Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008

Rod Dow and Karl Hochkammer will be leading a 90-minute breakfast program on Monday April 21, 2008 at Metering, Billing/CIS America 2008 in San Diego, CA. This is a national conference on advanced technology systems for utilities (including AMR/AMI, Meter Data Management, Billing and Customer Information Systems) Their program, "Contracting Best Practices" covers the following:

• pre-negotiation risk management
• vendor accountability
• incentives and intermediate remedies
• obsolescence
• clarity of scope/requirements
• acceptance testing
• third party issues
• pricing protection
• changes in vendor status
• and other issues of interest to the participants (as they determine)

Additionally, Mark Foley will be one of seven speakers at a workshop on Sunday, April 20, 2008. The name of the workshop is, "AMI Star Wars," which will focus on security issues for Advanced Metering Infrastructure. Mark's portion of the program is, "Barbarians Gate(way): Legal Risks and Opportunities for Advanced Metering Systems.