For those of you in the U.S., we hope you had a relaxing 4th of July weekend with family and friends. For those of you in Canada, we hope you had a relaxing Canada Day weekend with family and friends. For all the rest of you, we also hope you had a relaxing weekend with family and friends. Now, it is time to look forward to being together in person with our work friends. “A Culture of Asset Le...

Save the Date: Friday 16 September – The ALN will have an all-day, in-person event at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. on Constitution Avenue with engaging keynotes, topical panels, executive speakers, and more. Our planning committee is organizing dynamic programs, including an Association Dinner on Thursday 15 September and other educational activities. We will anno...

In last week’s edition on ALN Th@3 pm ET, we were remiss not to mention the pivotal roll of Nick Knoke, ALN Director, Technology. Mr. Knoke has been the technical foundation of the program, has edited excellent highlight videos from the programs, and provides numerous critical services for the ALN.  He also trained ALN Technical Consultant Kevin Decker to step up and provide production support an...

The Asset Leadership Network responded to the start of the 2020 Pandemic by publishing a weekly web newsletter and launching the weekly ALN Th@3 pm ET web discussion. We are now responding to moving out of the Pandemic by planning a combination of web and in-person events in Washington, D.C. in September and November 2022. We are also taking a break from the ALN Th@3 pm Eastern web program until ...

Chris Chen, Executive Director, Asset Management Ontario https://youtu.be/EeJHvR_6T90

The Government Finance Officers Association’s first in-person conference in 2 years started in Austin, Texas on Sunday with Chief Executive Chris Morrill relating a story about how his wife and he were among the first Peace Corps workers into Ukraine in the early 1990s after The Wall came down. Dressed in the winter clothing "uniform" of the former Soviet region, locals still saw they were Americ...

David Totman, Vice President of Asset Management at Innovyze, ASCE Liason to ISO 5500, ALN Senior Fellow https://youtu.be/C3_gvmDrS00 https://youtu.be/hopE9zDjH-o https://youtu.be/gmguPqWjIio https://youtu.be/6g5mUurVZS0

In this special edition of the ALN Newsletter, we first want to remember those who provided the last full measure of devotion to our country as a continuation of yesterday's Memorial Day tributes. Then we want to say that while our “ALN 2022 Spring Summit: Microgrid Asset Leadership” had a focus on Ukraine, we know war fighters are needed are needed right now to stop unjust aggression, not pla...

Paul Shmotolokha, CEO & Chairman of the Board, New Use Energy https://youtu.be/m4cNlJU756o

Workshop Digital Twins representing microgrids can be created on your computer and “landed” in Ukraine to help model restoration of power. Combine that with the coordinated input of expert participants who have been pre-planning for the workshop, and meaningful microgrid asset management planning can be established. Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, Inc., an ALN Patron Organization, and William H...