2011 IET New Zealand Prestige Lecture

To celebrate its 140^th anniversary the IET invites you to participate in the second of its New Zealand wide 2011 Distinguished Lecture series that will help to explain the benefits that consumers would expect to see as a consequence of developments in regulatory changes and engineering technologies for the provision of public services for the supply of energy.

This second lecture – that develops the theme of the first distinguished lecture the “Energy – our secret weapon” will feature a distinguished lecturer from UK who has been advising NZ lines companies on how to prepare themselves for the inevitable changes to the power industry:   

Smart Energy for Tomorrow – illusion or reality?

Around the world there are stirrings deep in the big power companies: can it really be the case that, after 80 years of growth and maturity, there are fundamental changes ahead for our energy systems? Some commentators have described this as The Third Industrial Revolution: a fundamental change in the way we generate, transmit, distribute and use energy.

John Scott will present the IET 2011 Prestige Lectures and explore this challenging agenda; he will describe what is actually happening internationally, outline in non-technical language what is envisaged by ‘Smart Grids’ and why they are gaining the attention of governments, regulators and forward-looking companies.

What are the opportunities for Research and Development, for innovative suppliers and new market entrants, and for the established institutions; importantly, how will this affect us as users at home (arguably the single most important element of a ‘smarter grid’) and what might our reaction be?

Biography

John Scott is an independent consultant operating from his own company, Chiltern Power Limited based in the UK. He was formerly Director, Network Innovation at KEMA Consulting Ltd. John’s previous roles have included Technical Director for Ofgem, the British electricity and gas regulator, Director of Engineering for National Grid Company, and manager of the National Electricity Control Centre in the UK. He was vice chairman of the European Smart Grids Technology Platform, is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and a Member of their Board of Trustees, a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath, UK and a member of the Advisory Board to the UK Energy Research Centre.

Locations

Date	Location	Time
13 June	Auckland	6.00pm-8.00pm	3.404 School of Engineering, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street
14 June	Hamilton	6.30pm - 7.30pm	Room SG03, Ground Floor, S Building, Waikato University
15 June	Palmerston North	12.00pm - 1.30pm	Massey University Presentation Lab, Riddet Building Room R12 2.07
16 June	Wellington	12.00pm - 1.30pm	TBC
20 June	New Plymouth	6.00pm - 8.00pm	Devon Hotel, 390 Devon St East
27 June	Christchurch	6.30pm - 8.00pm	Elmwood Auditorium, Aikmans Rd
28 June	Dunedin	6.30pm - 8.00pm	Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum (Great King St)