Reimagining Grid Efficiency & Sustainability with Digital Twin Technology

Subash Sivakumaran

SVP – Energy & Utilities at Encora

Subash Sivakumaran is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of expertise in technology sales and consulting. Passionate about aiding utility companies in embracing cloud and digital transformation solutions, Subash focuses on enhancing their performance, efficiency, and sustainability. His core competencies span sales, business development, consulting, program management, system integration, and data analytics. Continuously abreast of evolving technologies and industry challenges, his mission is to serve as a trusted advisor and go-to-partner for driving innovation within the utility sector.

Keshav Sundaresh

Global Director of Product Management at Altair

Keshav Sundaresh brings 15+ years of customer success and engineering experience. He’s responsible for technical thought leadership, strategy, and driving the development of integrated software solution offerings that enable open, traceable, collaborative, and holistic digital twin/thread. Sundaresh works with customers across several industries on smart systems, mechatronics, robotics, and multi-body dynamics applications. He has extensive experience distilling complex technical capabilities of simulation, high performance computing, and data analytics technology into clear and actionable business-oriented value propositions.

The Department of Energy observed that the aging grid infrastructure is increasingly put at risk by climate change, with a potential to exceed the limits of power system assets and operations.

Disparate systems and processes of GIS, asset monitoring and simulation limit the opportunities for comprehensive rehabilitation and repair, due to lack of integrated data and systems.

Digital Twin technology is emerging as a powerful enabler for integration of systems, data, and processes in the complex universe of electric utilities. It enables enhanced monitoring, predictive analytics, optimization and autonomous control, with a focus on sustainability.

But how does the digital twin technology provide aid to grid resilience, renewable integration, and asset maintenance without disrupting operations while prioritizing efficiency and sustainability?

Watch this virtual fireside chat where a panel of industry experts and engineering leaders break down the why, what, and how of digital twin technology.