The IET Power Academy Seminar Programme 2018

Hosted by: Atkins, Mott MacDonald, Rolls-Royce, Western Power Distribution,

The University of Manchester

IET Birmingham: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street,

Birmingham B1 2NP

Thursday 19 July 2018

10:30 Registration and refreshments

12:00 Introduction & Housekeeping

Bill Fenton, Manager, The IET Power Academy

12:10 Keynote Address: Five breakthroughs driving the energy revolution

Nick Winser CBE FREng
President, The IET

12:35 Lunch

13:30 -14:15 Keynote Address: Cyber Security and threats to the Electrical Networks
Professor Peter Crossley, The University of Manchester

14:30 -17:00 Interactive Workshops: Scholars will attend 2 workshops each lasting an hour, as follows:-
15:30 -16:00 Break for tea

1 National Grid - Bringing Energy to Life

Bekah Endersby, David Devoy and Andy Henderson
2 RWE Generation - Gambling with Gigawatts
Jacob Allinson and Andrew Allan
3 SP Energy Networks - Electrification of Transport and DSO transition
Russell Bryans and Matthew Jones
4 UKAEA - How to build a fusion power plant
Joseph Dobrashian, Amanda Lyford and Stevie Wray
5 BAE Systems - Submarine Top Trumps
Tom Clements and Matt Jordan
6 Northern Powergrid - Have you got too much sag?
Rob Waters plus 1
7 Rolls-Royce - Let’s see the sparks fly!
Adam McLoughlin and Chris Bright
8 Atkins - Rapid Design
Mark Goudie and Aoife Gallagher
9 Siemens - Power Transfer Challenge
Marko Grizelj, Umair Sheikh, Alex Pettener and Stewart Hynds
10 Western Power Distribution Challenge
Andrew Berndes, Muaz Mustafa plus 1
11 Mott MacDonald - Surveying the Success
Neil Mitchell, Sophie Willmott and Diana Collington
12 Network Rail - Needing Power Academy Scholars help us build a better railway Robert Wilson
and Matthew Parsons

17:15 Hotel check in (Main Reception)

19:00 Drinks Reception & Dinner Crowne Plaza, Birmingham

21:00 After Dinner Speaker Warren East CBE FRS FREng FIET FBCS
Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Holdings

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 The IET Power Academy Seminar Programme 2018
Hosted by: Atkins, Mott MacDonald, Rolls-Royce, Western Power Distribution,
The University of Manchester

IET Birmingham: Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street,

Birmingham B1 2NP

Friday 20 July 2018

08:00 Hotel check out

08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast

09:15 Some years on!

Ex Scholars:-
Paul Yuile and Susie Little - Session Chairs

Bekah Endersby - National Grid

Holly Goodwin - Scottish Power
Marko Grizelj - Siemens

10:00 Refreshments

10:20 - 12:30 Interactive Workshops: Scholars will attend 2 workshops each lasting an hour, as follows:-

1 National Grid - Bringing Energy to Life

Bekah Endersby, Catherine Colvin and Vlad Morgen
2 RWE Generation - Gambling with Gigawatts
Jacob Allinson and Andrew Allan
3 SP Energy Networks - Electrification of Transport and DSO transition
Russell Bryans and Matthew Jones
4 UKAEA - How to build a fusion power plant
Joseph Dobrashian and Stevie Wray
5 BAE Systems - Submarine Top Trumps
Tom Clements and Matt Jordan
6 Northern Powergrid - Have you got too much sag?
Rob Waters plus 1
7 Rolls-Royce – Let’s see the sparks fly!
Adam McLoughlin and Chris Bright
8 Atkins - Rapid Design
Mark Goudie and Aoife Gallagher
9 Siemens - Power Transfer Challenge
Marko Grizelj, Umair Sheikh, Alex Pettener, Stewart Hynds
10 Western Power Distribution Challenge
Andrew Berndes, Muaz Mustafa plus 1
11 Mott MacDonald - Surveying the Success
Neil Mitchell, Sophie Willmott and Diana Collington
12 Network Rail - Needing Power Academy Scholars help us build a better railway Robert Wilson
and Matthew Parsons

12:30 - 13:20 Lunch

13:25 Scholar activity quiz and tasks - Susie Little and Paul Yuile

14:40 Networking opportunities - Andrew Allan and Mark Goudie

14:50 Scholar Representative Election

14:55 Review of Seminar and ideas for 2019

15:00 Close of Seminar

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