The document is a program for the 2nd Annual Energy Storage Summit taking place May 24-26, 2010 in San Diego, CA. [1] It provides information on registration discounts if signed up before March 26, 2010 and conference pricing of $999. [2] The summit will explore energy storage technologies and applications, featuring case studies, panels, and presentations from industry experts. [3] Sessions will cover topics such as the value of energy storage, evaluating storage solutions, realizing comparative value of assets, and accelerating projects from pilot to commercial phases.
This document announces and provides information about the 3rd annual "Scaling up through successful investment and cutting edge technology" conference taking place on February 24-25, 2011 in San Francisco. The conference will bring together geothermal experts, developers, investors, utilities and others to discuss opportunities for expanding geothermal energy through investment and new technologies. Over two days, attendees can learn from industry leaders, participate in case studies and debates, and network with over 220 past attendees. Pre-conference training and sponsorship opportunities are also advertised.
The document summarizes the 3rd Mining Investment Summit held in Singapore on July 27-28, 2011. The summit aimed to capitalize on mineral resource investment opportunities in Southeast Asia by bringing together global investors, mining companies, and key speakers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea to discuss projects, policies, and strategies. Over two days, the summit featured presentations on mining outlook, regulatory environments, and specific projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, and other countries, along with panels on investing successfully, financing, and due diligence. Workshops also looked at doing business in Indonesia and legal issues of mining investments. The event aimed to facilitate partnerships and investment in mineral exploration and mining projects in Southeast Asia.
"2010 looks to be eventful for the life settlements market, with product structure innovations and investment strategies continuing alongside new regulatory pressures, shifting investment dynamics, and increasingly problematic PR.
With over 70% of speakers new for 2010, the 3rd Life Settlements & Longevity Summit will deliver perspectives and keynotes from fund managers and investors that you won’t find anywhere else.
Discussions at the 3rd Life Settlements & Longevity Summit include:
Multi-strategy hedge fund perspectives on accessing the longevity asset class
Transitioning to the tertiary market: Implications for investors, brokers and providers
Browndorf PEM workshop on engineering “fusion” life settlement hybrid products
Accessing the expanding Islamic finance market through Shari’ah-compliant longevity investments
Responding to the twin imperatives of privacy and transparency
Overcoming the challenge of negative PR
Investment best practices for pension funds and institutional investors
"
The document announces an upcoming conference on timberland investments in North America from June 23-25, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It will feature presentations and roundtable discussions on the top 5 North American investment destinations, best practices from top experts, and interactive workshops on topics like risk mitigation strategies, emerging opportunities, and strategies for smaller investors. The keynote speaker will be the Minister of Forests for British Columbia who will discuss opportunities for private investment after the pine beetle epidemic.
6th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed DebtAbby Lombardi
This document provides an agenda for the 6th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt that will take place from September 22-24, 2010 in New York City. Over the course of three days, the forum will feature panels, workshops, and keynote speakers discussing opportunities and strategies for investing in distressed debt during an uncertain economic climate. Topics will include regulatory outlooks, analyzing deals and cases from the past year, and strategies for finding new investment opportunities.
What does a global finance team think about the future of the CPA Profession and the organizations that serves them?
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA shares his insights about the trends and issues facing the CPA Profession on a global, national, and local level. He draws on experience designing and facilitating future forums for the CPA Horizons 2025 Project. Talks about legislation and advocacy for professional standards along with the latest trends and issues facing all of us. He closes with tips on maximizing your career trajectory via The Bounce!
This document summarizes a study on how healthcare brands can market to women aged 18 and older. It finds that many women, called "Ka-boomers", are skeptical of direct-to-consumer advertising from pharmaceutical companies and rely more on composite decision making using information from their doctors, articles, friends and blogs. The document provides tips for healthcare marketers, such as emphasizing side effects, educating about health conditions, including patient stories, and focusing less on selling and more on health and community.
This document announces and provides information about the 3rd annual "Scaling up through successful investment and cutting edge technology" conference taking place on February 24-25, 2011 in San Francisco. The conference will bring together geothermal experts, developers, investors, utilities and others to discuss opportunities for expanding geothermal energy through investment and new technologies. Over two days, attendees can learn from industry leaders, participate in case studies and debates, and network with over 220 past attendees. Pre-conference training and sponsorship opportunities are also advertised.
The document summarizes the 3rd Mining Investment Summit held in Singapore on July 27-28, 2011. The summit aimed to capitalize on mineral resource investment opportunities in Southeast Asia by bringing together global investors, mining companies, and key speakers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea to discuss projects, policies, and strategies. Over two days, the summit featured presentations on mining outlook, regulatory environments, and specific projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, and other countries, along with panels on investing successfully, financing, and due diligence. Workshops also looked at doing business in Indonesia and legal issues of mining investments. The event aimed to facilitate partnerships and investment in mineral exploration and mining projects in Southeast Asia.
"2010 looks to be eventful for the life settlements market, with product structure innovations and investment strategies continuing alongside new regulatory pressures, shifting investment dynamics, and increasingly problematic PR.
With over 70% of speakers new for 2010, the 3rd Life Settlements & Longevity Summit will deliver perspectives and keynotes from fund managers and investors that you won’t find anywhere else.
