EMC11 April 2019

Agenda

April 1, 2019

6:00 PM – EMC Welcome Reception and Presentation – Sponsored by Citizens for Energy Choices “Opening Up Florida Electricity Choice”
Located in the Imperial Ballroom Concourse – 3rd Floor
Drinks and hors d’oeuvre will be served…

April 2, 2019

7:00am – Registration
7:30am – Networking Breakfast
7:45am – 8:00am – Executive Workshop #1 “UnleashEnergy: More power to the
Energy Suppliers!” by TEG Analytics
8:00am – 8:15am – Executive Workshop #2 “Supplier Consolidated Billing – What Happened in Texas, is Not Staying in Texas” by SmartGrid CIS
8:15am – 8:30am – Executive Workshop #3 “New Business Models & Technology Evolution” by EC Infosystems
8:30am – 8:45am – Executive Workshop #4 “Operational Challenges of Community Solar” by Hansen Technologies
8:45am – Welcome Address by the Founders: Jack Doueck and Larry Leikin
9:00am – Keynote Address – Jim Steffes, EVP of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs
9:30am – 10:30am Panel #1: – “Successful Channel Partnerships” – Sponsored by Polis
10:30am – 11:15am Panel #2 – “Show me the Money: How can Distributed Resources make the ESCO, Customer, and Broker more profitable.” – Sponsored by Customized Energy Solutions
11:15am – 12:15pm Panel #3 – “New Competitive Markets – Foreign & Domestic” Sponsored by Flower Power
12:15pm – 1:30pm Networking Luncheon – Sponsored by EC Infosystems

12:45pm – 1:00pm Executive Workshop #5 – “Technology and the Future of Retail” by nGenue Software
1:00pm – 1:15pm Executive Workshop #6 “The Evolving Global Competitive Energy Market” by ESG
1:15pm – 1:20pm “Vendor of the Year Award” Ceremony sponsored by Crius Energy
1:20pm – 1:25pm “Most Innovative Marketer of the Year Award” Ceremony sponsored by LED Plus and TrustedTPV
1:25pm – 1:30pm “REP of the Year Award” Ceremony sponsored byArise
1:30pm – 2:15pm Panel #4 – “Utilizing Blockchain and Other Emerging Technologies in Retail Energy”
2:15pm – 3:15pm – Panel #5 – “Riding the Green Wave” sponsored by Threshold
3:15pm – 4:00pm Afternoon Coffee and Networking Break – Sponsored by EDF
3:15pm – 3:30pm Executive Workshop #7 “The Proven Formula For Creating Scalable and Sustainable Outbound Sales Programs” by Emerios
3:30pm – 3:45pm Executive Workshop #8 “RAAS: Retailer as a Service Option for Japanese Market Entry” by Flower Power
3:45pm – 4:00pm Executive Workshop #9 by “Changing It Up! Modern Incentive Marketing Strategies Driving Energy Engagement” Tango Card
4:00pm – 4:15pm Executive Workshop #10 “Finally, Something New in Third Party Verification” by Trusted TPV
4:15pm – 5:15pm Panel #6 – The CEO Roundtable Discussion – Sponsored by SmartGridCIS
5:15pm – 6:45pm Networking Reception Located on the second floor in Window Box
6:45pm – Program Concludes

Platinum Sponsor

EMC11 Keynote Speaker

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_hoverbox image=”5294″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”Jim Steffes” shape=”square” hover_background_color=”orange”]Executive vice president of Corporate Affairs for Direct Energy[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Jim Steffes has worked in the competitive energy industry for over 20 years. He has served in various roles at several retail energy and wholesale commodity firms. As executive vice president of Corporate Affairs for Direct Energy, Jim oversees all government relations, regulatory, and external affairs. Jim is passionate about bringing together choice, sustainability, intelligence, and control to make energy markets work well for all consumers.

Most recently, Jim was Chief Executive Officer of Circular Energy, an innovative solar and energy solutions firm focusing on serving commercial, institutional and light manufacturing customers with cleaner, customized solutions combining traditional grid-based power solutions with client-sited power generation. Jim was responsible for strategy, capital sourcing and overall business performance.

