Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka
3 to 4 April 2018

Galle, Sri Lanka

Developed as part of a series of training programs by the Melbourne School of Engineering for ADB, this learning program aimed to further improve and update the technical expertise of ADB’s executing and implementing agencies, partner organizations, and staff on the integration of high-level technology for inclusive energy solutions with a focus on enhancing gender equality and social inclusion results and benefits. It provided scope for a dynamic learning exchange taking off from the examples and experiences of Sri Lanka.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks Sri Widowati
Opening Remarks Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda
Additional Remarks Priyantha Wijayatunga
Forum Objectives Francesco Tornieri
Session Video Opening Session on Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka
How can smart grid technologies and systems contribute to reducing poverty, addressing social inclusion, and improving gender equality and women…
Sri Widowati, B.M.S. Batagoda, Priyantha Wijayatunga, Francesco Tornieri
Keynote Address What is Smart Grid? What are the Social Risks, Benefits, Opportunities?
From classical to current power systems to smart grid, the transition between energy systems entails challenges but also provides opportunities to…
Pierluigi Mancarella
Session Video What is Smart Grid? What are the Social Risks, Benefits, and Opportunities?
How can the global energy trilemma or quadlemma be solved? How can energy that is sustainable, reliable and secure, and affordable be delivered? Why…
Pierluigi Mancarella
Session 1 - Smart Grid Applications in Developing Countries Narendra de Silva, Ronald Comester, Harsha Wickramasinghe, Susumu Yoneoka
Session Video Smart Grid Applications in Developing Countries
The evolution of smart grid is context specific as it varies between geographic regions and countries. This session outlines some of the common and…
Narendra De Silva, Ronald Comester, Harsha Wickramasinghe, Susumu Yoneoka
Session 2 - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Energy Linkages: Policies, Strategies, and Practices Gender and Social Inclusion Energy Linkages: Policies, Strategies, and Practices
Initiatives undertaken by ADB's South Asia Department to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in energy programs and projects…
Francesco Tornieri
Session Video Gender and Social Inclusion Energy Linkages: Policies, Strategies, and Practices
Learn about the Institutional policies, strategies, and practices that aim to contribute to inclusive development and the gender equality and social…
Francesco Tornieri
Session 3 - Energy Technology Innovation in South Asia: Implications for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Energy Technology Innovation in South Asia: Implications for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
While Asia’s low-carbon energy transition is well underway with the development of smart grids, social inequity is emerging among other challenges…
Reihana Mohideen
Session Video Energy Technology Innovation in South Asia: Implications for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
How can gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) be integrated into electricity systems modelling with a rural electrification focus? What are the…
Reihana Mohideen
Session 4 - Research and Development for Smart Grid Innovation Smart Grid Innovation: The "Other" Network R&D
Global internet usage and network connectivity is increasing electric consumption and taxing power systems. Professor Iven Mareels paints a…
Iven Mareels
Session 4 - Research and Development for Smart Grid Innovation Research and Development for Smart Grid Innovation
The University of Moratuwa is exploring smart grid techology applications to bring affordable electricity in Sri Lanka. Uyadanga Hemapala of the…
Udayanga Hemapala
Session 4 - Research and Development for Smart Grid Innovation Flexibility Services in the Future Smart Grid
Transformative changes in the power sector demand flexibility services for system planning and operation. This presentation shares research findings…
Janaka Ekanayake
Session Video Research and Development for Smart Grid Innovation
Research and development is an important aspect of smart grid innovation and development. In this session, researchers from leading universities…
Iven Mareels, Udayanga Hemapala, Janaka Ekanayake
Session 5 - Sri Lanka Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Projects and Impacts ADB Energy Sector Portfolio in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is home to 21 million people, many of whom live in remote villages and mountainous terrain. It has 5.97 million connections and enjoys a 99…
Ranishka Wimalasena
Session 5 - Sri Lanka Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Projects and Impacts Sri Lanka's Approach to 100% Household Electrification​
Mobile phone services provided immediate solutions to bringing affordable power connections to Sri Lanka's households​. Sulakshana Jayawardena,…
Sulakshana Jayawardena
Session 5 - Sri Lanka Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Projects and Impacts Gender and Social Inclusion in Energy for Catalyzing Change in Rural Areas
Addressing gender issues in the energy sector can help catalyze change in Sri Lanka's rural communities. Professor Anoja Wickramasinghe of Energia…
Anoja Wickramasinghe
Session Video Sri Lanka Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Projects and Impacts
Learn about ADB’s energy sector portfolio in Sri Lanka. Read good practice examples that address poverty and gender equality and social inclusion…
Ranishka Wimalasena, Sulakshana Jayawardena, Anoja Wickramasinghe
Summary of Day 1
