the soft grid 2014 opening remarks
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Now in its third year, The Soft Grid: Data, Analytics and Software-Defined Utility provides a two-day forum to understand the software layers of the grid modernization and how consumer evolution trends will shape the electric utility industry in the years to come. Greentech Media Co-Founder and President, Rick Thompson, sets the stage for the event's series of presentations and panels.TRANSCRIPT
• ~240 attendees from all segments of the market, representing vendors, utilities, regulators and more
• Over 40 hand-picked speakers from the newest startups to the industry’s bellweathers
• Sessions curated specific to the industry’s most pressing topics of the ‘soft grid’
• Special presentations from OPOWER and Nest
• Afternoon Keynote from Elisabeth Brinton, PG&E’s VP of Corporate Strategy
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Silver Sponsors
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Supporting Utilities
Platinum Sponsor
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