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Smart Utility Systems Announces SmartEd Educational Series at DistribuTECH 2013

Smart Utility Systems, a global leader in products, solutions and services to accelerate return on smart grid investments for the energy and utility sector, today announced the schedule for its SmartEd education series to be held at the SUS booth in DistribuTECH 2013.

SmartEd is a series of educational seminars focused on helping conference visitors understand how emerging and current technologies impact the various Lines of Business of utilities and how some of these technologies are being successfully harnessed by industry leaders.

Each 20 minute SmartEd session will feature an industry challenge and attendees will have the opportunity to listen to an SUS subject matter expert discuss how those challenges have been successfully addressed.

The series will be held at the DistribuTECH 2013 Conference and Exhibition at the San Diego Convention Center (January 29 - 30, 2013). SUS invites all conference attendees to visit them at booth # 829 where SUS is showcasing several utility-industry specific solutions. The seminars are offered at no cost to all DistribuTECH attendees.

SUS also announced that anyone attending 4 SmartEd Sessions will qualify to enter a drawing for a chance to win an iPad.

The SmartEd schedule (the schedule is the same on January 29 and January 30):

Stage #1

   

Presentation

11:00 – 11:30 The Challenge & Approach To Protect Critical Cyber Security Utility Assets
1:30 – 2:00 Utility Technology Adoption Lifecycle
2:30 – 3:00 Mobile Customer Engagement Beyond Green Button
3:30 – 4:00 Advance Mobile Utility Workforce Training Platform
4:30 – 5:00 Microgrid and Energy Modeling for Energy Consumption & Optimization
 

Stage #2

Presentation

11:00 – 11:30 Maximizing The Value Of Your Data with Visual Business Intelligence
1:30 – 2:00 The Challenge & Approach To Protecting Critical Cyber Security Assets
2:30 – 3:00 Future Smart Energy Trading & Risk Management Solutions
3:30 – 4:00 End-To-End Visibility, Control And Automation Of Utility Smart Grid / AMI Investment
4:30 – 5:00 Benefits Driven / Smart Grid Strategy

About Smart Utility Systems

Smart Utility Systems is the global leader in products, solutions and services to accelerate return on smart grid investments for the energy and utility sector. Smart Utility Systems (SUS) offers Smart Hardware, Smart Software Solutions and Consulting & Advisory Services to major Energy & Utilities to support their Smart Grid initiatives like Customer Engagement, Mobile Work Force, Cyber and Physical Security, Big Data Management / Visualization among other areas.

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