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More about the event

CPS Energy and the San Antonio River Authority will be acting as host utilities, and the multi-track three day conference program has over 100 industry-elite speakers who will look at real life examples and deployments, decisions and updates for the North American customer-end technology sector. Program highlights include: Leveraging the CIS in an AMI world; AMI and the customer; Meter to cash; and MDM and data analytics.

The conference will also include pre-event workshops, training programs and seminars, with an o pening session featuring a panel of high-level executives (regulators, users, utilities and lobbyists) who will debate the ‘new why’ – why the industry will be taking the direction that it is, and where it is going. The event also includes an exhibition with over 80 exhibitors, as well as field visits to advanced metering and BPL installations across the state of Texas, making it THE integrated smart metering, billing and CIS toolkit for the NOW utility!

In addition to the face-to-face interaction with industry peers, access to the latest technologies on the exhibition floor and hours of networking opportunities, conference delegates are able to access all papers and presentations online through www.metering.com.

Metering, Billing/CIS America 2007 encompasses the following key elements

• Conference
• Exhibition
• Expert training programs
• Partner events
• Vendor showcases

The forum will capture the stories behind the increasing complexities involved in the customer-end technology sector. It is designed specifically for utility professionals to learn from their peers how to approach process improvements, solution integration and vendor partnerships as a means to improve the metering, billing and customer management function overall, while providing direction for the future. The event also allows for ample opportunities to network and for informal discussion.

Audience profile/who should attend?

· Energy service providers / ESCOs
· Consultants
· Energy marketers
· Metering and tariff/pricing professionals within utilities
· Regulators
· Meter service providers
· Vendors of metering products and solutions
· Commercial professionals within utilities
· VCs
· CEOs, CIOs, CTOs

· IT professionals within utilities (senior and mid-management)
· Customer services people within utilities (senior and mid-management)
· Commercial people within utilities
· Consultants
· Vendors of billing, CRM/CIS products and solutions
· CEOs, CIOs, CTOs