The Smart Grid can be thought of as a "central nervous system" giving producers and consumers the ability to monitor and control energy consumption in real time. ADICA’s Smart Market™ software provides the brainpower for making informed operational, investment, and policy decisions in a Smart Grid environment. Current legacy software systems for evaluating energy markets were developed when only traditional energy supplies were available and do not incorporate changing environmental regulations, market rules, smart grid technology, or consumer behaviour. ADICA’s Smart Market™ software addresses contemporary market conditions by modelling the independent behaviour of energy consumers, suppliers, and regulators. With more accurate analytics, energy companies are better able to reduce risk, meet environmental requirements, conserve resources, reduce capital expenditures, and increase profits. ADICA partners with Argonne National Laboratory to develop cutting-edge solutions that accommodate national energy priorities. Our software is distributed for use in North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. For more information please visit www.adica.com

American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC) offers an array of proprietary technologies and solutions spanning the electric power infrastructure – from generation to delivery to end use. The company is a leader in alternative energy, providing proven, megawatt-scale wind turbine designs and electrical control systems. The company also offers a host of Smart Grid technologies for power grid operators that enhance the reliability, efficiency and capacity of the grid, and seamlessly integrate renewable energy sources into the power infrastructure. These include superconductor power cable systems, grid-level surge protectors and power electronics-based voltage stabilization systems. AMSC’s technologies are protected by a broad and deep intellectual property portfolio consisting of hundreds of patents and licenses worldwide.

An innovator in clean energy, Comverge is at the forefront of making energy efficiency a reality. With a full spectrum of energy management solutions – from demand response programs and in-home displays to smart thermostats and enterprise software – Comverge’s turnkey programs, services, and AMI solutions are fundamental to the evolution of the Smart Grid. For more information on Comverge and its powerful elements that can deliver “The Energy to Go Clean™,” visit www.comverge.com www.comverge.com | 888.565.5525

Layer 7 Technologies is a leading services governance vendor whose turnkey solutions feature sophisticated runtime governance, agent-less Web services management and industry-leading XML security. Founded in 2003, Layer 7’s products include the SecureSpanTM family of XML appliances, which help organizations address security, visibility and governance issues. Layer 7 enables organizations to monitor, adapt and control their Web services, no matter where they originate – in the enterprise or in the cloud. For more information, visit us at www.layer7tech.com.

Ventyx is a leading business solutions provider, delivering asset management, mobile workforce management, energy portfolio management, and customer care solutions to more than 1,250 energy, utility and communications customers, as well as to asset-intensive customers in selected commercial markets. Ventyx personnel solve complex technical challenges, improving our customers’ operational and financial performance, with innovative solutions and deep industry-specific domain expertise. We do this by partnering with our customers to build value into every solution we deliver. This commitment to delivering proven solutions that perform is backed up by our deep understanding of the complex industries in which our customers operate.
The Ventyx Smart Grid Operations software suite supports the commercial and retail utility operations required to deliver effective demand response (DR) programs, distributed energy management, renewable generation and resource optimization for Smart Grids. It achieves this by enabling utilities to aggregate customer-level DR and distributed generation into commercially actionable “Virtual Power Plants.” Smart Grid Operations also enables utilities to efficiently calculate and communicate price and environmental signals to customers, portals and load control programs. And, it provides advanced reporting capabilities for documenting program- and customer-level economic and environmental benefits, a key to meeting corporate and regulatory measurement and reporting requirements.