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JPR announces Virtualize 2015
Event Date: October 29, 2015
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Bayshore Highway Burlingame, California
The Virtualize 2015 Conference will take place October 29th at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Work anywhere, any time, on any machine – that's the promise of remote graphics and Virtualization Why would you use it? How can you implement it? What about latency?
The Virtualize Conference will answer your questions and provide real world guidance for industry professionals who are looking for ways to achieve more efficiency in their organizations through virtualization technologies.
The conference will feature an opening tutorial, talks, and panel discussions from people who are making virtualization work in their organization.
A working lunch will enable you to get direct information from your peers and vendors who are offering virtualization tools and products.
In the afternoon sessions Virtualize will look at the future, what's coming in the fast changing world of virtualization and what you need to know and do to be ready. There will also be a frank look at ways to calculate a return on investment in virtualization and make the case for the technology in your organization.
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Bayshore Highway Burlingame, California
Display Summit - June 15-16 2015
Event Date: June 15-16 2015/ Orlando, Florida
Location: Orlando, Florida - Orange County Convention Center; Ballrooms W224 A/B and E,F,G,H
Event homepage: http://www.displaysummit.com/
Display Summit - June 15-16 2015, just prior to InfoComm, Orlando, Florida
Orange County Convention Center; Ballrooms W224 A/B and E,F,G,H
Display Summit is the new name for Projection Summit – an event Insight Media has organized in conjunction with InfoComm since 2000. Display Summit is a thought leadership event that focuses on the PROFESSIONAL PIXEL PIPELINE.
The professional pixel pipeline means a focus on how pixels are GENERATED, PROCESSED, DISTRIBUTED and DISPLAYED.
As a thought leadership event, Display Summit brings together leading innovators in technologies for this pixel pipeline to give presentations, share demos, and participate in panel discussions on new technology, products, markets and business opportunities for professional products.
Learn more about Display Summit 2015 on the EVENT PAGE and you can REGISTER HERE
2015 JPR SIGGRAPH Luncheon - Getting Virtual
Event Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Location: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE - 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles
Getting Virtual
It was just about 20 years when movies changed forever? We were introduced to re-incarnated dinosaurs in Jurassic Park (1993), with combined digital creatures and live action. Then there was Jim Carrey transforming into a real-life cartoon character in The Mask, in 1994, and Toy Story, in 1995 the first totally CG movie made with 3D tools. Since that time the use of matte painting, miniatures, sculpted creatures, etc. has all but disappeared, replaced by digital models and art.
Now in 2015 we are awash in new content creation technology that is being built to better use the real world with digital content. The worlds of design, manufacturing, and entertainment are coming together and sharing techniques and best practices. Reality is the new frontier.
The annual JPR Luncheon will look at the next gen technologies.
- Real world capture including: depth cameras, lidar, 360 surround cameras
- New tools for editorial, world building and lighting: real time set digital set editing, AR and VR visualization, real time rendering
- True re-use of assets as CAD and Content Creation come together
- Better resource management tools for asset tracking, compute management and time management
The real change is coming from new practices, better integration of tools from all vendors, and intelligence transfer.
Great, so how does that happen?
The JPR luncheon panel will feature a discussion by people who are building new workflows. They'll talk about what they are doing today and what they hope to be doing in the future.
Our Sponsors and speakers always put on a great presentation and the luncheons are always at capacity so if you're a media member planning on covering SIGGRAPH please register early. Our last event in LA was one of our very best and a packed house.
You'll be meeting with talented creative people in the industry and technology leaders. Invited attendees will also be entered in a raffle for great gifts.
Doors open to the event at 11:30, the buffet will start around 11:45.The panel will begin at 12:15 followed by the raffle, coffee dessert demos and networking. The luncheon, in addition to providing you with unique and contemporary ideas and viewpoints, will also give you the opportunity for one-on-one interviews.
The JW Marriott LA LIVE, site of the 2015 Jon Peddie Research SIGGRAPH Press Luncheon, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, a short walk from the LA Convention Center
BENTLEY- Get Connected
Event Date: Next Event: Philadelphia 18-19 May
Location: COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!
Event homepage: http://connection.bentley.com/
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear from infrastructure experts, award-winning project managers, and thought leaders about the newest trends and best practices for improving project delivery for infrastructure projects of all sizes.
These two-day events offer Keynotes, Industry Forums, Application Seminars, and a CONNECT Edition LEARNing Day. Select your city to choose the sessions best for you.
Embedded Vision Summit
Event Date: May 12, 2015
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center
Event homepage: http://www.embedded-vision.com/summit
Embedded Vision Summit
The Embedded Vision Summit is the event for hardware and software developers who want to incorporate visual intelligence into their products.
Keynote addresses by the industry's leading innovators and technologists in computer vision. Practical, how-to presentations of technology. Dozens of demonstrations of vision-enabled applications. Hundreds of like-minded attendees. All in one day—May 12, 2015 in Santa Clara, California.
Hot topics at the 2015 Embedded Vision Summit include convolutional neural networks, image recognition, image search, deep neural networks, and deep learning. See the complete list of confirmed presentations on the Agenda page.
Register today to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount!
Want to see what goes on at an Embedded Vision Summit? Watch replays of the May 2014 Summit.
FMX 2015 - Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia
Event Date: FMX - May 5th thru the 8th
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Event homepage: http://www.fmx.de/home/
Art, Technology and Business meet at FMX, Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia, Europe's most influential conference for digital entertainment.
Every year, artists, specialists, scientists, producers and other key people that work with moving images come to FMX to network and to discuss production issues, exciting technologies and new ways of financing and distribution across the industries with an international audience. High quality experts deliver insightful presentations and Workshops as part of the Conference program, industry professionals introduce their hard - and software products at the Marketplace, top-notch companies scout talent at the Recruiting Hub and international schools present their best projects on the School Campus.
In 1994 the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg started an event that intended to put graduates from German Film and Media Schools in touch with the industry. It was labeled "Film and Media Exchange" and was supposed to take place every two years. With its high-quality presentations by international speakers, boothes and workshops by soft- and hardware vendors and additional partner events, it became an immediate success. After 1998 it changed its subtitle to "Congress for Digital Media Production". In 1999 it shortened its name to the accronym "FMX", 2005 it added the subtitle "International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content". Following the encouragement by speakers and attendees alike, it went international and established English as the official conference language in 2006.
Today, 9 years later, "FMX, Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia" is the most influential event for the Art, Technology and Business of Digital Media Entertainment in Europe and an important networking platform for everybody working with moving images. Throughout the 20 years of its existence, FMX has always kept up with developments and trends and continues provide an ongoing "Realtime Experience". In 2015, FMX is going to celebrate its 20th edition at the forefront of digital entertainment.
FMX 2014 took place April 22-25 and followed on from the success of previous years. Each day, the conference drew a total of 3,000 attendees, comprised of 2/3 professionals and 1/3 students from ober 45 countries.
Teradici webinar - 3D Virtual Workstations set up doesn't have to be so hard
Event Date: Wednesday - February 11, 2015, 10:00AM PST
Location: Webinar
Event homepage: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/8515/141581
Virtual workstation solutions are finally ready for prime time across a vast spectrum of graphics-intensive applications. Is your IT group ready?
- The inherent benefits of VDI deployments or virtual workstation solutions
- Why the time is now right for graphics-heavy, remote, virtualized computing
- Important considerations when going virtual
- What's next on the horizon
- Success stories and lessons learned from those who have deployed VDI
Our Speakers:
Alex Herrera—Senior Analyst - Jon Peddie Research, author and consultant - For the past 25 years, Alex has been involved in the architecture, engineering and marketing of 3D graphics, video, and microprocessor chips. At Jon Peddie Research, Alex's focus is fixed on the markets, technologies and products related to computer graphics and professional client computing. Alex authors JPR's Workstation Report and writes for TechWatch, and as a consultant continues to advise companies competing in the graphics and semiconductor businesses.
