Start your ENGINs!
This is your exclusive invite to the ENGIN Grid Planning Summit 2026: two unforgettable days of sessions, stories, and suppers.
Join grid planning and asset management leaders for product updates, utility success stories, hands-on workshops, industry networking, and Maritime hospitality.
Leave with fresh ideas, practical takeaways, and valuable new connections.
October 20-21, 2026
The Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hosted together with Nova Scotia Power
What to expect
Collaborate with ENGIN users, industry experts, former regulators, consultants, and peers to dive into grid planning and asset management.
Share and promote learned experiences and best practices
Spark conversations on pressing topics and current landscapes
Absorb case studies, get sneak peaks into future software features, give feedback on ENGIN feature roadmap
Celebrate successes and address challenges
Unwind Halifax-style with THE original lobster supper plus live band, with epic views of Hubbards Cove
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- 6:00 / 6:30PMWelcome
Welcome Reception
An informal opportunity to connect with fellow attendees and the ENGIN team. Drinks, light bites, and a relaxed start to the summit.
- 8:00 - 9:00AM
Breakfast & Registration
- 9:00 – 9:45AM
Welcome & Keynote
- Company and product updates
- Highlights from our growing customer community
- Market and industry perspectives
- 9:45 – 10:15AM
Icebreaker
- 10:15 – 10:30AM
Break
- 10:30 – 11:30AM
What’s New
An overview of recent enhancements and what's coming next, including
demos of new capabilities and a look ahead at the product roadmap.- Distribution System Planning
- Vegetation Management & Wildfire Risk
- Load Forecasting
- 11:30 AM – 12:00PM
Regulatory Session
A utility-led session sharing real-world experience and lessons learned.
- 12:00 - 1:00PM
Lunch
- 1:00 – 2:00PM
What Customers Value: How Nova Scotia Power Is Rethinking Reliability
Nova Scotia Power presents the results of recent customer research on
the Value of Lost Load and how this has affected assumptions about
reliability, affordability, and what customers truly value when the power
goes out.
Find out what surprised the team, how those insights are shaping planning
discussions, and what other utilities can take away as they weigh the
customer impact of reliability investments. - 2:00 – 2:45PM
Integrated Grid Planning Session
- 2:45 – 3:00PM
Break
- 3:00 – 3:30PM
From Fleet Health to Reliability: Prioritizing Substation Investments
SRP will share its journey from a static, age-based view of asset risk to a
more comprehensive understanding of how investment decisions
influence system reliability.
By quantifying asset-specific consequences and evaluating the impact of
funding changes, SRP gains greater visibility into investment trade-offs
and a stronger foundation for prioritizing investments. - 3:30 – 3:45PM
Closing (Day 1)
Key insights from the day, themes from discussions, and a look ahead.
- 5:00PM
Dinner at The Shore Club, Hubbards Cove
A beach sunset cocktail hour with fresh-shucked oysters and live music,
followed by a classic Maritime lobster supper.
- 8:00 - 9:00AM
Breakfast
- 9:00 – 9:10AM
Welcome to Day 2
- 9:10 – 9:40AM
Utilization Session
- 9:40 – 10:10AM
Beyond Asset Replacement: Liberty’s Approach to Distribution Risk and Planning
Liberty transformed a time-intensive, error-prone distribution analysis process into a streamlined workflow through GIS-based automation.
This presentation will show peers how the team reduced work that once took more than a week to approximately one day—making sophisticated risk analysis more practical and repeatable.
- 10:10 – 10:25AM
Break
- 10:25 – 10:55PM
Building a New Utility with Asset Management from Day One
Wataynikaneyap Power has built a strong asset management foundation alongside one of Canada’s newest transmission networks.
Operating across remote communities where field access is limited and mobilizations are costly, Watay has developed the asset info, inspection practices, and maintenance workflows need to support informed decision making and reliable operations.
This session shares practical lessons learned and how these foundations continue to support the utility’s next stage of growth.
- 10:55 – 11:40AM
Breakout Sessions: Affordability and Capacity Management
Peer-to-peer discussions on shared challenges, emerging practices, and future needs.
- 11:40 AM – 12:40PM
Lunch
- 12:40 – 1:25PM
Breakout Sessions: Reliability and Resilience
Peer-to-peer discussions on shared challenges, emerging practices, and future needs.
- 1:25 – 1:35PM
Break
- 1:35 – 2:35PM
Product Workshop
- 2:35 – 3:00PM
Closing (Day 2)
Ready to join us?
Your exclusive invite includes both days of the Summit, breakfasts, lunches, networking breaks, and an epic east coast supper party!
Discover Halifax!
Nova Scotia’s city by the sea.
Walk along the Halifax waterfront boardwalk that follows the water’s edge alongside the world’s second largest ice-free harbour. You’ll pass unique shops, restaurants, and a bustling working harbour.
Hop aboard the ferry, North America’s longest running saltwater ferry, and cross the harbour to the Dartmouth side which is filled with more shops, galleries, cafés, restaurants, and pubs.
October is peak season for foliage! Expect to see a wide array of the famous east coast fall colors.
