SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LF Energy, a
nonprofit, vendor-neutral initiative from The Linux Foundation,
whose mission is to accelerate the energy and electricity sectors'
worldwide decarbonization goals through open-source technology,
announced the full agenda for its first global summit, NOW TO NEXT
- The Power of Together, as well as the addition of Alliander, EDP,
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Unicorn
as new LF Energy members.
NOW TO NEXT, which will be hosted in La Défense, Paris, on Nov.
4-5, will bring together leaders and innovators in the power
and technology industries to discuss the global transition to clean
energy. Industry leaders have realized that no one can meet
decarbonization goals alone. Instead, we must work together to
transition the 150-year-old power grid infrastructure to smarter
and more efficient digital technologies that enable decentralized
energy resources.
"Open source is the only way for the energy industry to quickly
scale the digital infrastructure and technology necessary to
achieve carbon neutrality by 2050," says LF Energy Executive
Director Dr. Shuli Goodman, Ph.D.
"Our NOW TO NEXT summit will bring open-source and energy industry
leaders together to spark discussions, learn from other industries
and accelerate the implementation of grid modernization that can
help to mitigate the catastrophic effects of climate change over
the next 30 years."
The teaching team for the Summit includes world-recognized, open
source leaders from The Linux Foundation, as well as professionals
who have enabled companies such as Comcast, Microsoft, IBM, Paypal,
Intel, and Autodesk to become leaders in open source application
and management. Cross-industry open source experts will be joined
by power systems open source leaders from RTE, Alliander, TenneT,
Energinet, Elering, and EDP who are using open source and
collaborative development to accelerate grid modernization.
Agenda highlights include:
- Mechthild Wörsdörfer (Director at the European Commission's
Directorate General for Energy) on her experience with the
International Energy Agency and its plans to help tackle climate
change
- Stephen Walli (Principal Program
Manager, Microsoft) on the strength of collaborative development
and the role of open source
- Olivier Grabette (Executive Vice President & Member of the
Executive Board, RTE) on RTE's journey and what it means for the
power of together
- Danese Cooper (VP of Special
Initiatives, NearForm, Ltd.) on NearForm's work in the open-source
energy space
- Shane Coughlan (OpenChain
General Manager at The Linux Foundation) on The Linux Foundation's
LF Energy initiative and its work in this space
- Dan Kohn (Executive Director of
Cloud Native Computing Foundation) on the intersection of cloud
computing and energy
- Lucian Balea, RTE, Open Source
Director
- Arjan Stam, Alliander, Director
of System Operations
- Loek Bakker, TenneT, Senior
Manager IT Strategy and Architecture
View the full agenda here. Those interested in attending NOW TO
NEXT may register at
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/lfenergysummit2019/register/.
Members of the media who wish to apply for a complimentary press
pass should email lfenergypr@walkersands.com.
NOW TO NEXT would not be possible without the support of event
sponsors RTE, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF),
Vanderbilt University, the National
Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and NCSU FREEDM Systems Center.
In addition, LF Energy is pleased to announce the addition of
its newest member organizations, who have committed to supporting
the organization's mission of accelerating the energy transition by
collaboratively developing the digital foundations of the future
grid:
- Alliander, an energy network company that provides energy
transport and distribution in the
Netherlands. During the event, Arjan
Stam the Director of System Operations will be participating
in a panel to discuss Alliander's experience utilizing an open
source initiative.
- Unicorn, a European services company that provides complex
information systems and solutions in information technology.
- Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, the
largest educational institution in Central Switzerland.
Find more information on becoming a member here:
https://www.lfenergy.org/join.
About LF Energy
A first-of-its-kind initiative, LF Energy provides a 21st century
plan of action to solving climate change through open frameworks,
reference architectures and a support ecosystem of complementary
projects. In addition to RTE, members include Energinet, TenneT,
Alliander, Elering, IBM, Recurve, Stanford
University, OSISoft, Unicorn, Root9B and more. Find further
information here: https://www.lfenergy.org.
SOURCE LF Energy