Discussions at the 3rd Life Settlements & Longevity Summit include:
Multi-strategy hedge fund perspectives on accessing the longevity asset class
Transitioning to the tertiary market: Implications for investors, brokers and providers
Browndorf PEM workshop on engineering “fusion” life settlement hybrid products
Accessing the expanding Islamic finance market through Shari’ah-compliant longevity investments
Responding to the twin imperatives of privacy and transparency
Overcoming the challenge of negative PR
Investment best practices for pension funds and institutional investors
"
The document announces an upcoming conference on timberland investments in North America from June 23-25, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It will feature presentations and roundtable discussions on the top 5 North American investment destinations, best practices from top experts, and interactive workshops on topics like risk mitigation strategies, emerging opportunities, and strategies for smaller investors. The keynote speaker will be the Minister of Forests for British Columbia who will discuss opportunities for private investment after the pine beetle epidemic.
6th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed DebtAbby Lombardi
This document provides an agenda for the 6th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt that will take place from September 22-24, 2010 in New York City. Over the course of three days, the forum will feature panels, workshops, and keynote speakers discussing opportunities and strategies for investing in distressed debt during an uncertain economic climate. Topics will include regulatory outlooks, analyzing deals and cases from the past year, and strategies for finding new investment opportunities.
What does a global finance team think about the future of the CPA Profession and the organizations that serves them?
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA shares his insights about the trends and issues facing the CPA Profession on a global, national, and local level. He draws on experience designing and facilitating future forums for the CPA Horizons 2025 Project. Talks about legislation and advocacy for professional standards along with the latest trends and issues facing all of us. He closes with tips on maximizing your career trajectory via The Bounce!
This document summarizes a study on how healthcare brands can market to women aged 18 and older. It finds that many women, called "Ka-boomers", are skeptical of direct-to-consumer advertising from pharmaceutical companies and rely more on composite decision making using information from their doctors, articles, friends and blogs. The document provides tips for healthcare marketers, such as emphasizing side effects, educating about health conditions, including patient stories, and focusing less on selling and more on health and community.
dbRight LLC provided programming, test fits, architectural and engineering design services, permitting, construction management, and LEED certification for Office Depot's new 278,000 square foot call center in Austin, Texas. Key aspects of the project included designing spaces for open gathering, meetings, offices, and call stations, along with selecting sustainable materials. The design-build process helped deliver the project on an expedited schedule within the original budget.
En analyse av kvaliteten på norske golfklubbers nettsteder. Det er mye rom for forbedring, og mye å hente for dem som er først på banen.
(A look at the quality of Norwegian golf club's websites – in Norwegian.)
The document provides excerpts from various religious texts that discuss themes of light, knowledge, and moving from darkness to light or ignorance to enlightenment. The excerpts are from Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh scriptures and texts. They discuss concepts like seeking knowledge and enlightenment, following the path of righteousness, and God or divine figures guiding believers from darkness to light.
1) The document advertises the Maximizing Returns with ILS, Cat Bonds, Life Settlements, and Longevity-Based Assets conference on July 14-16, 2010 in Bermuda. It promotes savings of up to $1,198 by registering by May 17th.
2) Over 60 industry leading speakers will discuss topics like earthquake modeling, the future of SPV administrators, and regulatory changes. It will provide new insights into factors affecting life expectancy and the life settlements market.
3) The conference offers networking opportunities including two welcome receptions and interactive session formats to discuss challenges and opportunities in the insurance-linked securities market.
dbRight is a design-build firm that provides full design and construction services to clients. They work on projects of all sizes on flexible timelines and budgets. The design-build approach combines design and construction into one process, eliminating change orders and expediting completion. dbRight prioritizes sustainable design and LEED certification when possible. They offer services including design, cost-estimating, construction management, and warranty support. Recent projects include stores for retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond, rue 21, Office Depot, as well as industrial facilities.
1) The document discusses the elements and techniques of bass guitar, including the history and development of the bass guitar.
2) It provides an overview of the basic parts of the bass guitar and basic techniques such as hand warm-ups and finger placement.
3) It discusses influential bassists such as Cliff Burton and how he helped shape bands like Metallica through his unique bass playing style.
We present an automatic approach for discovering location names in WWW data culled from diverse domains. Our approach builds upon the Apache Tika, Apache OpenNLP, and Apache Lucene frameworks. Tika is used to extract text and metadata from any file. The text and metadata are provided to Apache OpenNLP and its location entity extraction model. The discovered location entities are then delivered to a gazetteer indexed in Apache Lucene derived from the Geonames.org dataset. This paper describes the overall approach and then explains in detail the challenges we faced, and the methodology that we employed to overcome them. We describe the evolution of our geo gazetteer process and algorithm and demonstrate the approach’s accuracy in data collected in the DARPA MEMEX and NSF Polar Cyber Infrastructure efforts.
1) The document discusses the elements and techniques of bass guitar, including the history and development of the bass guitar.
2) It provides an overview of the basic parts of the bass guitar and basic techniques such as hand warm-ups and finger placement.
3) It discusses influential bassists such as Cliff Burton and how he helped shape bands like Metallica through his unique bass playing style.
This document provides an analysis of currency exchange rates between the US dollar, euro, British pound, and Japanese yen from 2007 to 2009. It finds that the US dollar has generally depreciated against other major currencies over this period due to economic factors like low interest rates, a large trade deficit, and a weakening economy in the US. In response, European and Japanese companies have taken steps like cutting export prices and shifting to higher-value goods to maintain competitiveness during currency fluctuations.