Randy Groves—CTO - Teradici - Randy Groves has extensive experience in computer systems, software, and semiconductor design. He has been involved with Teradici since it was founded, first as a Board member and now as CTO. Before joining Teradici, he was the Vice President of Engineering for the pioneer in high definition video communications, LifeSize Communications (acquired by Logitech). Before joining LifeSize, he was Chief Technology Officer for Dell Product Group responsible for the architecture and technology direction for all of Dell's product offerings. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of Dell Enterprise Systems Group and was responsible for the worldwide development and marketing of Dell's server, storage, and systems management software products.
Before joining Dell, Randy spent 21-years at IBM where he held many product development roles for IBM's Intel- and RISC-based servers, as well as roles in corporate strategy and RISC microprocessor development and architecture. Randy holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, a master's degree in management of technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and general business administration from Kansas State University. He is the author of numerous technical papers, disclosures, and patents as well as the recipient of several corporate and industry awards.
Q&A will follow at the end of the session.
Sign up for this insightful webinar as the industry workstation graphics and virtualization experts share
Virtualize Conference - Report and Presentations
Virtualization, isn't easy, isn't cheap, increasingly necessary
JPR's conference Virtualize evolved as a response to a disconnect seen between the companies developing and selling the technology and the latest customers on the target list: creative professionals, engineers, designers, and other people who rely on computer graphics and workstation class computers. The event was sponsored by a good cross section of vendors working this market including Intel, Nvidia, Boxx, Citrix, Dell, VMWare, AMD, Lenovo.Which can be downloaded HERE
Inspiration for the conference came after a poll from JPR, which revealed widespread interest in virtualization technologies among end users, but also some mystification and worry. Traditionally virtualization implementation been the work of IT, but many professional workstation users who may work in company divisions or small companies are used to having more control over their resources. They may often be the closest thing their company has to a an IT department. And, very often, they're the people who will decide whether they even want these technologies.
OPENING TUTORIALS FROM THE VIRTUALIZE CONFERENCE - Shawn Bass of VMWare and Stephen Vilke of CITRIX open the Virtualize conference with introductions and tutorials on Future of Graphics Remoting and Understand the benefits of centralized compute (VDI/RDSH) Which can be downloaded HERE.
Companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others are building cloud-based systems that handle much of the complexity by offering pre-built resources as an appliance. But there are points of disconnect in the middle. Building virtualized systems can be expensive; it can be even more expensive when it's being built for workstation users. Stephen Vilke from Citrix identified a major point of disconnect when he talked about the role of the IT professional in large organizations. In most companies it is the job of IT to keep the systems up, running, and healthy. It is not necessarily the job of IT to be concerned with the individual experiences of the end user all the way down the line.
There may well need to be an intermediary, a consultant or team member who understands the job of both IT and the professional software user. One of the issues that was articulated several times was that companies turn to virtualization to solve a variety of problems, there Is no one size-fits all solution. That could change as companies work on creating better plumbing and easier connections, but it's not the situation now, and that is holding the industry back from being more broadly adopted in SMBs. Speakers Tim Lawrence from Boxx and Osman Kent from Numescent both commented on how more could be done to ease the path to adoption.
Customer views
The first question that has to be asked about virtualization is what problem are you solving and who are you solving it for.
Shawn Bass outlined some of the reasons people are adopting virtualization including:
- Control/Compliance of data (security)
- Provide high performance desktop environment
- Flexibility to support BYOD and COPE scenarios
- Disaster Recovery
- Reduce costs through centralized management
- Ergonomics – Minimize heat/noise in workspace
- Allow work anywhere scenarios
- Provide fast access to centralized data
There are obviously considerable benefits to be realized from virtualization but they are not necessarily being communicated to end-users. Often companies go to virtualized resources for one reason, security, or centralized management for instance, and are astounded at the benefits actually realized in productivity when employees can work anywhere, or in a much more pleasant environment.
The St. Lawrence Academy is a Catholic school, it has built a system to offer content to students, and also to enable access advanced multimedia resources to kids studying content creation using Adobe's tools. The school was forced to build a new system to replace its aging network infrastructure but virtualization also allowed the school to build a practical system for a school that serves kids from grade school to high school. St. Lawrence's approach combines a number of models including BYD (bring your own device) for older students, thin clients in the classroom, and network access for homework. Dolan said the school came to use this model as they recognized that giving every kid in school a computer is far from ideal. Support and maintenance is only one nightmare, but the question of getting content to students and getting feedback back from those students still remains. Dolan says St. Lawrence contracted with industry consultants, the Knavel group in San Jose, CA to build the system. He said that project could not have happened without the help of an outside consultant for the job who could help them walk through the options. Few schools have the experience and resources required to build the kind of system that St. Lawrence built.
Saint Lawrence Academy has built a system using Nvidia and Dell remote systems components to give students access to powerful accelerated compute resources in the classroom for multimedia creation. The system also enables students to access their course work at home, to collaborate and communicate with their teachers, etc. (Source: St. Lawrence Academy)
Per Nordqvist of Toyota Motorsport had quite different objectives as he and his team built a remote workstation system for designers at his company in Germany (check). Powerful workstations generate noise and heat, and Toyota Motorsport became interested in building a better environment for workers. Ironically, Bass commented earlier in the day observed that American companies do not seem as worried about building more comfortable environments for their workers, but they often realize unexpected benefits when they implement the technology of other reasons such as centralized management, collaboration, etc.
Likewise, Nordqvist said the company has been surprised at the benefits that have flowed from building what was intended to be primarily a more comfortable environment. His team used Teradici's PCoIP technology and think clients to extend workstation capabilities from the server room to workers' desks. They have seen increased efficiency and better workflows as a result. It's easier for people to share information and to work with large files.
From Past to Present Virtual 3D Graphics at Boeing: Kevin Castleman described the evolution of workflow at Boeing as a result of adopting remote graphics. (Source: Kevin Castleman, Boeing)
In a different scenario involving similar workloads, Kevin Castleman, lead architect at for the Virtual Workstation service at Boeing described a situation that had become acutely difficult as the company worked on every increasing file sizes produced by design software such as Catia by Dassault Systemes. Boeing has long had a commitment to streamlining design by adopting digital workflows and collaboration, but in the early stages work was hampered by long download times as workers tried to exchange huge data files. As they adopted virtualization technologies, Castleman said his team were able to increase frame rates that allowing more direct collaboration and communication that went beyond the simple file sharing that was such a challenge with huge files.
CUSTOMER PRESENTATIONS - To access slides from the customer presentations from Per Nordqvist of Toyota Motorsport; Kevin Castleman of Boeing and Phil Dolan of Saint Lawrence Academy please download HERE
Coming soon? Or Maybe Later?In all three of these customer scenarios, the goals of virtualization were well known and there were adequate resources to realize them. Catholic boys schools like St. Lawrence Academy might not seem like the sort of organization that can build systems using virtualization technology, but consultants Knavel were able to help by offering different scenarios to the St. Lawrence team based on who would be using the software. One of the issues brought up during the conference was the important role software providers have to play in making Virtualization more practical for more users. Dreamworks' Lincoln Wallen said that virtualization for professional work flows will get nowhere until the software companies open up more flexible licensing options for remote computing. He points out that some software is charged for per processor so in these scenarios companies see their costs soar as they try to speed processing by adding more processors to the job. Also, some software companies tie licenses to users on a one-to-one basis, or by geography, so that scenarios where workers around the world share a license – when one side of the world is sleeping the other side is working with the software to complete work – isn't supported. In addition, Windows licensing isn't friendly to VDI scenarios. One speaker called it a "VDI tax," and notes that it too is holding back the industry.
