Foresight After Four
Today's event has been canceled due to yesterday's severe weather in Dallas. The event will be rescheduled for early fall semester.
Technology and Electric Utilities – the next 20 years
The energy marketplace and consumer expectations will evolve over the next five, 10, and 20 years and so should the electric grid. What characteristics or attributes will be most important and what strategies will be needed to bring them to life? Do we concentrate on the most far-reaching technologies or go for the basic building blocks? What role do data and analytics play in the smart grid? Where will the leadership for this ever-changing grid come from?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
4:30 pm: Reception
5:15 pm: Program
6-6:45 pm: Further discussion
U of M Technological Leadership Institute (TLI)
West Bank Office Building, Executive Education Facility (Suite 150)
1300 S. Second Street, Minneapolis (map)
Please RSVP by March 30th to tli@umn.edu or 612-624-5747
About the speaker
Michael Quinn is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Oncor Electric Delivery. He has been charged with setting the company’s course in identifying technologies and deployment strategies to meet the growing and changing needs of the market.
He joined Texas Utilities, Oncor’s predecessor company, in 1988 and has had assignments in Nuclear Generation, Fossil-Fuel Generation, System Protection, Asset Management, Transmission Operations and Business Development. Over the last fifteen years, he has held numerous management and leadership positions within these organizations.
Michael is a 1988 graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. He is past Chairman and Vice Chairman of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, Ft. Worth Chapter, past member of the Board of Directors for the Utilities Telecom Council, and the North American Transmission Forum. He is presently the Chair of the Texas Reliability Entity Members Representative Committee and a member of the Texas RE Board of Directors.
We look forward to seeing you at this exciting and relevant event!