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Newsroom9th annual Metering, Billing/CIS America achieves record attendance[Ed Finamore][May 12, 2008]Perhaps it was the smart looking sailors and their dates attending the Submarine Ball when I arrived on Saturday night, but a special atmosphere seemed to accompany the official launch of the 9th annual Metering, Billing/CIS America conference and exhibition in San Diego. As Saturday night turned to Sunday, it was clear that the Navy and Metering International had both decided on an outstanding choice of venue, making the San Diego Sheraton Hotel and Marina the perfect location for this year’s conference on metering, billing and customer management. New trends in metering in U.S.San Diego, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- April 23, 2008 - More and more focus on smart grids and home area networking over the past year are some of the trends that have emerged at Metering International’s Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008 taking place over the last two days in San Diego, California. Focus on the customerSan Diego, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- April 22, 2008 - Smart meters can be expected to transform the customer experience, but customers must see their value, or the boat will have been missed stated Debra Reed, president and CEO of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company, in the opening keynote at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008. AMI star warsSan Diego, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- April 21, 2008 - Data privacy and security are inherent features of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems, because of the nature and volume of the information they collect, delegates attending the AMI Star Wars pre-conference workshop ahead of Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008 event heard. Question: What do the following people have in common?Question: What do the following people have in common?
- Scott Blackburn, AMI Business Manager, FP&L
- Jana Corey, Director, AMI Initiatives, PG&E
- Paul de Martini, Director of AMI Inivitatives, SCE
- David Harkness, Vice President & CIO, PNM Resources
- Jim Jones, Vice President & CIO, GR Energy
Metering the smart grid for the smart customerThe event will bring together an expected 600 key decision-makers from the North American utility industry for a host of activities including workshops, conferences, training, lectures, networking and a trade show. This unique platform will provide strategic insights on the technologies and trends allowing utilities to METER THE SMART GRID FOR THE SMART CUSTOMER.
"Metering, Billing/CIS America is a solutions-oriented event,” says Jonathan Spencer Jones, editor of Metering International magazine. “It is intentionally interdisciplinary, so as to foster systems thinking, unique networking opportunities and solutions for utility executives to gather in a focused and integrated forum.”
The multi-track program enables attendees to match their information and learning needs with sessions dedicated to:
“Smart” sessions at Metering AmericaParticipate in one of the many Smart sessions at Metering, Billing/CIS America, at which a key issue will be placed under the spotlight for detailed analysis and interactive discussion.
A chosen selection of high profile professionals from an array of utilities, vendors, consultants and other authorities in the metering field will be seated at roundtables during these breakfast sessions. This will allow the opportunity to communicate directly with one another, and to discuss corresponding issues in an attempt to find solutions to familiar problems. During the session, the session leader will give a presentation, introduce the relevant subject matter and pose a series of scenarios or questions to the audience. Following that, each group is given an allotted time to discuss the issues and to propose solutions. Afterwards, an elected spokesperson from each roundtable will give a short report on his/her group’s debate.
Now in its 9th year, Metering, Billing/CIS America gives participants a unique opportunity to learn, connect, explore and gain the edge in the metering and customer-end technology.
The event will attract approximately 600 industry participants; 100 high-level speakers and 50 exhibitors. The audience includes a cross-section of North American and international electricity, water and gas utilities, who will give strategic and technological insight for advanced/smart metering, AMI, demand response management and customer management for North American utilities.
The Smart sessions are designed specifically for utility professionals to learn from their peers how to approach process improvements, solution integration and vendor partnerships as a means to improve the metering, billing and customer management function, while providing direction for the future. The event also allows for ample opportunities to network and for informal discussion.
2008 sponsors include: San Diego Gas & Electric (host utility), Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric (participating utilities), ista North America, Echelon, Elster, Oracle, Tenderill, Trilliant, Certicom, MeterSmart, and Sensus, and it will feature an exhibition showcasing the latest technologies on offer.
Visit www.meteringamerica.com to register or to view the full program
Dave O'Brien, President & CEO, Toronto Hydro and Debra Reed, President & CEO, SDG&E and SoCalGas to keynote at Metering, BillingThe Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina is going to be play host to the utility metering and customer management industry’s movers and shakers. Metering International magazine’s Metering, Billing/CIS America kicks off with two high-level keynote addresses from Dave O'Brien, President and CEO, Toronto Hydro Corporation, and Debra Reed, President and CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas. ZigBee Alliance Post Conference Seminar at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008Free to Metering, Billing/CIS America registered delegates! The ZigBee Alliance will be co-locating a post conference seminar at Metering, Billing/CIS America in San Diego, CA, on April 23, 2008.
- Need to implement new AMI programs?
- Exploring the benefits of wireless programs?
- Facing PUC and regulatory demands to improve energy efficiency and improve carbon footprint?
Then attend this workshop! Hear updates from Ontario’s smart metering space at Metering America 2008Looking at projects up north, Metering, Billing/CIS America participants will have the opportunity to hear from Shane Pospisil, president and CEO of the Ontario Energy Association (OEA).
Pospisil joined the 170-member OEAin early 2005, after having held the position of Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply and Conservation with the Ontario Ministry of Energy. From 2003, up until his departure from government, he was also the provincial co-chair of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Electricity, which reports directly to the Canadian Council of Energy Ministers. Jana Corey from PG&E to discuss AMI at Metering America As a participating utility in Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008, PG&E will be represented by their director of AMI initiatives, Jana Corey, who will highlight key areas of the utility’s current smart meter rollout – one of the largest projects currently underway in the country.
The event will showcase several case studies from major utilities across the nation, including SDG&E, Southern California Edison, Oncor, Consumers Energy, and Georgia Power amongst others.
Ms Corey joined PG&E in 1991 and has been director of the company's advanced metering infrastructure since 2003. Her responsibilities have included strategy, business case, RFP, negotiations, implementation, planning and regulatory tasks for the project. Prior to being named director of advanced metering infrastructure, she held positions throughout the company, including director of strategic planning, director of regulatory relations, distribution business planning, district manager and program manager.
Metering, Billing/CIS America will take place in San Diego, CA from April 20-23, 2008.
To find out more about this leading utility event, please contact Julia Barton-Hill: julia@spintelligent.com or go to the event's website www.meteringamerica.com
David M. Hughes from American Water to head water track at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008 For the first time at Metering, Billing/CIS America, participants will enjoy a dedicated water track, which will be headed by David M. Hughes, a Senior Infrastructure Engineer from American Water.
Hughes’ experience with water systems dates back to 1973 with the West Chester Area (Water) Municipal Authority where he worked 11 years. He joined the Water Research Center (WRc) in 1990 and was involved in a diverse range of projects, including several AWWA research projects. His more recent water system experience from 1997 to 2000 was with Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (now Aqua America), the second largest private US water utility. In 2004 he was hired by American Water to serve as the Infrastructure Engineer, a newly created position in Innovation & Technology at the American Water Corporate Center in Voorhees, NJ.
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