Day One 22 February 09:30 10:00. 10:00-10:15 Morning refreshments and networking break 10:15-10:45 Business meeting 1 10:50-11:20 Business meeting 2

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1 Day One 22 February 08:00 08:50 Event registration and collection of meeting schedules Chair s opening remarks 08:50 09:00 Paul James, Development Director Ramboll Global power trends and the transformation of the utility landscape Focusing on trends including: Sustainability, Security of Supply, Carbon Emissions, Energy Trilemma 09:00 09:30 Understanding the role of the fastest growing subsectors (solar, wind) in the changing energy mix Highlighting the challenges and opportunities of integrating renewable energy in the grid 09:30 10:00 Recent EU policy developments and long term goals of energy climate policies Providing an update on the EU 2020 climate targets and a roadmap for achieving these Focusing on technologies with market impact up to 2020 (EIIs) and identifying longer-term research actions beyond 2020 (EERA) Expected changes in energy policies to achieve the 2030 targets Exploring the commercial impact of regulations positive vs. negative effect on business 10:00-10:15 Morning refreshments and networking break 10:15-10:45 Business meeting 1 10:50-11:20 Business meeting 2 STREAM A - Coal and Gas Generation Chair: Paul James, Development Director Ramboll STREAM B - Renewable Energy

2 11:25-11:55 11:55-12:25 Regional focus: Introducing leading utilities, developments and investment opportunities in the CEE region Future generation strategies for the growing CEE power sector Practical challenges in modernising the local energy systems in CEE From nuclear to renewables: Finding the right power mix How to achieve more flexibility of conventional plants in response to current electricity market developments? Understanding the ongoing technology developments for increasing plant flexibility Identifying the economics of successful flexible power plants Regulatory framework and tariff design to incentivise flexible power plants and discourage inflexible ones Analysing the economics of renewables versus conventional power; and drivers for lowering cost of renewable energy The way forward for renewable energy in the wake of dwindling feed-in-tariffs and other support mechanisms Understanding the relevance of utility scale - rooftop, off grid and BIPV models - for the deployment of solar power to different countries Opportunities offered by renewable energy auctions and their role in bringing down the tariffs Introducing new business concepts and execution challenges for large scale renewable generation Where are the most attractive opportunities and lucrative markets for large scale renewable at the moment? What are currently the biggest restraints and barriers in the market and how to overcome them? Sharing best practices and key learnings

3 12:25-12:55 Reviewing existing business models: Moving from centralised fossil fuelled to distributed generation New capabilities traditional utilities will need to achieve in order to adapt to the new market developments Are utilities in Eastern and Central Europe ready for liberalised power markets and market-driven pricing? Perspective of utilities on the energy trilemma security of supply, affordability and cleaner energy Optimising photovoltaic plant operation through performance analysis Introducing key success factors and lessons learned from fleet performance monitoring Defect detection in solar cells to avoid panel failure causing power loss What is the potential of advances in solar cells to improve reliability? (manufacturing techniques, alternative materials) 12:55-14:00 Lunch and Networking 14:00-14:30 Business meeting 3 14:35-15:05 Business meeting 4

4 15:10-15:40 STREAM A Coal and Gas Generation Introducing new technologies to minimise carbon emissions from fossil fuelled power generation STREAM B Renewable Energy Capitalising on the importance of hydroelectric power for balancing variable renewable resources Latest technological advancements in emission control technologies: generators, turbines and filters Cost of emission control technologies and their economic feasibility Advances in ultra-supercritical technologies Session reserved for Donaldson Highlighting technological innovation in hydropower to maximise generator capacity Investing in plant modernisation and improved water reservoir management Identifying potential future risks including new policies and electricity market reconfiguration 15:40-16:10 Improved operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms to successfully manage costs Presentation Topic TBC Session reserved for Tenaris Identifying the challenges in O&M of offshore wind farms and mitigation strategies Key cost drivers in offshore O&M and ways to manage these Condition-based monitoring of wind farms and its impact on reducing maintenance cost

