Canadian Chamber: Big Data and the Digitalization of Energy

This webinar will explore the ways that big data is increasingly reshaping the distribution of energy and the role it and blockchain technologies will play in the years ahead. Areas of focus include, the use smart meters and big data to customize home energy use to achieve greater energy efficiency, the role of using new technologies to coordinate power grids that do not just distribute but also receive energy from renewable assets, and what the digitalization of energy will mean for the Canadian economy.

Policy Lead: Aaron Henry, Ph.D., Senior Director, Natural Resources and Environmental Policy

Panellists:

• John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada
• Doug Slater, VP, External & Indigenous Relations, Fortis BC
• Louis Roy, Partner, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
• Darren McIlwraith, Director, Customer Care, Enbridge
• Marnie Dawson, Principal of Power & Utilities, Prairie Sky Enterprises Ltd.