European Utilities INTELLIGENT METERING 3-4 June 2009 Berlin

5th European Utilities Intelligent Metering

Further deregulation, metering regulatory development and environmental issues are impacting European utilities servicing and metering strategies. In Germany after significant changes to metering regulations are adopted with the aim to unbundle the metering market and to give consumers freedom of choice concerning metering, it is anticipated to prompt DSOs to take a more competitive approach and retailers to bundle metering services. The effect is yet to see and the regulator will yet to define the technical minimum requirements, standardized metering processes and exchange data formats. In UK, the government has recently decided to mandate a nation-wide smart meter rollout for all domestic energy customers. The detailed rollout model is to be consulted and defined, with interoperability, dual fuel metering rollout, customer propositions, time-to-market and costs are the significant factors to consider. Likely will it further escalate competition among energy suppliers and their bundling of energy and metering services. In Spain significant smart metering initiatives are led by the industry with the purpose of creating open standards. In Sweden and many regions of the Nordic, while most smart meter rollouts are completed or towards completion, focus is now towards mastering processes and leveraging propositions based on smart metering platform, prompted by energy efficiency and environmental concerns.

How do you plan your metering and service strategies on the increasingly competitive horizon, amid the changing energy policies, metering market & regulations, and climate?

Smart Planning for Capitalising on Smart Metering

For the 5th time, this established event will gather the pan-European professionals and experts to learn and discuss the smart metering developments, case and technology updates, alongside a well-presented panel of exhibitors showcasing their latest offerings. Last year's event in Barcelona we heard insights from many interesting cases and thought-provoking discussions, and brought home with many fruits for thoughts.

Key Topics:

• Smart metering strategies
• The advances of multi-utility smart metering
• Regulatory development: market structure, functional requirements, rollout models
• Capitalising on investment - Product/Service innovations, process streamline built on smart metering platform
• Customers as the focal point of smart metering: value propositions, customer engagement
• Smart strategies for successful implementation and rollout
• Business case for AMM
• Open standard development / standardization on European level
• Technology updates: communication technologies, functional & technical development of smart meters
• The impact of climate change mitigation trend and distributed generation on your smart metering planning
• From smart metering to smart grid development

Who Will You Meet:

Executives from multi-utilities, electricity-, water-, gas-utilities, within the businesses of network/grid management, energy supply (sales & marketing) and metering services, assuming the following responsibilities:

• AMR / AMM / Smart Metering Projects
• Network Strategies or Planning
• Metering / Metering Technologies / Meter Data
• Customer Services or Management
• Billing
• Business Development

And executives from

• Regulatory Bodies
• Telcos
• Vendors of metering products and solutions
• Vendors of in-home energy displays
• M2M Communication Service Providers

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