Customer Summit
Energy
Enabling the Adaptive Enterprise
Chicago
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AGENDA AT A GLANCE
ARRIVALS / REGISTRATION / WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Monday, June 15, 2015
1:00PM - 6:30PM Arrivals & Registration
5th Floor
6:30PM - 9:30PM Welcome Cocktail Reception
5th Floor
GENERAL SESSION / BEST PRACTICE SESSIONS - DAY 1
Tuesday, June 167:30AM – 9:00AM Breakfast & Registration
CHICAGO BALLROOM DE (FLOOR 5)
9:00AM – 9:45AM
General Session
Scott Coffing, Group President, SunGard CHICAGO BALLROOM DE (FLOOR 5)
9:45AM –10:20AM SunGard Energy: Welcome Remarks
Markus Seiser, Global Head of Services and Managing Director, SunGard Energy
Keynote: The State of the Energy Market -- 2015 & Beyond
Glen Labhart, Partner, Labhart Risk Advisors Inc.
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
10:20AM -11:00AM Bringing Your Organization to the Next Level: The Business Behind an Upgrade
Mark May, Director of Risk, Phillips 66
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
11:00AM –11:30AM Networking Break
11:30AM -12:30PM Gaining and Maintaining Competitive Edge: Technology for Energy Trading
Jill Feblowitz, Vice President, Utilities and Oil & Gas, IDC
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
12:30PM – 2:00PM Networking Lunch
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CONTINUED DAY 1 SESSIONS
2:00PM – 3:00PM Energy Reform in Mexico - What's Next?
Arturo Palacios, Consultant, RDA Consultores en Energía
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
3:00PM – 3:30PM Networking Break
3:30PM – 4:15PM Selecting the Best Operating Model for Your E/CTRM System
Timothy Hill, Manager IT - Commercial Operations, Talen Energy Corporation
Manish Gupta, Lead Business Systems Analyst, Talen Energy Corporation
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
4:15PM – 5:00PM Generating Efficiencies: Consolidating on a Single ETRM System
Glen Mackey, Chief Risk Officer, NRG Energy
DENVER / HOUSTON / KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
6:30PM-10:00PM Customer Appreciation Dinner – Morgan Manufacturing (See page 6 for more details)
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USER GROUP SESSIONS - DAY 2
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
8:00AM – 9:00AM Networking Breakfast
CHICAGO BALLROOM DE (FLOOR 5)
9:00AM – 10:30AM Welcome Remarks and Key Product Strategy Updates Service Offerings
Data Visualization Reporting RECs
Markus Seiser, Global Head of Services and Managing Director, SunGard Energy
DENVER / HOUSTON KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
10:30AM –11:00AM Networking Break
11:00AM –12:00PM Product Roadmaps: 2015-2016 Functional and Technical Plans for Aligne
Kevin Mossop, Vice President, Product Management, SunGard Energy
DENVER / HOUSTON KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
12:00PM – 1:00PM Networking Lunch
CHICAGO BALLROOM DE (FLOOR 5)
1:00PM – 1:40PM Using Management Audits to Measure Project Performance
Dennis Hernandez, Business Development Partner, SunGard Consulting Services
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CONTINUED DAY 1 SESSIONS
1:45PM – 2:30PM
3:00PM – 3:45PM
Breakout Session
Spotlight on FuelsRoy Zwolak, Product Manager, SunGard
ROOM F (5TH FLOOR)
1:45PM – 2:30PM
3:00PM – 3:45PM
Breakout Session
TRM: Best Practices and Latest UpdatesJose Noyes, Product Manager, SunGard
ROOM H (5TH FLOOR)
1:45PM – 2:30PM
3:00PM – 3:45PM
Breakout Session
Gas & Pipe: Notable Enhancements in GBO, Gas Ops & Pipe OpsMartin Wilson, Product Manager, SunGard Kirt Kleinman, Product Manager, SunGard
DENVER / HOUSTON KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
2:30PM – 3:00PM Coffee Break
3:45PM – 4:00PM Wrap Up & Raffle Prize Announcement
DENVER / HOUSTON KANSAS CITY (5TH FLOOR)
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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DINNER
Morgan Manufacturing
Tuesday, June 16
6:00 – Buses Depart Hotel Lobby
6:30 – 7:30 Networking Cocktail Reception
7:30 – 10:00 Appreciation Dinner
Join us as we take you back in time to the 1920’s where jazz and swing were at their highest and prohibition was just a call for celebration! Housed in a completely renovated,
pre-Chicago Fire building, Morgan Manufacturing is designed around a concept of modularity and industrial elegance.
