the soft grid 2013

Sponsorship

Livestream Sponsor

Working with 93 utility partners and serving more than 32 million households and businesses across eight countries, Opower is a leading provider of cloud-based software to the utility industry. Opower’s platform uses big data analytics and behavioral science to enable utilities to achieve energy outcomes, including energy efficiency, customer engagement and demand response. For more info, please visit www.opower.com and follow us on Twitter at @Opower.

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Gold Sponsors

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. AT&T operating companies are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

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GE is committed to changing the global energy landscape in innovative ways through more efficient, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions. GE’s Digital Energy business is a global provider of innovative technology solutions for a 21st century electric grid. Our solutions enable greener, more distributed generation, efficient and reliable energy delivery, productive utility operations, and informed and empowered consumers. We strive to become the most competitive business among our global competitors by investing in technology and people while driving for best-in-class supply chain, services and commercial capabilities.

GE Digital Energy’s Software Solutions business provides innovative software technologies for enhanced visibility, control and analytics for productive grid management. The Software Solutions business consists of four major product lines: Asset Management, Asset Control, Grid IQ™ Insight (Analytics) and Grid IQ™ Solutions as a Service (SaaS).

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Ericsson is a world-leading provider of communications services, software and infrastructure for telecom operators, utilities and other industries. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world. We are more than 110,000 people working with customers in more than 180 countries. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Space-Time Insight helps companies in asset-intensive industries make faster, more-informed decisions. Our real-time visual analytics applications correlate, analyze, and visualize large volumes of business, operational and external data, spatially, over time and across network nodes. Our patented and award-winning software helps companies rapidly plan and reliably and economically deliver services. www.spacetimeinsight.com

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GridMaven Network Manager (GNM) is the leading centralized software platform for utilities to monitor and manage real time events and performance across multiple, disparate communication networks. GridMaven is currently involved in projects with leading US investor-owned utilities and leverages over 25 years of industry-leading expertise from parent company SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM), Korea’s largest wireless operator serving 26 million customers with $14B in revenue.

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Silver Sponsors

EcoFactor is a cloud-based services company that aims to make saving energy effortless for consumers. The company uses data analytics to turn large household appliances, like thermostat-controlled heaters and air conditioners, into smart, automated systems that optimize energy use. Delivered through utilities and other partners, the EcoFactor service gives homeowners an automated way to reduce energy use, save money and stay comfortable. As a result, utilities can expect higher customer satisfaction and participation in energy efficiency and demand response programs.

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Sensus is a leading utility infrastructure company offering smart meters, communication systems, software and services for the electric, gas, and water industries. Sensus technology helps utilities drive operational efficiency and customer engagement with applications that include advanced meter reading, data acquisition, demand response, distribution automation, home area networking and outdoor lighting control. Customers worldwide trust the innovation, quality and reliability of Sensus solutions for the intelligent use and conservation of energy and water. Learn more at www.sensus.com.

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Ventyx, an ABB company, is a world-leading supplier of Industrial Enterprise Software for essential industries. Ventyx solutions bridge the gap between information technologies and operational technologies, enabling clients to make faster, better-informed decisions in both daily operations and long-term planning strategies. www.ventyx.com.

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Supporting Organizations

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The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (“Leadership Group”) was founded in 1978 by David Packard of Hewlett-Packard and represents more than 400 of Silicon Valley's most respected employers on issues, programs and campaigns that affect the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley, including energy, transportation, education, housing, health care, tax policies, economic vitality and the environment. Leadership Group members collectively provide nearly one of every three private sector jobs in Silicon Valley and have more than $3 trillion in annual revenue.

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Media Partners

Smart Grid Today's mission is to deliver daily, unbiased, comprehensive and original reporting on emerging trends, applications and policies driving the modern utility industry -- in a signature format our founders have developed over 40 years in the trade news business, featuring highly concise and easy-to-understand news copy based on trusted reporting, exclusive interviews, informed analysis and strategic insights that our subscribers rely on to succeed every business day. SmartGridToday.com features a complete searchable archive of thousands of past stories and hundreds of downloadable PDF files, events calendar, discounts on selected items and more. Do not miss out on a single day of the deepest reporting on the smart grid you can find anywhere. Visit http://www.SmartGridToday.com/TRIAL to sign up for a 14-day risk-free trial today.

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www.SmartGridCareers.com offers you a middle ground for your recruiting needs…a talent sourcing solution that lies midway between a job board and a professional recruiter – one that identifies and delivers quality candidates cost-effectively. Leveraging a powerful combination of cutting-edge technology and extensive experience within the Smart Grid and Renewable Energy sectors, we can help you maximize your recruitment ROI. Our proprietary sourcing strategy coupled with our specialization in these niche markets enables us to improve the efficiency of the overall recruitment process saving you valuable time and money. Contact us at 561-200-3248 to learn more about our fully customized solutions!

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Presented By

Greentech Media delivers business-to- business news, analysis and events at the forefront of the global energy transformation. Our coverage area extends across the clean energy industry with a focus on solar power and the electric utility market’s evolution. Greentech Media’s industry-leading coverage is provided by a team of analysts from our market intelligence arm, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, as well as our world-class journalists and global network of expert contributors.

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GTM Research is now Wood Mackenzie, the leading market analysis and advisory firm on the transformation of the global electricity industry. GTM Research is comprised of analysts covering solar, grid edge, and energy storage markets. Our analysts combine diverse backgrounds in energy, environmental, emerging technology, information technology and strategic consulting sectors. This diverse team provides critical and timely market analysis in the form of research reports, consulting, and data subscription services.

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Participating Companies

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Platinum Sponsors

SAS, the leader in business analytics, helps utilities turn huge volumes of data into new insights that can be used to explore previously unimagined possibilities. With SAS, you can bring all of your information together, ensure its quality, perform advanced analyses and quickly share results. SAS helps utilities manage a flood of smart grid and AMI data, forecast demand, optimize equipment/asset performance, understand customers, identify risks, streamline reporting and more.

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