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Upcoming April (2023) Community Conversations
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Upcoming April (2023) Community Conversations
Hello UAI Members,
I hope all is well! This month we have an action-packed Community Conversation schedule planned and cannot wait to connect with you across our eight communities. Four of our communities will be meeting live tomorrow morning (April 4) at UA Summit in Kansas City while our other four will be meeting virtually during their normally scheduled times. To learn more about the Community Conversations taking place this month April (2023), please visit our Events Calendar where we’ve included session descriptions and more info on each of our speakers. If you have any questions on the sessions taking place please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.
For your convenience I’ve also highlighted our upcoming April (2023) schedule below:
· April 4 (2023) AAT Community Conversation – LIVE at UA Summit
o Two Topics:
§ Topic 1: “Capitalization in the Cloud”
- Topic 2: “Cost Estimation and Control for Use Cases in Analytics Architecture & Technology”
- Speakers:
- Amanda Fugate, Director of Application Development (Evergy)
- Justin Mott, Sr. Manager, IT Contract Manager (Evergy)
- Rolando Vega, Ph.D., P.E., President and CEO (Analytics Automation LLC)
· April 4 (2023) Asset Health Analytics Community Conversation – LIVE at UA Summit
o Two Topics:
- Topic 1: “Asset Analytics Use Cases that have resulted in realized value (e.g. O&M savings)”
- Topic 2: “How to Gain Alignment Between Field Needs, IT Capability, and Leadership Needs”
o Speakers:
- Randy Mullinax, General Manager, Performance & Reliability (Southern Company)
- Randy Jones, Manager, Condition Based Maintenance, Machinery Diagnostics, Data Analytics, and the Operations M&D Center (Southern Company, Generation and Power Delivery)
- Mark Konya, Advisory Industry Consultant, UA Energy (SAS)
· April 4 (2023) Data Science Community Conversation – LIVE at UA Summit
o Two Topics:
- Topic 1: “A Look Back at 2020, 2021, 2022 with COVID and What it Caused and Reactions by Region”
- Topic 2: “Data Science Democratization”
o Speakers:
- Brad Gall, Sr. Data Architect (The Energy Authority)
- Chuck Hahm, Principal Data Scientist (San Diego Gas & Electric)
· April 4 (2023) Safety Analytics Community Conversation – LIVE at UA Summit
o Three Topics:
- Topic 1: “Checklist analytics from pre-job tailboards”
- Topic 2: “Risk-based safety assessment for employees and high-risk jobs”
- Topic 3: “Modeling risk of drivers”
o Speaker:
- Rick Salcido, Analyst Data Science and Business Intelligence, Safety (El Paso Electric)
· April 11 (2023) Customer Analytics Community Conversation
o Two Topics:
§ Topic 1: “Using analytics to personalize products for customers”
§ Topic 2: “AI Ethics in Customer Experience”
o Speakers:
§ Marco Laforest, Chief Customer Strategy Analytics – Hydro Quebec
§ Tim Krall, Director, Customer Analytics – Exelon
§ Avi Dutt-Mazumder, Data Science Supervisor, Cx&T-Customer Insights & Analytics – Consumers Energy
§ Kimberly Crawford, Director, Customer Operations Excellence – City Utilities of Springfield
· April 19 (2023) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation
o Multiple mini-presentations:
§ “Hydrogen: Experience, Strategy, Research, Roadmaps, and Analytics”
§ “Enbridge Gas: Markham Hydrogen Blending Project”
§ “Burns & McDonnell: Hydrogen Production, Usage, Blending and Costs”
§ “SoCalGas: Hydrogen Opportunities in Southern California”
o Speakers:
§ Ala Abusalhieh, Specialist, Stations and Low Carbon Transition Engineering – Enbridge Gas
§ Boualem Boudid, Senior Project Manager – Burns & McDonnell
§ Paul Lin, Clean Fuels Commercial Development Manager – SoCal Gas
· April 19 (2023) Grid Analytics Community Conversation – “Imagery Analytics” (Official Title TBD)
o Speaker:
§ Vlad Anderson, Principal Quantitative Engineer – Exelon
· April 27 (2023) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation – Part 3 (Three Part Series): “Doing Analytics in the Cloud”
o Speakers:
§ Alex Preston, Sr Manager, Analytics Platform – Entergy
§ Jerry Casarella, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions, PSEG
§ Andy Kapp, Lead Enterprise Architecture – Evergy
§ Norv Clontz, Director, Data Science & Innovation – Duke Energy
§ Kimberly Sorrell, Director Information Management Office – Southern Company
§ Dan Smilowitz, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics – Consolidated Edison
If you are not part of the UAI Communities, you can learn more about them on our Current Analytics Communities page on UAI Connect. All UAI Utility Members receive unlimited access to UAI Communities and the monthly Community Conversations. If you would like to join one or all of the UAI Communities, please submit a “Request to Join”.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you online and in-person this month!
Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Hi Leslie & Kevin,
I wanted to let you know that as of April 7, 2023, I am retiring from the City of Fort Collins, IT, and the City Utilities. Your new contact for Fort Collins will be Jeff Willard. His email address is jwillard@fcgov.com
I really enjoyed working with the UAI and especially working with the two of you.
Wishing you and the UAI the best as it continues to share best practices and experiences with the dynamic world of Utilities Analytics and providing opportunities to learn and grow in the field of analytics.
Take care,
Mary Evans
IT Application Services Manager – Utilities
mevans@fcgov.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 3/30/2023 10:48:00 AM
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Upcoming Training Classes Filling Up FastHello UAI Members,
Training classes taking place in June are quickly filling up! If you or your team have interest in the following courses, please make sure to register soon to save your seat!
June 6-8, 2023
202: Introduction to Forecasting in the Utilities (Virtual Classroom)
5 hours each day, 1.5 CEUs
June 7, 2023
Modernizing Data Governance for Utility Companies (Virtual Classroom)
8 hour class
June 14, 2023
Finding Meaning in Utilities Data: Visualization and Storytelling (Virtual Classroom)
8 hour class
June 20-22, 2023
101: Utility Analytics 101 (Virtual Classroom)
4 hours each day, 1.2 CEUs
Members receive deeps discounts on UAI training classes and the early bird discount is available until 3 weeks in advance of the class date. Register now to get the best pricing!
Check out the full course calendar for 2023! https://training.utilityanalytics.com/training2023/Calendar
Questions about training? Reach out to me, @Leslie, at lcook@utilityanalytics.com.
Thanks!
Leslie ——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership, Engagement, & Training Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@utilityanalytics.com
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Hey @MaryThank you so much for getting in touch! Though our community is sad to see you go we wish you nothing but the best in your retirement and appreciate all you’ve done for UAI over the years. You and your team were some of the first members I worked with when joining back in 2017 and it’s been a pleasure to work with you for the past several years!
We will absolutely get in touch with Jeff and look forward to continuing our work with City of Fort Collins. Reach out to us at any time if you have any questions or just want to say hi!
Thanks again,
-Kevin
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2023 20:17
From: Mary Evans
Subject: Upcoming Training Classes Filling Up FastHi Leslie & Kevin,
I wanted to let you know that as of April 7, 2023, I am retiring from the City of Fort Collins, IT, and the City Utilities. Your new contact for Fort Collins will be Jeff Willard. His email address is jwillard@fcgov.com
I really enjoyed working with the UAI and especially working with the two of you.
Wishing you and the UAI the best as it continues to share best practices and experiences with the dynamic world of Utilities Analytics and providing opportunities to learn and grow in the field of analytics.
Take care,
Mary Evans
IT Application Services Manager – Utilities
mevans@fcgov.com
970.449.2984 MobileOriginal Message:
Sent: 3/30/2023 10:48:00 AM
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Upcoming Training Classes Filling Up FastHello UAI Members,
Training classes taking place in June are quickly filling up! If you or your team have interest in the following courses, please make sure to register soon to save your seat!
June 6-8, 2023
202: Introduction to Forecasting in the Utilities (Virtual Classroom)
5 hours each day, 1.5 CEUs
June 7, 2023
Modernizing Data Governance for Utility Companies (Virtual Classroom)
8 hour class
June 14, 2023
Finding Meaning in Utilities Data: Visualization and Storytelling (Virtual Classroom)
8 hour class
June 20-22, 2023
101: Utility Analytics 101 (Virtual Classroom)
4 hours each day, 1.2 CEUs
Members receive deeps discounts on UAI training classes and the early bird discount is available until 3 weeks in advance of the class date. Register now to get the best pricing!
Check out the full course calendar for 2023! https://training.utilityanalytics.com/training2023/Calendar
Questions about training? Reach out to me, @Leslie, at lcook@utilityanalytics.com.
Thanks!
Leslie ——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership, Engagement, & Training Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@utilityanalytics.com
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