Other speakers on the panel debating the future of virtualization technologies and calculating returns on investment echoed Wallen's complaint. They asked, where are the software companies?
Another good question to ask is where are the end users? People using workstations are jealous of their power and their data. They need to actually see the benefits of virtualization – or conversely feel the pain of unbalanced network systems where all the demand comes from the desktop and data is shared via inadequate pipelines. And each and every worker using a computer on the network wants to know, what happens when the network goes down? Because it could, and it often does even in the most advanced site.
One of the major points of disconnection at this stage of the game is communication.
THE FUTURE OF VIRTUALIZATION - CEO of Numecent, Osman Kent, Tim Lawrence of Boxx and Lincoln Wallen of Dreamworks focus on Virtual Workstations and GPU centric apps and the Future of Virtualization, which can be downloaded HERE
Connecting the dots
In the past, the plan to add networking resources, leverage remote computing, move to thin clients have been top down decisions made by IT and management for workers. But, history and experience pretty clearly demonstrate that that model won't work for professional workstation users. They have to be part of the plan and they have to value the capabilities that come with implementing virtualization. We are now at a new stage, when suppliers and users start working their way towards each other. It's a transition that is no less earth shattering and empowering than when the mainframes and their jealous keepers started to give way to workstations and eventually PCs.
And when PCs became universally connected to each other and the Internet. It's hard to over-emphasize the effect of connectivity, but everyone understands it from the artist finding jobs online to engineers building spaceships, and aging hipsters sharing their favorite music on Facebook. Now, think about what comes next when everyone can have access to huge amounts of compute resources when they need it, they can work together with people all over the world as if they were sitting in the same room.
But, when it comes to the topic of Virtualization, the end users have not had enough voice in the conversation, many software companies are not doing a very good job of listening, and sometimes just building the system is more complicated than it should be for time challenged, stressed professionals. All this this represents a longtime challenge for the industry.
Teradici hosts "Mobilize workstation users in an every-where connected world"
Event Date: Wednesday, November 19, 10am PT | 1pm ET
Location: http://www.teradici.com/
Event homepage: http://www.teradici.com/resource-center/webinars/2014/11/19/webinars/government-it-discusses-desktop-virtualization-with-pcoip-solutions
Mobilize workstation users in an every-where connected world
Join Teradici for a free hour-long panel discussion. Moderator Alex Herrera outlines the key business drivers and enabling technologies for graphics-rich remote visualization, and how organizations can develop an IT strategy to support a secure and everywhere-connected workforce.
This webinar will also include two senior IT managers who will share how their organizations have:
- Met the demands for high-performance visual computing
- Evolved their IT strategies to support the BYOD trend
- Leveraged Teradici PCoIP Remote Workstation solutions to securely deliver a seamless end user experience
- Realized significant business benefits from deploying PCoIP technology
Those who attend the webinar will receive a copy of the slide deck.
Q&A will follow at the end of the session.
Paul Meredith- IT Manager, Hi-Tek Manufacturing
Saker Klippsten- Head of Engineering, Zoic Studios
Alex Herrera- Senior Analyst, Jon Peddie Research
The Remote Graphics and Virtualization Conference
Event Date: FINAL DAYS TO REGISTER!
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
Event homepage: https://www.regonline.com/Builder/site/tab1.aspx?EventID=1581461
Remote workstations? Accessing graphics resources remotely? Why would you use it? How can you implement it? What about latency?
The Virtualize Conference will answer your questions and provide real world guidance for industry professionals who are looking for ways to achieve more efficiency in their organizations through virtualization technologies. The conference will feature an opening tutorial, talks, and panel discussions from people who are making virtualization work in their organization.
A working lunch will enable you to get direct information from vendors who are offering virtualization tools and products – the people who are putting these technologies to work and share experiences with your peers.
In the afternoon sessions Virtualize will look at the future, what's coming in the fast changing world of virtualization and what do you need to know and do to be ready.
The Virtualize Conference will be beneficial for both principals who are setting the strategic direction for their organization as well as for early adopters responsible for implementation. View our talented panel, learn more about the conference and at: Virtualize Agenda and Registration
Registration is $299 per person and includes breakfast, morning tutorial, panels, working lunch, and happy hour get together.
8 a.m. Check-in & Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Opening Presentation
Virtualization: Who Is Doing It and Why — Jon Peddie will present an overview of our research on the use of Virtualization among professionals. This conference was inspired by the results of this survey, which found that many people are very interested in learning more about virtualization technologies and putting them to work in their organizations, but they're not sure what's possible and how to get started.
9:30-10:30 a.m. The Basics
A detailed overview laying out the various scenarios being used to access Remote Graphics and Virtualization presented by a team of experienced industry advisers.
Presented by Shawn Bass of VMWare, this session will provide a common ground for attendees with clear descriptions of the products and practices available today. Shawn has helped many companies get up and running with remote computing, virtualized graphics, and virtualized applications.
10:45 a.m. How I Implemented Virtualization in Our Organization
Guest speakers from leading companies including Toyota Motorsport GmbH and Boeing will describe their use of virtualization technologies. They'll describe what works, what doesn't work, and what they're still tinkering with. After short presentations, they'll sit down with moderator Bob O'Donnell to talk about the advantages they've been able to realize and the challenges they've encountered.
11:45 a.m. Tools and Tips
An industry panel with representatives from Dell, Intel, Teradici, and AMD will join Bob O'Donnell to discuss their approaches to virtualization and they'll address some of the questions and issues brought up in the morning session by customers already working with the technology
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Working Lunch
Bring your questions to lunch. Companies offering tools for virtualization and remote graphics will be available to answer specific questions and offer advice. Experts will join us for lunch and sponsors will be setup at table top exhibits for demos.
2:00 p.m. The Future of Virtualization Technology
The present is prologue. It's clear that we're in the early stages of taking advantage of virtualization, remote computing, remote processing, and cloud computing. This panel will cover the advances just on the horizon.
3:00 p.m. Calculating an ROI for implementing virtualization
Some have said virtualization is not being implemented to save money, companies are using it to improve their efficiency, and expand their operations. But, time is money isn't it? Where are the advantages, and where are the traps.
Coffee Break
4:30 p.m. Summing it up
5:00-7:00 p.m. Cocktails and Discussion
Jon Peddie Research's Press Luncheon 2014 at SIGGRAPH Vancouver
Event Date: JPR Press Luncheon @ SIGGRAPH - Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel - 300-999 Canada Place, Vancouver British Columba V6C 3B5 Canada - Coal Harbour Suite
JPR's 14th annual, invitation only luncheon for press and analysts will take place at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver, Wednesday August 13th at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The hotel is a short walk from the convention floor. Our Sponsors and speakers always put on a great presentation and the luncheons are always at capacity so if you're a media member planning on covering Siggraph please register early. Our last event at the Pan Pacific was one of our very best and we are happy to be returning to Vancouver.
You'll be meeting with talented creative people in the industry and technology leaders. Invited attendees will also be entered in a raffle for great gifts.
Doors open to the event at 11:30, the buffet will start around 11:45.The panel will begin at 12:15 followed by the raffle, coffee dessert demos and networking.
The luncheon, in addition to providing you with unique and contemporary ideas and viewpoints, will also give you the opportunity for one-on-one interviews.
Our topic this year is:
Virtualization comes to the entertainment industry ... or not
This year, we take a look at the rising trend towards virtualization. Virtualization is a fine buzz word, but it means different things to different people and includes remote access to resources, enabling of thin clients for workstation work, real time collaboration, and streaming applications. There are still plenty of concerns about how this will work out in practice. The entertainment industry, for instance, is worried about security but recognizes the advantages that can be realized from virtualization.
