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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

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

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

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

7:30am - 8:30am

Breakfast — ASUG Birds of a Feather Discussions

8:30am - 2:30pm

Workshops: Optional and separately bookable