06-2 The Asian Energy Week - Showcase for AMR/AMM
The Asian Energy Week – Showcase for AMR/AMM in Beijing – also for the DLMS UA
For the first time, the DLMS User Association participated at an event outside Europe. This was justified by the growing interest from Asia and it has proven to be a full success. The “Asian Energy Week” attracted many experts, and the DLMS UA profited in presenting its achievements in booth # 1.11,in contributing with a paper to session 5 “AMR/AMM Strategies”,in giving the post-conference full-day DLMS/COSEM seminar.
The DLMS UA booth has drawn a lot of attention; interesting discussions took place and several new applications for membership have been registered pushing the number of members up to 80+. During the conference, a presentation was given on DLMS/COSEM by Mr. Paul Fuchs, on behalf of the DLMS UA, in session 4, AMR/AMM strategies, with the title “Meeting New Challenges in AMR/AMM”,
After the conference, the DLMS/COSEM Training Seminar took place. The event has been organised by Synergy. On this full day seminar, 12 participants coming from utilities, manufacturers and system providers took part, mainly from Asian countries. The training material, a PowerPoint presentation of 200+ slides with detailed comments, was distributed in form of a booklet and also on CD, which makes it very suitable for later self-study. It is structured in form of six Training Packages:
TP1 – Introduction - the DLMS User Association,
TP2 – Products and market acceptance,
TP3 – The COSEM model, the key to interoperability,
TP4 – Accessing and transporting the data,
TP5 – Examples,
TP6 – Conformance testing.
The DLMS UA looks forward to the next event, Metering Europe 2006, to take place in Copenhagen on 10 to 12 October 2006. On 9th October, the pre-conference seminar “DLMS/COSEM” will also take place, and the General Meeting of the DLMS UA will also be held at the same evening.