General Mills Acquisition Of Pillsbury From Diageodpark1
General Mills proposed acquiring Pillsbury from Diageo in a stock-for-stock exchange worth over $10 billion. If approved, it would be General Mills' largest acquisition. General Mills would issue 141 million shares to Diageo, making Diageo the largest shareholder. General Mills believes acquiring Pillsbury will provide strategic benefits through diversification, growth, synergies, a stronger global presence, and cost savings estimated at $527.55 million in present value.
This document provides an overview of technical analysis and the tools used for short-term forecasting of stock prices and trends. It discusses chart patterns like head and shoulders and double tops/bottoms that indicate reversals, as well as trend lines, triangles, and indicators like MACD that can provide buy and sell signals. Examples are given of each tool using charts of actual stock data to illustrate technical analysis in action.
"This is a must attend event featuring case studies, stakeholder-driven panels, and peer-to-peer dialogue designed to help you break barriers to adoption for multi-scale storage applications.
What’s new for 2010? • Closing the pilot-to-commercialization gap by ramping up project deployment, working with key stakeholders to speed processes and take advantage of new technologies • Forming partnerships and accelerating project implementation by understanding diverse storage stakeholder perspectives and bottom lines to deliver faster ROI’s • Creating new opportunities through federal and state-based incentive programs • Executing best-practices for developing low-risk, cost effective projects by utilizing real world business intelligence • Optimizing operations by integrating storage assets with existing portfolios
"
SURGE Accelerator, a member of the TechStars Network, is a mentor-driven seed accelerator empowering entrepreneurs solving the world’s energy problems using software. Based in Houston, “The Energy Capital of the World”, SURGE Accelerator rapidly assists companies innovating and exploiting the massive shifts in technology, policy, and expertise taking place in the traditional energy industry by providing them with the seed funding and connecting them to the capital, expertise, customers, and the energy eco-system. SURGE will assist entrepreneurs innovating in three primary segments – Smart Grid, Energy Trading and Risk Management, and the Digital Oilfield. SURGE’s first class will launch in the Spring of 2012. For more information, please visit our website at www.surgeaccelerator.com.
The document provides an overview of HP's IPG vertical approach to selling document workflow integration services. It discusses IPG's focus on specific vertical industries and identifying document-centric business problems. It also outlines the typical sales process, including conducting assessments, proofs-of-concept, and product implementations. Contact information is provided for IPG industry experts who can help with various sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.
The 18th Annual Awards for Excellence in BPM & Workflow recognize outstanding implementations from around the world that demonstrate innovation, successful implementation methodology, and business impact. A panel of expert judges will evaluate finalists across categories including Europe, North America, Middle East/Africa, Pacific Rim, and South and Central America. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Automotive IQ, a division of IQPC, is the number one choice for information exchange in the automotive industry. Our comprehensive events provide an unbiased, focused forum where you can discuss and learn about the issues most important to you. We put a range of industry challenges under the spotlight in our events and articles to examine how to solve these issues in the context of todays business climate.
The document summarizes an upcoming conference on decommissioning and abandonment in the Gulf of Mexico. It provides details on the conference agenda, speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Previous conferences have attracted over 1,200 attendees from 350 organizations in 15 countries, focusing on updating strategies and sharing lessons learned for improving safety and reducing costs on decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico region.
dbRight LLC provided programming, test fits, architectural and engineering design services, permitting, construction management, and LEED certification for Office Depot's new 278,000 square foot call center in Austin, Texas. Key aspects of the project included designing spaces for open gathering, meetings, offices, and call stations, along with selecting sustainable materials. The design-build process helped deliver the project on an expedited schedule within the original budget.
En analyse av kvaliteten på norske golfklubbers nettsteder. Det er mye rom for forbedring, og mye å hente for dem som er først på banen.
(A look at the quality of Norwegian golf club's websites – in Norwegian.)
The document provides excerpts from various religious texts that discuss themes of light, knowledge, and moving from darkness to light or ignorance to enlightenment. The excerpts are from Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh scriptures and texts. They discuss concepts like seeking knowledge and enlightenment, following the path of righteousness, and God or divine figures guiding believers from darkness to light.
1) The document advertises the Maximizing Returns with ILS, Cat Bonds, Life Settlements, and Longevity-Based Assets conference on July 14-16, 2010 in Bermuda. It promotes savings of up to $1,198 by registering by May 17th.
2) Over 60 industry leading speakers will discuss topics like earthquake modeling, the future of SPV administrators, and regulatory changes. It will provide new insights into factors affecting life expectancy and the life settlements market.
3) The conference offers networking opportunities including two welcome receptions and interactive session formats to discuss challenges and opportunities in the insurance-linked securities market.
dbRight is a design-build firm that provides full design and construction services to clients. They work on projects of all sizes on flexible timelines and budgets. The design-build approach combines design and construction into one process, eliminating change orders and expediting completion. dbRight prioritizes sustainable design and LEED certification when possible. They offer services including design, cost-estimating, construction management, and warranty support. Recent projects include stores for retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond, rue 21, Office Depot, as well as industrial facilities.
1) The document discusses the elements and techniques of bass guitar, including the history and development of the bass guitar.
2) It provides an overview of the basic parts of the bass guitar and basic techniques such as hand warm-ups and finger placement.
3) It discusses influential bassists such as Cliff Burton and how he helped shape bands like Metallica through his unique bass playing style.
