For Immediate Release
February 2002

Atlanta Venue Set for InfoNetrix Spring Summit
Atlanta (February 15, 2002) – InfoNetrix, a market research and consulting firm with offices in New Orleans, La. and Sacramento, Calif. has selected Atlanta (Ga.) as the venue for its first semi-annual TDMS (Transmission & Distribution Management Systems) Executive Market Summit. This premiere event is designed to provide marketing executives, sales directors, product planners, application specialists, business unit managers and others involved in Transmission and Distribution Management Systems (TDMS) with a full day of interactive presentations, candid discussions and networking with utility automation practitioners and market intelligence experts.

TDMS embraces the full spectrum of electric utility transmission- and distribution-level automation systems and applications including:

• Energy Management and Network Security Systems
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• Substation Automation
• Distribution Automation/Distribution Management Systems

“Whereas transmission and distribution have historically been seen by many as distinctly separate markets, ongoing technological advancements are facilitating the use of the same – or very nearly the same – tools and techniques for T&D at the automation level,” contends Mike Smith, who leads Tactical Market Research and Development for InfoNetrix. “As we continue to analyze TDMS project opportunities among North American utilities, we see many of the mainstream automation suppliers serving varied dimensions of both application areas. Although there are certainly vast differences between a utility EMS (energy management system) at one end of the spectrum and a distribution management system (DMS) at the other – the need for systems enabling improved customer service being one such difference – the common areas of SCADA and substation automation inherently share many of the same fundamental problems and solutions,” he concluded.

The principal emphasis of the Spring Summit is on distribution operations. However, individuals and organizations involved in virtually any facet(s) of TDMS automation products, systems or services will gain valuable insights about prevailing market issues and trends, technological directions and principal drivers that will shape the TDMS market in 2002 and beyond. (The TDMS Fall Summit, tentatively scheduled for September in Denver, will add a more comprehensive transmission component to the agenda as well as a distribution update.)

“Never before has the electric utility market seen such fundamental changes as it has during these times of deregulation and rapid technological advancement,” says InfoNetrix Director of Strategic Market Research & Development, Mike Marullo. “These changes are arguably the best reason why the availability of timely and reliable market intelligence is moving up as a priority among top executives throughout the utility industry ,” he continued, “a trend that is expected to prevail as deregulation moves forward.”

A distinguished slate of speakers from across the utility industry will share their diverse knowledge, experience, insights and predictions about the challenges and opportunities that will characterize the evolving utility automation marketplace in the years ahead. Summit speakers and topics were specifically chosen for their ability to offer practical information that can be readily applied to market analyses, management presentations, product planning and positioning, and related activities.

The meeting will take place from 8AM to 4PM at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel, located just minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport making the venue readily accessible via non-stop flights from/to most major cities. Free shuttle service between the airport and the hotel is also available. Registration is $795 per attendee for registrations received with payment before March 29, 2002 and $895 thereafter. (Visit www.InfoNetrix.com for the program agenda, speaker roster and registration details.)

InfoNetrix™ is a market research and consulting firm with dual headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana and Sacramento, California. Target clientele includes energy and utility automation suppliers; energy companies; electric, gas and water/wastewater utilities; technical and financial consulting firms; and others with automation market interests.

---

Press Contact Mike Marullo, Principal 504.466.2220 mam@infonetrix.com

Press Contact Mike Smith, Principal 916.984.7430 mfs@infonetrix.com

 

 

 

Home | About Us | Products/Services | News Room | Client Access | Links | Contact Us

©2001-2008 InfoNetrix