Dr. Emma Stewart
Emma has had a hyper focused career on power delivery and energy resilience, focused primarily on the electric industry in multiple countries. She moved to the US 18 years ago to avoid a career working in the rain in substations in Scotland, and worked at multiple national labs and in the electric grid industry. The last few years were spent working on successfully persuading some of the least resourced utilities in the country to implement basic controls. She spends the majority of her spare time running or cycling up hills, rescuing dogs and recovering from an alternate career as a triathlete.
Session
As the United States (and the world) is wrestling with catastrophic impacts brought about by climate change, it is more urgent than ever to integrate clean and renewable sources of energy into all aspects of the energy infrastructure. But how can one do that safely when a high percentage of components are not trustable. Connected devices and platforms can improve lives, and reliability in a digital future if designed and managed responsibly. But in an uncertain manufacturing environment, and with cloud orchestration and industrial control systems as a service, the responsibility factor may need more significant management. Dr. Emma Stewart will discuss approaches to reducing risk in the world of cheap and often insecure “Internet of Things” devices that are integrated into batteries, solar panels and more.