Forecasting

Energy Forecasting Meeting - Call for Presentations

January 09, 2017

Forecasters tell Itron that there is no greater value than meeting with their peers. Itron understands the importance of these interactions and is proud to host this forecasting meeting for the 15th year! Join us for two and a half days in Chicago creating and sharing ideas, solving problems and gaining greater forecasting knowledge.

While the agenda is starting to fill up, your participation is invaluable to you and your peers. See the agenda to see the draft and check out who is already registered. Please consider making a presentation. They can be simple and as short as 15 minutes. Send your abstract to forecasting@itron.com. Suggested topics:

Trends in Energy Consumption
Weather Normalization
Forecast Model Issues
Electric Vehicles
Changing Technology Impacts
Peak Forecasts
Forecasting Implications of AMI
DSM Accounting
Customer Forecasting
Industrial Customer Forecasting

By Paige Schaefer

Sr Forecast Analyst

Paige Schaefer is a Product Marketing Manager in Itron’s Outcomes group for the strategy, planning and implementation of projects supporting marketing functions spanning electricity, water and gas business units. She interacts directly with sales, product and corporate marketing to identify new marketing opportunities, recommend actions and the coordination of targeted campaigns to increase brand awareness and market share where she works closely with the teams to develop content and strategies. In addition, she provides website support, event coordination and manages Itron’s Energy Forecasting Group (EFG), which supports end-use data development, the Statistical End-use Approach (SAE) and coordinates their annual meeting for discussing modeling and forecasting issues. Paige has a B.S. in Business Administration from San Diego State University with an emphasis in Marketing.

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