18th Edition of the Smart Grid Forum
In 2026, the Latin American Smart Grid Forum celebrates eighteen years of activity, aiming to implement and accelerate the introduction of new technologies and innovations sustainably in energy services in Brazil and other Latin American countries.
The Forum is a collaborative initiative and a NEUTRAL, INDEPENDENT, and INCLUSIVE platform designed to mobilize the broadest possible range of stakeholders. It focuses on coordination and synthesis and seeks to foster global collaboration with other entities sharing the same goal of modernizing services.
It advocates sustainable modernization, considering technical, economic, environmental, political, legal, and social aspects. It operates from a business-oriented perspective for the implementation of innovative technologies, focusing on the necessary next steps. The Forum does not charge fees and has been maintained exclusively through its Annual Conference since its inception, which strives for maximum excellence and up-to-date content in each edition, making it part of the global agenda for business evaluation and validation on this topic.
Given the growing importance of promoting effective measures for the energy transition, the 18th edition of the Smart Grid Forum Conference and Exhibition will address, in addition to power system technologies, presentations and discussions from the consumption side, involving technologies aimed at integrating a broad range of services within the perspective of sustainability and energy transition. Moreover, these end-use technologies are increasingly being integrated with power grids and local energy supply systems in a technological transformation on a global scale.
The central theme of this 18th edition will be: “Advanced digital energy system technologies and the requalification of T&D networks as a critical path for the energy transition and integration of energy resources with other services in smart buildings.”
The Conference will feature a parallel track dedicated to smart buildings and cities, the 3rd Smart Building Trends.
The program content of interest in both tracks will cover the following topics:
SMART ENERGY NETWORKS TRACK - 18th SMART GRID FORUM
1. Evolution of Regulation in Latin America.
2. Upcoming concession expirations, re-licensing or renewal criteria, and associated new business models.
3. New business models in electricity commercialization in the context of market opening for energy consumers and prosumers.
4. Distributed generation and microgeneration: evolution trends, functionalities offered to end consumers, and new requirements demanded from power systems.
5. Climate change and increasing resilience requirements for power systems.
6. Growth in electricity usage displacing other energy sources in transportation, e-mobility, thermal conditioning, food preparation, and other sectors.
7. Smart meters and energy tariffs enabling consumer options and integration with internal devices, applications, plans, and public policies for widespread smart meter deployment, as well as investment and benefit studies for the energy transition.
8. Telecommunications solutions and integration of telecom systems, management of multi-owner networks, and technologies.
9. Intelligent automation, self-restoration, fault sensors, adaptive protection applications, operational security, new equipment, and technologies.
10. Artificial intelligence and learning systems: advanced analytical technologies through analytical models, cognitive computing, big data, IT system integration at all levels, real-world cases, and applications in energy.
11. Integrated Distributed Energy Resource Planning methods, new metrics for optimizing investments in stagnant or declining markets.
12. Demand management and flexibility – technologies, applications, service pricing, and economic aspects involved.
13. Integration of Renewables and Prosumers – tools, models, and impacts on companies’ investment needs.
14. Service companies derived from major energy companies and their experiences, value generation, and business models.
15. Cybersecurity, privacy protection, traceability, and best protection practices.
16. How green hydrogen technology will transform smart grids.
SMART BUILDINGS AND CITIES TRACK - 3rd SMART BUILDING TRENDS
1. Concepts, experiences, and services to be integrated into smart buildings: electricity supply, telecommunications, gas, water, thermal comfort, mobility (elevators and electric vehicles), self-generation, energy storage, property security, well-being and quality of life, health monitoring, entertainment, and smart appliances.
2. Trends in the real estate market for adopting smart building projects, integrated services, and integration of services and smart appliances through platforms and integrated control systems, artificial intelligence, and automation.
3. Distributed generation, microgeneration, and microgrids – integration with efficient energy use, presentation of real-world cases and experiences, return on investment, trends, business models, economic modeling, and service pricing.
4. Energy storage – technologies, applications, economic modeling, and service pricing.
5. Smart cities and multi-utilities: water, gas, telecom, smart public lighting, traffic lights, security, mobility, transportation, accessibility, Wi-Fi, etc.
6. Cybersecurity, traceability, blockchain, certification, and privacy protection.
7. Innovative solutions for connectivity, environmental conditioning, water use and reuse, self-generation and energy backup, cleaning and sanitation, food conditioning and cooking, well-being and quality of life, entertainment, health, mobility, property security, and other smart home and building services.