NGU Summit 2008
15-17 September 2008
The Boulders Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona

The utilities sector is in the midst of unprecedented transformation. Several factors are driving fundamental change: liberalization and increased competition, strategic mergers and acquisitions, regulatory pressure around climate change, systems reliability and convergence of gas, electricity and water concerns. 

Today, utilities do business with a highly educated customer base, demanding sophisticated service offerings and competitive pricing.

Utility companies find themselves under increasing pressure to modernize their business processes and enabling technologies. There is a competitive surge in the industry to secure market share with technology enabling the drive. Despite various initiatives, such as smart metering and the intelligent grid, companies struggle to drive a higher level of intelligence and automation across the entire value chain from generation straight through to the customer.

C-Level management teams are working closely to steer their companies through this highly charged and opportunistic environment. Business and Senior Technology executives alike are collaborating now to create innovative new strategies to propel their organizations forward.

The Next Generation Utilities: Technology Summit is a three day critical information gathering bringing together C-level technology executives from leading electricity utilities from North America and Europe. 

The inspired and professional format has been used by over 500 CEOs, CIOs and CTOs as a rewarding discussion and learning platform. Held at a The Boulders Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona, the Summit will address the key challenges keeping technology decision makers “up at night” in this volatile utilities climate.

The main aim of the NGU Summit is to create discussion between busy and focused technology leaders determined to build intelligent utilities. This is an opportunity to debate, benchmark and learn from other leaders in your own utilities market.

Next Generation Utilities: Technology Summit is a C-level event reserved for 65 participants.

The format includes expert workshops, facilitated roundtables, peer-to-peer networking, coordinated technology meetings.