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Keynote Address Energy Transition in Asia: Leapfrogging Development
With over 400 million people without access to electricity and modern fuels, energy poverty persists in Asia. To assist the region leapfrog into a…
Priyantha Wijayatunga
Session 6 - Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience
Energy supply is optimal when it addresses the energy trilemma: sustainability, reliability and security, and affordability. Smart grid technologies…
Pierluigi Mancarella
Session Video Smart Grid Methodologies and Models to Address Affordability, Sustainability, and System Reliability and Resilience
What are the tools necessary to develop pathways to facilitate an orderly transition from the old grid to smarter grids and low-carbon systems? How…
Pierluigi Mancarella
Session 7 - India Case Studies: Transition to Smart Grid Overview of Indian Power Sector and Opportunities for Promoting Social Inclusion in Indian Power Sector
India is the third largest electricity consumer in the world after the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The electricity consumption…
Pradeep Perera
Session 7 - India Case Studies: Transition to Smart Grid India Case Studies - Transition to Smart Grid
Gender mainstreaming in India’s energy projects yields many benefits for women. ADB projects, particularly activities under its Smart Grid…
Prabhjot Khan
Session 7 - India Case Studies: Transition to Smart Grid Smart Grid Developments in India
India aims to make its power sector secure, adaptive, sustainable, and digitally enabled. It established the National Smart Grid Mission in 2015 to…
Atul Bali
Session 7 - India Case Studies: Transition to Smart Grid Implementation of Rural Electrification Program in Meghalaya
Universal access to energy could be challenging but is certainly possible. Learn about the initiative of India in bridging the urban-rural energy…
Tippor Roy Pdah
Session Video India Case Studies: Transition to Smart Grid
Read about the energy sector in India and how its development is supported by ADB’s portfolio. Learn about mainstreamed interventions on gender…
Pradeep Perera, Prabhjot Khan, Atul Bali, Tippor Roy Pdah
Session 8 - Smart Grid, Smart Workforce, and Capacity Development Education and Skills Development for More Women in Tech Jobs
Women are generally doing great in schools. But how come their labor market participation remains relatively low? This presentation looks at the…
Gi Soon Song
Session 8 - Smart Grid, Smart Workforce, and Capacity Development The Smart Grid, the Smart Workforce, and Capacity Development: Meeting the Challenges
The electricity grid is increasing in complexity. In the coming years, there might be a need for more spatial diversity or there could be a great…
Iven Mareels
Session 8 - Smart Grid, Smart Workforce, and Capacity Development Presentation Thusitha Sugathapala
Session Video Smart Grid, Smart Workforce, and Capacity Development
The number of jobs in the renewable energy industry worldwide is growing and studies indicate that much of this employment is shifting to Asia…
Gi Soon Song, Iven Mareels, Thusitha Sugathapala
Session 9 - Asia Pacific Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Initiatives and Impacts Helal Uddin, Rudra Prasad Khanal, Rajan Kadel, Cinderella Tiangco, Aruna Kumuduni Wanniachchi Kankanamalage
Session Video Asia Pacific Case Studies: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Integrated Energy Initiatives and Impacts
In this session, a range of examples from the energy and power industry in Asia is presented, and projects and programs where social inclusion…
Helal Uddin, Rudra Prasad Khanal, Rajan Kadel, Cindy Tiangco, Aruna Kumuduni Wanniachchi Kankanamalage
Session 10 - Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications Sri Lanka's Experience on Demand Side Management
Evolving from simple to complex, the progression of demand side management in Sri Lanka is on par with the energy market. To achieve sustainable…
Thusitha Sugathapala
Session 10 - Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications The University of Melbourne as a Prosumer: The Parkville Virtual Power Plant
Prosumerism is a scalable concept that will geuninely replace conventional power plants for the provision of reliability as a solution to the energy…
Pierluigi Mancarella
Session 10 - Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications
Improving the uptake of energy efficiency and demand side management policies and programs requires a better understanding of the human aspect of…
Reihana Mohideen
Session Video Demand Side Management and the Prosumer: What, Who, and the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Implications
Enter the prosumer, as smart grid will bring in a new paradigm of active distribution that can dramatically change the roles of consumers and…
Thusitha Sugathapala, Pierluigi Mancarella, Reihana Mohideen
Session 11 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Perspectives on Technology, Society, and Ethics Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Perspectives on Technology, Society, and Ethics
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) aims to advance technology for the benefit of humanity. This presentation provides…
Greg Adamson
Session Video Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Perspectives on Technology, Society, and Ethics
One of the objectives of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is to ensure that technology is harmoniously and sustainably…
Greg Adamson
Closing Session Ways Forward

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Francesco Tornieri

ADB Organizer/s

  • South Asia Department

Partner Organization/s

  • University of Melbourne

Topics

  • Energy
  • Gender Equality
  • Social Development and Protection