive way, indeed necessary in the management of a network with distributed generation. This session will give an overview of the application of distributed generation in the networks of utility companies and how the use of synchrophasor (or other modern monitoring equipment) may help in maintaining the quality required by regulators, its impact on telecommunications networks and its current stage of implementation in Latin America, United States and the rest of the world.

    Saulo José Nascimento Cisneiros - Assistant Dir. Planning and Scheduling - ONS
    Scott Davis - VP of Sales for the Government & Enterprise - Symmetricom
    Alexandre Jann - Div. Estratégia e Marketing - NEC Latin America S.A
     
    15:15 – 15:45 PANEL – Telecom Network modernization  
      Moderator: Maria das Graças Alvim

    Sistems and equipments that allow the utilities to supply their own needs and deliver services.

    Procable
    Furukawa
     
    15:45 – 16:05 NETWORKING BREAK
      Local: Foyer
     
    16:05 - 16:50 PANEL: Outsourcing Telecom Networks; how utilities will comply with new requirements for critical telecom needs  
      Moderator:
    Outsourcing or out-tasking is a dynamic that each utility professional has to consider in an effort to meet the growing demands of the organization and managing limited resources. The key to successfully making the decision to out-source a key telecom function is having the right tools to evaluate the options. There are several factors to consider including job loss, partners and business risks to name a few. This session is designed to help highlight the key criteria in evaluating the option to out-task and trends in the utility telecom arena.

    Caio Bonilha – President - Telebras
    Vitor Luiz G. Gardiman – Gestor Executivo Des. Tecnológico – EDP Energia
    Flavio Roberto Antonio – Gerente Executivo Des. Negocios Telecom – Eletrobras Eletronorte
     
    16:50 – 17:50 PANEL: Case Study—Preparing Your Utility for Smart Grid Deployments  
      Moderator:
    As utility companies deploy smart grid solutions, they are beginning to recognize that their network may not have the capacity to support the massive volume of data generated by smart metering or demand response systems. This session will discuss these challenges and how utilities can overcome them by updating their network and/or outsourcing.

    Ing. Diego Sánchez - Commercial Manager - Electrica de Guayaquil
    Daniel Senna - Gestor para Implantação do Projeto Cidades do Futuro - CEMIG
    Sidney Simonaggio - Vice Presidente - AES Eletropaulo
     
    17:50 – 18:35 Panel - Telecom Systems in Modern Utility    
      Moderator: Sérgio Belisário – CEMIG Telecom
    The mission critical demands of the modern utility have increased exponentially over the past decade. The requirement for more intelligent networks, enhanced security measures and the use of state of the art technologies are the catalysts driving the evolution of the 21st century utility. This session will provide a global view of the challenges and solutions employed by utilities from around the world to meet there key objectives and provide attendees with overall best practices.

    Ron Beck - UTC - Central Lincoln People's Utility
    Ken Monro - Head of global communications - S&C
    Flavio de Moura Coelho - Chefe Depto. Telecomunicações - CHESF
     
    18:35 – 20:30 CHAIRMAN´S RECEPTION
      Local: Hotel Lounge
     

    Friday, March 23

    08:30 – 09:30 PANEL: Future Planning for Legacy Systems
      Moderator:
    Everyone knows that TDM components and other legacy equipment are starting to be phased out. Equipment vendors and engineering companies are moving their support to IP technologies. This leaves many relying on fewer employees that can actually repair or troubleshoot the physical units. What is the EXACT cost of maintaining these legacy systems and how do you develop a strategy for these systems in the future? How do you plan for scalability and growth with these systems? What is gained in terms of flexibility, support and efficiency by migrating to new technologies? This session will help you plan a strategy for the migration from legacy to modern systems and explain why this planning needs to happen.

    Maurício Lobo - CELPE
    Orly Nahum - Head of Product Marketing - ECI Telecom
    Peter Troughton - Chairman - 4RF
    RAD
     
    09:30 – 10:00 Technical Keynote - Euro UTC Projects with European Community  
      Peter Moray - Director- European Services, Utilities Telecom Council  and Principal Telecom at Mott McDonald
    European Commission DG INSFO – Coordinator for thematic network on ICT solutions to support large scale distributed generation in distribution networks.
     
    10:00 – 10:20 NETWORKING BREAK
      Local: Foyer
     
    10:20 – 12:05 Smart Grid stimulus – How Latin American countries are facing this issue.
      Moderator: José Eduardo Azarite - CPqD
    Public Policy for Smart Grid, network modernization, regulation and automation is approached in different ways by authorities and regulators around the world. The right planning of such a complex matter is a decision maker for utilities high management. Electric, water and gas utilities are all working on pilots to prove the business case and the roadmap of Smart Grid deployment. In this panel we will bring professionals that have been involved in many aspects of the Smart Grid planning.

    CPqD
    Nelson Fonseca Leite - Presidente - ABRADEE
    Paulo Henrique Soares - Gerente Utilities - Alcatel-Lucent
     
    12:05 – 13:05 PAINEL: Cases 2 – Modernization of the services to consumers
      André Augusto Telles Moreira - Diretor Executivo de Operações - ELEKTRO
    Alourdes Sully - Senior Technical Specialist - Hydro One
    João Acyr Bonat Jr - Gerente do Departamento de Medição e Perdas - COPEL
    Luiz Fernando Rust - Especialista Sênior em Informática - INMETRO
     
    13:05 – 13:25 2012 UTC America Latina Summit Wrap-Up
     
    13:25 – 14:45 NETWORKING LUNCH
      Local: Restaurant
     

    UTC AMERICA LATINA SUMMIT 2012

    The Annual Latin America Utility Telecom Conference of the Utilities Telecom Council

    Date: March 22 (Thursday) - March 23 (Friday)

    UTC America Latina Summit 2012 – the Annual Latin America Utility Telecom Conference of the Utilities Telecom Council – will be the largest gathering of ICT executives from electric, gas and water utilities, pipeline companies, and their technology partners from Latin America and the world. The event will feature informative and provocative presentations on utility telecommunication, intelligent grid, advocacy/regulatory issues, latest technologies and financial matters facing utilities throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States. In addition, UTC America Latina Summit 2012 will have special networking opportunities and social events.

    UTC America Latina Summit 2012 will be an extension of UTC's International program offered by UTC's International Division.  This division spearheads UTC's global efforts as the telecommunications and ICT professional's trade association for electric and gas utilities, water companies, energy pipelines, and other critical infrastructure companies - united worldwide in their commitment to ensuring the best, most reliable systems and networks critical to their core businesses and the customers they serve.

    Founded in 1948 in the United States, UTC is now a multi-national organization with a formal presence in Canada and Europe but members around the world. Working together with its technology partners and other corporate telecom/IT users, UTC's ongoing mission is to create a favorable business, regulatory and technical environment in which its members and stakeholders will thrive. UTC does this through a variety of advocacy, regulatory, technological, information and education programs.  UTC America Latina Summit 2012 will launch UTC's efforts to establish a full service trade association focused on the needs of electric, gas and water utilities, pipeline companies and their technology partners in Latin America.

    This invitation only top tier event is aimed at bringing together the decision makers and utility telecom industry drivers. This is a preliminary schedule of events, subject to change and refinement. 
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