We present an automatic approach for discovering location names in WWW data culled from diverse domains. Our approach builds upon the Apache Tika, Apache OpenNLP, and Apache Lucene frameworks. Tika is used to extract text and metadata from any file. The text and metadata are provided to Apache OpenNLP and its location entity extraction model. The discovered location entities are then delivered to a gazetteer indexed in Apache Lucene derived from the Geonames.org dataset. This paper describes the overall approach and then explains in detail the challenges we faced, and the methodology that we employed to overcome them. We describe the evolution of our geo gazetteer process and algorithm and demonstrate the approach’s accuracy in data collected in the DARPA MEMEX and NSF Polar Cyber Infrastructure efforts.
1) The document discusses the elements and techniques of bass guitar, including the history and development of the bass guitar.
2) It provides an overview of the basic parts of the bass guitar and basic techniques such as hand warm-ups and finger placement.
3) It discusses influential bassists such as Cliff Burton and how he helped shape bands like Metallica through his unique bass playing style.
This document provides an analysis of currency exchange rates between the US dollar, euro, British pound, and Japanese yen from 2007 to 2009. It finds that the US dollar has generally depreciated against other major currencies over this period due to economic factors like low interest rates, a large trade deficit, and a weakening economy in the US. In response, European and Japanese companies have taken steps like cutting export prices and shifting to higher-value goods to maintain competitiveness during currency fluctuations.
General Mills Acquisition Of Pillsbury From Diageodpark1
General Mills proposed acquiring Pillsbury from Diageo in a stock-for-stock exchange worth over $10 billion. If approved, it would be General Mills' largest acquisition. General Mills would issue 141 million shares to Diageo, making Diageo the largest shareholder. General Mills believes acquiring Pillsbury will provide strategic benefits through diversification, growth, synergies, a stronger global presence, and cost savings estimated at $527.55 million in present value.
This document provides an overview of technical analysis and the tools used for short-term forecasting of stock prices and trends. It discusses chart patterns like head and shoulders and double tops/bottoms that indicate reversals, as well as trend lines, triangles, and indicators like MACD that can provide buy and sell signals. Examples are given of each tool using charts of actual stock data to illustrate technical analysis in action.
"This is a must attend event featuring case studies, stakeholder-driven panels, and peer-to-peer dialogue designed to help you break barriers to adoption for multi-scale storage applications.
What’s new for 2010? • Closing the pilot-to-commercialization gap by ramping up project deployment, working with key stakeholders to speed processes and take advantage of new technologies • Forming partnerships and accelerating project implementation by understanding diverse storage stakeholder perspectives and bottom lines to deliver faster ROI’s • Creating new opportunities through federal and state-based incentive programs • Executing best-practices for developing low-risk, cost effective projects by utilizing real world business intelligence • Optimizing operations by integrating storage assets with existing portfolios
"
SURGE Accelerator, a member of the TechStars Network, is a mentor-driven seed accelerator empowering entrepreneurs solving the world’s energy problems using software. Based in Houston, “The Energy Capital of the World”, SURGE Accelerator rapidly assists companies innovating and exploiting the massive shifts in technology, policy, and expertise taking place in the traditional energy industry by providing them with the seed funding and connecting them to the capital, expertise, customers, and the energy eco-system. SURGE will assist entrepreneurs innovating in three primary segments – Smart Grid, Energy Trading and Risk Management, and the Digital Oilfield. SURGE’s first class will launch in the Spring of 2012. For more information, please visit our website at www.surgeaccelerator.com.
The document provides an overview of HP's IPG vertical approach to selling document workflow integration services. It discusses IPG's focus on specific vertical industries and identifying document-centric business problems. It also outlines the typical sales process, including conducting assessments, proofs-of-concept, and product implementations. Contact information is provided for IPG industry experts who can help with various sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing.
The 18th Annual Awards for Excellence in BPM & Workflow recognize outstanding implementations from around the world that demonstrate innovation, successful implementation methodology, and business impact. A panel of expert judges will evaluate finalists across categories including Europe, North America, Middle East/Africa, Pacific Rim, and South and Central America. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Automotive IQ, a division of IQPC, is the number one choice for information exchange in the automotive industry. Our comprehensive events provide an unbiased, focused forum where you can discuss and learn about the issues most important to you. We put a range of industry challenges under the spotlight in our events and articles to examine how to solve these issues in the context of todays business climate.
The document summarizes an upcoming conference on decommissioning and abandonment in the Gulf of Mexico. It provides details on the conference agenda, speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Previous conferences have attracted over 1,200 attendees from 350 organizations in 15 countries, focusing on updating strategies and sharing lessons learned for improving safety and reducing costs on decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico region.
"At the Smart Metering Networking Implementation Summit taking place April 26-28th, 2010 in Washington D.C will provide you with the opportunity to exchange strategies and best practices for implementing a more stable grid. Gain practical knowledge on how to create a strategy to overcome operational, technical and regulatory issues pertaining to full AMI deployment.
Key smart metering priorities that will be discuss at the Summit
•Tackle the complexity of full scale smart metering deployment •Build effective and efficient pricing strategies •Maximize the reliability and scalability of smart meters •“Befriend” your customers by integrating customer-centric pricing, billing solutions, and incorporating training and educational programs •Optimize spend and improve cost structure by building strategic partnerships with suppliers and vendors
"
Measuring the Blended Value of Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Ent...Karim Harji
Presentation to the Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Ottawa, June 2, 2009
Innovative evaluation methods and tools are emerging in the fields of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social enterprise. The focus of these innovations is the measurement of the “blended value” (financial, social and environmental) that is created by CSR and social enterprise, which is of interest to social investors, “philanthrocapitalists” and governments.
