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The Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Virtual Annual Conference 2020 brought together over 200 delegates in the asset management community. Over three days in early November, thought leaders working at all levels of asset management participated in online workshops, panel discussions, and presentations from leading professionals working globally across a diverse range of sectors.<\/p>\n

As the headline sponsor of the event, Copperleaf was proud to participate in various sessions and workshops, tailored to the conference themes of \u2018Professionalizing Asset Management\u2019, \u2018Climate Change\u2019, and \u2018Digitizing Asset Management\u2019.<\/p>\n

Planning for Resilience<\/h4>\n

Stefan Sadnicki<\/a>, Managing Director of Copperleaf in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) led a panel discussion on resilience with participants from Network Rail<\/a>, Ofwat<\/a>, and DP World<\/a>. The conversation highlighted different approaches to resilience across diverse sectors, and key drivers of change over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Dena Barasi, Associate Director of Strategy and Policy at Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority in England and Wales, discussed how its \u2018resilience in the round<\/a>\u2019 concept links corporate, financial, and operational elements together with customers at the heart. She highlighted an increased focus on improving long-term asset resilience: \u201cWater systems need to remain resilient to a range of existing and emerging threats. Ensuring resilient water networks is a key theme of our strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panelists also discussed how their organizations justify investments to improve resilience. Tim Kersley, Head of Asset Management Strategy at Network Rail, highlighted the importance of scenario planning<\/a> capabilities to model the impact of different business constraints and risks\u2014to support contingency planning and mitigate potential threats resulting from climate change.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Excellence<\/h4>\n

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Each year at its annual conference, the IAM announces the winners of the IAM Global Awards, which \u201crecognize the outstanding contributions and achievements of individuals, teams, and organizations\u201d across a number of award categories.<\/p>\n

This year,\u00a0Copperleaf’s Circuit Optimization project with National Grid<\/a> Electricity Transmission (NGET) won the Asset Management Innovation Award!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted to win the award and to be recognized by the IAM,\u201d said Stewart Whyte, Delivery Optimization Manager at NGET. \u201cThe Copperleaf Circuit Optimizer solves a significant optimization problem for asset management decisions that reduces risk and improves network reliability, resilience and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most complex optimization problem Copperleaf has ever solved,” said Stan Coleman, Copperleaf CTO. \u201cThis innovation will help National Grid and potentially other clients reduce outages and improve the reliability of their networks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NGET project was also awarded the IAM Delegate’s Choice Award\u2014voted for by all attendees.<\/p>\n

Driving Innovation Through Diversity<\/h4>\n

On the final day of the conference, Copperleaf\u2019s CEO, Judi Hess<\/a>, participated in a roundtable discussion on diversity and inclusion in asset management. She explained why increasing diversity and inclusion in the workplace is essential for creating change and driving success, quoting Warren Buffet: \u201cWe\u2019ve seen what can be accomplished when we use 50% of our human capacity. Just imagine what 100% can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judi shared her approach, called Talent 100<\/em>, which includes actions for all of us:<\/p>\n