2017 Metering Conference
John Maree Auditorium Eskom Conference & Exhibition Centre
Dale Road, Halfway House
8th - 9th February 2017
Programme, Registration &
Exhibition Prospectus
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Metering Conference 2017
INTRODUCTION
The Metering Conference is hosted by the Power Delivery Engineering Division of Eskom. The theme for the
2017 edition of the conference is “Meter-the heart of the smart future”. The objectives of the Metering
Conference 2017 are to:
discuss the meter’s role to enable the smart future;
to share lessons learnt from the implementation of smart metering technologies in a Southern African
context;
discuss local challenges, requirements and developments in the metering industry;
create an opportunity for valuable exchange of local and international ideas and experiences;
enhance the technological knowledge base of attendees; and
engender enthusiasm and stimulate interest in the subject of metering and related disciplines.
The format of the conference will consist of exhibitions, presentations, technical papers and technical
discussions.
CONFERENCE KEY TOPICS
The primary focus of the conference will be the subject of metering technologies with an emphasis on
smart metering, communications, data management and revenue protection. Main topics covered will
include:
Smart Residential metering
Large Power Users & Statistical metering
Communications Technologies for Smart Meters
Revenue Protection
Pricing and Tariffs
Regulatory
Cyber Security
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Utility and Municipal Metering Practitioners
Revenue Protection Practitioners
Smart Grid Practitioners
Manufactures and Vendors
Consulting Engineers
Academics
VENUE AND DATE
The Conference will be held in the John Maree Auditorium at the Eskom Conference and Exhibition Centre,
Dale Road, Halfway House, Gauteng, South Africa. The conference will be held on the 8th
and 9th
of
February 2017.
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REGISTRATION FEES
Delegate Registrations:
Fee 14%Vat Total
Delegates R 1 750,00 R 245,00 R 1 995,00
Speakers R 1 150,00 R 161,00 R 1 311,00
Exhibitor (Refreshment Package Only):
Fee 14%Vat Total
Complimentary (1 per company) R Nil R Nil R Nil
Additional (per person) R 650,00 R 91,00 R 741,00
Important Notes
1. There are TWO types of registration – one for NON-ESKOM delegates and one for ESKOM delegates.
• NON-ESKOM delegates are to complete and return the attached registration form.
• ESKOM delegates registration will be facilitated via Zenzele Web Portal
2. Payment options for Non-Eskom delegates are Credit Card, Electronic Transfer or Cheque. The latter must be made payable to
Eskom Holdings. Payment should be accompanied by a list of names of the relevant delegates. Credit card payments will be
processed offline based on the authority provided on the registration form. For EFT transfers, please email proof of payment to
3. Tax invoices will be issued to non-Eskom delegates.
4. Eskom delegates are required to complete the registration on Zenzele Web Portal.
5. The closing date for registration is 15 December 2016. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after this date.
6. The above fees, with the exception of the Exhibitor Refreshment Package, include access to the set of conference proceedings.
The fees also include teas and lunches during the two days of the conference, as well as the cocktail event on the 8th
February
2017.
REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES The closing date for registration is 15 December 2016. No registrations can be accepted after this closing date! Non-
Eskom delegates are to complete the relevant enclosed registration form and email to
Notes for Non-Eskom Delegates
1. Please return ONE REPLY SLIP PER DELEGATE / EXHIBITOR.
2. REPLY PROMPTLY! Places at the conference will be allocated in the order of receipt of the registration slips.
3. Preliminary registration can be done by email, but registration can only be confirmed upon receipt of the required
payment.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Car Parking Ample covered parking is available at the conference venue.
Cocktail Event A complimentary cocktail event will be take place on the evening of the first day of the conference,
following the close of the proceedings. Please indicate on the registration reply slip if you will be attending the
cocktail event.
Conference Proceedings A copy of the conference proceedings will be provided to each registered conference
delegate (see Registration Fees, Note 6).
Conference Programme A provisional programme of the conference is included in this information brochure. The
final programme will be made available upon registration.
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Exhibition An exhibition area will be set up in the area adjacent to the conference hall where vendors and other
interested parties may display metering and related products & technologies during the two days of the conference
– please see details in the ‘Exhibition Prospectus’ section in this brochure.
