Bruce Suppliers Day | May 1st, 2014 | Sartrex Power Control Systems Booth 84
Bruce Power Suppliers Day 2014
8:30 am – 3:30 pm, May 1st, 2014177 Tie Road
Tiverton, Ontario
The Sartrex Team had a wonderful time meeting Bruce employees from supply chain, project management, engineers, operators, and summer students! It was great to match a face to names we frequently communicate with as well as getting feedback from operators that are the end users of our safety equipment. Sartrex is always looking to improve the end user experience in addition to the quality of our products.
We would like to thank OCI for organizing a great event, there hard work has paid off and we look forward to future engagements with the organization.
From left to right: Marc-James Abi-Jaoudé, Shawn Sarkar, Dr. Nima Nikvand
Nuclear Power, Smart Grid, and Clean Energy Conferences in 2012
International Conference on Power Engineering and Renewable Energy
3-5 July, 2012. Bali, Indonesia
Indonesia’s demand for energy, more specifically electrical power has been growing quickly following its economic and population growth. The most challenging aspect of creating a functioning infrastructure is that Indonesia is made up of over 10,000 islands. Nuclear power plays a big role in the clean electricity on the larger islands of Indonesia and many experimental reactors are in testing for future use.
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2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting
22 – 26 July, 2012. At Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, USA.
“This premier power engineering conference will bring together practicing power engineers and academics from all over the world. The aim of the conference is to provide an international forum for experts to promote, share, and discuss various issues and developments in the field of electrical power engineering.”
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IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Engineering (SGE’12)
27-29 August, 2012. UOIT, Oshawa, Canada
The deployment of a Smart Grid network is the next evolution of power distribution networks. The Smart Grids are electricity networks that promise to enhance the operational efficiency of nationwide power supply via distributed generation with bi-directional electricity flow with the least amount of negative environmental impact. Governments around the world are investing heavily in this technology to ensure optimum energy use and supply. The SGE’12 conference aims to provide an opportunity to discuss various engineering challenges of smart grid design and operation, by focusing on advanced methods and practices for designing different components and their integration within the grid, along with many other interesting topics.
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North American Power Symposium 2012
9-11 September, 2012. University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois, USA
The 44th North American Power Symposium (NAPS) is held every year at a different university in North America and provides an open environment for participants a wide verity of backgrounds to learn more about new innovations being made along with solutions to current problems. Student are encouraged to present papers upon topics such as “analytical, computational, experimental studies aimed at solving problems related to operation, control, monitoring, protection, reliability as well as economics of power and energy systems and components”
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Great Lakes Symposium
24-26 September, 2012. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
The second annual Great Lakes Symposium will be on the topic of Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy. “The Symposium will feature keynote and plenary sessions, technical presentations, and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. The Symposium is a one-of-a-kind event that breaks new ground in smart grid design and development and showcases smart grid best practices from around the country along with new technologies and ideas that are spurring innovation, growing state economies, reducing emissions and empowering consumers to conserve and save.” Attendants will have the chance to learn about new and upcoming projects along with networking with industry leaders.
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Candu Energy Inc. Suppliers’ Day
Thursday, September 27, 2012. Sheridan Park 2285 Speakman Drive, Mississauga, ON
This event hosted by The Organization of Candu Industries (OCI) brings together manufacturers, engineers, procurement staff and other industry leaders to network and interact with Candu Energy Inc. Staff. New products and services will also be presented and booths set up to showcase upcoming products.
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Bruce Power Suppliers’ Day
Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Bruce Power Auditorium, 177 Tie Rd, Tiverton, ON, Canada.
This event hosted by Bruce Power and The Organization of Candu Industries (OCI) “brings together manufacturers, engineers, procurement staff and other industry leaders to network with Bruce Power Staff and interact with other industry professionals.” This year’s event will feature dozens of suppliers showcasing new and innovative products and services.
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Nuclear Power International Conference
11-13 December, 2012 in the Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida
The sixth annual Nuclear Power International Conference, which discusses key issues like the growing global demand for energy concerns, and ones related to the environment, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. “Emission-free, baseload nuclear power can be a viable option to address these concerns and meet growing demand for energy. The nuclear renaissance truly is underway around the world. Plants are under construction or planned in China, Russia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, India and Europe.” Even the U.S.A is planning the expansion of its nuclear power generation systems in the very near future. Similar to previous years we have Co-located with POWER-GEN International, the attendees of both events reap the benefits of two powerful shows under one roof.
Invest In York: Innovate In York Manufacturing Conference
The Innovate In York Manufacturing Conference was held on December 6th, 2011. With 250 delegates in attendance there was plenty of opportunity to network and learn from industry leaders.
The keynote speaker was Idris Mootee, the CEO of Idea Couture, a global strategic innovation firm with its headquarters located in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Mootee provided an interesting take on the global business climate and detailed various insights for the manufacturers present at this forum.
The year of global hyper-connectivity: The Arab spring demonstrated the power of social networks to mobilize large sections of a population. Companies that are not embracing this new wave of technology will be at a disadvantage in the future.
Expiring business model: Mr. Mootee cautioned the forum about numerous industries restructuring and how long held “truths” are no longer valid. One example discussed is how the largest, most powerful players are no longer assured continuing success. The primary issue with large and more mature players is their lack of ability to adapt to a continuously changing environment. Smaller firms are inherently able to capitalize on opportunities that require a rapid rethink of how they do business. These adjustments are required more often as uncertainties in the global economy make long term plans much harder to develop and adhere to.
An Industry Breaking Point was discussed by Mr. Mootee as an important concept for industry players to be aware of. An audience member raised the question about how to identify an industry breaking point. The answer provided by the Mr. Mootee was – an industry breaking point occurs when a commonly held company asset turns into a liability. The example used was aging information systems infrastructure as systems that use to be sufficient to run a corporation end up destroying value by high maintenance costs, prolonged downtime, and inadequate features for today’s evolved business climate. This is an example of when an asset becomes a future liability which results in a dilemma for organizations: new investment vs. continuing the status quo.
The last major take away from Mr. Mootee was his assertion that the future is about platforms and capabilities rather than products. He stressed the need to develop a whole ecosystem of innovation rather than a ridged product. The rise of platforms in software is evident with Google’s Android operating system, Salesforce’s Force.com, Facebook’s applications which have all gained steam over the past few years. Having a strong base and allowing others to build upon it has proven to be a very successful business model in the software industry, however in the manufacturing of physical goods industry, players need to consider how best to parallel this concept.
Doug Lindeblom is the Director of Economic Strategy for the regional municipality of York. Mr. Lindeblom has been working with various stakeholders in the manufacturing industry in conjunction with Brock Dickinson to develop the Innovate York: Guide for York Region Manufacturers. This guide will be coming out in January 2012 and will discuss manufacturing trends, existing partnerships, intellectual Property issues, funding opportunities, and more.
This year’s Innovate In York conference provided practical information that will help Sartrex continue to evolve into a premium design and manufacturing company.
Thank you to all the organizers!
