SGI Webinar - THOUGHT LEADERSHIP WEBINAR

Description

The world’s energy systems are changing. The smart grid is an electricity network that uses digital innovation and other advanced technologies including AI to monitor and manage the transport of electricity from decentralized generation sources to meet the varying electricity demands of end users. Hear from 2 leading experts from a major utility (ESB) and a global multinational (GE Vernova) on how they are providing leading edge digital solutions and have a clear view of the innovation required to accelerate the pace of change.

Host: Paddy Turnbull, Vice Chair, Smart Grid Ireland

Presenters:

Edmund O’Carroll, ESB Networks’ newly formed Business and Operations Hub within the DMSO.

Ed holds a B.Eng (Elec) from UCC and M.Eng.SC from the Tyndall Institute, Cork. Ed joined ESB Networks in 2003 and worked in a number of roles, principally in the original roll out of the Outage Management System (OMS). Ed moved to Eirgrid in 2009 to work with the Power Systems Applications team where he was SCADA Team Lead and worked on integration of many new technologies into the transmission control room. Ed rejoined ESB Networks in 2022 to work in NN,LC as the Operational Control Architecture manager. Ed is currently working in the newly formed Business and Operations Hub within the DMSO.

Thorsten Heller – Chief Innovation Officer, GE Vernova Electrification Software

Thorsten was the CEO & Co-Founder of Greenbird Integration Technology providing the leading Enterprise iPaaS and Data Mesh Platform driving the Energy Transition. Acquired by GE Vernova in August 2023. Software Utility Executive with long term experience in datafy’ing utilities to build a more sustainable grid.