Format of Presentations The conference programme will consist of formal presentation sessions of 20 minutes for
each paper. At the end of each session there will be a 20 minute discussion period co-ordinated by the session
chairperson.
Insurance The organizers cannot be held liable for accidents to conference participants or for damage to, or loss of,
their personal property, howsoever caused. Participants should therefore make their own insurance arrangements.
Lunches Buffet/finger lunches will be provided on the days of the conference at the times indicated in the
programme.
Name Tag Each delegate will be provided with a name tag which will authorize access to the conference venue and
the serving of refreshments. Cocktail event tickets will be provided to delegates and exhibitors attending the event,
as per the responses indicated on the registration form (section C).
Overnight Accommodation Delegates and exhibitors are requested to make their own arrangements with regard to
travel and overnight accommodation. The following central reservations company in Midrand may be contacted for
assistance:
Midrand Central Reservations
Contact: Maryna Esterhuyse Tel: +27(0)82-448 6680
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midrand.net
Should you require more information or assistance, please contact the conference secretariat.
Refreshments Refreshments will be served during the breaks and in the mornings before the start of the
proceedings, as indicated on the programme.
Transport Delegates and exhibitors are requested to make their own arrangements with regard to travel
Working Language The working language of the conference is English, which will be used for all printed material,
presentations and discussions.
EXHIBITION SPACE
We are pleased to offer exhibition space during the Metering Conference 2017. During the two days of the
conference, a limited amount of exhibition space, equipped with cubicles, will be available for hire. The allocated
exhibition area will be at the Eskom Conference and Exhibition Centre. The exhibition venue will be located in the
foyer of the John Maree Auditorium, and shall be open all through the conference. Exhibition stands will be set up
on the day before the conference (i.e. 7th
February 2017) and will be dismantled on the last day of the conference.
Each exhibition package will comprise:
• Partitioning on 2 sides and at the rear of each cubicle
• Carpeted floor space
• 1 x 220V AC, 30 A electrical power point (shared DB board)
• Cubicle lighting
• Company name in standard lettering (blue on white)
• Setting up and dismantling of cubicles
• One complimentary set of Exhibitor refreshment vouchers (lunches, teas and cocktail event)
• The exhibition areas will be secured overnight by Eskom security personnel
The cost of the available exhibition packages (inclusive of 14 % VAT) is as follows:
Code Type Size Cost of Stand
S Standard cubicle 3 m x 3 m R 3 900
M Medium cubicle 6 m x 3 m R 6 900
Should you require additional items (e.g. furniture, special electrical supply, televisions etc.) that are not included as
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part of the standard shell scheme package, you are requested to make these arrangements yourself. You have the
option of ordering any additional items from the shell scheme company, 3D Shell, at your own cost. The contact
person is Clement; email: [email protected] ; Telephone: +27 (0)11 608 1588 or Mobile +27 (0)83 763 8349.
Extra exhibitor refreshment packages will also be available for additional exhibiting company staff who will be
manning the stand (over and above the designated exhibiting staff who will receive the complimentary refreshment
package). This package will include the refreshments, lunches and the cocktail event. The cost of this additional
package is R 741.00 inclusive of VAT. Booking of these packages is available as part of the delegate registration
process. Please fill in a registration form for each Exhibitor staff and also indicate which person will be utilizing the
Complimentary Refreshment Package.
In order to afford all exhibiting companies a fair opportunity with regards to choice of stand position, the process of
securing a cubicle will be as follows:
STEP 1 Upon receipt of this brochure; please return, by email, the attached reply slip indicating the required cubicle
size (3m x 3m or 6m x 3m).
STEP 2 Your designated representative will be contacted with an invitation to an Exhibitor’s Tea (date TBA), where
allocation of the exhibition stands randomly, will be done. If you are unable to send a representative, a stand will
automatically be allocated to you.
STEP 3 Based on your stand requirements, our Finance Department will issue an invoice.
STEP 4 Confirmation of your chosen location will be provided once the necessary payment is received.