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SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Keynote: The State of the Energy Market -- 2015 & Beyond
Guest Speaker: Glenn Labhart, Partner, Labhart Risk Advisors Inc.
As global and regulatory changes are affecting the US markets, 2015 was an eventful year so far. Glenn Labhart of Labhart Risk Advisors will deliver a keynote session reviewing the state of the energy market in 2015 and insights helping to understand what’s coming up in 2016. His
presentation will include an overview of the supply and pricing of natural gas and LNG exports and how it affects the market players. This session will also dive into the strengthening role of
technology and analytics in adapting to ever changing energy market environment.
Bringing Your Organization to the Next Level: the Business Behind an Upgrade
Guest Speaker: Mark May, Director of Risk, Phillips 66
Mark May of Phillips 66 will share a case study on Phillips 66’ journey to improved global risk reporting by upgrading from ZaiNet to Aligne. The session will include a history of company’s risk management system usage and its upgrade strategy in meeting to new business demands. Mark will share the best practices and keys to success from his and his team’s experience.
Gaining and Maintaining Competitive Edge: Technology for Energy Trading
Guest Speaker: Jill Feblowitz, Vice President, Utilities and Oil & Gas, IDC
Energy markets have seen dramatic changes over the last five years, with shifts in demand for energy and new supply resources for transportation, power generation and residential, commercial and industrial end uses. The pace of change has accelerated, along with the pace of the
development of technology. In an even more dynamic environment, what do trading companies need to be better prepared to hedge risk and take advantage of market opportunities? This presentation will provide a look at must have capabilities for trading companies for today and the future, and provide recommendations of where to start.
Energy Reform in Mexico - What's Next?
Guest Speaker: Arturo Palacios, Consultant, RDA Consultores en Energía
The framework of Mexico’s energy and hydrocarbon laws are changing right now. These reforms in the gas and power segments represent both historic change and business opportunities for those companies with an existing presence in Mexico and for those companies wishing to enter this evolving market. Join us for a presentation by Arturo Palacios, who provides an insider’s view on these sweeping changes to Mexico’s future energy landscape.
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SESSION DESCRIPTIONS (CONTINUED)
Selecting the Best Operating Model for Your E/CTRM System
Guest Speakers:
Timothy Hill, Manager IT - Commercial Operations, Talen Energy Corporation
Manish Gupta, Lead Business Systems Analyst, Talen Energy Corporation
Speakers will share PPL’s perspective and experience related to the key business and technical drivers that lead to choosing the ETRM operating model -hosted, private cloud or SaaS.
Generating Efficiencies: Consolidating on a Single ETRM System
Guest Speaker: Glen Mackey, Chief Risk Officer, NRG Energy
NRG Energy has been in active merger and acquisition mode for the last few years. Hear from their Chief Risk Officer on how they have managed effective integration of data and consolidation of ETRM platforms.
Using Management Audits to Measure Project Performance
Speaker: SunGard Consulting Services
SunGard Consulting Services will illustrate its Project Audit practice detailing its services to support ETRM implementations and upgrades. The speaker will examine the concept of well-defined and active quality processes helps to ensure project success regardless of risk profile or complexity.
User Group - Fuels: Spotlight on Fuels
Speaker: Roy Zwolak, Product Manager, SunGard
New features, CDD Items, functionality and bug fixes Deep dives into the Fuels product roadmaps
Where do we need to go from here, Future CDD Items Functional Q&A Session
User Group - TRM:
Speaker: Jose Noyes, Product Manager, SunGard
Key project successes from your peers
Deep dives into your specific product roadmaps
Best practices on informing your business on the latest updates Features, functionality, bug fixes and the importance of upgrades
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SESSION DESCRIPTIONS (CONTINUED)
User Group - Gas & Pipe: Notable Enhancements in GBO, Gas Ops & Pipe Ops
Speakers:
Martin Wilson, Product Manager, SunGard
Kirt Kleinman, Product Manager, SunGard
This will review notable enhancements released over the last year and will include a look forward to the next six months. We’ll highlight a select few with a deeper dive into business scenarios and how these might help your processes/business. A brief look at the product road map will wrap up the session.