6:30-8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda
The DC area members of the Internet Society have organized a series of meetings to discuss the evolution of the Internet. The next discussion will explore how the electric power grid–and the appliances in your home–are being networked, enabling electric utilities to better control electric power generation, consumption, and distribution–and give consumers ways to save energy and money. But it is not clear how the Smart Grid will develop. Will the Smart Grid be fully integrated with the Internet or will proprietary technologies and security concerns make that difficult? What steps will be needed to ensure the security of the Smart Grid? How will the Smart Grid interoperate with home networks and other systems? Will each utility and each country adopt different approaches or will there be global standards–and who will set those standards?
Discussion leaders:
- Fred Baker, Fellow, Cisco Systems, and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society and former Chairman of the IETF
- Katherine Hamilton, President, GridWise Alliance
- Harry Wingo, Policy Counsel, Google
- Don Von Dollen, Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Moderators:
- Sally Wentworth, Internet Society
- Michael R. Nelson, Visiting Professor, Internet Studies, Georgetown University
This event is free and open to the public. It’s a discussion–not a lecture. The goal is audience participation. In addition to the featured speakers, a number of participants in the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference being held at NIST January 19-21, will be taking part. (http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/isgt/2010/).
You will need to bring an unexpired, government-issued photo ID
For information on NIH security: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/lhcaud_gen.html#secur.
To get to the National Library of Medicine, enter the National Institutes of Health campus at the Gateway Drive main gate on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. The NIH Metro stop is at this gate. See map: http://dtts.ors.od.nih.gov/parking/visitor_access_map.htm
The Lister Hill Auditorium (Building 38A on the map) is a short distance to the left. You may drive through security and park next to the Lister Hill Auditorium in Parking Garage MLP-7. There also is a gravel parking lot in front of the auditorium. No charge to park after-hours in either lot.
If you prefer not to take your car through the NIH security which includes a detailed car inspection, you can park in Lot MLP-11, to the right immediately before the NIH security gate. It is a short walk to the auditorium.
For more details about the event, call Michael Nelson at 703-598-5187.
For background on the Smart Grid, visit http://www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm.
For more details about the Internet Society, see www.isoc.org.
