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Sunday, September 19, 2010
9:00am-9:00pm
Registration
10:00am - 1:30pm
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Workshop: SAP for Utilities - Overview and Highlights
Workshop: Introduction to Value Management
3:00pm-5:00pm
ASUG-led Roundtables
5:00pm-6:00pm
Opening Cocktail Reception & Exhibition
6:00pm-6:45pm
Welcome:
Steve Sinkoff, President & Chief Executive Officer, Eventure Events, LLC
Anthony Bosco, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Day & Zimmermann and ASUG Board Chair
Opening Keynote Presentation:
Žarko Sumić, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, Inc.
Utility of the Future in the New Energy Era
6:45pm-9:00pm
Evening under the stars hosted by Eventure Events

 

Monday, September 20, 2010
  TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3 TRACK 4
 
AMI / Smart Grid
CIS/CRM
EAM
BI/Performance Management
7:15
Breakfast
8:00
Opening Video
Welcome: Maureen Coveney, Director, IT&BI, SONGS Portfolio, Southern California Edison
8:15
Anthony Bosco,Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Day & Zimmermann, and ASUG Board Chair
Bridgette Chambers, Chief Executive Officer, ASUG
8:25
Opening Address:
Klaus Heimann, Senior Vice President Services Industries, Industry Solutions, SAP AG

Sustainability for the New Energy Era

Žarko Sumić, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Inc.
9:07
Keynote Presentation:
Craig Smith, Assistant General Manager, Customer & Corporate Services, Snohomish PUD
Customer Care and Clean Technology: Enabling the Path to a Sustainable Electricity Future
Keynote Presentation:
Victoria Zuber, Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Enwin Utilities
One CFO’s Journey to SAP… and Beyond
9:52
Closing Remarks
10:00
Morning Refreshment Break & Exhibition
10:45
Smart Grid
Paul Lau, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
[Intermediate]
Leveraging SAP to Build an Enduring Business Infrastructure
Lynn Lovelady, Energen/Alagasco
Steven Doyle, IBM

[Intermediate]
Implementing an Integrated Asset Management System
John Hardwick, Energy Australia
[Expert]
Business Objects as a Competitive Position
BJ Flowers,
TXU Energy
Bin Yu,
U-Tegration Inc

Chris Bohner,
Five Point Partners
[Beginner]
11:50
Dynamic Pricing & Load Management for Residential Customers
Shaltreece Reddick,
Consumers Energy

Steve Hirsch, Consumers Energy David McWethy, Consumers Energy
Matt Forrest, Deloitte Consulting
[Expert]
PSEG Enables Sustainable
Customer Value

Joe Forline,
PSE&G

[Intermediate]
Managing 1.8 Million Distribution Poles in SAP
Cesar Martinez, HydroOne Networks, Inc.
Martin Thomas, HydroOne Networks, Inc.

[Intermediate]

 

OPG Leverages SAP BI for Financial & KPIs Reporting
Ram Iyer,
Ontario Power Generation
Jacqueline Usher, Capgemini New Horizon System Solutions

[Intermediate]
12:40
Lunch & Exhibition
2:10
Smart Meter Roll Out in the UK — British Gas
Wayne Johncock,
British Gas

[Expert]

Deploying World Class SAP Solutions at a Mid-sized Utility
Chip Pinion,
Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation
Jason Stevens, Deloitte Consulting

[Beginner]
SAP EAM Template-Driven Solution for the China Nuclear Industry
Ma Gang, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., Ltd.
Jeffrey Briner, Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, LLC
[Intermediate]


High Performance KPI Reporting: Measures, Metrics and Management
Rob Whitehead,
CS Energy

[Intermediate]
3:15
AMI/ Smart Grid Panel: Where Will The Journey Take Us?
Moderator:
Michael Valocchi,
IBM
Panelists:
Jill Feblowitz, IDC
Žarko Sumić, Gartner Inc.
Larsh Johnson, eMeter
Ivo Steklac, Tendril
Andy Zetlan, Telvent
PMO & Owners' Engineers: Keys to SAP Delivery & Quality
Gary Hayes,
TXU Energy
Bob Simpson,
Black & Veatch

[Intermediate]
Enterprise Asset Management: An Integrated ERP/GIS Approach
Elizabeth Mueller,
City of San Diego

[Beginner]

 

