The Secrets of Successful Smart Energy Approaches, a report created by a premier independent European energy journal - the European Energy Review - is fully independent, with no paid-for content, featuring only exclusive, not previously published interviews with the world’s top experts in the smart energy field, such as:

Today sees the launch of an invitation-only, free to attend summit for utility executives looking to create new business value from data, utilizing the latest trends in analytics.

Australia, having set an ambitious national target of renewable sources supplying 20% of its electricity by 2020, is at the forefront of modernisation. The utility industry must modernise: but how to do so is not entirely clear. The 10th Annual Smart Utilities Australia & New Zealand is the region’s largest conference and exhibition gathering electricity retailers, distributors and water utilities from throughout the region in Melbourne from 20-22 November to discuss these and other major challenges the industry is facing.

Transitioning to smart grids is an enormous undertaking for any organisation. How is Asia progressing with developing a roadmap to ensure that its network is fully automated? What do they have in place to overcome the challenges, control costs and deliver on the required plans? The 7th Transmission & Distribution / Smart Grids Asia, to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September, will tackle the various aspects of (smart) grid planning and management, targeting the Asian market.

Featured interview with Gabriele Riedmann de Trinidad, head of the Energy business area at Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems is also a platinum sponsor of Metering, Billing/CRM Europe. 

Exclusive interview with Kim Arlund Nørgaard, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Elster Integrated Solutions and Elster Electricity International. Elster is a gold sponsor at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe.

Exclusive interview with Alexander Schönfeldt, Director Sales & Marketing, Locamation – a gold sponsor at Transmission & Distribution/Smart Grids Europe.

Exclusive interview with Kevin O’Donovan, Director, Worldwide Energy Sector Sales, Intel Corporation. Intel is a platinum sponsor at this year’s Metering, Billing/CRM Europe.

Interview with Martin Speiermann, VP Sales and Marketing, PowerSense, gold sponsors at this year’s Transmission & Distribution/Smart Grids Europe.

Interview with Dr. Jan Mrosik, CEO, Siemens Smart Grid Division. Siemens are diamond sponsors for this year’s Metering, Billing/CRM Europe and Transmission & Distribution/Smart Grids Europe.

With only 6 weeks to go, Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2012 has yet again attracted the best from the European smart energy community, and with the expanded programme of 7 simultaneous tracks, 200 presentations and over 10 hours of open debate, there will be something for everybody.

Following on the past years’ feedback for more specialised sessions, for 2012 we have added 6 new pre-conference seminars for Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2012, each with an in-depth focus on a specific strand and each led by an undisputed expert in smart energy.

Exclusive interview with Takeshi Yokota, Executive Officer Corporate Vice President, Social Infrastructure Systems Company, Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba and Landis+Gyr are joint platinum sponsors at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe.

What is the plan for Toshiba this year?

Exclusive interview with Jon Stretch, Executive Vice President EMEA, Landis+Gyr AG. Landis+Gyr and Toshiba are joint platinum sponsors at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe.

What is on the calendar this year for Landis+Gyr?

Increased government regulations in the smart homes arena could help shape the future of the smart homes market says Smart Homes 2012 director Ed Butler.  The event will gather the leading minds in the smart homes industry in Amsterdam in October and forms part of the largest European utilities event with more than 6500 energy professionals attending.