SMi Group Proudly Announce the 2nd Annual European Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing | 27th & 28th June 2012, Central London, UK

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28 Mar, 2012, 09:00 GMT

LONDON, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

SMi Group is delighted to announce their second annual European Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing conference, taking place on the 27th & 28th June 2012 in London. This conference will address the ability of Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing at saving utility companies billions in capital expenditure on peak demand infrastructure, and create synergies between customers and the utilities that will assist in cost management, and reducing environmental impact of power generation and consumption.

This event will provide the ideal platform to hear from major European utilities and leading industry bodies, gain a better understanding into EU policies and regulatory framework for demand response and learn about the economic incentives of demand response, penalty and reward mechanisms.

The conference programme will be delivered by some of the industry's most senior professionals including:

  • Professor Philip Taylor, BEng EngD CEng SMIEEE FIET FHEA, Deputy Director, Durham Energy Institute
  • Cathy Mannion, Director of Electricity Networks and Retail, CER Ireland
  • Dr Philip E Lewis, Founder and CEO, VaasaETT
  • Stewart A Reid, Future Networks and Policy, SSE
  • Jim Cardwell, Head of Regulation and Strategy, Northern Powergrid
  • Klaus Baggesen Hilger, Senior Innovation Manager - Innovation Centre, DONG Energy
  • Chris Harris, Head of Retail Regulation, RWE Npower
  • Eric Nordgren, Programme Manager - Metering, Vattenfall
  • Professor Goran Strbac, Professor of Electrical Energy Systems, ImperialCollege
  • Dr David Wallom, Associate Director - Innovation, Oxford eResearch Centre (OeRC), University of Oxford
  • Dr Jacopo Torriti, Lecturer in Sustainable Technologies, University of Reading
  • Yoav Zingher, CEO/Company Co-Founder, Kiwi Power
  • Frens Jan Rumph, Innovator, Service Enabling and Management,TNO
  • Andreas Berthold-van der Molen, Industry Lead EMEA - Power and Utility Industries, Microsoft
  • Dr Gareth Taylor, Reader and Director, Brunel Institute of Power Systems (BIPS), BrunelUniversity
  • Hugo Schonbeck, Director, GPX International

PLUS - Don't miss our two half-day pre-conference workshops:

DR potential and business models in EU27
26th June 2012, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London
In association with Capgemini Consulting

Fundamentals of demand response for effective programme and resource
26th June 2012, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London
In association with Navigant

For more information and to book your place at either the conference and/or workshops, visit  http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2012demandresponse35.asp.

Alternatively, contact Vinh Trinh on +44(0)207-827-6140 or vtrinh@smi-online.co.uk.