Recap + Action Items: June 28, 2023

  • Recap + Action Items: June 28, 2023

    Posted by Kevin Praet (Adm) on June 29, 2023 at 5:58 am

    Hello UAI EAC Members,

    Thank you for attending the June 28, 2023 Executive Advisory Council (EAC) meeting. It was a pleasure to connect with you. We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to join us for this meeting and for the thoughtful input you provided during our discussions. 

    Please find below a recap of our discussions and action items highlighted in yellow. You will also find the SAB SWOT Analysis of UAIpolling results on Generative AI and Algorithm Alley, the meeting slide deck, and the recording of the meeting in the EAC Library.

    UAI Executive Advisory Council: Recap Notes + Action Items June 28, 2023 – Quarterly Virtual Meeting

     

    • Remaining 2023 EAC Meeting Schedule  Please make sure you have the following meetings on your calendar. They have already been sent to you and should be saved on your schedule. Let us know if we need to resend to you.
    • Quarterly 
    • September 27, 2023
    • December 13, 2023
  • In-Person
    • UA Week in Orlando: October 30 from 1:00 4:00 PM, followed by dinner at 5:30 PM CT 
    • Arrive in Orlando on October 29 to ensure you are onsite to join us for this meeting
  • Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) Discussion
    • The SAB performed a collaborative SWOT Analysis of UAI during their June 27, 2023 meeting.
    • UAI is amid our strategic planning season, so we leveraged the expertise of our SAB in conducting a collective SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for UAI’s strategic evaluation.
    • SAB members divided into small groups, were assigned a specific aspect of UAI to analyze within the SWOT framework
    • The image at the bottom of this message contains the valuable findings and insights from this SAB SWOT exercise. We also included it in the EAC Library
    • Thanks to our SAB for this analysis… it will not only contribute to our strategic planning efforts for 2024 but also serve as a foundational resource for future EAC and SAB discussions and decision-making
    • ACTION ITEM: If any member of the EAC feels like we left out a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, or Threat about UAI, please send it to @Leslie Cook at lcook@utilityanalytics.com
  • UAI Updates/Calls to Action
    • Welcome to our new UAI Utility Members:
    • Kissimmee Utility Authority
    • CLP Power
    • Midwest Energy
    • Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
  • Recently Published Content from UAI
    • See Member Contributed, Non-Member Contributed, UAI Contributed, and Member-Exclusive content contained in the presentation slides for this June 28th meeting
  • UAI Excellence Awards
  • UA Week 2023
    • October 31 – November 2, 2023
    • Takes place in Orlando, FL at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando
    • Learn more and register at http://www.UtilityAnalyticsWeek.com
    • Utility Members get three complimentary passes
    • ACTION ITEM: Who is using your complimentary passes?
  • UAI Training
  • Speak during UAI Community Conversations
  • Become a Community Sponsor or Leader
    • We are actively recruiting new Sponsors and Leaders in the Following Communities:
    • Analytics Architecture & Technology
    • Asset Health Analytics
    • Grid Analytics
    • Natural Gas Analytics
    • Safety Analytics
  • ACTION ITEM: Refer anyone on your team that is interested to @Leslie Cook at lcook@utilityanalytics.com
  • Use Case Collector
    • We have created a form for collecting any use case you choose to submit to UAI’s Use Case Café. Any and all use cases are a valuable addition to our collection. This includes use cases deemed high value, use cases still in progress, and use cases that did not pan out as originally intended. 
    • Use cases submitted via the Use Case Collector will be uploaded to UAI Connect and hosted in our Use Case Café (coming soon!). The information in the Use Case Cafe will only be made available to UAI members.
  • 2023 Sub-Committees 
  • Future Training Opportunities – Survey Results
    • We reviewed the results from the future training opportunities survey
    • Here are the high-level findings from the survey:
    • Longer classes are not of interest (multiple weeks over an extended period) as compared to multi-day classes or one-day classes
    • All types of delivery formats preferred equally (online, in-person, on-demand)
    • Private Group delivery is less preferred
    • CEUs are not important
    • Classes developed and delivered by vendors/solutions providers partnering with UAI are of interest, maybe… depending
    • Top 3 classes in order of value from survey respondents:
    • Analytics Adoption – 89%
    • One Day Deep Dives into Utility Specific Analytics Focus Areas – 89%
    • Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for Power Systems and Smart Grid – 85%
  • See the presentation slide deck for the full list in order of value from survey respondents in the EAC Library
  • EAC Discussion and Live Action Polling on the following topics: 
    • Generative AI
    • Algorithm Alley
  • See the current results of this survey attached and in the EAC Library
  • ACTION ITEM: If you did not take the survey today, you can still do so over the next 14 days as follows:
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    Kevin Praet
    Membership Coordinator
    Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
    Boulder CO
    315-440-3033
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