The AMEU Executive Council announces that the 62nd AMEU Convention will be held in
Stellenbosch from 27 – 29 September 2010.

The Council invites all parties who may be interested in presenting papers at the Convention, to submit a synopsis to the AMEU Secretariat by 6 April 2010. If your proposal is selected for the Convention, you will be asked to provide a manuscript for publication. This should comprise no more than 10 typed pages and will be required by 8 September 2010.

Convention Theme:

MUNICIPAL DISTRIBUTION IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT:

The following sub-themes and paper concepts are suggested:
•    Electricity Security of Supply
•    Energy Supply Governance
•    Skills development
•    Asset Management
•    Management, Responsibility and Accountability
•    Network Expansion (Growth)
•    Management in a Municipal Environment
•    Implementation Challenges of the Energy Conservation Scheme (Power Conservation Programme, Energy Trading and Growth Management)
•    Demand Side Management
•    System Performance (Quality of supply, load shedding challenges)
•    Compliance with Regulatory Requirements
•    Maintenance Planning and Implementation
•    Safety Issues and Lessons
•    Tariffs
•    Benchmarking
•    Embedded Generation (e.g small scale PV systems)
•    Embedded Generation
•    Energy Efficiency
•    Renewable Energy
•    Non-Technical Losses
•    Skills Development and Retention
•    Asset Management & Maintenance
•    Other Related Subjects

The intention of this year’s Convention theme is for members and stakeholders to share problems and be able to openly discuss the impact and possible solutions to the many challenges municipalities are facing in areas such as the effect of bulk purchase tariff increase on setting municipal tariffs, theft of electricity and conductors/equipment, shortages of critical skills, maintenance of networks, funding, requests for embedded generation and many others.

Speakers will be allocated 20 minutes to present their papers followed by 10 minutes of questions and discussion time per paper. Please note that a written version of your final paper in MSWord format is needed for inclusion into the AMEU Proceedings Book and Convention Papers Book.  A PowerPoint presentation will not be accepted in lieu of a paper.

Practical case studies, research, innovations, management practices and report backs to the industry, are all welcome.

Summaries of proposed papers in attached format should be faxed to the Secretariat at fax number 086 687 1222 no later than 6 April 2010 AND sent by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Call for paper form 2010, click here.

Yours faithfully



JEAN VENTER
Van Der Walt & Company
General Secretaries