CONFERENCE AGENDA

17TH SMART GRID FORUM 2025
EXECUTED PROGRAM

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August 4 and 5, 2025

August 4, 2025, | Monday

07:30 – Welcome Coffee and Accreditation of Congressmen

08:30 - Presentation of the Latin American Smart Grid Forum

• Cyro Vicente Boccuzzi, President, ECOee and Latin American Smart Grid Forum

09:00 - Opening Panel: "Advanced Technologies Innovating Energy Business and Markets"

Speakers:

• Agnes Maria de Aragão da Costa, Diretora, ANEEL 
• Adriana Aoki, Product Owner of Engineering and Measurement, CCEE
• Frederico de Araújo Teles, Director of the Department of Sectoral Policies, MME
• Marcelo Prais, Advisor to the Planning Board, O N S
• Marcos Madureira, president of ABRADEE
• Reji Kumar Pilai – Chairperson ISGF and GSEF (India)
• Thiago Ivanosky, Director of Economic-Energy and Environmental Studies, EPE

11:20 - Debate, Q&A Session

• Moderator: Cyro Vicente Boccuzzi, President, ECOee and Latin American Smart Grid Forum

11:40 a.m. - Coffee-Break & Exhibition Tour

12:20 p.m. - Panel: "Sector Reform and the Future of Smart L&D Grids in Latin America"

Speakers:

• Alessandra Amaral, Executive Director, ADELAT (Peru)
• Carlos Alberto Mattar, Superintendent, ANEEL (Brazil) and Coordinator of the Electricity Group of ARIAE (Spain)
• Juan David Molina, Management Leader, Smart Colombia Alliance (Colombia)
• Túlio Alves, Executive Director, CIER (Uruguay)

13:40 - Debate, Q&A Session

• Moderator: Luiz Fernando Arruda, Director, ACEE

14:00 - 15:20 - Free Time & Visit to the Exhibition

15:20 - Panel: "The New Competitive Arena in the Energy Sector and Review of the Role of Agents and Regulation: Smart Tariffs and Energy Services"

Speakers:

• Ângela Gomes, Director, PSR
• João Carlos de Oliveira Mello, CEO, Thymos Energia
• Edvaldo Santana, Director of NEAL
• Nivalde de Castro, Director GESEL and UFRJ
• Rodrigo Ferreira Executive President, ABRACEEL

17:00 - Debate, Q&A Session

• Moderator: Ricardo Vidinich, Director, KV Consultoria

17:20 - 18:00 - Coffee Break & Visit to the Exhibition

18:00 - Emerging and Scalable Technologies Panel

Speakers:

18:00 – Reliability and Resilience to the Network`s Edge with Visibility through IoT Communication, Alexandre Taijun Ohara, Director of Applications - South America

18:20 - Fiber Optics for Monitoring Underground and Subsea Lines, Daniel Vazquez, Director of LATAM Sales of AP Sensing (Mexico)

18:40 - Smart Grid Technologies in the context of the Energy Transition, Renata Carnieletto Friedmann, Head of Smart Grid Systems Sales Manager at WEG Digital & Sistemas, WEG / V2COM

19:00 – Intelligent Monitoring of Distribution Lines up to 140kV: Resilience, Cybersecurity and Evolution with AI, Silvio Mattiazzi, Sales Manager for MGA LATAM at Megger

19:20 – How AI will redefine the operational efficiency of your assets, Marcelo Tomasini, Brand Executive at IBM 

19:40 - Q&A Session

• Moderator: Marcelo Machado, Managing Partner of BREE Energy efficiency and Director of GTD at ABINEE

20:00 - 21:00 - Welcome Cocktail & Visit to the Exhibition

 

 

17TH SMART GRID FORUM 2025

EXECUTED PROGRAM

August 4 and 5, 2025

August 5, 2025, | Tuesday

07:30 - Registration and Visit to the Exhibition

08:30 - Information and Opening

08:40 - Panel: Electricity Digital Service Technologies

Speakers:

• Data Management as a Pillar of Operational and Tariff Efficiency in the Electricity Sector, Felipe Luiz da Silva Bicalho, Engineering and Proposals Coordinator, Siemens
• Energy Storage Systems as a Viable Alternative for Reliability and Resilience, Sérgio Jacobsen, President Micropower Energy
• Artificial intelligence supporting and accelerating the digital transformation of energy, Carlos Ohde, President of FIT
• Edge Computing (Edge Devices) applied to smart grid projects, Marcos Aurélio Izumida Martins, Business Development, Gridspertise

10:00 - Q&A Session

• Moderator: Luciano Ribeiro, Head of Utilities, SAP

10:20 - 11:00 - Coffee Break & Exhibition Tour

11:00 - International Panel on Smart Energy Systems

Speakers:

• Ashish Singhal, President, Global Business for Allied Engineering Works (India)
• Junya Takada,  Technology Head, Landis+Gyr (Japão)
• Ravi Seethapathy, America´s Ambassador of the Global Smart Energy Federation (Canada)
• Reji Kumar Pilai – Chairperson ISGF and GSEF (India)

12:20 - Debate, Q&A Session

• Moderator: Maria Tereza Travassos Vellano, Director, Vellano Smart Energy Consultancy

 12:40 - 14:20 - Free Time & Visit to the Exhibition

 14:20 - Leaders´ Panels: Business Transformation and Post-Concession Renewal Investments

Part 1 – Business Transformation – 14:20 -15:30

Speakers:

• Rodrigo Campos Sousa, Digital and Innovation Manager at Equatorial Energia
• Felipe Tenório, Superintendent of Distribution Regulation at LIGHT
• Sávio Ricardo Muniz Aires da Costa, Corporate Manager of Automation and Telecommunications at Energisa Group
• Sergio Milani, Superintendent of Special Projects, Copel

Part 2 Post-Concession Renewal Investments – 15:30-16:40

Speakers:

• Jader Carneiro, Superintendent of Network Digitalization, NEOENERGIA
• Luis Henrique Ferreira Pinto, Vice President of Regulated Operations, CPFL
• Marcos Campos, Managing Director, EDP SP
• Marney Antunes, Vice President of Distribution, CEMIG
• Tarcísio Rosa, President, CELESC

16:40 - Debate, Q&A Session

• Moderator: Cyro Vicente Boccuzzi

17:00 - 17:30 - Closing Ceremony and Leadership Awards