The discussion this year will cover the ways in which industry professionals are looking at these issues. Are they signing up, or holding back?
DR. LINCOLN WALLEN—Dr. Lincoln Wallen is CTO at Dreamworks Animation SKG. Before he came to Dreamworks, Lincoln was CTO at Electronic Arts Mobile where he was instrumental in shaping EA's approach to the mobile business. Lincoln was also at Criterion Software and MathEngine. His career includes 20 years of professional IT and mathematics research. In 2012 Lincoln was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and He was selected as one of Computer Worlds Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2013.
KEVIN CLARK—Kevin Clark Industrial Light & Magic's Director of Information Technology Kevin Clark oversees the daily IT operations of one of the world's leading film and entertainment companies. Responsibilities include the management and support of server and storage, systems security, network, telecom, desktop and client support across the Lucasfilm divisions including Industrial Light and Magic and Lucasfilm, Ltd. Clark came to ILM in 2003 after 10 years with Autodesk, Inc. in the Data Center Operations and IT support arenas. Clark is a California native who is married and lives in San Anselmo, received his undergraduate degree in Finance from San Diego State University.
HABIB ZARGARPOUR—Habib is a Creative Director at Microsoft Studios since 2010. He has over 12 years of experience in visual effects for film and 11 years in the games industry. Nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of two BAFTAs in Visual Effects for his work on Twister and The Perfect Storm while at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), some of his other film projects include 2 Star Trek films, Star Wars Episode I, The Bourne Identity, Spawn, and Signs.Habib served as a Senior Art Director at Electronic Arts (EA) from 2002 – 2009 where he worked on Need for Speed Underground, 007 Bond Everything or Nothing, and Need for Speed Most Wanted for which he received a Visual Effects Society (VES) Award in 2006. His latest project was RYSE: Son of Rome, a launch title for the XBox One released as a launch title last November. Zargarpour is very passionate about using real time techniques in film making. His passion is combining his experience in film and games on transmedia projects and to cross-pollinate both industries with best practices of each. Habib is an active member of AMPAS, BAFTA, and a founding member of the Visual Effects Society and the 5D-Conference.
JULES URBACH—Jules Urbach is the Founder and CEO of OTOY and Lightstage. Jules was born and raised in the french countryside west of Paris (near Versailles) until age 9 when he moved to LA. In LA he attended Harvard-Westlake high school before being accepted to Harvard University. However, he decided to defer his acceptance to Harvard (indefinitely as it turned out) to go make video games. He made his first game, Hell Cab - Time Warner Interactive, at age 18. Six years after he created Hell Cab, he founded Groove Alliance. Groove ended up creating the first game ever available on Shockwave.com (Real Pool). A decade later, Jules is busy working on his latest two companies, OTOY and Lightstage, which he hopes will revolutionize 3D rendering.
JOHN KIRKMAN—John Kirkman is Vice President of Systems at Pixar Animation Studios, where he is charged with supporting teams that design, implement and maintain a wide array of state of the art technology and infrastructure, including datacenters; high performance computers; network, server and storage infrastructure; desktop and mobile devices; as well as theaters, screening rooms and telecom facilities. Prior to Pixar, Kirkman spent at 13 years at TIBCO Software Inc. (formerly Teknekron Software Systems), filling a variety of roles involving the design and implementation of various trading floors and ultimately managing the quality assurance, education, information technology and global support teams as VP of Systems and Support. After leaving TIBCO and prior to joining Pixar, Kirkman re-united with several colleagues from Teknekron at a startup named TightLink as VP of Operations.
The Pan Pacific Hotel, site of the 2014 Jon Peddie Research Siggraph Press Luncheon, 300-999 Canada Place, Vancouver (Source: Pan Pacific)
Jon Peddie Research's Press Luncheon 2013 @ SIGGRAPH
Event Date: Wednesday, July 24, 11:30 a.m.
Location: Anaheim Marriott (Platinum Ballroom 2), 700 West Convention Way, Anaheim, California 92802
BYOD, DIY, globalization, cloud computing, mobile computing, and outsourcing—they're just buzz words, but they represent worldwide trends that are changing every industry from product design, to advertising, to game development and entertainment content creation. It's been playing out dramatically on the streets of Hollywood and in the newspapers as the VFX industry manages change.
JOE HERMAN—Joe Herman is a long time 3D animator, compositor, visual effects artist and production and post production specialist based in New York City. He has worked for production companies, advertising agencies as well as broadcast networks on a wide range of projects including commercials, television programs and independent film. He has also taught at The School of Visual Arts. Joe is also a journalist who writes frequently about the industry. Aside from articles and opinions, he writes hardware and software reviews for NYC Production and Post News as well as CineMontage Magazine, the official publication of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild where he writes a regular technology column.Joe's animated fillms include The Mind Machine, for which he also wrote the music.
JONI JACOBSON—Joni Jacobson is a pioneer in digital imaging with broad experience on both the creative and business side of visual effects. As Executive Producer at Pixomondo, Joni has most instrumental in the company's exponential growth and she has overseen the company's visual effects work on several feature films including Oblivion, After Earth, The Amazing Spiderman, Snow White and the Huntsman, Journey2: The Mysterious Island, Red Tails, and Fast5.
DR. PAUL NAVRATIL—Dr. Paul Navrátil is a research associate and the manager of the Scalable Visualization Technologies group for the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at the University of Texas at Austin. Navrátil has been pursuing the development of efficient algorithms for large-scale parallel visualization and data analysis. He is especially interested understanding what happens when realistic ray-tracing techniques are put to work visualizing the huge datasets produced by supercomputers, including those from Universal cosmological simulations and other computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes.
MICHAEL ROMEY—As head of the pipeline department at ZOIC, Mike is responsible for keeping all aspects of the studio's pipeline running smoothly. He oversees custom pipeline processes that span a broad spectrum of facility management, visual effects, and production disciplines. He programs, supervises and oversees custom tool development that assists the facility in accounting, bidding, scheduling, production, rendering, actualizing and reviewing. ZOIC Studios creates special effects for film, television, commercials and video games. Zoic's work includes Firefly, Mad Men, Once Upon a Time, Falling Skies, True Blood, V, Fringe, District 9, Zombieland and, most recently, The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn.
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BSE:500400 | NSE:TATAPOWEREQ | 58888:tatap | IND:Power - Generation/Distribution | ISIN code:INE245A01021 | SECT:Power
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The Directors are pleased to present the Ninety-Fifth Annual Report on the business and operations of your Company and the Statements of Account for the year ended 31st March, 2014.
1. Financial Results
Figures inRs. crore
Standalone Consolidated
(a) Net Sales/Income from Other Operations 8,627 9,567 35,649 33,025
(b) Operating Expenditure 6,073 7,509 27,942 26,386
(c) Operating Profit 2,554 2,058 7,707 6,639
(d) Less: Forex Loss 264 28 789 788
(e) Add: Other Income 656 722 227 369
(f) Less: Finance Cost 868 684 3,440 2,642
(g) Profit before Depreciation and Tax 2,078 2,068 3,705 4,778
(h) Less: Depreciation/Amortisation/ Impairment 587 364 2,730 2,901
(i) Profit before Tax 1,491 7,704 975 1,277
(j) Tax Expenses 537 679 1,008 7,778
(k) Net Profit/(Loss) after Tax 954 7,025 (33) 99
(I) Less: Minority Interest - - 272 208
(m) Add: Share of Profit of Associates - - 45 24
(n) Net Profit after Tax, Minority Interest and Share of Profit of Associates 954 7,025 (260) (85)
2. Dividend
The Directors of your Company recommend a dividend of 125% (^ 1.25 per share) subject to the approval of the Members. The dividend has been increased (from 115% previous year) in view of developments indicating better future prospects, particularly the order on Compensatory Tariff by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
3. Company''s Performance
3.1 Standalone
On a Standalone basis, the Operating Revenue was lower atRs. 8,627.04 crore, as againstRs. 9,567.28 crore in FY13, a decrease of 10%. However, your Company earned a higher Operating Profit compared to the previous year, but owing to forex losses and reversal of MAT credit accrued in earlier years, your Company reported a Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs. 954.08 crore, as against Rs. 1,024.69 crore for the previous year. Last year, PAT was higher due to onetime adjustment owing to change in depreciation rate.
