May 22, 2012 - Duke/Progress Programming Day
May 23-24, 2012 - Open Industry Days
The McKimmon Center
Raleigh, North Carolina

Call for Session Proposals

Duke Energy and Progress Energy will host GCF East 2012, the East Coast edition of the 2012 Grid ComForum Series, on May 22-24.  Proposals for panel sessions are now being accepted by the International Engineering Consortium, the event organizer.  This Call for Session Proposals provides a description of the program and instructions for submitting proposals. The deadline for submitting a session proposal is Friday, December 16, 2011.

 

 

Program Structure

GCF East 2012 is a three-day program organized by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) and hosted by Duke Energy and Progress Energy.  The first day of the program will be tailored to meet the needs of Duke Energy and Progress Energy professionals and stakeholders, and will feature sessions targeting their specific interests.  The second and third days will be an industry forum featuring keynote speakers and panel sessions.

 

Proposals are invited for the breakout panel sessions planned for the industry forum on the second and third days. These sessions are ninety-minute moderated discussions for executives and managers responsible for next-generation grid deployment and operation. Refer to the list of tracks and topics below for guidance on panel subject areas.

 

Tracks and Topics

Submitting a Session Proposal

Download Call for Session Proposals PDF

GCF East Host Utilities

Duke Energy 
Progress Energy 

University Partners

NC State University

 

FREEDM Systems Center

 

Duke University

 

News

Global Partners 

Ambient

GE

Corporate Partners 

 Ambient

GE

Diamond Sponsors 

Cisco

 

Ernst & Young

Itron

Gold Sponsor 

Accenture

 

BaseN

 

HP

 OSIsoft

Corporate Registration Sponsors 

 

Elster

 

Power Analytics

 

Siemens

 

Grid ComForum Sponsors 

ABB 

 

Alstom

ATT

IBM

 

Oracle

 

Quanta Technology

 

SAS 

 

Sensus

Verizon

 

Official Media Sponsor 

Transmission & Distribution World

 

Media Sponsors 

altenergymag.com

 

Electricity Today

Intelligent Utility

 

Pike Research

 

SmartGridcareers.com

 

Smart Grid Library

 

SmartGridNews.com

 

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