[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our November (2022) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, November 16 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by Alvin Rentsch, Manager of Data Solutions at ENTRUST Solutions Group who will be leading a discussion around, “Preparing for Digital Twin in Natural Gas Utility Systems.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight. 

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

ENTRUST will explore the value of Digital Twin applications for a Natural Gas Transmission assets. The presentation will highlight the benefits and challenges in the journey towards digital twins through a series of case studies. The case studies will explore the challenges, and opportunities to use existing projects to get closer to the digital twin vision.

Session Takeaways: This session will contribute to the attendee’s understanding of Digital Twins in relation to gas asset management and how current initiatives can move an organization closer towards that goal.

Speaker: Alvin Rentsch, Manager of Data Solutions (ENTRUST Solutions Group)

Alvin Rentsch is “Rebel with a Spatial Cause”. A dynamic and results-oriented individual with proven expertise in achieving goals, while also prioritizing and strategizing for project completion. He is articulate and persuasive in dealing with all levels of management, peers, staff and diverse clientele. He has government and private sector experience in personnel and project management; military experience including dynamic leadership training and large, multi-unit projects. When he isn’t working on predictive modeling and systems dynamics, he works on integrating systems. Born in Illinois he has a love of baseball, soccer, hockey and trail running. He developed an affinity for providing information to decision makers while serving 12 years in the US Army Special Operations Community.
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Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-01-2022 12:03
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming November (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With November just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our November (2022) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, November 16 at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by members from ENTRUST Solutions Group who will be leading a discussion around, “Creating a Digital Twin of a Natural Gas Utility System.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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