Bringing Business Analytics to Employees Through a User Focused Employee Portal
Judy Ziebell,
We Energies
Robert W.C. Kennedy,
We Energies
[Beginner]
3:15
AES Site Visit— A Plant's Experience Deploying SAP — Four tours; 50 guests each (registration required)
4:05
Cocktail Reception and Exhibition
4:15
Roundtable: SAP in Small to Mid-sized Utilities
Facilitator: Sarah Horsley, President, SJH Consulting Inc.
5:30
Women in Utilities Cocktail Reception — Sponsored by SAP and Accenture
6:30
Partner Evening
[TOP]

 

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
  TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3 TRACK 4
 
AMI / Smart Grid
CIS/CRM
EAM
BI/Performance Management
7:15
Breakfast
8:00
Welcome:
Maureen Coveney, Director, IT&BI, SONGS Portfolio, Southern California Edison
Opening Address:
David Laker, Regional Vice President, Utilities, SAP America, Inc.
8:15
Keynote Presentation:
Chuck Firlotte, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aquarion Water
The New Utility Model

Keynote Presentation:
Al Fohrer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Southern California Edison
Mahvash Yazdi, Senior Vice President of Business Integration and Chief Information Officer, Southern California Edison
Leading the Way in Electricity through Innovation and Technology
9:12
Global Sustainability Panel
Leader & Opening Address: Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer & Executive Vice President of Sustainability Solutions, SAP
Panelists:
Chuck Firlotte, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aquarion Water
Al Fohrer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Southern California Edison
Don Paul,
Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute
Warren Weiss,
General Partner, Foundation Capital
Pat Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, OSIsoft
10:05
Closing Address: Rob Schilling, Senior Vice President & General Manager West & Utilities,                           SAP America, Inc.
10:15
Morning Refreshment Break & Exhibition
10:45
The Smart Grid and SAP
Chris Chen,
SDG&E

[Beginner]

 

SAP CCS... One Year Later
Joan Ferch,
E.ON U.S. LLC

[Intermediate]
Southern California Edison’s ERP Solution for Transmission & Distribution
Jiggs Travis,
Southern California Edison
Tim Boucher,
Southern California Edison

[Intermediate]
Driving Safety Performance Using the Right Technology
Scott Drury, Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas
& Electric
Shrikant Yarlagadda, ProMorphics
[Intermediate]
11:50
SAP Shapes the Future of the Industry with AMI Integration for Utilities
Con Ntalianis, SAP
Sales and Customer Support: Roadmap and New Solution Features
Stefan Wolf, SAP Labs, LLC
Enterprise Asset Management: Roadmap and New Solution Features
Bernd Keller, SAP AG
Analytics for Market Segmentation, Product Proposal and Smart Grid
Axel Memminger, SAP
12:40
Lunch & Exhibition
1:40
Meeting Market Demand & Future Roadmap for AMS
Kevin Peterson,

TXU Energy
[Intermediate]
“Let Us Help You Help Us Help You”: The City of Dallas Subject Matter Expert (SME) Development Program
Janet Grabinski,
City of Dallas

[Beginner]
SaskPower and Overhaul Scope Management
Howard Matthews, SaskPower
[Intermediate]
Unleash the Power of Data Using an Information Delivery Framework
Bruno Jesus,
Hydro One Networks Inc.

Renato Rispoli, Accenture
[Intermediate]
2:45
Advanced Outage Communication in a Smart Grid World
Robert Frazier, CenterPoint Energy
[Intermediate]
A Brave New World: Upgrading from CRM Win IC to Web IC
Sheena Taborn, Consumers Energy
Harry Singh, Deloitte

[Intermediate]
A Long-term Planning Solution
with RPM

Stephanie Maggard,
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Mike Black, Platinum DB

[Intermediate]
GRC Panel — Regulatory Compliance in the Utilities Industry: Opportunity or Headache
Moderator:
Luc Cayet, Black & Veatch
Panelists:
Johanne Pollock, Deloitte Consulting
Solomon Tessema, Southern California Edison
Jasvir Gill, Alert Enterprise

3:35
Afternoon Break & Exhibition
4:00
Welcome: Anthony Bosco,Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer,
               Day & Zimmermann, and ASUG Board Chair
               Lisa Dalesandro, IBS – Industry Business Solutions, Senior Principal Utilities 
               Industry, SAP America
Wayne Longcore, Director of Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Consumer’s Energy — Home Network Demo
Keishin Sasaki, President & CEO, e-solutions, inc. — Smart City Project in Japan
Closing Address: Stefan Engelhardt, Head of Industry Business Unit Utilities SAP AG
5:10
Wine Tasting Event
Best-Run Utility Awards
[TOP]
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
7:30am - 8:30am
Breakfast — ASUG Birds of a Feather Discussions
8:30am - 2:30pm
Workshops: Optional and separately bookable

 

 

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