Power Business
Operating Revenue for Power Business wasRs. 8,168.70 crore in FY14 as againstRs. 9,157.96 crore in FY13. Lower fuel cost built in the revenue recovery resulted in lower Operating Revenue on a Standalone basis, partly offset by higher transmission charges paid in the Mumbai Regulated business based on the Intra-state transmission order. However, Operating Profit was higher due to favourable Appellate Tribunal Order in Mumbai License Area.
Services Business
Power Services Business had a turnover ofRs. 123.02 crore as againstRs. 116.63 crore in FY13, reflecting a growth of 5%.
Strategic Engineering Division
Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED) booked a turnover ofRs. 335.32 crore in FY14 as againstRs. 292.69 crore in FY13, with the closing order backlog in excess ofRs. 2,400 crore as on 31st March, 2014.
Other Income
Other Income was lower at Rs. 655.76 crore, as against Rs. 721.67 crore in the previous year. This was mainly due to lower income from investment in Fixed Deposits and Mutual Funds. It was driven by higher availability of investible funds in the previous year on account of Hybrid issue ofRs. 1,500 crore during thatyear.
Earnings per share
During FY14, due to higher earnings after full year''s appropriation on unsecured perpetual securities (Rs. 832.20 crore against Rs. 818.07 crore in FY13), Earnings per share (basic) was at 7 3.50 as against f 3.44 in the previous year.
3.2 Consolidated
On a Consolidated basis, the Operating Revenue was higher at Rs. 35,648.70 crore, as against Rs. 33,025.43 crore in FY13, an increase of 8%. The increase was mainly due to Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL) operating all of its units during the current year, Maithon Power Limited (MPL) tying up sale of additional 150MWon a long term basis with West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL), higher sales by Tata Power Trading Company Limited (TPTCL) and by Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (TPSSL).
Your Company has also reported 16% increase in the Consolidated Operating Profit at Rs. 7,706.45 crore as compared to Rs. 6,638.50 in Previous Year, mainly driven by full operation of Mundra and Maithon plants and favourable order from Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (ATE) for Mumbai operations. This was despite lower coal prices affecting coal mines profitability.
The Consolidated Loss after Tax at Rs. 259.97 crore is higher as compared to the previous year, mainly on account of higher forex losses and finance cost.
4. Subsidiaries/Joint Ventures
With the vision of becoming the most admired and responsible Integrated Power Company with an international footprint, your Company has over the years, forged strategic partnerships through Joint Ventures (JVs) and Subsidiaries. As on 31stMarch, 2014,your Company had 25 Subsidiaries (16 are wholly-owned Subsidiaries), 31 JVs and 10 Associates.
During the year FY14, your Company has acquired/created the following companies as a part of its growth plans: AES Saurashtra Windfarms Private Limited, acquired during the year, contributing 39.2 MW of wind capacity Joint Ventures Adjaristsqali Netherlands BV and Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, created as investment vehicles for the Georgia Hydro project
Following are the major highlights of FY14 related to your Company''s Subsidiaries/JVs. Operational details of major subsidiaries are available in Management Discussion and Analysis section.
4.1 Coastal Gujarat Power Limited
Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company, has implemented and commissioned all five units of the 4,000 MW (5 x 800 MW) Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) at Mundra in Gujarat.
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
Due to rise in coal prices and the current structure of the PPA, CGPL is not able to recover the full cost of fuel through its tariff. In view of this, CGPL had submitted a petition to the CERC seeking relief by way of establishment of an appropriate mechanism to offset the adverse impact caused by the steep hike in coal prices. CERC, in its order dated 15th April, 2013, had given the directive to constitute a committee to recommend a quantum of compensatory tariff. Subsequent to the committee report, CERC passed an orderon 21st February, 2014 ruling thatthe company will be entitled to compensatory tariff to offsetadditional fuel costs till the hardship continues on account of increase in coal prices. CERC has stipulated a three year period to undertake review of Compensatory Tariff.
The salient features of CERC order are as follows:
The Commission has fixed operating parameters for arriving at the Compensatory Tariff which shall be effective 1st April, 2013. The Commission has also ordered compensation of losses incurred from the commissioning of the units upto March 2013 amounting toRs. 329 crore to be recovered over 36 equal instalments. In arriving at the Compensatory Tariff, incremental profit from coal mines and 1% of Equity will be deducted.
The Commission has also allowed sale of power to third parties in excess of 80% of the normative availability - to be shared with procurers in the ratio of 60% to procurers and 40% to your Company. The sharing shall be for margin above the variable cost of fuel from the revenue accrued to the company.
The said order has been challenged before the ATE and the hearing has commenced.
In its endeavour to become the ''Neighbour of Choice'', CGPL continues to undertake initiatives for the local community in the areas of livelihood and income generation, education and health. Various community development activities have been undertaken aligned with 5 thrust areas identified to address the need of the stakeholders - Augmenting Primary Education System (Vidya), Building and Strengthening Healthcare Facilities (Arogya and Swachch Jal), Enhancing Programmes on Livelihood and Employability (Samriddhi and Daksh), Building Social Capital and Infrastructure (Sanrachna) and Nurturing Sustainability for Inclusive Growth (Akshay). A Triple Bottom Line Approach'' of sustainable development is being followed to achieve a satisfied community that has trust and faith in the company and its operations. Cooperation from the village Gram Panchayat has led to the formation of the Village Development Advisory Committee (VDAC), which is the first contact pointforthe companyforall developmental workto be carried outin different villages.
The company and its lenders have received complaints from a few NGOs, who have alleged that CGPL has not done enough to protect the livelihood of fishermen in the neighbourhood. Further, there is an allegation that there is an impact to the local community caused by coal, ash and outlet water. The company has engaged with all NGOs who work closely with the local community as well as fishermen who undertake fishing in and around Mundra UMPP area. In addition, various frameworks have been instituted in close consultation with lenders like IFC.ADB and others, for implementation of various programs as well as for constant oversight and monitoring of such initiatives. Besides, the company has undertaken proactive measures to improve the quality of life of local communities including fishermen. The company has furnished all such details to the lending institutions and the same has been acknowledged by them. Based on the inputs from both CGPL and local communities, financial institutions as well as Pollution Control and State authorities are satisfied with the work done by the company.
The company continues to enhance the reach and effectiveness of various initiatives for fishermen communities as well as other communities in its neighbourhood. The company abides by all stipulated norms including mitigation action for any environmental, community and ecological impact.
4.2 Investment in Coal Companies
Your Company continues to hold its equity stake in PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) and PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk (BSSR), which continue to be a part of the supply chain forTata Power Group''s coal off-take requirements.
In FY14,your Company signed an agreement to sell its 30% stake in PT Arutmin Indonesia and associated companies in coal trading and infrastructure. The aggregate consideration for Tata Power''s 30% stake is USD 510 million, subject to certain closing adjustments. The sale is subject to certain conditions and restructuring actions, which your Company targets to complete in FY15.
4.3 Maithon Power Limited
Maithon Power Limited (MPL), a Joint Venture between your Company (74%) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC, 26%), has set up a 1,050 MW (2 x 525 MW) power plant at Maithon in Jharkhand.
