Location: Austin, Texas

Organizer: Parks Associates

Facility: Hyatt Regency Austin Downtown, On The Lake

Cost: Discount for SIP Forum Members -- see below

With national attention focused on ways to reduce energy consumption and maximize efficiency, REM technologies have emerged as viable solutions in meeting both institutional and consumer demand. The next steps are to identify the business opportunities and best strategies in matching market and consumer interest with specific solutions.

Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer is the premier conference studying the market for residential energy management and Smart Grid technologies. The summit features industry leaders, managers, and strategists in panel discussions on the state of the market plus the emergent consumer and business opportunities as the market develops and deploys advanced REM solutions.

The event focuses on the roadmap for the emerging in-home energy management technology market, featuring market research with results from Parks Associates' landmark Residential Energy Management service, offering consumer and industry research and strategic insight on the following topics:

• Current status of Home Area Network (HAN) trials and Smart Grid deployments
• Segmenting consumer interest in energy management solutions
• Engaging the consumer: Strategies and tactics to communicate benefits successfully
• Utility-based HAN solutions
• In-home energy management solutions independent of utility programs
• Impact of government stimulus and green initiatives
• Technical and business requirements for succeeding in residential energy management
• Business strategies for utilities, manufacturers, installers, and service providers
• Forecasts for Smart Meter deployments, HAN solutions and independent in-home energy management products and services.

The standard price for attending this event is $1195. A discount of $300 is available to SIP Forum members (must use code "SIP" when registering)