This panel will summarize findings-in-process from ongoing applications in these spheres in Ontario, Ghana and other developing-world settings. There are advantages and challenges in applying “blended value” approaches that the presenters will examine. The panelists will also discuss the implications of these findings for the theory and practice of evaluation.
Profitable Green Strategies for Small Enterpriseschrisyalonis
This 2010 slide presentation was presented to an SBA development center group by Chris Yalonis. It covers the business case for sustainability in small businesses.
The ODI is convening experts and organizations to catalyze a new open data industry. Open data is the raw material of the 21st century and will unlock social, environmental, and economic value. The ODI aims to establish standards, demonstrate value, and create an open data ecosystem through events, incubation, training, and exemplars to realize this potential. Its leadership team has extensive experience in technology, open data, and starting new industries.
Economic conditions have shifted significantly since the last Wisdom Exchange. The program held in February 2009 aimed to give the presidents and CEOs of Ontario's most successful Small and Medium Enterprises the tools to both face these challenges and develop new opportunities.
Robert Granadino is an accomplished COO and co-founder with experience leading startups and Fortune 500 companies. He has a proven track record of developing revolutionary technologies and business models, including an AI-powered smart building platform that increases property values by $3.2M on average. He is currently the COO of Inteliglas Corporation, where he oversees operations, partnerships, branding, and product development for their cloud-based smart building platform.
How technology is helping associations reach new audiences, save money and pr...gandreopoulos
This document summarizes a presentation given on April 28, 2009 about how technology can help associations save money and reach new audiences. The presentation team discussed how adopting integrated technology solutions can help associations cut costs in areas like board meetings, member communications, and publications while improving services. Implementing a customer relationship management system, online membership services, and a dynamic website were presented as ways that associations can benefit from technology. The presentation concluded by examining how technology has helped the American Association of Physicists in Medicine reduce expenses and enhance their operations.
This document is an invitation and agenda for the Geothermal Operations and Plant Optimization Conference in San Jose, California from September 15-16, 2011. The conference will provide opportunities for geothermal operators, developers, suppliers, and consultants to share best practices for optimizing plant operations and maintenance to increase production and reduce costs. Speakers will present the latest technologies and solutions from companies like Alterra Power Corp, Landsvirkjun, RamPower, Pacific Gas and Electric, and GE. Attendees can learn how to maximize profits, plan for emergencies, take advantage of technology advances, and secure future funding and business opportunities in the growing geothermal energy industry.
Short short pitch york meeting megs kt 27th febAndrea Wheeler
This document describes the development of a knowledge sharing platform called MEGS-KT for continuing professional development in the energy sector. Research included interviews and surveys with SMEs which identified needs like accessing funding, technical knowledge, and finding work. A taxonomy was created to map the sector. A community of practice was built including fellow lectures, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The solution created was an online platform for sharing resources and a demonstrator was developed. Benefits included linking SMEs to university research and establishing a long-term community for knowledge sharing.
The document outlines the vision, mission, objectives and business model for the proposed Malaysia Sustainable Energy Association. The vision is the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency adoption by industry players to meet national energy demand. The mission includes establishing a renewable energy ecosystem and assisting Malaysia's renewable energy and energy efficiency enterprises. The objectives support policies to enhance energy efficiency and renewable energy. The business model describes key activities, partnerships, resources, costs and revenue streams for the association.
Future Strategies Inc., is pleased to announce the Gold and Silver Winners for the 2010 Global Awards for Excellence in Business Process Management and Workflow.
Co-sponsored by WfMC and BPM.com and now in their 18th year, these prestigious awards recognize user organizations that have demonstrably excelled in implementing innovative business process solutions to meet strategic business objectives. There are five geographical regions. Each region receives Gold and Silver Awards.
Exploring options to partners with & opertors challengesVinod Sharma
Vinod Sharma is an experienced telecommunications professional currently working as a senior technical lead for Comviva Technologies in Nairobi, Kenya. He has over 10 years of experience in various technical and consulting roles for telecom companies in countries across East Africa and Southeast Asia. The document provides details on Vinod's work experience, areas of expertise, certifications, and presentations he will be giving at an upcoming telecom conference in South Africa on partnering with service providers and exploring infrastructure options.
Exploring options to partners with & opertors challenges
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3. Day Pre-Conference
Workshops
One Monday, May 24, 2010
The Benefits Realization Business Model
A 8:00am - 10:30am 7:45am Registration
Stimulus Funding for Your Business-Case: Pros and Cons of Going After and
Accepting Stimulus Money
With DOE distributing Smart Grid and Energy Storage funding under What will be covered:
ARRA, large-scale project deployment will accelerate. These investments • Updates on the upcoming Stimulus package and future funding
are intended to transform how energy providers operate their systems, opportunities
bolster the integration of renewable sources into the grid, and aid in • National Lab models for finance-business modernization processes
employing necessary system-wide digital upgrades to the grid • American-Indian nuclear agreements
infrastructure, which will increase overall efficiency and enhance
How you will benefit:
network resilience and security. Although there is great opportunity • Best practices for gaining Stimulus funding and understanding
and benefits of utilizing federal funding, there are also limitations and
federal compliance requirements
stakeholder setbacks dictated by individual institutional needs. This • Strategies to efficiently implement a business start-up “kit” to
workshop will provide you with the information necessary to making
energy researchers seeking to take R&D innovations to market
these decisions and effectively analyzing your business circumstances. • Next step know how
Workshop Leader:
Varun Paul, Founder and CEO, Synergy Business Consulting
Evaluation and Storage Application
B 11:00am - 1:30pm 10:45am Registration; Lunch will be served
Where is the Value, Now and in the Future?
