Commercializing the Smart Grid: Technologies & Applications

Regulators, utilities and vendors convene in DC to assess the opportunities and challenges in the emergent industry and its future growth pathways:

· FERC and State Commissioners on Smart Grid Drivers and Requirements
· Utility and Energy Retailer Implementation: Perspectives and Initiatives
· Status and Outlook on Smart Grid Technology Capabilities and their Likely Evolution

The ultimate vision of the Smart Grid is of a highly automated, self-regulating system of two-way power flows, enabling both integration of distributed resources and end-user efficiencies based on informed power choices.

Don’t miss the Pre-Conference Executive Forum: Assessing Smart Grid Opportunities, Business Models and Strategies for Entry featuring presentations that will discuss various business models and potential deal structures in the smart grid arena, providing investors and potential technology developers insights into how successful products might be structured.

Who should attend: Utilities, municipal electric and retail energy distributors, T&D operators, technology and demand response providers, distributed generation and power storage developers/vendors, venture capital investors, private equity, investment bankers, regulators, R&D directors, consultants, policy and energy advisors.

EVENT SCHEDULE:
Workshop:
Assessing Smart Grid Opportunities, Business Models and Strategies for Entry
Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 9:00 am to 4:45 pm

Conference: Commercializing the Smart Grid Technologies & Applications
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and
Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:00 am to Noon

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