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| August 21
Pre-conference - 1 PM - Early Investigation & Education
How do you justify the technology? How does it actually work in
roll-out? This session is for those with little practical experience in
the application of hand-held and mobile technology in field automation.
The format will consist of lectures, Q&A, and detailed system and
product discussion. |
| Customers
* Project, IT and operations managers responsible for reviewing
and implementing Hand-Held / PDA and mobile technology in
public saftey, healthcare, utilitities, finance,
transportation etc.
* Technology strategists from Fortune 500 companies
* Senior executives who need to know why field automation and
mobile strategies have to be included in their planning
process
this year
* Corporate individuals purchasing PDAs for personal business
use (i.e. personal information management, sales automation,
data collection) who want hands-on experience with the
various technologies |
| August 23
Break-out Sessions - 9 AM
These sessions will deal with topics identified as critical to
successful implementation of field automation projects.
* Enterprise Strategy With Field Automation - Cost savings of
greater than 25% are occurring with field automation. Can
hand-helds leverage workers, get the company closer to the
customer and lead to greater savings in re-engineering?
Discussion will also cover the role of field automation in new
Utility business opportunities.
* Field Service Applications - Customer Service. Case reviews in
order management, dispatch, field sales, hand-held based
meter reading and more.
* Work Order Management Applications - Distribution and
Generation. Case reviews in field inspections, pole
maintenance, asset management, line extensions, corrosion
control, meter maintenance and more. |
| Thursday & Friday, Dec. 5th & 6th
Hand-Held & PDA Conference
* Sessions by vertical and functional markets
* Education sessions continued
* Internet/Intranet, Smart phone and PIMs
* Vendor sessions, hands-on & demos |
| ENTERPRISE STRATEGY FOR HAND-HELDS - Customers are saving 25%
of costs on field form automation. Can hand-helds leverage workers,
get the company closer to the customer and lead to greater savings
through business improvement processes?
PILOTS TO ROLL-OUTS - A failed hand-held pilot project still leaves
the problem. Hear about successful pilot strategies.
UTILITY APPLICATIONS - (Specific) Dispatch, field inspections, time
and materials, gas line extensions, corrosion control, leak detection,
fiber installations, substation management, pole maintenance and
more. (General) Email, mapping, GPS, data collection
MIDDLEWARE - New software systems used to cost millions. Is
middleware a cost saving solution to new technology adoption in
hand-held projects?
WIRELESS - What are the right Utility applications for wireless?
Wireless solutions today and tomorrow.
DATA CONNECTIVITY - Practical options for connectivity to back-end
databases. Wireline batch, information on demand and agent. |
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