Out of the total capacity of 1,050 MW, 300 MW power had been tied up through long term PPAs, each with DVC, WBSEDCL and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), and balance 150 MW has been tied up under long term PPAwith Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) on 31st December, 2013. MPL has applied for Long Term Access of transmission of power to KSEB which is yet to be allotted.
4.4 Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited
TPDDL, a subsidiary of your Company is a Joint Venture between Tata Power (51%) and the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (49%). TPDDL has a registered consumer base of 1.4 million and serves a peak load of around 1,500 MW. The company''s operations span across an area of 510 sq. km. in Northern and Northwestern part of Delhi.
Tariffs in the past have been insufficient to ensure recovery of the power purchase costs of the company, which has resulted in accumulation of Regulatory Assets to the tune ofRs. 5,146.39 crore as in FY14. In the spirit of moving towards Cost Reflective Tariff, the Regulator has granted TPDDL an increase in tariff of 55% in the past 3 years. The Regulator has also granted a 8% Deficit Recovery Charge towards amortization of Regulatory Gaps in addition to creation of Power Purchase Adjustment Mechanism to true up for quarterly variations in Power Purchase Costs. Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has also proposed liquidation of Regulatory Assets over the period of next 8 years.
4.5 Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited
TPREL, a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company, is in the business of setting up power projects based on clean and renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, waste heat recovery and biomass.
During the year, TPREL has successfully commissioned 24 MW out of the 32 MW wind project at Visapur in Maharashtra, and acquired the 39.2 MW operating wind farm at Saurashtra in Gujarat from AES Corporation. This is in addition to the 21 MW wind plant at Dalot, Rajasthan, which was commissioned in FY13 and 25 MW Solar Power Plant at Mithapur, which is operational since January 2012.
The 28.8 MW solar project at Palaswadi in Maharashtra has also been completed, except that the interconnecting transmission line could not be connected to the state grid due to lack of permissions.
4.6 Tata Power Solar Systems Limited
TPSSL, formerly known as Tata BP Solar India Limited has aligned its business segments into three major verticals -
1. Manufacturing of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells: TPSSL is recognised as a Tier 1 module manufacturer and offers market competitive cost and efficiency products to its customers. Due to cheaper imports, the company faces challenges in fully utilizing its manufacturing capacity.
2. Projects: TPSSL completed more than 100 MW of large scale ground mounted solar projects including a 50 MW solar PV project for National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). In addition to this, the Company executed a 28.8 MW solar PV project for TPREL and several other small scale and rooftop grid connected solar systems.
3. Products:TPSSL''s Products business grew by more than 20%. The company actively participated in various government programmes, e.g., solar home and street lighting system in Tamil Nadu, solar pumps in Rajasthan and solar power packs in Kerala. While the solar thermal water heater market grew by more than 10%, TPSSL''s market share increased by more than 25%.
4.7 Industrial Energy Limited
Industrial Energy Limited (IEL), a Joint Venture of your Company (74%) with Tata Steel Limited (26%), commenced its operations in May 2009. It is operating a 120 MW coal based plant in Jojobera. It is also operating a 120 MW co-generation plant (Power House #6) in Jamshedpur, inside the Tata Steel plant.
IEL is currently executing a 202.5 MW (3 x 67.5 MW) waste heat recovery project, which will meet the power requirement for Tata Steel''s plant in Kalinganagar, Odisha. The project is in advanced stages of execution.
4.8 Tata Power Trading Company Limited
TPTCL is the second largest power trading company in the country. TPTCL transacted 11,488 MUs during FY14 as compared to 9,431 MUs in the previous year and has shown a CAGRof 31% over the past 5 years.
4.9 International Projects
Your Company''s JV in South Africa, Cennergi (Proprietary) Limited, achieved financial closure of the 134 MW Amakhala Emoyeni Wind Farm and the 95 MW Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm being implemented by it.
In June 2013, your Company acquired 40% shares in Adjaristsqali Netherlands BV through its wholly owned subsidiary Tata Power International Pte. Ltd. Adjaristsqali Netherlands is implementing hydro projects in Georgia through its 100% subsidiary, Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC.
In April 2013, a Memorandum of Understanding was executed with the Ministry of Electric Power, Government of Myanmar, for development of an imported coal fired power project on Build, Own and Transfer basis.
Your Company has also executed a Memorandum of Understanding in November 2013 with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Government of Vietnam, for developing the 1,200 MW Long Phu 2 coal fired power project in SocTrang Province of Vietnam on Build, Own and Transfer basis.
5. Credit Rating
As on 31st March, 2014, your Company had the following credit ratings- a Corporate Credit Rating of B with a Positive outlook from Standard & Poor''s Rating Services and a corporate family rating of B1 with a Negative outlook by Moody''s Investor Services. The rating is not for any specific debt issuance of your Company.
Your Company''s INR denominated instruments are rated AA- by CRISIL, and AA by CARE and ICRA. The CRISIL and ICRA ratings have a Negative Outlook. The ratings have been assigned on the basis of consolidated credit profile of Tata Power and its subsidiaries.
6. Sustainability
Your Company is guided by its founder, Mr. Jamsetji Tata, who once said "In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder in the business but is, in fact, the very purpose of its existence". Your Company firmly believes in integrating its business with the social fabric of the society that it operates in and is a firm supporter of the triple bottom line concept.
The Sustainability thought process has been laid out as a conceptual model with the governing principle of "Leadership with Care". Tata Power embodies the Tata Group''s philosophy of building strong sustainable businesses.''Care''is one of the core values and has the following elements: Care for Environment, Care for Community, Care for Customers and Care for People i.e. employees, shareholders, suppliers, partners etc.
6.1 Your Company''s efforts towards Care for our People, Care for our Community and Care for Environment are elaborated below:
Safety - Care for our People
In Tata Power Safety is a core value over which no business activity has a higher priority. Further, the commitment is shown through the Safety vision, pledge and policy. Apart from this. Safety culture at Tata Power is guided by the 10 commandments of Safety.
Tata Power has an Apex Safety Committee chaired by the CEO & Managing Director which reviews the safety performance and guides the implementation of detailed action plans through Central Safety Committees and Site Implementation teams at all sites. Safety Bipartite Committees structure has been constituted to enhance safety culture and standards in the organisation with the involvement of all employees and reinforce safety as a core value as well as percolate the ownership of safety at individual level with the help of structured reviews and discussion.
Safety practices of Tata Power JVs and subsidiaries are aligned with Tata Power Safety standards and procedures. In FY14, your Company imparted 277,278 man hours of safety training to employees/contract workmen. Your Company has trained 100% of contract employees in FY14 through contractors''safety induction programs.
Safety Statistics FY14:
Sl. No. Safety Parameters FY14 FY13 (For Tata Power, CGPL, MPL, IEL)
1 Fatality (Number) 05 01
2 LTIFR (Lost Time Injuries Frequency Rate per million man hours) 0.41 0.34
3 Total Injuries Frequency Rate (TIFR) (Number of Injuries per million man hours) 13.58 17.88
4 First Aid Cases (Number) 555 757
Care for our Community
Your Company firmly believes in making a positive impact on the community in the vicinity of its operations.
Tata Power Skill Development Institute
The Indian Power sector is poised for significant capacity additions in the 12th and 13th Plan Period needing large scale adequately skilled workforce. There exist skill gaps across the entire value chain. With more and more services being obtained from Service Providers, ensuring that they deploy adequately skilled manpower has become crucial for the industry in general and your Company in particular.
Your Company has set up Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) to ensure that workforce deployed by the contractors is adequately skilled. TPSDI would be involved in imparting modular power skills training, testing, certification and accreditation, in a phased manner. To begin with, it would focus on the contractors'' workforce of Tata Power and would over time, cater to other companies in the power sector.
