Fall 2011 ICC Minutes - Thomas Arnold, Southwire – Membership Secretary •Lauri Hiivala,...

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I N S U L AT E D C O N D U C T O R S C O M M I T T E E

Fall 2011 Meeting, Denver, CO

Opening Session


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Please turn cell phone ringers off


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• Rachel Mosier, PDC – Chair

• John Smith, General Cable – Vice Chair/Treasurer

• Tom Champion, NEETRAC – Vice Chair/Treasurer Elect

• Jim Fitzgerald, Okonite – Immediate Past Chair

• Thomas Arnold, Southwire – Membership Secretary

• Lauri Hiivala, Retired (Nexans) – Awards

• Martin von Herrmann, von Corp – Webmaster

• Mark Fenger, Kinectrics – Recording Secretary

• John Merando, Bechtel – Standards Coordinator

• Harry Orton, OCEI – Communications

• And so many more!

Introductions


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Carroll Lindler,

Prysmian

Eulogy for Ron Frank,

formerly with Pirelli


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John Smith,

General Cable

Eulogy for Jim Daly,

retired from General Cable


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Meeting Minutes CDs

• Minutes were available last week and this

week for download

• We’re encountering internal obstacles

• We’re striving to be “Green” nonetheless


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Call for Patents

• Patent slides are required by IEEE


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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform

All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy.

Participants:

– “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of

any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are

owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or

otherwise represents

• “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a

potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents

or patent claims

– “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other

holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated

with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is

from or otherwise represents)

– The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of

Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group

Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2

• Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged

• No duty to perform a patent search

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Patent Related Links

All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.

Patent Policy is stated in these sources:

IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws

http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6

IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual

http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3

Material about the patent policy is available at

http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html

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If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee

Administrator at [email protected] or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html

This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

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Call for Potentially Essential Patents

• If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: – Either speak up now or

– Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or

– Cause an LOA to be submitted

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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings

• All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.

– Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.

– Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.

• Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.

– Technical considerations remain primary focus

– Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.

– Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.

– Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.

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See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for

more details.

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ICC Minutes re: Patent Slides

“IEEE Patent Slides 1 through 4 were shown at the Opening Session.

Each WG chair or designee was instructed at the All Chairs meeting to provide an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard.”


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ICC Brochure

• Result of Advisory

Committee Task Force,

lead by Ram

Ramachandran

• Copies at Registration

• Sent to utility

executives 9/2011


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• Harry Orton

Communications Chair


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• Spring 2012 ICC

• All attendees welcome to participate

• Please send in requests early

Call for Presentations


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Presentation Guidelines

Re: Commercialism

• Lots of positive feedback

• People want to do what’s right, but need

more guidance

• Adding to the website Frequently Asked

Questions (FAQs)


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• This is not meant to strip people of their

affiliation.

• Important to include affiliation – it lends

credibility and an understanding from

where the person is coming.

• For presentations, first slide only.

Presentation Guidelines

Re: Commercialism


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FAQ #1

Can our company give a presentation in

which we describe equipment and/or

procedures that our company has developed

in order to show what our engineering group

can do or has done?


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FAQ #1 - Answer This sounds like an advertisement for a company and its

capabilities, particularly when one says “what our engineering

group can do.” Therefore, it would be inappropriate. If the

presenter wants to provide a technical presentation that

describes the processes that have been developed, how the

processes work, the advantages and disadvantages of the

process, and the results from using the process (no trade

names, no comparison to competitor’s products or processes),

that might be acceptable. This must be strictly engineering,

and not a sales pitch.


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FAQ #2

Can our company give a presentation on a

new product we’ve developed?


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FAQ #2 – Answer (pg 1 of 3) ICC frequently lets vendors show new products, as long as the

vendor describes its function and benefits without comparing it

to competitor’s products by name. New technology is

something we want to pass along to our membership as “state

of the art” information. But it must be done from an

“engineering” perspective rather than a “sales” perspective. In

this case, the presenter describes the function of the product

and how it could be used in a utility situation without saying that

the product was available through his company and without

mentioning trade names. This must be strictly engineering, and

not a sales pitch.


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FAQ #2 – Answer (pg 2 of 3)

To expand, it’s okay that Company X says they

have a new product, but it’s only okay to

mention “Company X” on the first or second

slide and that’s it.


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FAQ #2 – Answer (pg 3 of 3)

It’s okay that Company X shows the test results behind

the new product, and even compares their product X to

products A, B, and C, so long as they use those

identifiers: X, A, B, and C. It’s not okay for Company X

to refer to the trademarked item’s actual name anywhere

in the presentation (e.g., “SuperDuper© Insulation”).

And it’s definitely not okay to reveal the brand names of

products A, B, and C. In this example, it is only okay to

say “the new insulation, herein identified as ‘X’”.


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FAQ #3

When do presentations for ICC need to be

submitted?


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FAQ #3 - Answer Anyone interested in making a presentation at ICC should write a

brief abstract and submit it to the Subcommittee, Working Group

(WG), or Discussion Group (DG) Chair for consideration at least 6

weeks prior to the meeting. If you are unsure which Chair to submit

the abstract to, then submit the abstract to the ICC Chair for proper

dissemination. If the Subcommittee, WG, or DG Chair approves the

abstract, an advance copy of the presentation needs to be submitted

to the Chair at least 4 weeks prior to the meeting in order to leave

time for a review cycle.

