14 experts to speak on the ‘power of tomorrow’ at CEPSI 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: The Conference of Electric Power Supply Industry ( CEPSI 2018), to be hosted by Tenaga Nasional Berhad ( TNB) in Kuala Lumpur next month, will gather 14 thought leaders who will share their wealth of knowledge related to the electricity industry.

In a statement, TNB said the experts would, among other things, discuss and share best practices on key topics like global trends and shifts, future utility, sustainability, innovation, digitalisation, mega trends and a smarter future for the industry.

They are Ken Koyama, chief economist and managing director of Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ); Lara Olsen, regional manager, business development of Tesla Energy Asia Pacific; Dr Hiroshi Okamoto, executive vicepresident of TEPCO Power Grid Inc; Dr Jonathan Woetzel, senior partner of McKinsey & Company; Dr Alexander Kotouc, head of product management of BMW i; and Venu Nuguri, senior group vice-president of ABB Group’s Power Grids Division, South Asia, Middle East and Africa; and Paul Scanlan, chief technology officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.

The other speakers would also include Indranil Lahiri, president and chief executive of Siemens Malaysia; and Sharbini Suhaili, group chief executive officer of Sarawak Energy.

TNB is hosting the biennial event on behalf of the Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and Western Pacific (AESIEAP). The last time TNB hosted CEPSI was in 1996. — Bernama