Southern African Power Industry Convention |
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Conference Programme Day 1 Wednesday 29 May 2007 |
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09h15 – 17h00 |
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Conference Programme Day 2 Wednesday 30 May 2007 |
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09h15 – 09h30 |
| 09h30 – 10h00 The role of the regulator in the transformation of the energy sector in Africa: Perspectives of the African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) Smunda S Mokoena, Chairperson of African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR), South Africa |
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10h00 – 11h00
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| 11h00 – 12h00 Refreshment break and opening of the exhibition |
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Regulatory and reform issues |
| 12h00 – 12h30 Regulating into the future Tembani Bukula, Regulator Member, National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), South Africa |
| 12h30 – 13h00 REDs update for South Africa Deon Louw, Regional General Manager, EDI Holdings, South Africa |
| 13h00 – 13h00 Power sector reform in Nigeria Uzoma Achinanya, Market Operator, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Nigeria |
| 13h30 – 14h30 Lunch break on the exhibition floor |
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The generation challenge for Africa |
| 14h30 – 15h00 Nuclear: what it could mean for Africa Kelvin Kemm, Managing Director, Stratek, South Africa |
| 15h00 – 15h30 Challenges and Opportunities for Independent Power Producers in Africa Fabrice Essono, Energy and Power System Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan, South Africa |
| 15h30 – 16h00 The impact of diminishing generation surplus capacity on integrated energy plans for Southern Africa Lawrence Musaba, Secretariat, Southern African Power Pool, Zimbabwe |
| 16h00 – 16h30 Flexible and reliable power generation with gas turbines in open cycle and combined cycle power plants Olaf Woeller, Sales Manager, Siemens AG, Power Generation Group, Fossil Power Generation, Energy Solutions, Germany |
| 16h30 – 17h00 Refreshment break on the exhibition floor |
Conference Programme Day 3Thursday 31 May 2007 |
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Integrated electricity planning schemes |
| 09h00 – 09h30 Integrated electricity planning To be announced |
| 09h30 – 10h00 The virtual power plant: A success story from Europe Alexander Ebert, Sales Development Manager, Siemens, South Africa |
| 10h00 – 10h30 Load shedding operational challenges for the City of Cape Town Gordon Dindi, Electricity Department, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 10h30 – 11h00 Refreshment break on the exhibition floor |
| 11h00 – 11h30 Transmission protection and maintenance Chairman: Malcolm Salida, Electrification Manager, City of Cape Town |
| 11h30 – 12h00 A fresh look at implementation of power quality monitoring programmes Willie van Wyk, Managing Director, CT Lab, South Africa |
| 12h00 – 12h30 The disconnecting circuit breaker for increased substation availability Lars Haglund, Manager, Technical Marketing, High Voltage Product, ABB Power Technologies, Sweden |
| 12h30 – 13h00 A new measuring technique to evaluate the transient performance of protection of current transformers Alexander Dierks, Chief Executive Officer, Alectrix, South Africa |
| 13h00 – 13h30 Predictive maintenance using thermography in industrial environments and the effect on revenue protection Brendan Campbell, Product Manager, Comtest, South Africa |
| 13h30 – 14h30 Lunch on the exhibition floor |
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Cogeneration: Opportunities for Africa |
| 14h30 – 15h00 Cogeneration framework for South Africa John Taylor, Vice-President, Fieldstone Private Capital Group, South Africa |
| 15h00-15h30 Cogeneration: The Eskom pilot project and industry perspectives Rob Higgo, Executive Manager: Business Development Enterprises Division, Eskom, South Africa |
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Relocate to roof terrace for closing session |
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16h15 – 16h45
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Southern African Power Industry Convention: Conference Programme 2007
