Penton's The Energy Times Introduces Empowering Customers & Cities, Inaugural Event Focused on the Energy Revolution

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The energy industry is a $6.1 trillion marketplace. Penton's The Energy Times today introduced the Empowering Customers & Cities (www.theenergytimes.com/chicago), a three-day landmark event, developed to change the energy conversation and chart a course for the future on energy usage and delivery. The event will take place November 4-6, 2015 in Chicago. To register, visit: www.theenergytimes.com/chicago.

Empowering Customers & Cities is designed for energy ecosystem including utilities, policy makers, energy providers and large energy consumers for collaboration around urban infrastructure solutions and insight sharing from those leading the way in transforming their businesses.

Executives of major utilities serving three of the world's top cities – Chicago, Amsterdam and Hong Kong – will come together and discuss what utilities can and are doing to combat climate change one month ahead of a major global United Nations gathering on that transcendent issue in Paris.  They include:

• Anne Pramaggiore, CEO & President, ComEd
• Pallas Agterberg, Director of Strategy, Alliander
• Paul Poon, Managing Director, CLP Hong Kong

In addition, the event will feature world-renowned visionaries covering all facets of the industry:

• Carlos Batlle, MIT Energy Initiative, Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor with Comillas Pontifical University's Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) in Madrid
• Karen Weigert, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
• Joseph Svachula, Director, ComEd
• Peter Scarpelli, VP, Global Director of Energy and Sustainability, CBRE
• Caralynn Nowinski, M.D., Executive Director and CEO, UI Labs
• William Kamkwamba, Author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"
• Mohammad Shahidehpour, Director, Illinois Institute of Technology, Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation
• Mark Hura, Oracle Utilities Global Vice President
• Mike Beehler, Vice President, Burns & McDonnell
• Commissioner Colette D. Honorable, FERC
• Chuck Caisley, Vice President, Marketing & Public Affairs, KCP&L

"The biggest news in the world today is climate change and new energy solutions. Now, more than ever, collaboration is required around the future of energy generation, delivery and consumption," said Marty Rosenberg, Editorial Director, The Energy Times and Co-Chair, Empowering Customers & Cities. "We are bringing together industry trailblazers to discuss how cities and utilities are developing scalable energy solutions and infrastructure to empower customers and cities – this is an event not to be missed."

To learn more about the event, visit www.theenergytimes.com/chicago.

Media interested in obtaining media credentials to attend Empowering Customers & Cities, contact Angie Gates at [email protected].

Empowering Customers & Cities sponsors include: ComEd, Kansas City Power & Light, Burns & McDonnell, Oracle Utilities, S & C Electric Company, Quanta Services, Silver Spring Networks, E Source and ISEN Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern.

To learn about Empowering Customers & Cities sponsorship opportunities, contact Todd Hagen at [email protected].

ABOUT THE ENERGY TIMES
The Energy Times provides insight on the business and strategy of generation, delivering and using electric power. Coverage includes the news, trends and solutions that impact both energy providers and energy customers in the new energy landscape.

About Penton
Penton is an innovative information services company that empowers nearly 20 million business decision makers in markets that drive more than 12 trillion dollars in purchases each year. Our products inform with rich industry insights and workflow tools; engage through dynamic events, education and networking; and advance business with powerful marketing services programs. Penton is the way smart businesses buy, sell and grow.

Headquartered in New York, Penton is privately owned by MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co., LP. For more information, visit http://www.penton.com or follow us on Twitter @PentonNow.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Angie Gates
Marketing Director
The Energy Times / Empowering Customers & Cities
913.967.7516
[email protected]

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