CIO Utilities Summit Partners

Ovum is a global advisory and consulting firm. Its primary activity is providing value-added advisory services and consulting to retain and project clients. The company acts as a well-respected and trusted source of industry data, knowledge and expertise on the commercial impact of technology, regulatory and market changes. Ovum engages in continuous research and industry analysis to determine market dynamics in its specialist sectors.
Ovum is part of the Datamonitor Group.

ESNA; Energy Services Network Association is an independent global, not-for-profit association. The association’s objective is to promotes the adoption of the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) and Smart Grid architecture, services and infrastructure, based on Network Energy Services (NES), together with the value added applications for secure, reliable and cost-effective automatic meter management, smart grid management, billing, CRM and CIS etc.

We promote the change in perspective of the current metering business, from selling isolated units, into offering interoperable smart meter management systems as an embedded element in the total value chain of energy sales and distribution. In addition, AMM, based on NES AMI architecture, offers added value in achieving the political objectives such as; saving energy and reducing CO2 blast and ensuring stability of the grid.

The IPSO Alliance is the primary advocate for IP networked devices for use in energy, consumer, healthcare and industrial applications. The IPSO Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 55 members from leading technology, communications and energy companies. Their mission is to enable the foundation for a network that will allow any sensor-enabled physical object to communicate to another, just as individuals do over the Internet. Membership is open to any organization supporting an IP-based approach to connecting smart objects. For more information, visit www.ipso-alliance.org.

FierceEnergy tracks the latest developments and advancements in the energy industry. Every business day, energy service provider executive rely on FierceEnergy's free email newsletter and website to stay up-to-date on renewable energy integration, smart grid, consumer consumption, customer service innovations and more.

CIOZone® is the first of its kind online meeting place for CIOs. It provides a social networking platform for IT executives to communicate and collaborate and is supported by expert editorial, user generated content and an open source platform. This environment encourages and enables CIOs to direct and participate in the creation of their very own professional social network.

Smart Metering News (SMN) is an online resource that provides information about the latest events, agreements, disputes, reports, and surveys related to smart energy. The news is presented in the forms of articles that provide detailed information, helping readers get the information they need. In addition to smart energy news, SMN provides information about smart energy-related events taking place around the world and important developments related to renewable energy. By covering smart energy news, SMN hopes to create awareness about the need to become more energy efficient and resolve issues related to smart energy.

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), is the world's leading B-to-B and integrated marketing media company, servicing niche markets within the communications and technology industries.

Reaching in excess of 3.5 million readers worldwide each month, TMC creates highly targeted, content-driven communities, serving as the world's primary educational and news resource in the communications and technology fields.

TMC's print, online, and in-person media properties serve these rapidly-growing and dynamic technology and communications industries, providing actionable, mission-critical information which influential decision-makers demand when selecting products and services.