Care for our Environment
Environment management is a value that is embedded in your Company''s DNA and helps in incubating a culture of acting responsibly towards the environment. Your Company addresses various aspects of resource conservation, energy efficiency, carbon footprint, renewable power generation, biodiversity and green buildings. Your Company also follows various measures like Environmental Compliance, Corporate Sustainability Protocol Index (CSPI), Green Manufacturing Index (GMI) to keep track of the initiatives and their impact. The following key initiatives were taken up during FY14:
Measurement, tracking and reduction of Specific Water Consumption
Development of Green Belt at Mundra and Maithon
Sewage Treatment Plants at Hydro stations
Reuse of waste material atTrombay and Distribution divisions
Promoting E-Bill subscription by consumers in Distribution business
These initiatives are expected to improve the performance of individual units on important environmental aspects.
Your Company has focussed its initiatives for sustained ash utilization at all its generating plants using coal. Trombay, Jojoberaand Maithon achieved 100% fly ash utilization whereas CGPL achieved 25% in its first year of full operation, which is in line with regulatory requirements. Special attention has been given for developing new uses of ash and creating value added products from ash.
Your Company has started water foot-printing exercise at its operating locations. This will help in better understanding of watershed, impact of its water discharges and future proofing of water requirements for Company''s operations.
Your Company strives to create environmentally responsible employees by promoting and showcasing individual efforts in green initiatives through Greenolution.
6.2 Club Enerji
Club Enerji, previously known as Tata Power Energy Club, is an initiative that takes energy and resource conservation beyond your Company. This initiative helps in sensitizing the community on sustainability through various conservation ideas. Tata Power Club Enerji reaches out to school children through various interactive mediums and sensitizes them on the need to save power. It has reached out to over 400 schools in India and has sensitised over 7 million citizens, who in turn have helped save more than 11.2 MUs of electricity till date. This saving is equivalent to saving 11,200 tonnes of C02and is enough to light up over 5,200 houses for a year.
The Club has also launched a Civic & Moral Values programme across schools to develop better citizens of tomorrow and also plans to roll out a Waste Management Module.
6.3 Affirmative Action
Under its Affirmative Action (AA) program, your Company has continued to develop deprived communities, particularly Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). The Apex Committee led by the CEO & Managing Director, Executive Director and external experts like the Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) continued to give strategic directions on AA.
A comprehensive ''Needs Assessment'' study on AA was conducted covering 100% SC/ST households (over 68,000 persons) across Tata Power divisions, CGPL, MPL and TPDDL
Your Company has implemented several programs for the 4E''s (Employment, Entrepreneurship, Employability and Education) benefiting over 10,500 persons in FY14. The major programs are Skill Development Programs for youth. Rural BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), Entrepreneurship Development (agarbatti manufacturing,fly ash brick manufacturing), upliftment of self-help groups, science laboratory, providing scholarships, extra coaching classes, computer and spoken English classes. Your Company has also started working in Jawahar Taluka in Thane District of Maharashtra, which has a tribal population of over 90% with a vast majority of them below the poverty line. Your Company is engaged with a tribal residential school, a Government ITI through employee volunteering and is also conducting BPO training for youth in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
6.4 Sustainability Reporting
Your Company is conscious of its role as a Responsible Corporate Citizen and has an uncompromising adherence to demonstrate performance on Sustainability. Your Company has adopted the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines to report on its Sustainability performance. The current Sustainability Report FY14 is based on the GRI G3.1 guidelines covering all the 84 indicators. The scope of this report has also been enhanced by including subsidiaries like Chemical Terminal Trombay Limited (CTTL) and also divisions such as SED in the reporting purview. Your Company''s Sustainability Report will be hosted on its website www.tatapower.com.
In the last year, your Company has evolved and deployed policies in areas such as human rights, advocacy, and responsible supply chain management. Your Company became a proud recipient of CM ITC Sustainability Award, 2013 for Significant Achievement on the Journey Towards Sustainable Development. This is a testimony of the Company''s effort on Sustainability.
6.5 Business Responsibility Report (BRR)
The Business Responsibility Reporting is in line with the SEBI requirement based on the ''National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business'' notified by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India, in July 2011. Your Company has reported on the framework of BRR, describing initiatives taken by your Company from an environmental, social and governance perspective. The BRR is hosted on the website www.tatapower.com.
6.6 United Nations Global Compact
Your Company adheres to reporting on United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), on ten principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labour standards. Environment and Anti-bribery. Your Company has been reporting to UNGC since 2006 on these principles. In September 2013, your Company had submitted the Communication on Progress (CoP) to UNGC. The Company is also submitting its Sustainability Report to UNGC.
7. Innovation
Your Company follows various sources to keep abreast of developments in the area of clean technologies. Interactions are on with faculty members from leading institutions such as the NT (Bombay), Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) and various other universities. Technologies in a variety of areas like solar (PV, with trackers, thin-film, concentrated PV and concentrated thermal). Hydro Kinetic Turbine generation, fuel cell (telecom tower application), gasification (biomass, coal), coal drying etc. are being evaluated. The highlights are:
1. Solar Concentrated Thermal: A consortium led by NT, Bombay synchronised the 1 MW solar concentrated thermal power demonstration plant at the National Solar Centre in Gurgaon. Tata Power was handling the Operations & Maintenance of the demonstration plant
2. Solar PV with single axis (E-W) tracking: Your Company commissioned a 70 kW solar PV based power plant under "Revenue on Units Generated basis-Opex model" in Lonavala.The unique feature of this project includes installation of a single axis East-West tracker which tracks the movement of the sun and tilts the angle of the solar panels by 1 degree every 20 minutes. Due to this, the panels are always exposed to direct irradiance which boosts the plant load factor (PLF) by 15%. Commercial viability of this project has been demonstrated
3. Micro Hydro Kinetic Turbine: Your Company has also tested a 10 kW micro hydro kinetic turbine by installing it in the tail race of its hydro station at Bhira. This turbine can generate electricity in water streams having velocities ranging from 0.75 m/s to 4.2 m/s. The turbine requires water depths of 2.5 m from the bed. The power conditioning unit was developed in-house. The system has performed well and has given consistent results. This can in future be replicated in various streams wherein the above conditions are fulfilled
4. Novel Coal Drying Process: An application has been filed for an Indian and an international patent for the drying process. It uses a screw conveyer as a dryer. A preliminary design report has been prepared. The estimated cost of drying will be less than $10/ton of dried coal or less than RsO.IO/kWh.The process was tested and proven at a lab scale with 50 kg batches and has the potential to bring down the cost of drying substantially compared to existing models
5. Bottom ash based brick making: Bottom ash based bricks were manufactured successfully. A patent on the same has been filed
6. Ultra Thin White Topping technology: CTTL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, in association with BASF, has developed a concrete mix which can help replacing 40% of cement with Fly Ash. The polyheed admixture developed for Trombay Thermal Station Fly Ash has been used in a demonstration project. A demonstration road stretch of 3.5 mx 100 m has been laid. This road has lower absorption of solar energy (higher reflectivity) and is expected to have a longer service life
8. Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo
On a Standalone basis, the foreign exchange earnings of your Company during the year under review amounted to Rs. 335.65 crore (previous year Rs. 359.84 crore), mainly on account of interest, dividend, etc. The foreign exchange outflow during the year was Rs. 1,721.55 crore (previous yearRs. 2,418.14 crore), mainly on account of fuel purchase ofRs. 1,355.10 crore (previous yearRs. 2,202.49 crore), interest on foreign currency borrowings, NRI dividends ofRs. 83.27 crore (previous yearRs. 84.84 crore) and purchase of capital equipment, components and spares and other miscellaneous expenses ofRs. 283.18 crore (previous yearRs. 130.81 crore).
9. Disclosure of Particulars
Particulars required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988are given in the prescribed format as Annexure I to the Directors'' Report.
