New Partners Announced for SMi's European Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing, 18th & 19th May 2011

LONDON, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SMi Group are delighted to announce Comverge, Cooper Power Systems, Enernoc and Ventyx as sponsors of their European Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing conference.

This conference will see major European Utilities and industry bodies present in-depth case studies on DR programs for Germany, Poland, Denmark, Spain and Ireland. Attendees will gain a better understanding into EU policies and regulatory frameworks for Demand Response.

This high level programme will be delivered by leading industry professionals, including:

- Paolo Bertoldi, Action Leader, Energy Efficiency, European Commission DG JRC

- Marcella Pavan, Head of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response - Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas

- Maxine Frerk, Partner, Sustainable Development, Ofgem

- Michael Edgar, Strategy Development Manager Future Transmission Networks, National Grid

- Dave Openshaw, Head of Future Networks, UK Power Networks

- Chris Harris, Head of Retail Regulation, RWE Npower Dr Furong Li, EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Bath

- Jessica Strömbäck, Senior Partner, VaasaETT

- Dr Jacopo Torriti, LSE Fellow in Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

- Mark Ossel, Board Member, ESNA

- Harald Schäffler, Managing Director, EnCT GmbH

- Leslaw Winiarski, Deputy Director for IT Systems, PSE Operator Poland

- Rasmus Tengvad, Consultant, Dansk Energi

- Steen Kramer Jensen, Chief Consultant, Energienet.dk

- Miguel Ordiales, Project Manager, Demand Side Management, Red Eléctrica de España

- Siobhán McHugh, Operational Services and Performance, EirGrid

- Seán Connolly, Operational Services and Performance, EirGrid

- Flavio Cucchietti, Network Technology, Senior Project Manager, Telecom Italia

- Yoav Zingher, CEO, KiWi Power Ltd

- Jim Cardwell, Head of Regulation & Strategy, CE Electric UK

- Michael Picchi, EVP - Chief Financial Officer, Comverge

- David Ellis, Senior Vice President Business Development, Comverge

- Scott McGaraghan, Senior Director of International Development, Enernoc

- Joseph E Childs, Director Energy Solutions, Cooper Power Systems EAS

- Ann Perreault, Global Product Director, Cooper Power Systems

- Clinton Davis, Industry Solution Executive, Ventyx, an ABB company

For more information visit http://www.smi-online.co.uk/demandresponse44.asp

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    For further information contact:
    Jamison Nesbitt
    Tel: +44(0)20-7827-6164
    Email: jnesbitt@smi-online.co.uk