Help us Spread the Word

The program mailer for SES is on its way to your desk and the full digital brochure will be ready by the end of the month. Help us spread the word internally by posting this to your break rooms, intranet sites and forwarding to colleagues.

SES Planning Dates

Hey PDTs,

As mentioned, here are the planning dates you saw on the 11th. The key date to remember is October 22nd, when we need to have all speakers booked and a short session description for the brochure. Thanks for helping us save some paper by receiving this information electronically!

2011 SES Planning Schedule Released

This will be provided onsite for all PDTs, but as a sneak peek, here is the latest version of the conference layout for 2011:

Save the Date for 2011

We have secured our venue for the 2011 SES in downtown Seattle, WA at the Grand Hyatt from March 16-18, 2011. We picked this location for several reasons including its proximity to several members, the ability to take the new Link Light Rail from the airport, room rate and quality of facilities. It may not be as sunny as Tempe, AZ but we're going to have just as much fun sampling the world class food, entertainment (within walking distance of the Pike Place Old Market) and other networking events we'll provide.

We also selected the new Wednesday-Friday format as there are several city-wide events filling up venues earlier that week and to allow folks to stay over the weekend. See you there in 2011!

Date for August Planning Meeting for 2011 Set

Interested in joining the Program Development Teams responsible for this annual event?

Mark your calendars for our one day, intensive planning session in Portland, OR on August 11th from 8:00-4:00 PM. We've moved the group downtown, right off the MAX light rail to the brand new Courtyard by Marriott property near the Pioneer Courthouse Square. We've also negotiated a great rate of $115/night for those that need to travel in the night before.

If you have not participate before, contact Tai Danforth, Senior Program Manager at danforth@westernenergy.org and 971-244-4968 to join this leadership and networking opportunity prepared by WEI’s Board of Directors and Executive Planning Committees. When submitting your interest please include your full contact information, desired track, and any interest in track leadership opportunities (Chair, Vice Chair, Mentor). All new 2011 Program Development Team members will receive a brief one-on-one virtual visit with Tai to help prepare you for this intensive brainstorming and planning session as well as review your role lasting from August 2010 to March 2011.

Come be a part of a conference designed by members for members—we make hard work fun!

SES Attendance Update

Hi All,

As we are just a few weeks out from the big event, many members have been asking, "How are the attendance numbers?" At peak, we will have over 170 participants with 75% of that number composed of utilities. We also have double the number of vendor participants this year with 12 displays. Distribution by track is as follows [may not add up to total delegate number due to those not assigned to tracks]:

• Communications: 21
• Customer: 39
• Human Resources: 26
• Innovative Business: 19
• Regulatory: 18
• Sustainable Resources: 24

Thank You Platinum, Gold and Program Sponsors

To our vendors, thank you for being a part of what we believe may be one of the most successful Spring Energy Symposium's WEI has managed! Attendees can learn more about our vendor roundup by downloading/viewing the latest vendor roster at the individual track schedules at www.westernenergy.org/ses or directly here.

Our 2010 Platinum Sponsors are:

• Black & Veatch
• Economists.com
• Henkels & McCoy
• KEMA
• Siemens
• T.D. Williamson, Inc.
• Vertex

Our 2010 Gold Sponsor is:

• PECI

We'd also like to thank our Monday, March 8th breakfast and lunch sponsor, The Mosaic Company.