Wednesday 25 November 2015
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Session 3.2.1
09:00
Reducing Commercial Losses: Integrated Payment Systems
- Latest technology for upgrading payment systems
- Strategies for revenue collection from government agencies & secretariats
- Assessing the creditability of customers for payback
Moderator:
Alex Osei, General Manager, MIS, Electricity Company Of Ghana, Ghana
Speakers include:
Rens Bindeman, Technical Adviser, Southern Africa Revenue Protection Association (SARPA), South Africa
Tunde Isaacs, Managing Director, FLT Energy Systems, Nigeria
Vera Veronica Ngozi Osuhor, Managing Director, System/Market Operations of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Nigeria
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Session 3.2.2
10:45
Metering: Ending Energy Theft & Strengthening Cash Flow
- Changing attitudes of non-payment
- What schemes could we implement to ensure customers afford meter?
- Completing an Energy Audit: Identification of service addresses & customers
Moderator:
Ing. Tetteh Okyne ,Director of Operations, Electricity Company of Ghana, Ghana
Industry address:
Chris Beale, Director – Electricity Solutions Marketing Prepayment and CMS, ITRON, UK
Panellists:
Edgar Ernest, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Nigeria
Chantelle Abdul, Chief Executive Officer, Mojec, Nigeria
Tunde Isaacs, Managing Director, FLT Energy Systems, Nigeria
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Session 3.2.3
14:00
Smart Metering Optimisation
- How can digital utilities transform customer experience?
- Meter standardisation: Solutions for digital connectivity
- Key considerations when planning your smart meter roll out?
- Interpreting and making sense of the data collected from smart meters
Moderator:
Rens Bindeman, Technical Adviser, Southern Africa Revenue Protection Association (SARPA), South Africa
Speakers include:
Abiodun Ajifowobaje, Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, Ikeja Electric, Nigeria
Arinzechukwu Okonkwo, Industry Value Senior Advisor for the Energy and Natural Resources, SAP, Africa
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Session 3.1.4
15:30
Projects in the Pipeline: Outlining the Vast Investment Potential of the Regional Power Market
- Assessing performance improvement & reform requirements
- Facilitating meaningful stakeholder consultations to ensure the success of transactions
- An overview of WAPP interconnection, power generation & network synchronization projects taking full advantage of the multiple opportunities derivable from the regional electricity market
Moderator:
Philip Asante, Vice President, North and West Africa, CPCS, Canada
Speakers include:
Mustapha Zakaria-Cissé, Project Coordinator, West African Power Pool (WAPP), Benin
Opuiyo Oforiokuma, Chief Executive Officer, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment, Nigeria
Martin Mainz, Regional Director, DEG, Ghana
Matthew Burton, Director, Office of Economic Growth & Environment, USAID/Nigeria, USA
17:00
Close of Conference by Chairman
Eyo Ekpo, Former Commissioner, NERC & Team Lead, Presidential Task Force on Power, Nigeria