Particulars of Employees: In terms of the provisions of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the names and other particulars of the employees are set out in the Annexure to the Directors'' Report. However, having regard to the provisions of Section 219 (1)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Annual Report is being sent to all Members of the Company excluding the aforesaid information. Any Member interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company.
10. Subsidiaries
Vide General Circular No: 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, has granted a general exemption to companies from attaching the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other documents referred to in Section 212(1) of the Companies Act, 1956, in respect of its subsidiary companies, subject to fulfilment of the conditions mentioned therein. Accordingly, the said documents are not being attached with the Balance Sheet of your Company. A gist of the financial performance of the subsidiary companies is contained in the report. The Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies are open for inspection by any Member/Investor and your Company will make available these documents/details upon request by any Member of the Company or to any investor of its subsidiary companies who may be interested in obtaining the same. Further, the Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will be kept open for inspection by any investor at the Registered Office of your Company and that of the subsidiary company concerned, and would be posted onthewebsiteoftheCompanywww.tatapower.com.
11. Directors
Consequent upon his completing 65 years of age, in line with Company''s policy for retirement of Executive Directors, Mr. S. Ramakrishnan stepped down as Director and Executive Director of your Company with effect from close of business hours on 28th February, 2014. The Board has placed on record its appreciation for the valuable contribution made by Mr. Ramakrishnan to your Company.
Mr. Ashok S. Sethi was appointed as an Additional Director with effect from 7th May, 2014, in accordance with Article 132 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act). Mr. Sethi holds office only upto the date of the forthcoming AGM and a Notice under Section 160(1) of the Act has been received from a Member signifying its intention to propose Mr. Sethi''s appointment as a Director. The Board also appointed Mr. Sethi as Executive Director effective the same date. His appointment and remuneration require the approval of the Members at the ensuing AGM.
The Company has, pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements entered into with Stock Exchanges, appointed Dr. Homiar S. Vachha, Mr. Nawshir H. Mirza, Mr. Deepak M. Satwalekar, Mr. Piyush G. Mankad, Mr. Ashok K. Basu and Ms.Vishakha V. Mulyeas Independent Directors of the Company. The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet with the criteria of independence as prescribed both under sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and under Clause 49. In accordance with the provisions of Section 149(4) and proviso to Section 152(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, these Directors are being appointed as Independent Directors to hold office as per their tenure of appointment mentioned in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM of the Company.
In accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Cyrus P. Mistry retires by rotation and is eligible for re-appointment.
12. Auditors
Messrs. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP (DHS LLP), who are the statutory auditors of your Company, hold office until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. It is proposed to re-appoint DHS LLP as statutory auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM till the conclusion of the Ninety-eighth AGM to be held in the year 2017, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM. DHS has, under Section 141 of the Act, furnished a certificate of its eligibility for re-appointment. The Members year on year will be requested, to ratify their appointment as Auditors and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration. In this connection, the attention of the Members is invited to Item No.4 of the Notice.
During the year, the Company had received intimation from DHS LLP stating that Deloitte Haskins & Sells had been converted into a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) under the provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 with effect from November 20, 2013. In terms of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, General Circular No.9/2013 dated April 30,2013, if a firm of Chartered Accountants, being an auditor in a Company under the Act, is converted into an LLP, then such an LLP would be deemed to be the auditor of the said Company. The Board of Directors of the Company have taken due note of this change. Accordingly, the audit of the Company for Financial Year 2013-14 was conducted by DHS LLP.
Members will also be requested to pass a resolution (vide Item No.17 of the Notice) authorizing the Board of Directors to appoint Branch Auditors for the purpose of auditing the accounts maintained at the Branch Offices of the Company abroad.
13. Auditors''Report
The Notes forming part of the Accounts referred to in Auditors''Report of the Company a re self-explanatory and, therefore, do not call for any further explanation under Section 217(3) of the Companies Act, 1956.
The consolidated financial statements of your Company have been prepared in accordance with Accounting Standard 21 on Consolidated Financial Statements, Accounting Standard 23 on Accounting of Investments in Associates and Accounting Standard 27 on Financial Reporting of Interest in Joint Ventures, issued by the Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
14. Cost Auditor and Cost Audit Report
M/s Sanjay Gupta and Associates, Cost Accountant, was appointed Cost Auditors of your Company for FY14.
In accordance with the requirement of the Central Government and pursuant to Section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956, your Company carries out an audit of cost accounts relating to electricity every year. The Cost Audit Report and the Compliance Report of your Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2013, by M/s Sanjay Gupta and Associates, Cost Accountants, which was due for filing with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs by 30th September, 2013, was filed on 23rd September, 2013.
15. Corporate Governance
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges, a Management Discussion and Analysis Statement, Report on Corporate Governance and Auditors'' Certificate, are included in the Annual Report.
16. Directors''Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors, based on the representations received from the operating management, confirm that:
1. In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and thatthereare no material departures therefrom;
2. They have, in the selection of the accounting policies, consulted the Statutory Auditors and have applied them consistently and made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;
3. They have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
17. Acknowledgements
On behalf of the Directors of the Company, I would like to place on record our deep appreciation to our Shareholders, Customers, Business Partners, Vendors, both international and domestic. Bankers, Financial Institutions and Academic Institutions.
The Directors are thankful to the Government of India and the various Ministries, the State Governments and the various Ministries, the Central and State Electricity Regulatory authorities. Corporation and Municipal authorities of Mumbai and other cities where we are operational.
Finally, we appreciate and value the contributions made by all our employees and their families for making Tata Power what it is.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Cyrus P. Mistry Chairman Mumbai, 29th May 2014
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Grizzly managers look toward bear hunts in Rockies
An estimated 1,600 bears inhabit the landscape around Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, and for now, they're protected as a threatened species.
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Authority over the animals — which can top 600 pounds and live for 25 years — would transfer to state agencies. And with human-bear conflicts and livestock attacks on the rise, wildlife officials in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming said hunting would help them deal with problem bears.
Yet officials stressed that any grizzly season would differ significantly from the aggressive wolf hunts now underway in the region.
Idaho and Montana have lifted quotas on wolves with the explicit aim of driving down pack numbers. Hunters killed roughly 200 wolves in just the past few months in the two states, and 57 have been killed in Wyoming.
By contrast, "you could probably count on one hand" the number of bears that could be legally killed if hunting is allowed, said Chris Servheen, grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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A federal-state committee that oversees grizzly bears will consider adopting a pro-hunting policy during a meeting next week.
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I'm sure everything is fine. My symptoms seem severe this time...more so than with my others. Every pregnancy is different. *prayers*
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All of my pregnancies have been quite different. Some I've had extreme symptoms from before I even tested and once I didn't even find out I was pregnant till 16 weeks because I had so few symptoms (and a false negative test!)
This is my 5th also.... I am so super tired and crampy!!! I also had the twins thought cross my mind. Maybe I just need a nap hehehe
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This is only my 3rd, but cramps DEFINITELY felt more intense this time. I've also wondered if, after multiple pregnancies, we are more aware of what we're feeling?? Just a thought. It would make sense to me, too, that after such a break in pregnancies, that your body is "turning back on" so to speak... maybe adds some additional intensity to your symptoms??
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It has been ten years since my last pregnancy too and I am nervous! It's like doing it all over for the first time again since it's been so long.
Weird....I've never heard of the baby being off-center like that!
This is baby #4 for us and it feels so much...more.... everything! I am more tired, more bloated, more crampy....
And that whole "every pregnancy is different" thing doesn't mean much to me because ALL THREE of mine have been exactly the same!
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I did send a paypal request for funds and noted it was for a refund of this order. If they don't send the money back by the end of the day tomorrow I will give them a call before pushing farther with the BBB claim.
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