This year’s IPS User Meeting gathered energy professionals worldwide, providing a platform for sharing insights, technologies, and best practices.
Insights and Innovations: IPS User Meeting 2024
This year’s IPS User Meeting gathered energy professionals in Las Vegas, providing a platform for sharing insights, technologies, and best practices.
Networking Opportunities
One of the primary benefits of attending the IPS User Meeting was the networking opportunity. From first-time attendees to seasoned veterans, the event fostered conversations among users at all levels. Seeing individuals connect over shared experiences, discuss challenges, and brainstorm solutions was inspiring. Our first-ever networking session on Monday was well attended, and we received a visit from a true music legend and Vegas entertainer, Elvis! This relaxed and informal gathering allowed everyone to introduce themselves to other customers and our staff.
Randy Norman, IPS-ENERGY USA with ELVIS!
Presentations
The IPS User Meeting featured expert presentations from our customers who shared their experiences with IPS and how they solve real-world problems with Our Solutions.
Day one of the User Meeting featured an exciting look at IPS’s 20th anniversary. From our beginnings to our future, Dr. Zeljko Schriener, CEO and founder of IPS Intelligent Process Solutions, presented our focus on innovation and providing tools to move our customers into the Digital Future.
Big Change in Power
Our special guest speaker, Chris Root, CIGRE USNC President, covered the topic, “Big Change in Power,” from the history of CIGRE to the current changes the Electric Industry must face. He shared the limitations of renewals in the Northeastern region of the USA and insights on battery storage, renewal integration, and renewal integration challenges. This informative presentation covered the power of renewal generation and how peaks in areas pose the greatest challenge to the renewal mandates during times of “Dark Calms,” which are periods of limited or no solar generation lasting for days and up to two weeks in winter.
Customer Presentations
Our customer presentations showed the IPS® worldwide market with presentations from GSE, who shared the implementation of IPS® Work and Asset Management. Distributie Oltenia, a distribution company based in Craiova, Romania, shared their company’s maintenance and investment planning implementation. Transco, who is responsible for planning, development, and O&M of the energy and water transmission networks in Abu Dhabi and Northern Emirates, shared their background and challenges to ensuring end-users have the correct information at the right time and aligning technical solutions and processes with industry standards, to which IPS is part of their overall solution. Finally, DEWA, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority shared the Distribution Power Asset Management and their Asset Health Center project and their vision for the challenges and the steps to digitize their future.
User Meeting presentations included Technical Innovations in IPS® Solutions, updated IPS®LUNA, the IPS® Advanced Scheduling Module, and IPS®NMM. Notably, a presentation on the future of IPS technology provided insight into where the industry is heading and how IPS users can prepare for upcoming changes.
Day Two
Day two of the User meeting covered a wide array of topics relevant to IPS users. Speakers included customer representatives from Entergy, more than a hundred-year-old electrical utility in the United States, on their implementation of IPS®OMS. Attendees also enjoyed a presentation from Siemens Energy on their SIEAERO, a digital inspection service for overhead power lines. Combining various sensor processes into a fully integrated solution for overhead line inspections, this technology can be communicated from SIEAERO into IPS® for Asset Management, Asset Investment Planning, and the like. From the IPS® team and our partners Megger, there was a lively discussion on news on our collaboration, technical updates, and the vision for the future. Moving into a deeper level of our cooperation, the Transformer Intelligence Center was presented. This new venture at IPS opens the possibilities for utilities of all sizes to utilize IPS® Fleet Management services.
Attendees at the 2024 IPS User Meeting
User Success Stories
Perhaps the most inspiring segment of the IPS User Meeting was sharing user success stories. Participants had the opportunity to present real-world examples of how they overcame challenges and achieved significant results through the effective use of IPS resources. These case studies highlighted the platform’s versatility and illustrated its user community’s creativity and determination. Read more about user success stories on our website.
User Group Customer Discussion
Conclusion
The IPS User Meeting was an enlightening experience that underscored the power of collaboration and community in driving innovation. With a wealth of knowledge shared, connections made, and a renewed commitment to excellence, participants left inspired and equipped to tackle future challenges. If you missed this year’s meeting, consider attending in the future—an opportunity you won’t want to miss! Keep up with IPS on our website, or schedule a demo today!