Smart Grids ‒ reshaping the Brazilian electricity sector

Smart Grids have brought on a paradigm shift in the electricity sector. This webinar aims to lend insights into Smart Grid concepts, the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the context Smart Grids, and their regulatory aspects. The main attributes and applications of communication technologies will be presented as essential features in the modernization of electrical networks. Also to be discussed are the features of and impacts on cyber security and information protection, and smart grid implementation in Brazil and worldwide.

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Renata Carnieletto is an electrical engineer, with a 2011 Master’s Degree in Power Electronics for Smart Grids from Santa Maria Federal University. She holds an MBA in Business Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (2018). Working for Xcel Energy, she helped develop the smart grid inverter for the Smart City project in Boulder, CO. She worked for 4 years at ELO Sistemas Eletrônicos as an application engineer and smart grid specialist, and has been at WEG Equipamentos Elétricos for 4 years as a Smart Grid Sales Coordinator.

Leonardo Dib is an electrical engineer, with a master’s degree in Communications Technologies for Smart Grid and IoT applications. From 1998 to 2002, he worked for Ericsson with cellular network planning. In 2002, he joined ELO Tecnologia as a solutions engineer. From 2006 to 2009, he worked at Itron as a Solutions Engineering Manager. In 2009, he joined ELO Sistemas Eletrônicos as an Applications Engineering Manager. From 2015 to 2018, he helped start up Smarti9. He is currently a Smart Grid Applications Coordinator at WEG Equipamento Elétricos.