In order to successfully employ storage technologies, you must evaluate – Using storage to increase the value of renewables
and identify which applications are best suited for your individual needs, • Long-term value drivers under the NREL (DOE) Wind 2030 Vision
quantify the economic risks and returns, and assess future collaborative – Future wind scenarios of the energy landscape
and partnering opportunities. What are the value drivers behind each – How storage will create value (e.g., what will energy storage
available technology? How will these change over time? This workshop requirements be under the NREL wind 2030 vision?)
will address these issues and explore the post-buy-in landscape, from – Keys for successful storage development
selecting the most appropriate application to retrofitting your business
How you will benefit:
structure to include energy storage in your portfolio. • Understand critical factors of project success and failures
What will be covered: • Enhance your ability to judge which projects will pay out, and which
•
Near-term value drivers will not
– Legislation, regulation, and federal/state incentives and their impacts, • Explore risk and reward frontiers in this space
including Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit
Workshop Leaders: Jere “Jake” Jacobi, Partner and CleanTech
–
What is available/emerging and what can it do to create value
– What is in a successful energy storage development plan from
and Sustainability Practice Leader, ScottMadden
developer and utility perspectives C. Scott Wilson, Partner, Energy and Sustainability Practices,
•
Intermediate-term value drivers ScottMadden
– Connecting renewables to the grid
Realizing the Comparative Value of Storage Assets
C 2:00pm- 4:30pm 1:45pm Registration
Evaluating Storage Solutions and Dissecting Market-Specific Results
With the initial capital intensity of storage project deployment, it is economic and system output variables
often challenging for potential adopters of these innovative • Recognizing critical factors of project successes and failures through
technologies to justify investment. Only the most successful value market indicators
propositions and business plans that demonstrate the clear economic
How you will benefit:
value of storage, will achieve the necessary buy-ins for project • Best-practices for forming skills to make smart storage decisions and
implementation. If you are trying to build a strong business case or
create an investment and research framework to ensure correct ROI
looking to invest in one, you will need to know the comparative value
models
of storage technologies. This workshop will provide you with the • Monitor performance levels and prepare for appropriate solutions
know how to assess market-specific results of various storage •
Mitigate risk by assessing technical and business limitations as well as
applications, something that is valuable to venture capitalists,
benefits
technology developers, and storage end-users alike.
Workshop Leader:
What will be covered:
• Past, present, future state of storage technologies
Steve Pullins, President, Horizon Energy Group
• How to formulate a solid basis for value comparison through
3
4. Day Main Conference
Sessions
Two Tuesday, May 25, 2010
7:15 Registration and Coffee
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks stakeholder value propositions. This session will guide you through
the latest policy developments and guidance on taking advantage of
C. Scott Wilson
available incentives and support to further your project goals. You
Partner, Energy and Sustainability Practices
will learn about:
ScottMadden • The role of energy storage in meeting RPS goals
• The Federal Energy Storage Initiative and ARRA Stimulus funding
8:15 Opening Keynote: The Future U.S. Energy updates
Infrastructure • Distinguishing between bulk storage and distributed storage policy
Energy Storage Technologies as an Integral Facet to support and incentives
Updating the Power Grid and Revolutionizing Moderator:
Technological Advancement Bob Lane
This keynote will provide a status update on the energy storage Corporate Regulatory Policy Manager
market and highlight the latest trends and developments in grid- SEMPRA
scale deployment. This visionary session will explore the various
Panelists:
stakeholder motivations to rapidly expand advanced storage
Alexander Morris
technologies, with the goal of promoting the growth of renewable
Project Manager
energy sources and an enhanced energy infrastructure. In this
Southern California Edison
session, you will learn about:
• Coordinating policy and business objectives with various
Janos Kakuk
organizations and stakeholders Project Manager, Strategic Projects Group
• Aligning business and IT leadership to incorporate storage in
Southern California Edison
business portfolios
• Creating a sustainable market for storage growth through utility-
11:15 Value Propositions and Project Success
scale deployment
Increasing Electric Utility Enterprise Value through
Tom Bialek
Chief Engineer- Smart Grid
Electric Storage and Distributed Generation
San Diego Gas & Electric Technologies: Applications and Best-Practices for
Deployment Success
9:00 Case Study As energy demand increases and renewable energy becomes a more
prominent power source, the nation’s energy infrastructure will need
Successful Implementation to be enhanced to manage these changes. Energy storage and
Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the leading utilities distributed generation technologies have the potential to
nation-wide in renewable energy procurement, smartgrid significantly add wide-ranging value to the power industry through a
deployment, and energy storage R&D. Coping with strategic spectrum of utility-based applications, which could potentially defer
challenges such as aging infrastructure and the integration of costly large-scale grid upgrades. Dan Rastler, Program Manager of
increasing amounts of intermittent renewable energy has provided Energy Storage and Distributed Generation at the Electric Power
SCE with a unique strategic perspective concerning potential Research Institute (EPRI), will discuss how these technologies can be
applications of and operational uses for energy storage. During this successfully applied to increase utility product value. You will also
session, you will hear senior managers from the advanced learn how:
technology and strategic planning groups on topics including: • Energy storage and distributed generation technologies can
• Potential application-specific uses for energy storage on SCE's grid manage demand peak loads, increase overall system reliability, and
