Honolulu, HI -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2010 -- The CIO Utilities Summit team announced today that Oracle Utilities will present a CIO thought-leadership session on “Helping Customers Understand the Value of the Smart Grid” on Monday, April 19, 2010. The CIO Utilities Summit will gather CIOs, thought-leaders and technology solution providers to address IT strategies across the utilities industry April 18-21, 2010 at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

“We’re looking forward to Oracle Utilities’ presentation at the CIO Utilities Summit. Oracle Utilities has innovative technology offerings and for this group of CIOs, their session is sure to bring insight into mission critical software applications and smart grid initiatives,” said Ross Abbott, Event Director, CIO Utilities Summit.

The CIO Utilities Summit agenda is filled with CIO thought-leadership sessions, keynote presentations, CIO case studies and executive panels that will address key priorities and hot topics identified by CIOs from the nation’s leading utilities organizations. Many sessions will focus on smart grid technologies within the enterprise and how CIOs are integrating smart grid initiatives. The full CIO Utilities Summit agenda can be viewed at http://www.cioutilitiessummit.com/agenda.php .

The Oracle Utilities presentation will be held on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 9:00am. The session "Helping Customers Understand the Value of the Smart Grid” will be presented by Guerry Waters, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities. This presentation will explore ways to help consumers and regulators realize the bottom-line value of Smart Grid implementations. Guerry will focus on utility programs that place the Smart Grid in the context of customers’ financial and environmental goals and will show how microgrids can tie customer interests more closely to overall utility and community goals.

Guerry Waters joined the Oracle Utilities Global Business Unit (previously SPL WorldGroup) in 2000. Previous positions include Vice President of Energy Information Strategy at META Group (now Gartner) and CTO and Director of Technology Strategy and Engineering at Southern Company. He focuses on IT strategies that help utilities organizations meet their goals amidst changing customer demands, regulations, and market structures.

For more information about the CIO Utilities Summit, please visit http://www.cioutilitiessummit.com or contact Ross Abbot, Event Director at ross.abbott@cdmmedia.com


About CIO Utilities Summit
The CIO Utilities Summit is a technology-focused summit that brings together IT executives within North America’s utilities industry. The CIO Utilities Summit is organized by the Strategic Business Summit Division of CDM Media, the leading B2B marketing and media company. CDM Media delivers strategically positioned, content-driven events to C-level technology clientele from Fortune 1000 organizations. With experience in delivering intimate, effective business summits, CDM Media will deliver the CIO Utilities Summit to create unique opportunities for executives to develop innovative business ideas and lasting relationships. The CIO Utilities Summit will be held April 18-21, 2010 at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. For more information, please visit http://www.cioutilitiessummit.com