2027 Event Agenda

How do you turn a torrent of SCADA signals into decisions that actually move the needle on reliability and cost? In this session, the Digital Operations Manager from AES will share the inside story of a company-wide Asset Performance Management (APM) program for a global renewable portfolio—delivered on time and under budget. The initiative anchored on a rigorous asset criticality framework that prioritized turbines, inverters, transformers, and balance-of-plant equipment by consequence of failure and likelihood of failure. With that backbone in place, AES aligned SCADA data models, data quality standards, and event tagging to the criticality profile, enabling targeted condition monitoring, early warning analytics, and streamlined maintenance workflows.

 

Attendees will learn how AES integrated multi-technology SCADA feeds (wind, solar, storage) into a unified APM approach; established governance to keep analytics explainable and trusted by field teams; and operationalized alerts into work management to reduce failure risk and downtime. The talk will also detail the delivery playbook—scope control, stakeholder alignment, and “start with criticality” sequencing—that kept the program tracking value and budget. Results include improved asset availability, fewer reactive interventions, and faster time-to-diagnosis on high-impact assets. If you’re looking to scale APM beyond pilots—without boiling the ocean—this session provides a practical blueprint you can replicate.