• Valuation approaches and examples: from generation, grid, and solve renewable source intermittency issues
end user perspectives • You can apply small-scale storage to shift peak loads, improve end-
• SCE's "next steps" on energy storage procurement, operation, and user services, and serve as support mechanisms during outages
regulatory vision. • To address barriers in commercialization, including lowering
installed costs and addressing lifetime and maintenance issues
Moderator:
Johannes Rittershausen Dan Rastler
Project Manager, Strategic Projects Group Program Manager of Energy Storage and Distributed
Southern California Edison Generation
Electric Power Research Institute
Panelists:
Paul De Martini
12:00 Project Acceleration
Vice President of Advanced Technology
Southern California Edison Making the Leap from Pilot to Commercialization
Janos Kakuk Since energy storage technology market is in a relatively emergent
Project Manager, Strategic Projects Group phase, narrowing the gap between pilot project status and large-
Southern California Edison scale commercialization is fundamental to the accelerating of this
innovative market space. Apart from various chemistries and
9:45 Morning Networking and Refreshment Break applications of storage technologies, utilities are currently focused
on cost-effective energy storage that can be integrated into existing
systems. This session will explore the work of the Sandia National
10:30 Exploring the Policy Landscape
Laboratories and how they are working to bring innovative electrical
Bringing Energy Storage from Marginal to energy storage technologies to commercialization. You will also
Mainstream: Policy Initiatives learn about:
• Current technology market trends
Energy-related markets are heavily reliant on government policy and
• Opportunities for governmental support
regulation, and the evolving legislative landscape will influence
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5. Day Two continued...
• Facilitating a transition from test project to full-scale rollout Hon. Suedeen Kelly
Former Commissioner
Dan Borneo The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Distributed
Energy/Electric Energy Storage Program Ryan Amador
DOE Sandia National Laboratories SGIP Program Manager
The California Center for Sustainable Energy
12:45 Networking Luncheon
3:30 Afternoon Networking and Refreshments
1:45 Streamlining Project Development and
Advancement 4:15 Interactive Venture Capitalist Panel
Investing in Energy Storage: Opportunity Positioning Storage Projects to Attract Venture
Recognition in a Changing Landscape Capital Investment
With the Stimulus package funding R&D for the energy and storage Early adopters of emerging technologies, like energy storage, face a
sectors, continuing renewable portfolio standards, and increases in realm of opportunities as well as challenges. Building a thoughtful
energy demand, the energy storage technology market is rapidly and strategic business-case for energy storage applications is
evolving. Investment appetites are evolving as well. This session will essential as a “first mover” in this market space whether you are a
guide stakeholders on the performance metrics that are driving venture capitalist, technology developer, or energy storage end-user.
investment in new technologies. You will also learn about: In this session, you will hear from Eric Young of Canaan Partners,
• Early stage investment decision making and other visionaries in CleanTech investing, and learn how to:
• How to align technology performance to market opportunities • Develop a compelling value proposition that you can relay to
• Future opportunities for innovations in storage customers, partners and investors
• Make subsequent financings easier through milestone-based
Will Coleman accomplishments
Partner • Align interests of various stakeholders to efficiently build the
Mohr Davidow Ventures business
2:30 Incentives Panel Moderator:
Eric Young
Expanding the Scope of Energy Storage by Partner
Leveraging Federal and State Incentives Canaan Partners
In response to tightened capital markets, the federal government
Visit Web site for panelist information
and numerous states have targeted the energy storage market to
attract investment. In addition to stimulating the local economy,
incentives programs for Smart Grid, turbine, battery, fuel cells, and 5:00 Utility Case Study
distributed generation manufacturers will facilitate further Utility-Scale Implementation & Using Market
development and compliment higher utility-based demand for Mechanisms for Storage-to-Grid Integration
energy storage in years to come. In this panel, you will learn about The utilities constitute one of the primary stakeholder groups in the
economic incentives, including:
• Storage-based funding through grants, tax rebates and credits, and
energy storage arena. Additional parties who stand to gain from the
expanding success of the energy storage market are often reliant on
loan guarantees
• Creating new large-scale storage opportunities by forming strategic
utility-based decision making. This session will provide you with
market insight from PG&E’s storage assets and project
partnerships with manufacturers
• Achieving large-scale results with competitive pricing by leveraging
implementation. You will learn about:
• Energy storage applications for bulk, grid-scale, and demand
an already competitive market response
• Maximizing capital investments though integrating storage
Moderator:
Michael Stosser technologies into the grid and existing infrastructural assets
• Lessons learned
Of Counsel, Energy and Utilities Law Practice
Day Pitney LLC Hal La Flash
Panelists: Director, Emerging Clean Technologies
Hal La Flash PG&E
Director, Emerging Clean Technologies
PG&E 5:45 Close of Day
Day Main Conference
Sessions
three Wednesday, May 26, 2010
7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:15 Chairperson’s Recap of Main Conference Day One
C. Scott Wilson
Partner, Energy and Sustainability Practices pay particular attention to compressed air energy storage. You will
ScottMadden learn about:
• Maximizing wind turbine operations for wind/storage systems
• Competition of utility-scale wind/storage plants with other low-
8:30 Optimizing Existing Systems
carbon technologies such as coal IGCC with CCS
Enhancing the Transmission Infrastructure
There has been great focus on energy storage as a strategy for Samir Succar
enhancing transmission infrastructure utilization and effectively Energy Analyst, Center for Market Innovations
managing renewable source intermittency issues. This session will Natural Resources Defense Council
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6. Day Three continued...
