Accelerating Access to Innovation in Utilities Industry

13:00-13:30 Pre-Registration required Free

【Profile】

Mike Ballard is Vice President of Industry Strategy for the Utilities Global Business Unit at Oracle. Mike has global responsibility for defining the utilities’ strategy for adopting emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Blockchain and Mobility.
Mike Ballard joined the Industry Strategy team of Oracle Utilities from EDF, one of Europe's largest energy companies and has been delivering IT solutions into the utility sector for over 20 years. His experience covers generation, distribution and retail utilities including significant involvement in the deregulation of the UK energy market.
At his role in Oracle, Mike works with utilities worldwide to help prepare for the diverse changes and challenges facing each country and market. Using these global insights Mike is able to share trends and best practices across the globe and to direct Oracle Utilities product strategy to deliver market leading solutions that are dedicated to the utilities industry.

【Abstract】

Predicting the future of the utilities industry has been increasingly challenging. But with the accelerating pace of evolving customer demands, new market entrants & disruptive technologies that both impact & aid the industry the challenge of predictions is becoming perhaps too difficult. Agility is now the key to thriving & surviving. No longer can the industry afford wasted time & money on repeating the work of others. With global, digital connections & increasing dependencies across industries of utilities, telecommunications, retail & transportation, we have an opportunity to share experience, accelerate understanding & respond faster to the changing environment. This session highlights the ways in which utilities are accelerating their access to innovation, increasing their agility & learn how they can join Oracle’s community of innovators to share best practice & quickly demystify many of the technologies being hyped to deliver concrete value to the industry & the customers

How the right Technology will enable Energy Companies to be competitive, innovative and current with market changes.

13:30-14:00

【Profile】

As Chief Executive Officer of Znalytics, Mari leads the overall strategic direction and operations of the company. He brings substantial Retail Energy experience to Znalytics, along with a strong mix of entrepreneurial, operational and technical experience he has gained during his 15 years working in software development and delivery.
He holds an MBA in Finance and Statistics as well as a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

【Abstract】

Selecting the right IT platform in a new and often changing environment is extreme critical. The wrong solution will be costly and will prevent the Energy Retail company from offering innovative products and to stay ahead of its competition.
Znalytics EOS platform is proven. It is using modern, secure and scalable technology architected for the cloud.
The Professional Services Layer allows unique and seamless customization anywhere in the system without losing access to ongoing system updates and improvements. Fast modifications and changes to current functionality support Energy Retailers desire to deliver new products & services fast and keep up with changing requirements due to market changes.
A strong integration layer will support many opportunities with other partners in the market.
Access to all data at any time will enable strong BI features to better manage the portfolio and sales activities and also reduce complexity and expenditures in business operations.

Power flexibility: Global power markets are increasingly open for businesses

14:00-14:30