MILAN, February 18, 2013 – IDC Energy Insights' recent research highlights that utilities are leading the world's future energy paradigm shift, embracing renewable, low-carbon energy efficiency and water conservation. While preparing for the future, utilities are coping with a variety of current business and regulatory challenges; and this calls for "Balancing Tomorrow’s Opportunities With Today’s Priorities." Leading with this theme that is driving European utilities' agenda in 2013 and beyond, IDC's first Pan-European Utilities Executive Summit will take place on 4 and 5 March in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The summit will gather line of business heads, IT executives from leading European utilities, to discuss an agenda that has been developed in consultation with a core team of industry Advisory Panellists including:

• Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié, Director of Control Systems and Telecommunications, Iberdrola
• Gloria Gazzano, Director of Information & Communication Technology Department, Snam
• Antonio Aires Messias, Director - InovGrid, EDP Group
• Paola Petroni, Vice President, ENEL
• Bram Reinders, Director Alliance Management, Alliander
• Oliver U. Stahl, Founder and CEO, Entelios
• Michael Moesgaard, CIO, Dong Energy

During this one and a half day summit, IDC Energy Insights analyst team, along with industry representatives, will explore and debate some of the key questions on current and emerging challenges of the European utilities industry such as:

• Smart Grid, Smart Metering, and Smart Cities
• Demand Response and Customer Engagement
• Convergence of Operations Infrastructure and ICT
• Emerging IT Trends in the European Utility Market (Including Cloud, Big Data, Mobility, Social Business)
• Best Practices and Case Studies Related to Business Process and Technology Alignment

Roberta Bigliani, Head, IDC Energy Insights, EMEA concludes, "The economic climate is not making it easy to introduce innovation, nevertheless utilities are working to transform their businesses. The ultimate purpose of our summit is to create a networking opportunity allowing delegates to gather and share new practical ideas and ways to overcome present and future common challenges. And this is the first step towards an on-going collaboration platform we are aiming to establish".

View the full conference programme here

Event dates and location: 4 – 5 March, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark

Event website: http://www.idc.com/Utilities_Summit2013

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