9:15 Creating a Reliable Power Infrastructure 12:00 Networking Luncheon
Bolstering and Enhancing Smart Grid Employment 1:00 Innovations Panel
through Storage: Best-Practices by San Diego Gas &
Electric Unleashing the Next Generation Storage Market
The Smart Grid will ultimately transform the power industry by This panel of industry experts will explore the future marketplace by
changing how electricity providers operate their systems. Energy highlighting what the most promising technologies, applications
storage is an essential component of successfully integrating Smart and deployment strategies are for mainstream storage use.
Grid technologies into existing networks. With the DOE working to Emerging technologies that facilitate large-scale rollouts will not
support Smart Grid projects through dispersing funding under the only shape the marketplace, but will dictate the entire energy
Stimulus for energy storage project demonstrations, understanding industry. In this session you will learn about:
• Integrating distributed resources and electric hybrid vehicles
the facets of Smart Grid energy storage is critical to maximizing
• Modernizing the grid through diverse technology applications
project development and output. In this session you will learn about:
• Energy storage and enhancing renewable sources
• Self-contained electricity generation and distribution systems serving
as a stability island that complements wider-scale power grids Moderator:
• Storage technologies and Smart Grid infrastructure application
John Del Monaco
• Advancing the economy and creating jobs through adding value to
Manger, Emerging Technology and Strategy
grid systems PSEG Corp.
Tom Bialek Panelists:
Chief Engineer-Smart Grid
San Diego Gas & Electric Samir Succar
Energy Analyst, Center for Market Innovations
10:00 Networking and Refreshment Break Natural Resources Defense Council
Andrew Burke
10:30 Small-Scale Markets Research Faculty, Institute of Transportation Studies
UC Davis
Accelerating Utility-Scale Adoption
Smaller-scale grid-connected storage technologies are making a
strong presence in the energy storage marketplace. Utility-related 1:45 Innovations Panel
applications are enhancing value propositions and bolstering large- Advances in Utility Storage Technologies
scale deployment. Through these technology developments, great In this session, expert panelists will review the latest innovations and
market opportunities are emerging. This session will explore R&D applications of advanced storage technologies currently being
trends and market updates. You will learn about: utilized by the leading electric utilities planning large-scale rollouts.
• Second-use of PHEV and EV batteries
Hear about cutting edge projects and implementation success
• Expanding energy assets by including distributed
stories using the most promising technologies and various
generation technologies applications. Industry experts will explore the future storage
• Capabilities, design, and performance measures
market, speaking to future technologies that will not only dictate
Andrew Burke operations, but the entire energy industry. Storage is early, but
Research Faculty, Institute of Transportation Studies cost per Watt-Hour and total power time density will be the main
UC Davis driving force in the end. You will also hear about:
• Advanced scalable storage technologies and enhancing the grid
• Scaling demonstrations and pilot projects into large and
11:15 Capitalizing on Emerging Market Mechanisms
distributed mainstream storage use
End-Use Energy Storage: Examining Value • Energy storage and renewable sources and insight into future
Propositions and Economic Benefits projects
The energy storage technology market is rapidly evolving and has
opportunity for exponential growth. To date, grid-connected storage Moderator:
has primarily been considered for deployment at utility sites. This Dan Lee Vogler
session will explore the potential for capitalizing on customer-side President & CEO
energy storage installations, and their role in a Smart Grid. Advanced GeoBATTERY Corp. & Energy Storage Partners ( ESP ), LLC
energy storage application for microgrids and other “local” grid Panelists:
mechanisms will be explored. In this session you will learn about:
• The economic value of incorporating customer-sided technology Mariko McDonagh
application into your business-case Senior analyst in the Strategic Projects Group
• Identifying small-scale applications as a mechanism to enhance Southern California Edison
large- scale grid capacity
• “Community storage” and the energy storage market and
John Del Monaco
Manager, Emerging Technologies and Strategy
customer-sided storage as a facet of Smart Grid
PSEG Corp
Moderator:
Other panelists to be announced
Harold Gotschall
Principal
Technology Insights 2:45 Afternoon Networking and Refreshment Break
Panelists: 3:30 Perspectives Panel: Coordinating and Integrating
Charles Toca Commercial Strategies between Diverse Stakeholders
Manager, Utility Savings & Refund, LLC, Strategic Partner
Prudent Energy, Inc. Exploring Individual Needs, Experiences, and
Economic Goals
John Battaglini Establishing clear economic benefits to developing, implementing, or
VP Business Development and Sales investing in energy storage technologies is the first step to accelerating
International Battery this innovative, emerging market space. However, it is critical that the
James McDowall diverse stakeholders collaborate, form partnerships, and effectively
Business Development Manager communicate in order to maximize individual output. This interactive
SAFT America Inc. session will induce peer-to-peer dialogue to provide you with several
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