Dear UCA Iug members,

Please review the proposal of UCA Iug booth for the coming CIGRE 2010 conference and exhibition. We kindly ask you to send your comments to this discussion board before the end of February. We then will schedule a conference call in March to approve the booth concept. Here is the proposal (you can also download it in MS Word file):

1.       UCA Iug vision and UCA Iug booth mission at CIGRE 2010:

• UCAIug Group is an International entity formed to facilitate the implementation of IEC61850, CIM and Open / Utility AMI.
• The UCAIug booth should not be used solely as another opportunity to advertise products. Note that this IS NOT an opportunity to start doing business, but an opportunity to train the users.
• The UCAIug Booth will be promoting the UCAIug and the technologies it covers to its user communities:
  • CIM
  • IEC 61850
  • Utility / Open AMI
  • Smart Grids
• The UCAIug Booth will be the hub where future or current users can:

·         Get the update on the status of the current standards

·         Understand the corresponding standards and learn how to get access to them

·         Gather information on real projects and implementations

·         Meet with Experts

·         Gather information on companies who can provide:

o        Equipment and complete solutions

o        Consulting / Engineering

o        Testing

 

2.       Booth design, organization and logistics:

• UTInnovation with collaboration of RuggedCom Inc. will be taking the lead in organization of UCA Iug booth at CIGRE exhibition in Paris 2010. Other UCA Iug members willing to collaborate are welcome.
• We will provide support manning the booth however volunteers are welcome to cover the whole duration of CIGRE.
• UCAIug Marketing Committee shall get the program agreed and approved before February 26 so there is enough time to advertise well in advance in key magazines and news letters.

 

3.       Booth theme and content:

We propose to have similar UCA Iug Booth as in 2008 with the space where visitors can sit with EXPERTS to discuss about the technologies the UCAIug endorses. However there will not be presentation area inside the booth as in 2008. The UCA Iug booth is intended to be marketing activities only, no interoperability demos neither live presentation are planned at the booth. All sponsors presentations will be handled in a separate room (most probably in one of the nearby hotels, either hotel Concorde Lafayette or hotel Le Meridien Etoile). Here is the brief summary of the booth content:

 

• UCA Iug booth space is 36sqm

• Central area for receiving people, answering questions and orienting visitors about UCA booth. This is also the central point for controlling the interactive material being played at LCD screens. Content: 1 reception-style desk with locker, 1 high chair, 1 laptop with internet connection + 1 x 23’’ LCD screen, 4 x PCs or laptops connected to 4 x LCDs playing interactive presentations
• 4 x 40’’ LCD screens, hanging on booth walls or on metallic booth structures (dependant on the booth layout). The LCD screens are connected via VGA cables to the PC’s located at the central table at receiving area.
• Area for discussion with visitors. Content: 1 or 2 coffee-style or regular round tables + 8 chairs + coffee station + cookies
• 2 or 4 vertical racks for printed collateral material (company brochures, leaflets, etc.)
• 1 large poster or 1 booth banner with UCA logo and small logos of sponsors. No other printed posters, banners, etc, will be at the booth.
• There will be a separate room for approximately 30-40 people in one of the nearby hotels (Concorde Lafayette hotel or Le Meridien Etoile hotel), both are close to Palais de Congres and less than 10 minutes walking from CIGRE exhibition floor. This room could be used for UCA Iug annul meeting and presentations of Diamond and Platinum sponsors.

 

4.       Topics of the live presentations and of the interactive content to be played on LCD screens at the booth:

 

The sponsoring companies shall submit their presentations indicating to which of the preferential topics the presentation is addressed. The following three major preferential topics are listed below with some examples of the presentation content:

 

·         Preferential topic 1: UCAIug Group Objective

o        Describe the different groups and their activities, promoting Group Experts. Kay Clinard or other UCA Iug booth organizers/participants to present

o        Current Status of different expert groups: IEC61850, Testing, CIM, Utility / Open AMI, etc.

·         Preferential topic 2: Case studies:

o        IEC 61850 Station Bus

o        IEC 61850 Process Bus

o        IEC 61850 Testing Procedures and Tools  

o        Time Synchronization by means of IEEE 1588

o        High reliability networks for IEC 61850 applications

o        Smart Grids

o        CIM Applications

o        Utility AMI Applications

o        Open AMI Applications

·         Preferential topic 3: Generic overview of standards

o        IEC 61850 Edition II and future directions

o        Impact of IEC 61850 and related standards on Renewable Energy

o        How not to get lost in the standards for Smart Grids?

o        Basic concepts of CIM

o        Basic concepts of Utility / Open AMI

 

 

5.       Sponsorship packages:

UCAIug Corporate members will have the following proposed options:

·         Silver: 1,000 Euros: Have company logo on all UCA Iug collateral material for CIGRE 2010 event (UCA Iug at CIGRE 2010 leaflet, event schedule leaflet, UCA poster at the booth) + 20MB space on UCA Iug CD/DVD ROM

·         Gold: 2,000 Euros: Silver + the option of interactive content being played during CIGRE at one of the four LCD screen at UCA booth + 100MB space on UCA Iug CD/DVD ROM + one type of A4 size printed company/product brochure to be placed on vertical racks for collateral.

·         Diamond 3,000 Euros: Gold + presentation slot of 45 minutes for live session in separate room hired by UCA Iug during CIGRE event.  

·         Platinum 4,000 Euros: Diamond + presentation slot of 90 minutes in separate room hired by UCA Iug during CIGRE event, hardware or software demonstrations are allowed.

 

6.       Collateral material and promotion:

The following collateral material will be prepared

·         UCA Iug CD/DVD ROM.

UCAIug members will be asked to provide before 1^st May 2010 their material to be included on the CD/DVD ROM. The content is limited to 20MB per regular member and to 100MB per UCA Iug CIGRE 2010 booth sponsor. The material to be included at the CD/DVD ROM may include presentations, articles, case studies, demo applications and other documents showing company´s advantages and capabilities in technologies covered by UCA Iug. UCA may reject the content for publication on the CD/DVD ROM if its nature is not related to the technology in scope of UCA activities. The CD/DVD ROMs will be distributed during CIGRE at the booth among visitors.

·         UCA Iug at CIGRE 2010 invite/leaflef

A generic leaflet will be made available announcing the UCA Iug booth at CIGRE 2010 event. The hi-resolution version of the leaflet in pdf and tiff format will be distributed among UCA members and sponsors before April/May 2010, so companies may want to distribute it via own channels to potential customers and partners. The leaflet may also be placed in other madia advertising UCA Iug booth, eg. Mailing lists, web sites, journals and magazines related to SAS, communications, Smart Grids etc.

·         UCA Iug at CIGRE 2010 event schedule

The schedule of UCA Iug events (meetings, presentations at the booth and in other rooms) will be made available to UCA members and sponsors before May/June 2010. The sponsors and presenting companies will be asked to provide presentation titles and presenter´s info.

Best Regards
Maciej Goraj

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From: salomey.gyamfi
Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:35 AM
Subject: Proposal for UCA Iug Booth at CIGRE 2010