Washington, DC

Bob Gohn, vice president of research at Pike Research, will be in attendance.
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VERGE DC brings together corporate leaders to discuss how the convergence of four technologies — energy, information, buildings, and transportation — has the potential to transform how we live, work, travel, shop, and play. VERGE technologies are radically improving efficiencies and yielding a new generation of smarter, innovative products and services.

To help define and accelerate the VERGE opportunity, GreenBiz Group will convene thought leaders and policy makers in Washington, DC on March 14-16 at the Renaissance Hotel. Participants include a diverse group of executives in sustainability, building and energy management, utilities, fleets & logistics, government & policy, R&D, and corporate financing.

ENERGY – Global case studies in corporate energy management, demand response, policy & regulation, how the utility smart grid meets the enterprise, integrating renewables, consumer strategies

BUILDINGS – Enabling smarter buildings, the future of infrastructure, building automation, standards & interoperability, submetering, financing energy efficiency projects

INFORMATION – How the cloud meets energy demands, generative value of big data, mobility and the Internet of Things, analytics & actionable insight

TRANSPORTATION – Pioneering new business models, the vision of transportation-as-a-service, vehicle-to-grid, peer-to-peer car sharing, fleet management & logistics

Singapore

Asia’s most important and biggest meeting point for the emerging discipline of Smart Electricity

Smart Electricity World Asia is the largest, most influential electric utility conference that brings together C-level & function decision makers to discuss strategies in smart grid adoption to achieve energy efficiency, integrate off grid energy sources, enhance customer engagement and to profit from new revenue sources.

Bringing together multiple stakeholders from across various functions of the entire electric utility, Smart Electricity World Asia is the ONLY conference in the region which address Asian utility challenges at various stages of smart grid migration while evaluating ROI on smart grid solutions. No single industry event in Asia can match the quality of senior level executives who attend this event – CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, Chief Information Officer, Head of Intelligent/Smart Grid, Head of Metering, Head of Network Planning & Network Communications, and Head of IT.

London, UK

Pike Research Director Eric Woods is the Chair on May 21.  Eric will be making opening comments at 9:00 a.m. on May 21 and he will lead the following discussion at 9:10 a.m.: Where can social media take the utilities sector? To schedule a meeting at this event, Please Contact Us.

The only Social Media in the Utilities Sector conference in the UK!

“57 million customers worldwide will use social media to engage utilities in 2011, a number that will rise to 624 million customers by the end of 2017” according to Pike Research.

As utility spending on social media increases and more people are going on-line, the utilities industry needs to keep ahead and not lag behind in their social media activities. With the industry usually in the spotlight and with all the media attention the industry gets, industry leaders are realizing that they need to engage with customers/media to improve their image.

As their customers become more tech-savvy, the best way to engage customers is through social media channels.

With other industries taking up the opportunities and challenges of social media, to a large extent the utilities industry is a long way behind. Industry leaders need to stay ahead by embracing social media to stay connected with their customers.

Tokyo, Japan

Japan’s largest Smart Grid exhibition and conference attracting industry professionals from around the world. Update you with the latest technologies and services related to Smart Grid at the exhibition hall as well as technical conferences. Registration is free.  Join this event and discover the future of Smart Grid!

Japan Renewable Energy Week 2012 is one of the world’s largest exhibitions featuring products, equipment and technologies related to the R&D and manufacturing of the Renewable Energy sector. This event will be the most comprehensive gathering to expand your business and catch up on the cutting-edge technologies and trends in the sector.

Concurrent Shows:

BATTERY JAPAN 2012 – 3rd Int’l Rechargeable Battery Expo
PV EXPO 2012 - 5th Int’l Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo
PV SYSTEM EXPO 2012 – 3rd Int’l Photovoltaic Power Generation System Expo
FC EXPO 2012 – 8th Int’l Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo
ENETECH JAPAN 2012 – 3rd Processing Technology Expo
2nd ECO HOUSE & ECO BUILDING EXPO

Chicago, Illinois

The 2^nd annual Biogas East & Midwest conference will bring together industry leaders from the East and Midwest to put a spotlight on the biogas feedstock value chains that hold untapped potential for developing profitable projects, with a particular focus on how to capitalize on the high energy yields of food and organic waste streams, whilst exploring the emerging opportunities in the waste water treatment sector.

Why attend?

• The 5^th biogas event to be held in the US – proven track record in the industry
• The only event that brings together representation for the entire value chain specifically for the East and MidWestern biogas industry
• Develop strategy in the absence of 1603- what are the necessary changes to attract investment into your project?
• Explore the market development of different biogas feedstocks- what sectors present the most attractive opportunities?
• Hear from a host of project case studies- lessons learned to consider for your next project
• Discover how biogas upgrading can expand the market for your project
• Focus on the progress of the natural gas vehicle market and implications expanding the market for biogas producers
• Widened focus to include Canada, how you can enter this developing market
• Draw upon the experiences of European companies, what can the US market learn?

Key topics to be addressed:

• Market Overview, Legislation and Policy
• Financing Biogas Projects
• Feedstock Overview I: Food and Organic Waste
• Biogas Upgrading for the Gas Grid and Working with Utilities
• Biomethane: Tapping into the Vehicle Market
• Feedstock overview II: Waste Water Treatment, and Agriculture
• Lessons from the Experiences of European Companies for the US Market
• Feedstock overview III: Landfill and MSW

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Washington, DC

Friends of Pike Research receive 10% off of the registration cost by using the following code: 10PIKE12.

Pike Research Senior Analyst Lisa Jerram and Research Director John Gartner will be in attendance.   To schedule a meeting at this event, Please Contact Us.

