Energy infrastructure and efficiency are front and center on today's national agenda. Government stimulus combined with new directions in environmental policies will have a significant impact on utility planning, operations and investments.

Decisions made today will transform utility infrastructure, operations and customer relationships in ways we are only beginning to see. The challenge is making the right decisions to build a more efficient, sustainable and dynamic bridge to the future.

KEMA's 2nd annual Utility of the Future conference is gathering senior executives to discuss how emerging policies will shape the industry and how utilities in the US and Europe are already responding to changes.

Discussions will focus on a range of timely, interrelated topics, including:

• Regulatory and policy directions and impacts
• Operating a Smart Grid infrastructure
• Financial outlook
• Generation and carbon control
• Impacts of carbon policy
• Developments in energy storage
• Plug-in electric hybrid vehicles (PHEVs)
• Smart Grid implications for utility products and customers

KEMA has been involved in a number of efforts to inform policy makers and other industry stakeholders as key decisions in the utility industry are being formed.

We invite you to share your ideas and discover opportunities to shape a more sustainable, reliable, profitable utility of the future.

Featured keynote speakers include:

• Terry Boston, CEO, PJM Interconnection
• Dick Rosenblum, CEO, Hawaiian Electric Company
• David Mohler, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Duke Energy
• Katherine Hamilton, President, Gridwise Alliance

Confirmed panelists include:

• Bill Moroney, CEO, Utilities Telecom Council (UTC)
• Don Cortez, Vice President, Regulated Operations Technology, CenterPoint Energy
• Brad Roberts, President, Energy Storage Association and Director, S&C Electric Company
• Livio Gallo, Network Manager, Enel
• Julie Blunden, Vice President, Public Policy and Corporate Communications, SunPower Corporation
• Don Denton, General Manager, Smart Grid Implementation Strategy and Planning, Duke Energy
• Vikas Dwivedi, Principal, Quantum Energy Partners
• Arthur Kressner, Director of Research and Development, Consolidated Edison Company of New York
• Dr. Ali Nourai, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources, AEP
• Henry O. Marcy, Vice President of Technology, Whirlpool Corporation
• Larry Kuhl, Worldwide Utilities Business Development and Alliance Manager, Microsoft Corporation

To register and for more information, visit:

http://www.kemaforums.com/thefuture