IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - March/April 2022 - 8

Wayne Bishop, Jr.
welcome back!
in-person meetings return
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THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE CHALlenged
all of us to rethink and reimagine
everything we do. With many of us
" pent up " since 2020, we can hardly
wait to attend the upcoming 2022 IEEE
Power & Energy Society (PES) T&D
Conference and Exposition on 25-28
April 2022.
This year's T&D will be held in New
Orleans, Louisiana. The Crescent City
has always been known for its great
hospitality, outstanding cuisine, and entertainment,
and it is probably the best
place to reunite with old friends from the
industry. Entergy is the host utility, and
it has put together an outstanding technical
program, bringing together some of
the brightest minds in our industry.
I find it hard to believe that the last
T&D was held four years ago. This is an
excellent opportunity to reconnect and
see what's new in our industry. There will
be more than 500 companies displaying
their equipment and services. See the
product, talk to the manufacturers, say
hello to old friends, and make new ones,
too, as you network in the exhibit hall.
This will be one of the best T&Ds yet
and one you won't want to miss!
What's New at This Year's
IEEE T&D Conference
and Exposition?
T&D Utility Saver Package
To provide utilities with more opportunities
to experience the 2022 IEEE PES
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T&D Conference and Exposition as a
team, an exclusive T&D Utility Saver
package will be offered. It will allow
you to send 10 utility employees with full
conference registration for a total of only
US$1,000, an enormous discount compared
to the cost of traditional registration.
The packages for 10 employees allow
various departments and teams within
a utility to participate in the meeting.
There is no limit on the number of packages
a utility can purchase. Bring your
team and save on registration!
IEEE Smart Cities Pavilion
New in 2022, the IEEE PES T&D Conference
and Exposition is excited to announce
the addition of the Smart Cities
Pavilion. This dedicated location on the
exhibit floor will feature a variety of
case study exhibits highlighting effective
collaboration to make smarter cities
a reality. Technologies will include
smart street lighting, advanced electric
vehicle-charging infrastructure, sensors,
intelligent monitoring, and more.
Innovation Stages
With so many transformational changes
happening in the power and energy
industry, it is important to keep abreast
of all of the new technologies. The
IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition
is the place to go for a wide
breadth of new solutions that will deliver
the promise of a reliable, safe, and
affordable energy grid. Conveniently
located on the show floor, Innovation
Stages will provide a unique forum to
debut state-of-the-art technologies and
discuss practical product applications.
While onstage, presenters will discuss
case studies that offer insights into
emerging trends and share valuable
best practices. On the exhibit floor, you
will be able to hear short presentations
from some of the industry's leading
suppliers and knowledge providers.
The IEEE PES T&D Conference and
Exposition delivers practical, solutionoriented
training on key trends impacting
the industry, including case studies
and lessons learned through a dynamic
and robust series of supersessions, forum
sessions, panel discussions, poster
presentations, and tutorials. The 2022
program features conversations regarding
the electrification of infrastructure,
the integration and operation of renewables,
and lessons learned from the pandemic
and recent climate disruptions.
The conference also offers certificates
for professional development hours,
which can be earned by attending forum
and panel sessions, and continuing education
units, which are available for tutorials
as well as the Plain Talk and Leading
Technical Teams workshops. These
certificates are useful for professional
engineers in states where continuing education
is required and attendees wanting
to attain and meet their own personal
and company developmental objectives.
The technical program includes panel
sessions, paper forum sessions, supersessions,
tutorials, and workshops.
This is an exciting time to be part
of the electric power industry with so
many changes happening. Many have
said that there have been more changes
march/april 2022
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