Call for Abstracts: Submission deadline: 6 November 2009

The Metering, Billing/CRM Asia annual conference is the premier platform for the next generation electricity utilities in Asia. Delegates from all over the world will share their experiences on key areas of interest including new metering technologies, demand response systems, real time metering, prepayment systems, revenue enhancing billing systems and advanced customer management applications for utilities in Asia. Oral presentations are 20 minutes long, followed by a short discussion period.

Metering, Billing/CRM Asia is now accepting abstracts for the conference. The conference management invites you to submit an abstract. Preference will be given to case studies and presentations from electric utilities. No vendor sales pitches will be accepted!

Abstracts can be submitted for, but are not limited to the following topics of interest:

1.     The business case of smart metering (cost & benefits analysis, training needs, organizational infrastructure)

2.     Financing smart metering projects

3.     International projects/trials/pilots on AMR/AMI

4.     CRM/CEM: New approached to create value for the customers

5.     Case studies on prepayment deployments

6.     Advanced Meter Data Collection & Management

7.     New/upcoming technologies and innovations

8.     Regulatory Reforms and Energy Policies (what are the strategic objectives that can be facilitated by metering)

Guidelines:
Speaking slots are approximately 20 minutes in length

Vendors are welcome to submit proposals as part of a sponsorship and along with an identified lead utility speaker.
Consultants may also be asked to identify a utility speaker.
Sales and marketing presentations are not appropriate for this conference and will not be accepted.

Presentation of more than one paper by the same organisation during the conference is discouraged.

Speaker policy:
All speakers at Metering, Billing/CRM Asia will have their conference registration fee waived. Please note that it's important that you get your conference materials in by the due dates - we reserve the right to withdraw the free registration if you don't get it in on time. If you're having problems meeting the deadlines, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can work with you to figure it out.

Important deadlines:

Deadline for submission of abstracts  6 November 2009
Notification of acceptance 30 November 2009
Deadline for sending PowerPoint presentation 3 May 2010
Conference 11-12 May 2010

Submission stages:

Your proposal will need to include:

• Abstract template (see below)
• Author’s name and a bio information (include a bit about your qualifications regarding your presentation topic) 
• Title of presentation (no more than 10 words)
• Summary of the presentation (around 200 words)
• Write 3 learning objectives for your presentation, focusing on what knowledge participants will gain from the presentation
• Who your talk is likely to interest (some keywords) 
• Likely topic of presentation (stream) 
• Name and bio information of any co-authors 

Preference is given to papers that have not been presented at other conferences. If your paper was previously presented, write down where and when.

To download the abstract template, click here

Early submission is strongly encouraged. Applicants will be notified of their status by email. By submitting an abstract authors are agreeing to provide Metering, Billing/CRM Asia a copyright release and final publication of their presentation for publication in the conference proceedings.

Selection criteria:
Abstracts will be reviewed and judged on the basis of the following criteria:

         Relevance to the conference theme and theme of the individual sessions

         Significance of the work/project to a broad audience

         Originality of work/project, including new concept, innovations or data

         The completeness of the work/project

For more information please contact:
Mr. Zaf Coelho
Phone: +65 6407 1498
Email: zaf@synergy-events.com