Zetane’s CEO Will Participate in a Panel Discussion at World Summit AI about Clean Energy Infrastructure

Leaders in Canada’s electrical infrastructure and tech sector discuss the latest developments in AI-optimized power networks for transportation.

We are a week away from the World Summit AI of the Americas happening in Montreal on May 4 & 5. Adding to the list of AI leaders speaking at the event is a group of experts in Canada’s electricity infrastructure that will discuss AI systems to optimize power networks. Happening on May 4th at 1:35 pm, the CEO of Zetane, Guillaume Hervé, will participate. Central to the discussion will be Zetane’s partnership with BluWave-AI, which helped advance the adoption of machine learning algorithms as a means to optimize the sourcing of renewable energy (CBC reported on the project, and you can see a video summary here). The CEO of BluWave-AI, Devanshish Paul, will moderate the discussion panel that will focus on issues related to the transitioning of our transportation sector to renewable energy sources.

Here is a summary of the future discussion and biography for all the participants.

(Also be sure to check out the presentation by Zetane’s CTO, Patrick St-Amant, at the Summit.)

Managing energy for electric vehicles in the electricity grid with AI systems

Our panel dives into a key energy transition trend for 2022: the large proliferation of passenger electric vehicles (EVs) and electrified transport fleets and how this phenomenon is affecting the operations of electricity grids, as these grids become the new “fueling stations.” Managing residential EV chargers and supplying fleet operators in the grid is complex from the utility side given grid capacity constraints. These operations require graceful charging management to avoid overloading the grid infrastructure. Transit and freight fleet operators are also trying to maximize EV miles serviced by offsetting diesel miles driven with their fleets to reduce emissions and operating costs. This requires fleet orchestration to manage these mixed fleets. Fleet orchestration coordinates disparate systems around fleet management including chargers, vehicles, depot energy management, solar generation, battery storage, real-time energy pricing, and weather. The panelists come from different parts of the ecosystem that are enabling both EV adoption, electricity network challenges and AI solutions

Panellists

• Patrick Lo — Senior Manager, Partnerships; Independent Electricity System Operator
• Raed Abdullah — Distribution Engineer, Asset Management; Hydro Ottawa
• Guillaume Hervé — CEO and Co-Founder; Zetane Systems
• Parag Datta — Head of Business Development; PowerON Energy Solutions
• Devashish Paul — Moderator; CEO and Founder; BluWave-ai

Patrick Lo

With over 15 years of experience in the electricity sector, Patrick is an experienced people and thought leader in the areas of innovation, long term strategy, and partnerships. He is currently the Senior Manager of Partnerships in Innovation, Research, and Development at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) where he oversees the Grid Innovation Fund and its portfolio of projects which funds innovative projects with significant potential to enable ratepayer cost savings and improved reliability. Prior Patrick held various positions at Hydro One, including leading its 10-year distribution strategy and advising on grid modernization through SCADA technologies to improve system reliability. He currently is also an advisory board member of Mohawk College’s Energy, Power, Innovation Centre (EPIC).

Raed Abdullah

Raed Abdullah has worked in the energy field for over 30 years, most of that time at Hydro Ottawa in various positions. Hydro Ottawa is Canada’s National Capital’s electricity distributor for over 340,000 customers. He’s been fortunate to have led, participated or witnessed the utility advance with many innovative projects over his career, the most recent the EV Everywhere project led by BluWave-ai and funded by the IESO Grid Innovation Fund. Raed is a professional engineer in Ontario, an IEEE Senior Member, and a humble member of his family of a professional wife and two teenage boys. As a continuous learner, he’s here to learn from you through the Q&A and other interactions too.

Guillaume Herve

Guillaume is a serial corporate entrepreneur who brings 25 years of leadership experience from technology-driven industries, including aerospace, healthcare, defense and modeling and simulation. He was President and CEO of Presagis, Founder and CEO of CAE Healthcare, held various senior leadership roles at CAE Inc., is a highly sought-after consultant in strategic planning and innovation, and successfully published Winning at Intrapreneurship. Guillaume has also been very active in mentoring founders of technology start-ups at FounderFuel, Techstars, Concordia District 3, and CTS Health and is Chairman of the Board of CTS Health and CMLabs.

Parag Datta

Parag has over 15 years of consulting and corporate experience in the energy, utilities and infrastructure sector in alternative energy business development, strategy and mergers and acquisitions. In his current role at PowerON which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, Parag leads the development, acquisition and deployment of transit and fleet electrification infrastructure and energy management systems across Canada. In his previous role at Aecon Group, Parag led the mergers and acquisitions group as well as the development of corporate strategy. Previously, Parag has led strategic business development for Enbridge Gas in non-traditional markets and fuels (Hydrogen, Geothermal).

Devashish Paul

Devashish Paul founded BluWave-ai in 2017 and has built out one of the world’s premier renewable energy and transport electrification companies, based in Ottawa, Canada. In his role at BluWave-ai, he has taken AI concepts to live working systems from Asia to Europe to North America, successfully navigating the growth of the company through the critical COVID-19 pandemic, onboarding new customers worldwide and growing the team with an international employee group from 15 different countries. Devashish has taken the company to multi-million dollar SaaS revenue and has been an inventor on several of the company’s patents. Prior to BluWave-ai, Devashish had an extensive career in the semiconductor industry focused on supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and networking. During his 20+ years in the tech world, Devashish has led successful innovations in a diversity of markets at Canadian start-ups, Toronto Stock Exchange-listed, and Silicon Valley public companies. Devashish earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Royal Military College followed by a Masters in Electrical Engineering (Digital Signal Processing) and an MBA in Marketing, both from the University of Ottawa. He is a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Devashish is a life-long cyclist and nature enthusiast using human-powered energy for personal transportation to explore the world. He is a 31-time Ironman triathlon finisher.