In general, if the topic is considered acceptable, presentations are

accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. So the sooner an

abstract and presentation are submitted, the better.


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FAQ #4

• Is it okay to have logos from Standards

Organizations or any other firm in my

presentation?


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FAQ #4 - Answer

• No. Any company name is only permitted

on the first slide, or the second slide if it

has the team listed. This even holds true

for not-for-profit firms and universities, for

example.


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• Per IEEE, transferring copyright is a necessary

requirement for publication, except for material in

the public domain.

• Per IEEE copyright department, for ICC to

publish presentations in its minutes,

Authors must either

– Transfer copyright, OR

– Retain copyright and sign a Consent &

Release form

Copyright


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• Per ICC, – All submissions must be approved for the public domain.

– Presentations must not include proprietary

information.

– Submissions for the minutes are required to be

an accurate copy of your presentation and free

for public use.

– No presentations permitted without C&R form

Copyright, cont’d


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Fall 2011 Insulated Conductors

Committee Awards

John Densley for

Lauri J. Hiivala


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Committee Awards

• ICC Certificates of Appreciation

• IEEE/PES Technical Committee

Certificates of Appreciation

• IEEE Fellow Class of 2013


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Committee Awards

• 2012 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric

Transmission and Distribution Award

• Dr. George H. Bahder Memorial Award


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ICC Certificates of Appreciation

• Best presentations from the Spring 2011

Subcommittee meetings will be recognized

at this meeting.


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IEEE/PES Technical Committee Certificate of

Appreciation

• Outgoing Subcommittee, Working Group

and Discussion Group Chairs and Vice-

Chairs will be recognized at our next

meeting in Seattle.


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IEEE Fellow Class of 2013

• The Institute of Electronic and Electrical

Engineers (IEEE) highest grade of Fellow recognizes excellence for notable achievements in power engineering and industrial applications.

• The Fellow grade is conferred upon people of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in the various fields of the IEEE for their important individual contributions to one or more technical fields.


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IEEE Fellow Class of 2013

• Nominations are now being accepted for the IEEE Fellows class of 2013. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2012.

• Senior Members can be nominated in one of four categories: application engineer/practitioner, educator, research engineer/scientist or technical leader.

• Full particulars are available at http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/fellows/index.html


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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission

and Distribution Award

• Herman was the second Chair of ICC, 1949-50

• Each award needs at least two new nominations each year in order for the award to continue

• $10,000 award

• Deadline: January 31, 2012


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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission

and Distribution Award

• Criteria: technological importance, successful

application, originality, leadership, publications,

and the quality of the nomination

• Full particulars are available at http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/halperin.html


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Dr. George H. Bahder Memorial Award

• The funds must be presented in the form of a scholarship or similar award to a student whose studies are in the electric power engineering area.

• The student must be informed that the IEEE Insulated Conductors Committee provided the stipend/scholarship.


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• The funds must be used to assist the student in the study of a topic related to the power engineering transmission or distribution field and should preferably deal with issues related to underground power cable systems.

• The ICC must be told the student’s name and the topic studied.


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• The ICC must be provided with a report,

thesis, or paper that describes the work

conducted with the Bahder award funds.

• To be presented at Spring 2012 meeting in

Seattle.


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• Subcommittee D has one presentation not

shown on the agenda – “History of Testing

Cables in Water – Submergence” by Bob

Fleming of the Kerite Company

• Subcommittee C also has a number of

additions to their list of presentations.

Please see the corkboard at Registration.

Last-Minute Announcements


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Future Meetings

Meeting Location Date

Spring '12 Grand Hyatt Seattle

Seattle, WA 3/25/12 – 3/28/12

Fall '12 Tradewinds

St. Pete Beach, FL 11/11/12 – 11/14/12

Spring '13 Sheraton Station Square

Pittsburgh, PA 4/28/13 - 5/1/13

Fall '13 Dallas Omni

Dallas, TX 11/10/13 - 11/13/13


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Renaissance Hotel Perks

• No resort fee

• Free high-speed internet in guest rooms

• Free self-parking

• Free wi-fi in all public spaces

• Free airport transportation

• Free fitness center access


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Education Session

• Wednesday afternoon

• “Accelerated Cable Aging Tests for

Distribution and Transmission Cables, Part 1”

• 0.4 CEUs available if you register for them

• To receive the CEUs, you must attend the

session, as well as fill out attendance sheet

and CEU form.


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Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

• Forms are at Registration

• Attendee’s responsibility to fill out form

• Convenience for those requiring PDHs for

PEs


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Spring Advanced Registration Update

• 334 Pre-registered

• 42 Networking Lunch

• 147 Transnational Lunch

• 78 Education Program

• 31 CEUs

• 15 Exhibitors


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Attendance History

Spring Fall

2007 341 338

2008 345 354

2009 322 352

2010 321 356

2011 357


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Comment Box

• Reminder – keep the comments

coming!

• All comments and suggestions are

considered

• Located at the Registration Desk

• E-mails between meetings are welcome

and appreciated, as well


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Thank you for your support the past 4

years!

Enjoy the Meeting!


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