Parks Associates announced the topics and Advisory Board members for the fourth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, in San Antonio, Texas, February 25-27, 2013. Smart Energy Summit focuses on consumer engagement with energy management services and technologies, partnership opportunities, and consumer-oriented solutions. The conference has early sponsorship support from Alarm.com, EcoFactor, Hitachi, Lowe's, Planet Ecosystems, Qualcomm, and Itron.

The Advisory Board for Smart Energy Summit provides guidance and recommendations into topics, strategy, and marketing for the event. This year’s advisory board includes the following industry leaders: 
• Kristen Bowring, Retail Industry Executive
• Renée Castillo, Senior Director, Customer Services, Salt River Project
• Dan Flagler, Manager, Partner Management & Product Development, Verizon Telecom
• Denis Garman, Home Efficiency Solutions, Marketing Manager, Duke Energy
• Bill Harmon, VP, Residential Segment Marketing, Reliant
• Becky Harrison, CEO, GridWise Alliance
• Fabrice Hoerner, Senior Manager, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
• Scott Hublou, SVP, EcoFactor
• Brian Huey, Business Development and Strategy, Smart Grid and Utilities, Sprint
• Kevin Meagher, VP and General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's
• Kevin Petersen, SVP, AT&T Digital Life
• Paul Pishal, VP, Business Development, M2M, Hitachi Communication Technologies Americas
• Ted Reguly, Director, Smart Meter Program, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
• Ken Wacks, Management & Engineering Consultant, Gridwise Council, U.S. Department of Energy

Agenda sessions, moderated by Parks Associates analysts, highlight smart grid deployments in the U.S. and around the world, new players and business models, cloud-based energy management, new services, growth of the ecosystem, and strategies to engage consumers.

For more information, visit http://www.smartenergysummit2013.com.