Mark your calendar and join us this October to mingle with industry leaders, and see firsthand how HData’s platform is driving the smarter use of industry data.
Don't miss this once-a-year opportunity to be informed and challenged to think bigger. Together, we’ll explore ways to let artificial intelligence and automation do the hard work to streamline organizations and gain an edge through the intel hidden in the data.
Highlights
Join 150 industry thought and practice leaders for a day of collaboration and innovation
Get a sneak peek of the 2025 HData product roadmap
Enjoy multiple networking opportunities & ways to connect
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
5:00 - 7:30 Welcome Reception
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast & Registration
9:00 - 10:30 Sessions
10:30-11:00 Networking coffee break
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:40 Sessions
3:40 - 4:10 Networking Snack Break
4:10 - 5:15: Closing Sessions
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Featured Speakers
George P. Bush
Former Texas Land Commissioner
Managing Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Kenneth Shiver
Chief Economist, Dir of Planning, Regulatory & Strategy Support
Southern Company
Becky Blalock
Former Southern Company SVP & CIO
Advisor, Managing Partner, Author
Mukul Shekhar
Pacific Gas & Electric
Susan Gamble
Southern Company
Darren Byrne
Southwire Company
Drake Bettis
Kinetica Partners
Thomas Peterson
KPMG LLP
Hudson Hollister
HData CEO, Co-Founder
Yuval Lubowich
HData CTO, Co-Founder
Erin Riley
HData
Rich Bennett
Utility Consulting Group
Jason Stevenson
HData
Luke Ashton
HData
Tuesday Evening
Welcome Reception and Networking Event
Join us to mix and mingle with old friends while making great new connections. Set up your network for success in 2025.
Wednesday Featured Sessions
The Data Savvy Chief Economist: Offering Intelligence and Efficiency
Southern Company's Kenneth Shiver explains why the role of chief economist is no longer purely academic. He and his team are using well-managed, abundant data to find new solutions, efficiencies, and ways to serve their customers better. The Chief Economist has become a data intelligence role that makes a direct, daily, positive impact on the business.
Find and Nurture Visionaries at Your Organization
The people who bring your organization to new levels of success have a drive to discover new and better ways of doing things. They're visionaries. How do you recognize who these people are and develop their leadership abilities? Hear from industry icon Becky Blalock on how to build a new wave of leadership for the regulated energy industry.
Regulated Energy in the Next Administration
Policy always changes with new administrations, but this year's presidential election has focused on issues that have the potential to affect regulated energy more than usual. Join former Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush for a talk about the direction the industry is headed, and how the next four years may look depending on who is in the White House in 2025.
Crash Course in AI - Everything You Need to Know to Assess and Leverage this Technology in 2025
Want a better understanding of AI and how it can serve professionals in the regulated energy industry? Join us for a special lunch and learn presentation from HData's AI Product Manager and Resident Regulatory Economist Luke Ashton. He'll cover all the basics on this powerful (and increasingly ubiquitous) technology, and how to think about incorporating it into your day-to-day work. Bring your questions and enjoy this time to learn.
Driving Data Discoverability and Usability: HData's Product Vision
The most successful organizations in the utility industry rely on exceptional data discoverability and management to create efficiency. But, finding, collecting, and utilizing data is still a significant challenge. Hear from HData CTO Yuval Lubowich about the research and innovation his team is putting into HData's AI-assisted data management technology. Get inspired about what is possible.
Using Publicly Available Data to Help Sell Complex Solutions in a Regulated Industry
Learn from Darren Byrne, Director of Asset Management Services at Southwire, how he and his sales team bring publicly available data to conversations around future planning for utilities, particularly intelligence around electrical outages and underground cable maintenance. The data shortens sales cycles by quickly dispelling myths and explaining the why behind certain approaches.
How Well-Managed Data Shortens Hiring and Training Cycles in the Utility Industry
Drake Bettis, VP and Controller at Kinetica, sees the struggle in the utility industry to find qualified candidates, in all areas but especially for the accounting positions on his team. He explains how well-managed data, AI-assisted form fills, and better data access allows for faster hiring and training.
Connecting the Visionaries: How Southern Company Sparks Innovation, One Department At A Time
How do you find the right people to move A 28,000+ person company forward? One at a time. In this panel we'll talk with a few of the Southern Comany team members about how they've been able to tackle their own team's data access challenges with technology and collaboration.
