The 2019 General Meeting and PIESA-IERE South Africa Forum (Day 1)

Program As Performed

Note: Presentation slides are available for members only.

Opening Session

O-1Opening Address
Gregory TOSEN, 
IERE Chair
O-2Welcome Address
Eng Bukosi Siso, 
Chairman, PIESA

Keynote Speech

K-1The use smart technologies to mitigate revenue collection challenges especially in African electricity distribution utilities
Alfred KAPONDA
ESCOM, Malawi & PIESA Board member
K-2Sustainability of (renewable) electricity production
Jan MERTENS
Chief Scientific Officer, ENGIE Research, ENGIE, Belgium
AbstractSlides

General Session

G-1The report of IERE activities
Gregory TOSEN
IERE Chair
Slides
G-2The report of PIESA Activities and TIS
Vally Padayachee 
Executive Officer, PIESA, South Africa
Slides
G-3Methanol Ageing Marker Project (Phase 2)
Jan MERTENS
Chief Scientific Officer, ENGIE Research, ENGIE, Belgium
Slides

Session 1: Evolving 4IR technologies and its effect on the customer

Chair: Jie Huang, Deputy manager, Senior Engineer, New Technology Department, NARI Group Corporation, China

S1-1A deep learning based obstacle detection and distance measurement for substation patrol robot
Hongsheng Xu,
Senior Engineer, NARI Research Institute, NARI Group Corporation, China
AbstractSlides
S1-2Cancelled
S1-3Application and Development of Artificial Intelligence in Power Equipment State Evaluation and Maintenance
Ji Qiao
Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Application Research Institute Department, CEPRI, China
AbstractSlides
S1-4TID Rollover
Franco Pucci,
STS Association, South Africa
S1-5Readiness Index for Indonesian Power Plant toward Industry 4.0
Harry Indrawan, 
Manager, Research and Assessment Technology Power Generation And Energy, PT. PLN (Persero) Research Institute, Indonesia
AbstractSlides
S1-6Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Electricity Theft and Irregular Power Usage in the African Electricity market
Keith Katyora
Electrical Engineer, Aurecon, South Africa

Session 2: Asset Management – let’s get smart about it

Chair: Hans-Jürgen Behnke, POA External Operation & Maintenance, Business Development & Sales, RWE TI, Germany

S2-1Current market developments and their effects on asset flexibilities
Hans-Jürgen Behnke
POA External Operation & Maintenance Business Development & Sales, RWE TI, Germany
AbstractSlides
S2-2A Real-world Dataset for Automatic Visual Diagnosis of Power Transmission lines
Min-Hee Choi
Senior Researcher, Digital Solution Lab., KEPCO RI, Korea
AbstractSlides
S2-3Application of RFID System for Managing Repair Parts of Underground Power Cables and Accessories
Yuya Manabe
Senior Researcher, Electric Power R&D Center, R&D Division, Chubu EPCO, Japan
AbstractSlides
S2-44IR technologies Application on KEPCO Power Distribution equipment maintenance
Gi-Dae Oh
Senior Researcher, Smart Power Distribution Laboratory, KEPCO RI, Korea
AbstractSlides
S2-5High Efficiency Status Evaluation for Main Equipments based on Cyber Physical Systems in Distribution Network
Keyan Liu
Manager, Power Distribution Department, CEPRI, China
AbstractSlides
S2-6Cancelled
S2-7MR_System Solutions for Asset Management
Kobus de Villiers
Managing Director, Reinhausen, South Africa
Slides

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