This seminar offers a comprehensive coverage of revenue risk with respect to interval meter data in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) environment focusing on IT security, IT risk and AMI issues and challenges. Topics include billing software and computer science aspects of cracking encryption systems in use today. Research being done to develop cryptographic algorithms will also be discussed as the enormous computing power by quantum computers is expected to present critical cyber-security threats.

Our guest speaker is Judi Jones from New Zealand. Judi is the Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner and she will give an overview of the experiences in NZ with consumer complaints, queries and volumes of meter data in an AMI environment.

By attending this seminar you will:

• Look beyond metering at complexities with meter data
• Learn about the New Zealand experience with AMI
• Identify challenges facing the Australian AMI environment
• Get an insight into the issues and challenges associated with interval meter data
• Participate in an afternoon workshop looking at determining problems with interval meter data
• Witness a demonstration to run tests to detect meter data manipulations
• Network with IT experts in areas affecting the utility AMI environment
• Get an insight into latest developments

Your workshop leaders: Geoff Rhodes and Guerlain Appriou

Geoff Rhodes has over 28 years’ experience in the ICT and defence sectors with specialist expertise in secure systems design and implementation. Geoff is the Chairman of the Australian Industry Group’s Technology Industry Development Council and a member of the IT Security Expert Advisory Group (ITSEAG) to the Trusted Information Sharing Network (TISN) on Critical Infrastructure Protection, reporting to the Attorney General’s Department

Guerlain Appriou has experience in energy trading, portfolio and asset management and data warehousing solutions for the financial market.

For further information on the programme and registration details, please click on the link below.
http://www.utilitymeteringassociation.com/