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North Carolina 2nd annual Smart Grid ForumCHARLOTTE – May 3, 2012 - The second annual N.C. Smart Grid Forum was held Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1-2, at UNC Charlotte Center City. Designed to bring together electric delivery system leaders from utilities, academia, private sector and the government, the two-day forum featured a number of sessions related to smart grid technologies. Duke Energy CEO James Rogers gave the keynote address and Johan Enslin, director of UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center, led the opening session focusing on the smart grid strategy in North Carolina and the surrounding region. Other featured speakers included U.S. Department of Energy Smart Grid Task Force director Eric Lightner and N.C. State Senator Josh Stein. Additional forum topics included smart grid innovations, smart grid deployments, collaborations with the business community and sustaining the smart grid economy. Attendees toured the new EPIC building, UNC Charlotte’s state-of-the-art facility built to meet the needs of private sector companies for highly trained engineers and energy research collaborations. EPIC is a collaborative industry/education partnership that produces a technical workforce and supports applied research for the Carolina energy industry. See this link for more information and to see the full agenda, a photo gallery and presentations or contact Robin Moose at Robin.Moose@uncc.edu. |