President Bill Clinton joins the exciting roster of keynote speakers, including: Bill Gates, Microsoft; Susan Hockfield, MIT; Fred Smith, FedEx; Ursula Burns, Xerox; and Lee Scott, BDT Capital.

The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit is designed to bring together key players from across the energy ecosystem – researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials – to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of clean energy technologies. The Summit’s unique combination of leaders makes it the perfect forum for developing energy solutions that will enable America to out-innovate our global competitors. View Detailed Program.

Last year’s annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit attracted more than 90 speakers and 2,000 attendees from 49 states and 20 countries.  Attendees included members of research and development institutions, global corporations, technology entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and government officials.

The event will feature a technology showcase with more than 150 exhibits from ARPA-E-funded projects and applicants in areas such as grid-scale storage, power electronics, batteries for electric vehicles, building efficiency, advanced carbon capture and electrofuels. The showcase will also feature new ARPA-E programs such as rare earth alternatives, plant engineering for fuel applications, advanced thermal storage, network integration architecture for the electrical grid, and power electronics for PV applications. A wide range of other energy technologies and new topic areas will also be discussed at the Summit.

Johannesburg, South Africa

African Utility Week (AUW) is the only African exhibition that covers the entire spectrum of the power, water and waste management utilities industry in all its many forms. It’s designed for African utilities, large industrial end users in Africa and solution providers from across the globe.

Over the last 12 years African Utility Week (AUW) has attracted thousands of industry professionals from over 50 countries to the event. In 2011 there were over 2500 visitors and more than 200 exhibitors in attendance.

As the industry has changed and evolved, AUW has responded to market forces and customer demands. It has provided manufacturers and service providers with the finest marketplace for their products and services. It has also provided industry professionals with direct access to everything that will enhance and grow their business by bringing together governments, industry regulators, solution providers, utilities and large industrial end users to discuss the future of the industry.

Year after year, AUW has received enormous support from African utilities, local municipalities, regulators and governments to build an event that addresses the current topics and challenges they face.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Explore Scandinavia’s full smart energy potential!

Scandinavia is one of the pioneering regions in ‘smart energy’, with some of the highest levels of renewable power globally. It has championed smart meters and smart grid developments, with local utilities seen as the world’s leaders in innovative schemes in consumer engagement and integration of smart devices.

Against this backdrop we have created a platform that will bring together best-in-class regional projects, technological advances and map out the full regional smart energy landscape.

Join us at Smart Utilities Scandinavia for the freshest thinking, cutting-edge innovation and inspirational talks by the very best of the Scandinavian smart energy professionals.

Smart Utilities Scandinavia highlights:

•Meet, learn and network with 250+ smart energy professionals on the drivers and innovation behind best-in-class regional projects and the roadmap to a carbon-free energy future

•Explore the full potential of the Scandinavian energy matrix, such as the integration of renewables, adoption of electrical vehicles, demand side management, customer engagement and smart meters as enablers of a smarter grid

•Debate with 25+ high level industry speakers on the future of intelligent networks and greater energy efficiency. Our impressive speaker line-up includes: the Danish Energy Association, the European Commission, Smart Energy Demand Coalition, DONG Energy, Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate, EURELECTRIC, Scottish & Southern Energy, E.ON, SEAS-NVE, Vattenfall, Fortum and many more.

•Offering cutting edge technology and expertise in the smart energy mix? Get a cut above the rest by participating in the exclusive supplier pavilion that will showcase more than 20 leading solutions providers

Santa Clara, California

Meet the Key Decision Makers Deciding the Fate of 52 Million Outdoor Lights

• Learn what major cities, municipalities and utilities need
• 9 case studies from forward-looking users and top vendors
• Understand the benefits and risks of emerging technologies

The 2nd Annual Smart Lighting Partnering Summit will be the first dedicated business meeting for senior decision-makers, profiling the needs, concerns and experiences of the biggest, trend-setting city governments, municipally owned utilities, and investor-owned utilities, around their outdoor and street light portfolios and programs, with the focus on the implications of the new smart lighting paradigm. At this event vendors of both luminaire and control systems will have an invaluable opportunity for in-depth networking with the financial and technical decision-makers from leading customers across North America, in the midst of incisive economic, policy and engineering-performance discussions and case studies.

Mexico City, Mexico

Where Industry Leaders Network And Make Mexican Wind Power Project Deals Happen!

• The First Summit in 2012 to Focus Exclusively on Finance & Investment in Mexican Wind Energy
• Meet Leading Mexican Government Officials from CFE, CRE & SEMARET
• Hear from Top Mexican & International Financiers
• Gain Insights from Innovative Case Studies on Self-Supply, Cross-Border & Municipal Supply Projects

Mexico is the next big market for wind power development. Oaxaca has been touted as one of the top wind resource areas in the world, and projects are springing up in Baja California and other regions. With this year seeing more megawatts, turbines, projects and capital deployed than ever before, we expect 2012 to be even bigger and more challenging than 2011. Record-breaking new projects are seeking financing, while the potential for new government initiatives and the emergence of major new financial and strategic investors are shaping the future of wind project finance in Mexico. But personal relationships are critical to project success, as well as an understanding of how to navigate the intricacies of the Mexican energy market.

Mexico Wind Power Finance & Investment 2012 will explore the burgeoning Mexican wind market, giving you both an evaluation of the market and potential business models as well as an introduction to the government officials, financiers and vendors you need to know to succeed. Join policy-makers, regulators, and the wind industry’s leading project developers, local and international lenders, investors and suppliers to discuss innovative developments in the Mexican wind power finance and investment markets.