Metering, Billing/CRM Middle East Co-located with NAPIC
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Sunday, 19 November 2006/Dimanche, 19 novembre 2006 |
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Pre-conference seminar programme/Colloque préalable à la conférance |
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10h30 – 12h30
Your course instructor: Franco Pucci, Director, STS Association, South Africa |
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Prepayment metering: Case studies and best practices/Prépaiement metering: Etudes de cas et bonnes pratiques |
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13h30 – 14h00
Mr Ahmed Nour, General Director, North Delta Electricity Distribution Company, Egypt |
| 14h00 – 14h30 Sudan’s pre-payment project success Balla Mohamed Ahmed, General Sales Manager, National Electricity Corporation, Sudan |
| 14h30 – 15h00 Water prepayment case study Nico Singh, Prepayment Project Manager, Johannesburg Water, South Africa |
| 15h00 – 15h30 The STS standard: how to maintain interoperability for prepayment metering Franco Pucci, Director, STS Association, South Africa |
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Think tank discussion: Prepayment systems and token technologies – best practices for the MENA region. |
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16h00-17h00
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Monday, 20 November 2006/Lundi, 20 novembre 2006
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Opening and keynote addresses/Séance d’ouverture et discours de bienvenue |
| 10h30-11h30 Opening of the exhibition and opening address by the General Mohamed Hany Metwaly, Governer of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
| 11h30-12h00 Egypt: Overview of the longterm vision for energy in Egypt Hon Dr Hassan Younes, Minister of Electricity and Energy, Egypt |
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Keynote session/Discours de bienvenue |
| 12h00-12h30 Middle East and North African utilities: An overview of the business environment Dr Mounir Yehia, Director, Near East Engineering and Development Services, Lebanon |
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12:30-13:00 |
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13:00-13:30 |
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Policies and regulatory frameworks for the MENA region/Politique et cadres réglementaires pour la région de MENA |
| 14h30–15h00 Public/private partnerships in the Middle Eastern utilities Eng. Mohamed H. Ashmawi, President, IP3 MENA |
| 15h00–15h30 The benefits and challenges of a multi-national liberalised electricity market: The European experience Francois Meslier, Acting Secretary General, MEDELEC, France |
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Think tank panel discussion: The customer point of view
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Moderator: Mohammed Hussein Nabil, Executive Manager, Techno Media Group (TMG), Egypt Panelists:
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| Tuesday, 21 November/Mardi, 21 novembre 2006 Conference Programme |
Tuesday, 21 November/Mardi, 21 novembre 2006 Conference Programme |
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Revenue management technologies |
Generation/Production |
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| 10h00-10h30 | Building the IT systems architecture for a comprehensive electricity company: A blueprint Adel Ibrahim, Director, Information Technology Company (ITC), Saudi Arabia |
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| 10h30-11h00 | How to evaluate the cost effectiveness of AMI Ali Mouslmani, Regional Director, Elster Electricity, United Arab Emirates |
The effect of co-generation systems on economic position Ehab Attia, Mohanad Moustafa, Ahmede Sobhy, Engineers, Alexandria Electricity Distribution Company, Egypt |
| Transmission/Transport Chair: Dr Kamel Yassin, Executive Director, Planning, Research, Power Projects and Electric Service Companies’ Affairs, Egyptian Electricity Holding Company(EEHC), Egypt |
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| 11h00-11h30 | Seamless revenue management: ‘From metering to cash’: world class utilities best practices Dr Maher Chebbo, Vice President Utilities Industry, SAP, France |
The Zaafaranah Wind Farm Project Moustafa Abdel Monem Yousef, Head of O & M, New and Renewable Energy Authority, Egypt |
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Transmission/Transport |
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| 11h30-12h00 | Transforming North African and Middle Eastern utilities into revenue management champions Rens Bindeman, Managing Director, Revenue Investigations, South Africa |
On-site dissolved gas analysis for transformer condition assessment Henk Fourie, Operations Manager, Kelman Africa, South Africa |
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Smart grids…Why bother? |
Voltage dips analysis in power systems Ahmed R Abdelaziz, position, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineerin, Alexandria University, Egypt Mohammed A Basyouni, Engineer, Alexandria Electricity Distribution Company, Egypt |
| Ahmed Samir Gheith, Independent consultant, Egypt | Eng. Samir Hassan, Chairman, New and Renewable Energy Authority, Egypt |
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Measurement and standards |
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13h30-14h00 |
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14h00-14h30 |
| 14h30-15h00 Scada system role in a deregulated environment Galal S. Ahmed, Tarek A Emara, Nader A. Abdelghani, Amira Taha, Engineers, Alexandria Electricity Distribution Company |
| 15h15-15h45 Smart Grids benefits Michele Marzola, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Networks Plc, Italy |
| 15h45-16h15 AMR: The Nuweiba pilot project Ahmed Samir Gheith, Independent Consultant, Egypt |
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16h15-16h45 Moderator/Modérateur: Dr Mounir Yehia, Director, Near East Engineering and Development Services, Lebanon
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