Prior to Circular Energy, Jim led the Northeast Retail region for NRG Energy and served as President of Green Mountain Energy. In the Northeast Retail region, he significantly expanded the market footprint, brand propositions, customer solutions and product offerings of the business. Under his guidance, NRG Residential Solutions received “the Most Innovative Energy Supplier of the Year” award from the Energy Marketing Conference. In the commercial segment, he directed the acquisition of Energy Curtailment Specialists, initiating a customer focused transformation from acting purely as a power supplier to becoming an energy advisor. As President of Green Mountain Energy, Jim reinvigorated the company’s mission of changing the way power is made by reaching customers in new markets and by offering new, innovative products.

Jim also spent nearly a decade with Direct Energy. While at Direct Energy, he ran the Texas Residential segment and transformed the trajectory of the business by implementing significant operational improvements, making key acquisitions – including First Choice Power – and launching novel products, including a prepaid electricity plan which leveraged Texas’ smart meter deployment and customer’s smart phones. Prior to the Texas Residential role, he led the Operations team in supporting more than 1.5 million customers in Alberta and Texas and built the business-to-business commodity business in the Northeast US.

Before Direct Energy, Jim worked both at UBS Energy and Enron, primarily in government relations and regulatory affairs. Early in his career, he worked at Andersen Consulting with a variety of clients developing systems and re-engineering business processes.

Jim holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. He and his family reside in Houston, Texas.

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Panel Disccusions

Panel #1 – Successful Channel Partnerships – Sponsored by Polis

Panel #2 Special Panel by Customized Energy Solutions

(Moderator: Stephen Fernands)
Natara Feller | Feller Law Group
Ed Toppi | Customized Energy Solutions
Chad Dixon | Customized Energy Solutions

Panel #3 – New Competitive Markets – Foreign & Domestic Sponsored by Flower Power

Panel #4 – Blockchain & Other New Technologies in Energy

Panel #5 – Riding the Green Wave

CEO Round Table – Sponsored by SmartGridCIS

(Moderator: John Bastian | SmartGridCIS)

Silver Sponsor

EMC11 2019 Executive Workshops

Kumar Parameswaran

Gateway to the Future - HANSEN Technologies

Monica Bellino

Grow Your Book and Reduce Your Cost to ServenGenue Software

Aileen Currier

“Utilizing Data to Drive Customer Engagement OpportunitiesEC Infosystems”

John Bastian

Supplier Consolidated Billing – What Happened in Texas, is Not Staying in Texas - SmartGridCIS

Larry Leikin

“Finally, Something New in Third Party Verification -
TrustedTPV”

Sam Matsumoto

“RAAS: Retailer as a Service Option for Japanese Market Entry - Flower Power”

Calen Schultz

“The Proven Formula for Creating Scalable and Sustainable Outbound Sales ProgramsEC Infosystems”

Bob Potter

“The Evolving Global Competitive Energy Market - ESGEC Infosystems”

Nina Carduner

“Changing It Up! Modern Incentive Marketing Strategies Driving Energy Engagement - TANGO Card”

Dr. Madalasa Venkataraman

“UnleashEnergy: More power to the Energy Suppliers! - TEG Analytics”

Media Sponsor

Exhibit Hall Participants 2019

Agility CIS
Avanade
Capco Energy Solutions
Chetu
Clarity Grid Solutions, Inc.
CRAFT by Pariveda Solutions
Customized Energy Solutions
Darwill
DCM
Earth Etch
eBest
EC Infosystems
EDMS
Emerios
EnergyPages
Entertainment
ERTH Corp
ESG

Executive Energy Management
Feller Law Group and Energy Affairs Group
Hansen Technologies
Hawk Incentives
Innowatts
Intelometry
LED Plus
MarketWise
MedTractionsNEM
Nexxa
nGenue
Polis
POWWR
Protection Plus Solutions
Quantum Gas and Power Services
Relay Network
Scoville Risk Partners
Sirius Solutions
Sitecore
SmartGridCIS