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Game-Changing Utilities of the Future, Presented by SAP

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Game-changing technology strategies are transformational, exciting and disruptive for a reason. They shake up your status quo. They get you thinking about new ways to scale, compete and grow. They move you in amazing new directions.
Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional Coffee Break with Game-Changers for our special series on Game-Changing Utilities of the Future.
We’ll explore the complete range from the customer experience to the digital workforce and how the utilities industry is transforming or reinventing themselves in this Digital Age.
Learn how you can become the savvy Leader who takes your company across the finish line as you look ahead to the next wave of business innovation. Game-Changing Utilities of the Future, presented by SAP, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.
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The buzz: “Consumers do not necessarily want to know how blockchain, specifically, benefits them. They just want to know that their power will stay on regardless of who it comes from and … the correct amount of electricity used was billed” (Seyi Fabode).
The buzz: “Consumers are not very tied with their utilities because they have very little interaction” [Abhay Gupta, Bidgely).
The buzz: “A friend contacted a local utility district to get water connected to his new house.. how he could electronically make his request. He could not” (Nathaniel Sheik, SoftSmiths). Utility customers today are smarter and more demanding than ever.
The buzz: “The International Energy Agency expects global energy demand to increase by 37% by 2040…utility companies are finding solutions thanks to the Internet of Things” (Andrew Meola). Yes! IoT is rescuing struggling Utilities.
The buzz: “We believe that energy utilities have an important role to play in ‘smart city’ initiatives” (ScottMadden).
The buzz: “From alternative fuels to electric vehicles, smart cities depend on smarter movement of people and goods” (www.bv.com).
The buzz: “Imagine a world in which nothing gets thrown away. It’s about much more than just recycling” (Shane Ferro, 05/12/16).
The buzz: “Your hires are only as good as your hiring process and those responsible for making hiring decisions” (Roberta Matuson).Digitization is a major disruptor throughout the utilities industry, with the impact on the workforce front and center.
The buzz: “The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast” (T. Edison). Lamplighters were made obsolete by the emergence of electricity.
The buzz: “We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires” (Dave Barry). Utilities are facing immense pressure to do more for less.