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February 15, 2022

Programming
February 15th

8 h 40
Opening interview
Pierre Fitzgibbon Minister of the Economy and Innovation
Minister responsible for Regional Economic Development
Government of Quebec

9 h
Opening presentation
Claudine Bouchard, Executive Vice-President, TransÉnergie and Equipment
President and CEO, Société d'énergie de la Baie James
Digitization of Hydro-Québec's power grid in a context of energy transition

9 h 20
Opening panel
Executive managers' views on the challenges of investing in electrical infrastructure in the context of the energy transition
Moderator: Denis Tremblay, President and CEO, AIEQ

Claudine Bouchard, Executive Vice-President, TransÉnergie and Equipment and President and CEO, Société d'énergie de la Baie James
Faisal Kazi, President and CEO, Siemens Canada
Marie-Claude Dumas, President and CEO, WSP
Sylvie Pinsonnault, Senior Vice-President, Business Strategies and Solutions, Investissement Québec
Guy Vigeant, President, CGI-Canada

10 h 45
Panel 1 - Presented by Hitachi Energy
The technology roadmap for a successful transformation - Case studies and lessons learned - Emerging technologies, megatrends, pilot projects in progress
Moderator: Pierre-Alain Graf, Vice President Cybersecurity, Hitachi Energy

Jeff Bailey, Vice-President, Consulting Services - US Industry Solutions, CGI
John Chahwan, Engineering Manager - Electricity Delivery, SNC Lavalin

12 h 45
Panel 2 - Presented by BBA
Winning technology deployment strategies (business case) - How to quickly capture benefits and reduce impacts?
Moderator: Eric Labrie, Project Manager, Smart Grids, BBA

Sylvain Clermont, Director, Convergences des automatismes, Hydro-Québec
Daniella Piper, Senior Manager, Western New York Region and Director of Transformation, New York Power Authority
Shah Nawaz, Vice-President, Smart Grids and Smart Infrastructure, Siemens Canada and Mike Minard, Senior Innovation Specialist, NBPower

14 h 10
Panel 3 - Presented by SNC-Lavalin
Cybersecurity, an important issue in the digitization of critical infrastructures
Moderator: Chris Johnson, Director, Practice Lead - Technology & Innovation/ Engineering Services, SNC Lavalin

Marthe Kassouf, Researcher, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ)
Gaétan Houle, Senior Security Architect, WSP
Elisa Costante, Vice-President Research, Forescout Technologies
Subin Alexander, National Director - Cyber Security Solutions Portfolio, CGI
Neila Zerguini, Senior Manager, Cybersecurity, Deloitte

15 h 30
Discussion table open to students
The digitization of electrical networks: Current research and prospects
Dialogue between students and professionals from Quebec's electrical industry
Moderator: Jean-Nicolas Paquin, Director, Application expertise and electrical simulation (AXES)

16 h 40
End of first day

February 16

8 h 45
Panel 4 - Presented by General Electric
Artificial intelligence (AI); perspectives on future network optimization - Applications related to digital twins and other network software

Stéphane Dellacherie, System Control Forecasts, Direction Contrôle des mouvements d'énergie, Hydro-Québec
Richard Wunderlich, Executive Leader Business Development Cybersecurity and Digital Networks, Siemens Canada - Intelligent Infrastructures
Dr. Diane Gutiw, Vice-President, Data Analytics - AI and Machine Learning, CGI Canada
Jean Bélanger, CEO and Director of Technology Services, Opal-RT Technologies

9 h 50 -
Panel 5 - Presented by Deloitte
The human and organizational impacts of infrastructure digitization (decompartmentalization of technologies, new skills, succession training)
Moderator: Line Duranleau, Senior Manager and Lead of the Human Resources Transformation Practice, Deloitte

Sylvain Clermont, Director, Convergences des automatismes, Hydro-Québec
Line Duranleau, Senior Manager and Leader of the Human Resources Transformation Practice, Deloitte
Jean-Sébastien Lacroix, Discipline Leader, Electrical Management, BBA
11 h 15

Panel 6 - Presented by OSI
Electric mobility and decentralized energy resources
Moderator: Dan Lysaker, Director, Engineering - Power Distribution, OSI

Satvinder Flore, Vice-President Energy and Industrial Resources, WSP
Theresa Cooke, Vice-President - Intelligent Infrastructure Sales, Siemens Canada
Rich Hampshire, Vice-President, Expert Consultant, CGI United Kingdom
Marc-André Forget, President and CEO, Dcbel
Éric Sortomme, Senior Product Manager: Smart Grids and Decentralized Energy Resources

(VIRTUAL EVENT)
Preliminary programThe digital transformation of the World electric power grids (VIRTUAL EVENT)
An essential milestone of the energy transition
February 15th

