1)

EAM and CU Influence Council

Facilitators:

Bob Haverkamp, Manager, Southern California Edison
Jim Ryan, Generation Technician, Lincoln Electric System
Ian McIntyre, Manager, Application Support, Hydro One
Ruben Deprey, Manager of SAP Applications, Iberdrola USA

Today's business environment is placing ever-increasing demands on generation, transmission and distribution assets to perform at the highest levels with costs at the lowest levels. Utilities are moving beyond disciplines like reliability-centered maintenance to embrace full enterprise asset management (EAM) approaches to meet these challenges. Come join colleagues from a variety of utilities to discuss enablement of EAM using SAP solutions, and how to achieve the best return on your utility assets. This roundtable will also include an update on the ASUG Compatible Units Influence Council, a subject of interest to any utility with linear assets.

2)

CIS/CRM Best Practice Influence and Demand Side Influence Council

Facilitators:

Sue Daulton, Management Analysis, City of Tacoma
Tony Vernon, Business Process Analyst, Fairfax Water
Marc Rosson, Enterprise Architect, Snohomish County PUD

Two of today’s hottest topics in the utility industry are Customer Relationship Management and Demand Side Management. Join this extremely popular annual roundtable discussion on ‘hot topic’ discussions lead by Tony Vernon. Sue Daulton will also share information on the newly launched ASUG CIS/CRM Best Practices Influence Council and provide highlights on activities underway. And you’ll also get an update on the continuing ASUG DSM Influence Council from Marc Rosson on this critically important sustainability tool.

3)

Business Objects Integration and Performance Management

Facilitators:

Marc Rosson, Enterprise Architect, Snohomish County PUD
Phil Awtry, Business Analyst, Nebraska Public Power District

Modern utilities are experiencing an explosion in the amount of data being collected by business systems like SAP, as well as other systems like AMI, plant control systems, energy management systems and more. Being able to make meaningful information out of these mounds of data is key to business performance and success. This session will focus on how integration of the Business Objects business intelligence platform into this environment can provide tools to gain performance insight into this data. A facilitated discussion of performance management leading practices will wrap up the session.

4)

Enterprise Architecture and the Smart Grid

Facilitators:

Stefan Engelhardt, Head of Industry Business Unit Utilities SAP AG
Paul Kurchina, Director, KurMeta Group & ASUG Enterprise Architecture Community Chair
Wayne Longcore, Director of Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Consumers Energy

This session will cover the standards being developed within the United States and around the world. Wayne Longcore, one of the developers of the Smart Grid conceptual model used by NIST and a Governance Board member of the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, will discuss implications of the various technologies and business models that are encompassed in the Smart Grid. Topics covered will include: utilities distribution equipment, customer equipment, and the various systems and service provider standardization and testing efforts underway. As co-chair of the SAP Lighthouse Council, Wayne will also discuss how SAP is working towards being part of the larger ecosystem of networks, devices, and systems. Following Wayne’s presentation we will discuss potential impacts, strategies and future Enterprise Architecture Communities activities.