ORGANIZERS
The conference is being organized by the PTM&C Centre of Excellence. The contact details of the Organizing
Committee chairperson are:
Mohamed Omar Tel: +27 (0)11-871 2351
Cell: +27 (0)83-294 8258
Email: [email protected]
SECRETARIAT / GENERAL ENQUIRIES
Una Van Zyl Tel: +27 (0)58-307 4013
Cell: +27 (0)82-416 3657
eFax: 086 - 538 8047
Email: [email protected]
FINANCE QUERIES
Siyathuthuka Mkhize Tel: +27 (0)11-800 5811
eFax: 086 - 585 3844
Email: [email protected]
EXHIBITION QUERIES
Donald Moshoeshoe Tel: +27 (0)11-871 2685
Cell: +27 (0)83-417 9529
Email: [email protected]
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Metering Conference 2017
Provisional Program
Wednesday 8 February 2017
08h00 ~ REGISTRATION – TEA / COFFEE ~ 09h00 Opening Address TBA
Session 1: Smart Residential Metering
09h30 Smart Metering Implementation Challenges in the African Environment
S Dart
Honeywell Smart Energy / Elster Solutions
09h50 Prepayment, the bigger picture for a Smart Metering Program M Kuhlmann
Siemens Digital Grid
10h10 NRS 049: Requirements for Smart Metering Systems “IT systems required and Challenges to meeting NRS049”
H Hayes
Landis & Gyr
10h30 Session Discussion
10h50 ~ REFRESHMENTS ~
Session 2: Smart Residential Metering
11h20 Eskom roll-out of Smart Prepayment E Makwarela, K Subramoney
Eskom PTM&C
11h40 City Power Smart Metering Deployment Lessons Learnt T Zwakala
City Power
12h00 Smart meter interoperability testing - A perspective on requirements and implementation
S Papi
Eskom RT&D
12h20 Session Discussion
12h40 ~ LUNCH ~
Session 3: Communications Technologies for Smart M eters
13h40 The Road Map to the Future of Secure Multi-Bearer Meter Reading into a Private Cloud
S Mthembu
Izembe Technologies
14h00 GSM/GPRS modem Developments in Remote Metering H Erwin
Kocos
14h20 Smart communication technologies that works for Smart Meters (Tentative – Subject to confirmation from Ziyaad)
J Winter
Smart Grid Technologies
14h40 LPWA application in metering systems K Glorioso
Vodacom
15h00 Session Discussion
15h20 ~ REFRESHMENTS ~
Session 4: Pricing and Cyber Security
15h50 Eskom Strategic Pricing Direction S Salvoldi
Eskom Pricing
16h10 Securing the end-to-end Connection of the Advanced Metering Network
M Taljaard
Eskom PTM&C
16h30 Session Discussion
17h00 ~COCKTAILS ~
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Thursday 9 February 2017
08h00 ~ REGISTRATION – TEA / COFFEE ~
Session 1: LPU Metering Technology
09h00 Revision of NRS 474 and Grid Code Amalgamation H Groenewald
Eskom PTM&C
09h20 Revenue Enhancement - The Smart Way for Municipalities
H Greyling
Remote Metering Solutions
09h40 Eskom Metering Technology Developments M Omar
Eskom PTM&C
10h00 Case Study: A Revenue Led Meter to Cash Strategy A Turner
Siemens
10h20 Session Discussion
10h40 ~ REFRESHMENTS ~
Session 2: Revenue Protection
11h00 Revenue recovery and tamper investigations M McDonald, D Bashford
Eskom
11h30 Requirements and Solutions for Regular Field Calibration of Instrument Transformers
A Dierks
Alectrix
11h50 Metering Installation Commissioning and Verification H Erwin
Kocos
12h10 Session Discussion
12H30 ~ LUNCH ~
Session 3: Data Management, Asset Management, Train ing and Certification
13h30 Eskom Meter Training and Certification U Van Zyl
Eskom
13h50 Work Management and Asset Capturing Systems J Fritz
Eskom
14h10 Visual Historian Project / Data Management T Heyman
Eskom Western OU
14h30 Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Meter Data Management
H Hayes
Landis & Gyr
14h50 Session Discussion and Close