8:40
Opening Interview
Pierre Fitzgibbon
Minister of Economy and Innovation
Minister Responsible for Regional Economic DevelopmentGovernment of Quebec

9 am
Opening presentation
Digitization of Hydro-Québec's electric grids in the context of energy transition
Claudine Bouchard
Executive Vice President - TransÉnergie and Construction
President and Chief Executive Officer of Société d'énergie de la Baie James

9:20
Opening panel
Points of view of executive managers as they relate to the challenges of investing in electric infrastructures in the context of energy transition.
- Claudine Bouchard, Executive Vice president- TransÉnergie & Equipment , Hydro-Québec
- Faisal Kazi, President and Chief executive officer, Siemens Canada
- Marie-Claude Dumas, President and Chief Executive Officer, WSP
- Guy Vigeant, President, CGI-Canada
- Sylvie Pinsonnault, Senior Vice-President Strategies and Business Solutions, Investissement Québec

10:45
Panel 1 sponsored by Hitachi Energy
The technological roadmap for a successful transformation - A few cases and lessons learned
Emerging technologies, megatrends, current pilot projects
- A few cases and lessons learnedEmerging technologies, megatrends, current pilot projects
Moderator : Pierre-Alain Graf, SVP Global Security Business, Hitachi Energy
- Jeff Bailey, Vice President, Consulting Services, US Industry Solutions, CGI
- John Chahwan, Director of Engineering - Power Delivery, SNC Lavalin

12:45
Panel 2 sponsored by BBA
Winning technology deployment strategies (business case) - How to quickly reap the benefits and reduce the impacts?
Moderator : Eric Labrie, Project manager - Smart Energy Grids, BBA
- Sylvain Clermont, Director Protection, Automation and Control Systems Convergence, Hydro Québec
- Daniella Piper, Regional Manager, Western New York & Chief Transformation Officer, New York Power Authority
- Shah Nawaz, Business Unit Head Digital Grid, Smart Infrastructure, Siemens Canada and Mike Minard, Senior Innovation Specialist, NBPower

2:10
Panel 3 sponsored by SNC-Lavalin
Cybersecurity, an important issue in any critical infrastructure digitization process
Moderator : Chris Johnson, Director, Practice Lead - Technology & Innovation/ Engineering Services, SNC Lavalin
- Marthe Kassouf, Researcher at the Research Institute of Hydro-Quebec (IREQ)
- Gaetan Houle, Principal Security Architect, WSP
- Elisa Costante, Head of Research, SecurityMatters, BV
- Subin Alexander, Director National Cyber Security Solutions Portfolio, CGI
- Neila Zerguini, Senior Manager - Cyber Security, Deloitte Canada

3:30
Discussion table between students and professional from the Electric Power Industry
Moderator : Jean-Nicolas Paquin, Director, Application eXpertise and Electric Simulation (AXES)
The digitization of electric Power Grids: Current research and future perspectives

4:40
End of the first day

February 16 th

8:45
Panel 4 sponsored by General Electric
Artificial intelligence (AI); views on the optimization of future grids.
Applications related to digital twins and other electric power software
- Stephane Dellacherie, Grids control forecasts, Energy Movement Control Department, Hydro-Québec
- Richard Wunderlich, Executive Business Development Cyber Research, & Digital Grid, Smart Infrastructure,Siemens Canada
- Dr. Diane Gutiw, Vice President, Big Data Analytics - AI and Machine Learning, CGI Canada
- Jean Bélanger, Chief Executive Officer and Chief technology Officer, OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES
- A General Electric representative

9:50
Panel 5 sponsored by Deloitte
The human and organizational impacts of the digitization of infrastructures decompartmentalization of technologies, new skills, training of the succession
Moderator : Line Duranleau, Practice Leader, HR Transformation Advisory (Quebec Region), Deloitte
- Sylvain Clermont, Director Protection, Automation and Control Systems Convergence, Hydro Québec
- Jean-Sébastien Lacroix, Discipline Leader , Electricity Management, BBA
- Line Duranleau, Practice Leader, HR Transformation Advisory (Quebec Region), Deloitte

11:15
Panel 6 sponsored by OSI
Electric mobility and Distributed Energy Resources Moderator : Dan Lysaker, Director, Distribution Engineering at OSI
- Satvinder Flore, EVP, Energy, Resources & Industrial , WSP
- Theresa Cooke, VP Smart Infrastructure Sales, Siemens
- Rich Hampshire, Vice President Consulting Expert, CGI UK
- Marc-André Forget, president and Chief executive officer, dcbel
- Eric Sortomme, Senior Product Manager: Smart Grid & DERMS, OSI

12: 30 End of the event