Distributed Energy and Digitalization Take Center Stage at Siemens Digital Grid Customer Summit

Siemens annual Digital Grid Customer Summit will convene hundreds of thought leaders from the utility, regulatory and ground-breaking technology industries to discuss the evolving 21st century energy landscape. The summit will explore business strategies around the growing distributed energy market and embracing digitalization in order to be ahead of the challenges and changes in today’s energy systems.

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Siemens convenes industry leaders for its annual Digital Grid Summit to discuss decentralized energy and digitalization. (Photo: Business Wire)

The industry’s leading customer summit will take place April 3-7 in Philadelphia, PA.

“Our energy landscape is going through a transformational shift, moving from one-way delivery of power to an engaging transactional model,” said Mike Carlson, president of Siemens Digital Grid in North America. “Embracing and thriving through this change will require new business models, innovative strategies to engage end-users, and intelligent technologies across all industries and we’re thrilled to have many of the key players in this shift joining us in Philadelphia.”

The summit will feature discussions from the industry’s leading experts across the industrial, regulatory, and academic spectrum with topics ranging from the role of data and analytics to improve efficiencies and consumer engagement to changing business models, meter data management and grid planning.

Siemens Digital Grid partners with leading utilities and industrial energy consumers worldwide to provide expertise and innovative technologies. In North America, Digital Grid has worked with more than 1,000 energy customers to deliver proven solutions and services that improve operational efficiencies, enhance reliability and resiliency, and empower consumers to better manage their energy use.

For more information about Siemens Digital Grid Summit, visit www.usa.siemens.com/dgsummit.

Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. With approximately 351,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide revenue of $88.1 billion in fiscal 2016. Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $23.7 billion, including $5.4 billion in exports, and employs approximately 50,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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