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Tuesday, October 1

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Rick Thompson, President and Co-Founder, Greentech Media

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Address: The Canadian Utility Soft Grid Landscape: Use Cases and Deployments in Canada
Alourdes Sully, Chair, Utilities Telecom Council Canada (UTCC)

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Soft Grid Utility Executive Forum: Applications in Practice in 2013
Moderator: Rick Thompson, President and Co-Founder, Greentech Media
Elisabeth Brinton, Chief Customer Officer, SMUD
Bruce Rogers, Director, Technology Innovation, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Raiford Smith, Director, Smart Grid Emerging Technology, Duke Energy

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Developing the Business Case for Big Data and Analytics for a Modern Grid
Moderator: Ben Kellison, Analyst, Smart Grid, GTM Research
Linda Jackman, Group Vice President - Product Strategy & Management, Oracle Utilities
Roy Johnson, CEO, EcoFactor
Amit Narayan, CEO, AutoGrid, Inc
Jeff Nichols, Director, Information Security & information Management, The Sempra Energy Utilities (San Diego Gas & Electric & Southern CA Gas Company)
Anton Prenneis, Technical Evangelist and CTO, EMC

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Soft Grid Thought Leaders Forum
Moderator: Rick Thompson, President and Co-Founder, Greentech Media
Tim Fairchild, Director, SAS Global Energy Practice
Linda Jackman, Group Vice President - Product Strategy & Management, Oracle Utilities

Wednesday, October 2

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Executive Utility Keynote
Kevin Dasso, Senior Director of Technology and Information Strategy, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Product Design Trends: The Evolution of UI and UX for Effective Soft Grid Tools
David Merkoski, Partner | Design, Greenstart

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Data, Analytics and the Future of Consumer Engagement
Moderator: Zach Pollock, Analyst, Smart Grid, GTM Research
Paul Dick, Principal Industry Consultant and Utilities Lead, Americas Energy Practice, SAS
David Elve, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, PayGo
Seth Frader-Thompson, CEO, EnergyHub
Krishan Gupta, Director, Product Management, eMeter (a Siemens Business)
Ogi Kavazovic, Vice President of Strategy & Marketing, Opower