5 16:10-16:20 Afternoon tea and networking break 16:20-16:50 16:55-17:30 Business meeting 5 Panel Discussion: Reviewing methods to optimise life cycle management of gas and steam plants Role of performance and condition monitoring as well as predictive maintenance to optimising plant O&M Complexities of scheduling downtime, start-up/ shutdown and spinning reserves, along with constraints of SOx and NOx emissions Optimising scheduling of refurbishments and investments through plant lifecycle management Moderator: Doosan Skoda 17:30-17:40 Chairman s closing remarks Paul James, Development Director Ramboll 19:00 Drinks Reception followed by Dinner

6 Day Two 23 February 08:00 08:50 Event registration and collection of meeting schedules 08:50-09:00 Chair s opening remarks Keynote presentation: Building the agile utility in order to face the challenges of the future 09:00-09:30 Outlining the future challenges for power generators, ranging from demand growth to regulation changes to non-traditional competition How can we align business and operating models to adapt to these challenges and achieve growth? Outlining how agile business models can help the industry successfully transform for the 21 st century Session reserved for GE Jenbacher 09:30-10:00 STREAM A Coal and Gas Generation Case study: A cost - benefit analysis of flexibility retrofits for coal and gas fuelled plants STREAM B Energy Storage Introducing technological innovation in energy storage to achieve the climate targets currently driving the sector Exploring operational boundaries of both GT and coal plants Reviewing a cost-benefit analysis and outlining key findings Introducing different flexibility solutions, including agility and load flexibility Grid-scale storage solutions to manage the increased injection of intermittent renewable energy New technology developments in storage technologies and their adoption by utilities Improving the cost viability of energy storage technologies 10:00-10:15 Morning refreshments and networking break 10:20-10:50 Business meeting 6 10:55-11:25 Business meeting 7

7 11:30-12:00 Outlining the importance of analysing oil use in order to optimise gas turbines efficiency Highlighting different oil condition monitoring solutions and how they can be use most effectively Selecting the correct turbine oil for operational reliability Evaluating and testing the right turbine oil for your plant for best possible results Session reserved for Chevron H2 generation and storage from off-prime wind power for use in combined cycle power plants Supporting the ebb and flow of fluctuations in the power grid in order to stabilize it Increasing the range of gas turbine power plants operation whilst maintaining emissions compliance Introducing retrofittable gas turbine combustion systems to take advantage of vast, low cost H2 fuel and enhance competitiveness RuthAnn Rawlings, Global Product Manager, F-Class Platform Technologies - Ansaldo Energia Group Dr. Peter Stuttaford, Director Product and R&D Engineering - Ansaldo Energia Group 12:05-12:35 12:40-13:10 Highlighting the importance of Transformer Monitoring How do we build a smart grid and what are the challenges? Highlighting the need for innovation to achieve efficient equipment updates and grid optimisation Discussing the challenges of the future: Grid flexibly, bidirectional power flow, intermittency, integration of renewable energy, safety and security, negawatts Business meeting 8 Mastering the transition period: Batteries, gas and pressurised air - What is the future? Outlining the role of battery storage systems for future applications Identifying other promising technologies: Flywheels, compressed air, thermal Key applications in which batteries and compressed air are currently being used Session reserved for Camlin Power Group

8 13:10-14:10 Lunch and networking 14:10-14:40 Business meeting 9 14:45-15:15 Business meeting 10 15:20-15:40 Case study: Digitalisation, data management and IoT: Challenges and opportunities Successfully managing the transition to production and control digitalisation Gaining new insights into plant operation to boost performance and availability Challenges and benefits of employing advanced sensors, big data collection and data analytics to harness new plant management opportunities 15:40-16:20 Panel discussion: Reaching the perfect balance between fossil generators and renewable power to ensure energy security How to integrate traditional and renewable energies into a smooth mix? The role of biomass, gas and coal as a firm source of power to balance solar and wind Forecasting electricity demand in Europe to identify a sustainable energy mix for safe supply 16:20-16:30 Chair s closing remarks Paul James, Development Director Ramboll 16:30 Close of International Power Summit 2018