BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240119T201934Z UID:711E704A-BC99-42CB-BF76-FA9DB622D2C6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240118T124000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240118T135000 DESCRIPTION:This series of Presentations has been occurring for more than 2 0 years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Secti on (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time CSSE is using their national organization to provide information\, the subject an d speaker to members across Canada.\n\nThe January meeting of the Edmonton Chapter of CSSE will be held on Thursday January 18\, 2024. The Meeting w ill open at 12:30 pm\, Mountain Standard Time\, with the presentation star ting at 12:45 (2:45pm Eastern Time). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday Ja nuary 17. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for thi s meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, tcmadsen@telus.net\, before noon on Wednesday January 17.\n\nThe world is changing. Technology advancements combined with a growing urgency to decarbonize human activities is bringi ng the reality of a Net-Zero world into sharper focus. But what will this historic shift mean for Electric Utilities? This session will explore what the future holds for ATCO Electric’s Grid – why we’ll need to chang e\, how ATCO Electric has begun to modernize the grid\, and how the custom er experience will ultimately benefit in the future.\n\nSpeaker: Raghu Sha rma Senior Engineer\, Asset Modernization ATCO Electric.\n\nRaghu Sharma i s a graduate from the electrical engineering program at the University of Alberta. Since graduating\, he has spent his career in Grid Modernization working with organizations including ENMAX\, Hatch and most recently has j oined the Asset Modernization team at ATCO Energy Systems as a Senior Engi neer.\n\nMr. Sharma worked as part of the team that maintained one of the most successful Distribution Automation deployments in North America durin g his time with ENMAX. Additionally\, he has had experience building fibre ring configurations for better control and visibility of the underground transformers in the Calgary downtown corridor. Most recently\, he supporte d utilities with building out their own frameworks for Grid Modernization during his time on the consulting side with Hatch.\n\nAs a recent employee with ATCO Electric\, Mr. Sharma is working with the Asset Modernization t eam to develop strategies to improve customer reliability and interface wi th the ADMS\, EMS and Telecommunications ventures towards a goal of buildi ng and operating a fully predictive and responsive distribution system tha t allows for multi-directional flow of electricity\, improved efficiency a nd flexibility\, and delivery of safe\, reliable\, and affordable energy t o customers.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399429 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399429 ORGANIZER:stonyjones@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:How Grid Modernization Will Help Shape a Net-Zero Future URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399429 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>This series of Presentations has been occu rring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through v Tools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic.&nbs p\; At the same time CSSE is using their national organization to provide information\, the subject and speaker to members across Canada.</p>\n<p>Th e January meeting of the Edmonton Chapter of CSSE will be held on Thursday January 18\, 2024. The Meeting will open at 12:30 pm\, Mountain Standard Time\, with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45pm Eastern Time). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform\, with the actual invitations s ent the afternoon of Wednesday January 17. If you plan to attend and be in cluded on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen\, <a href="mailto:tcmadsen@telus.net">tcmadsen@telus.net</a>\, before noon o n Wednesday January 17.</p>\n<p>The world is changing.&nbsp\; Technology a dvancements combined with a growing urgency to decarbonize human activitie s is bringing the reality of a Net-Zero world into sharper focus.&nbsp\; B ut what will this historic shift mean for Electric Utilities? This session will explore what the future holds for ATCO Electric&rsquo\;s Grid &ndash \; why we&rsquo\;ll need to change\, how ATCO Electric has begun to modern ize the grid\, and how the customer experience will ultimately benefit in the future.</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: &nbsp\;</strong><strong>Raghu Sharma </strong>Senior Engineer\, Asset Modernization ATCO Electric.</p>\n<p>Ragh u Sharma is a graduate from the electrical engineering program at the Univ ersity of Alberta. Since graduating\, he has spent his career in Grid Mode rnization working with organizations including ENMAX\, Hatch and most rece ntly has joined the Asset Modernization team at ATCO Energy Systems as a S enior Engineer.</p>\n<p>Mr. Sharma worked as part of the team that maintai ned one of the most successful Distribution Automation deployments in Nort h America during his time with ENMAX. Additionally\, he has had experience building fibre ring configurations for better control and visibility of t he underground transformers in the Calgary downtown corridor. Most recentl y\, he supported utilities with building out their own frameworks for Grid Modernization during his time on the consulting side with Hatch.</p>\n<p> As a recent employee with ATCO Electric\, Mr. Sharma is working with the A sset Modernization team to develop strategies to improve customer reliabil ity and interface with the ADMS\, EMS and Telecommunications ventures towa rds a goal of building and operating a fully predictive and responsive dis tribution system that allows for multi-directional flow of electricity\, i mproved efficiency and flexibility\, and delivery of safe\, reliable\, and affordable energy to customers.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR