Agenda

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 

          7:00 p.m.  Welcome Reception 

Thursday, April 7, 2011

 7:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast  

 8:30 a.m.  Welcome Keynote: The Promise and  
                 Potential of Retail Markets
                  
                  Mayo Shattuck, Chairman, President & CEO,
                    Constellation Energy
                  
                  Intro: Hugo Van Nispen, President & Managing Director,
                    KEMA      

 9:15 a.m.  Next Steps: Moving Toward Effective Market Design

                  John Anderson, President & CEO, ELCON
                  David Fein, Vice President, Constellation Energy &
                    President, RESA 
                  John Shelk, President & CEO, EPSA
                  Kurt Yeager, Executive Director, Galvin Electricity Initiative 
                  
                  Moderator: Young Kim, Associate Director, Retail Markets,
                     KEMA 

10:30 a.m.  Break  
               
11:00 a.m.  Policymaker Priorities & Perspectives  
 
                 Maureen O. Helmer, Partner, Hiscock & Barclay, LLP,
                   and former Chair, New York PSC
                 Hon. Robert Powelson, Chairman, Pennsylvania
                    Public Utility Commission 
                  Hon. Barry Smitherman, Chairman, Public Utility
                    Commission of Texas
                 
                  Moderator: Martin Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief,
                    EnergyBiz Magazine 

12:15 p.m.  Lunch

                  Special address: Hon. Federico Peña, Co-Chairman,
                    COMPETE Coalition 

                  Intro: Hugo van Nispen, President & Managing Director,
                     KEMA

  1:30 p.m.  The Customer Voice:
                  Experiences & Expectations

                  Mitch Gutell, Energy Manager, Panda Restaurant Group
                  Chris Hendrix, Director, Markets & Compliance, Wal-Mart  
                  Paul Smolen, President, Texas Electricity Professionals Association      
                    
                  Moderator: Steve Kiesner, Director, National Customer 
                    Markets, Edison Electric Institute   

  2:30 p.m.  Growth & Innovation in C&I Markets 

                  Tony Banks, Vice President of Competitive Market Policies,
                     FirstEnergy Solutions 
                  Cody Moore, Head of North American Power, EDF Trading    
                  Steven J. Strobel, Executive VP & CFO, BlueStar Energy
                     Services  
                  James Connolly, Director of Origination, Hess Corporation    

                  Moderator: Tom Tiernan, Senior Editor, Platts   

  3:45 p.m.  Break 

  4:00 p.m.  Wholesale Markets:
                  Prices, Policies & Prospects 

                  Vikas Dwivedi, Founder, BTU Capital  
                  Ben Preston, Managing Director, Macquarie Energy LLC
                  Brandon Schwertner, Managing Partner, Sumer Capital
                    Partners 
                  Dan Verbanac, President, Integrys Energy Services        

                  Moderator: Deryl Brown, Sr. Vice President, Hudson Energy     

  5:30 p.m.  Adjourn 

  6:30 p.m.  Executive Forum Reception 

  7:30 p.m.  Executive ForumDinner 

                  Opening Remarks: Pier Nabuurs, Chairman, KEMA N.V.

                  Special Address: Hon. Barry Smitherman, Chairman,
                    Public Utility Commission of Texas     

                  Intro: David Fein, President, Retail Energy Supply
                    Association (RESA)

 
Friday, April 8, 2011

  7:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast 

  8:30 a.m.  New Technologies, New Markets 

                  Tim Healy, Chairman & CEO, EnerNOC  
                  Glen Stancil, VP of Electric Vehicle Services, NRG Energy
                  Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril Networks, Inc. 
                  R. Blake Young, President & CEO, Comverge

                  Moderator: Kevin Sullivan, Regional Director, KEMA  

  9:30 a.m.  Growth & Innovation in the Mass Market  
  
                  Kerry Breitbart, President & CEO, North American Power
                  Kevin Kleinschmidt, President & COO, Energy Plus  
                  Rob Snyder, Chairman & Co-Founder, Stream Energy
                  Marcie Zlotnik, Chairman & Co-Founder, StarTex Power   

                  Moderator: Paul Ring, Publisher, EnergyChoiceMatters.com  

10:45 a.m.  Break

11:15 a.m.  The Big 4 
 
                  Cory Byzewski, VP &General Manager, Direct Energy 
                    Residential 
                  Tom Gros, SVP, Sales, Reliant Energy
                  Michael Kagan, Chief Sales Officer, Constellation Energy
                  Nancy Perry, SVP, Residential & Business, TXU Energy      

                  Moderator: Hugo van Nispen, President & Managing Director,
                    KEMA  

12:30 p.m.  Lunch    

  1:30 p.m.  Adjourn

  2:30 p.m.  Post-event golf (pre-registration required)   

 

  
*invited speaker

agenda subject to change