Recording of Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2025 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 33:15 .

AI Integration and Human Expertise: Navigating Challenges in the Energy and Digitalization Sectors at Lisbon Strategy Conference

The transcript from aiconver AI delves into the multifaceted applications of artificial intelligence across various sectors, emphasizing its transformative potential while also addressing ethical and operational challenges. In healthcare, AI enhances predictive analytics for early diagnosis and personalized treatment plans. The financial sector leverages AI for fraud detection by analyzing transaction patterns to swiftly identify anomalies. Customer service benefits from chatbots that efficiently manage routine inquiries, allowing human agents to focus on complex issues. Ethical considerations such as data privacy and algorithmic biases are highlighted as crucial areas needing attention to prevent unfair outcomes. Ongoing research aims at making AI systems more transparent and accountable. Companies are encouraged to start with robust data collection strategies rather than developing everything internally due to resource constraints. AI reliability concerns include liability in case of failures; thus, retaining organizational knowledge is vital when employees leave. Human oversight remains essential during initial phases to avoid errors or "hallucinations" by AI agents. In cybersecurity discussions, simplistic cyberattacks contrast with sophisticated ones requiring well-trained individuals' expertise—emphasizing learning through failure for innovation trust-building within organizations like EDP focusing on enhancing regulatory-supported data infrastructure practices such as smart metering automation transforming solar PV industries necessitating new skill sets focused on engineering robotics amidst job market saturation risks if growth stagnates exponentially outsourcing efficiency gains via automated anomaly detection processes grid readiness renewable integration advances technology deployment speed facilitated administrative improvements using collaboration utility TSOs secure power supply reliance renewables alongside robust measures ensuring operational integrity digitalized infrastructures asset management operations maintenance unpredictability rare events control loops development cycle reliable testing procedures akin critical balance input capabilities humans replaced online hacked teams security collective decision-making expectation eventually handle pressure effectively extensive training logistical conference proceedings future sessions impacts extreme weather conditions social award ceremonies Bavarian night festivities attendees engagement beyond technological advancements discussions.

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Speaker

Eric Quiring
Director Global Public Affairs
SMA Solar Technology AG
Deutschland

Jan Osenberg
Head of System Integration
SolarPower Europe
Belgium

Dr. David Moser
Managing Director
Becquerel Institute
Belgium

Ana Felício
Planning&Execution Office
EDP
Portugal

Adele Ara
Chief Technology Officer
Lightsource bp
United Kingdom

Talk of session: Utility-Scale Solar Power II: Digitalization & AI Transforming the Industry

Digitalization has already revolutionized utility-scale solar, and now AI is emerging as the next game-changer, enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing performance across a solar power plant's entire lifecycle. From site selection and energy yield prediction to financial modeling during the development, design optimization and automation during construction, and predictive maintenance for O&M, AI and digital tools are transforming how solar power plants are planned, built, and operated. But with solar becoming a critical part of our energy infrastructure, concerns about cyberattacks are growing. This session will provide: Overview of digital, IOT and AI tools across all phases of a solar plant's lifecycle Insight on the opportunities and limitations of today's digital and AI solutions in the solar industry Discussion on cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies for solar power systems

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome & Introduction

Speaker

Adele Ara
Chief Technology Officer
Lightsource bp
United Kingdom

To Talk

Overview Digital and AI Applications in Utility-Scale Solar

Speaker

Dr. David Moser
Managing Director
Becquerel Institute
Belgium

To Talk

Challenges of AI in the Life of Developer

Speaker

Dr. Pierre-Jean Alet
Group Leader, Digital Energy Solutions
CSEM
Switzerland

To Talk

Improving Asset Managemnt Using AI

Speaker

Dr Etienne Drahi
Head of Solar R&D
TotalEnergies
France

To Talk

Cybersecurity - How to Keep Solar Energy Infrastructure Safe?

Speaker

To Talk