Smart Grid Leaders to Convene in New Orleans for SmartSynch Conference 2010: “Enabling Communication for the Smart Grid”

Conference to Showcase How Open, IP-Based Collaboration Is Transforming the World’s Electrical Infrastructure

Jackson, MS — January 7, 2010

SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company using standard IP communications through public wireless networks, announced that it will host SmartSynch Conference 2010: “Enabling Communication for the Smart Grid” – an event designed to foster dialogue about collaborative technologies among utility representatives, smart grid industry analysts and executives from the largest wireless network providers. The event will be held April 26-28 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. Headlined by keynote speaker and broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw, the event will feature formal and informal discussions about using open, public communications to enable grid digitization at a truly universal scale.

“This is not your typical conference, as the sessions will be fewer in number, but with more substance,” said Campbell McCool, SmartSynch’s Chief Marketing Officer. “They won't be lectures, but interactive sessions led by industry thought leaders. Participants will leave with real-time information about where communications for the smart grid is today and more importantly where it will be tomorrow.”

Conference sessions will be moderated by Jesse Berst, the leading smart grid industry analyst and the managing director for Global Smart Energy. Topics include:

• Building smart grid ecosystems amongst several technology and service providers;
• Communication protocols and security;
• Utility strategies for deriving maximum output from technology investments; and
• Methods for ensuring that smart grid investments can be updated and enhanced without fear of obsolescence.

For more information about SmartSynch Conference 2010 and to register to attend, visit www.smartsynch.com/conference2010.

About SmartSynch
SmartSynch has been the only provider of standard, IP communicating end-to-end smart grid solutions utilizing public wireless networks for the utility industry since 2000. Our clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks, in lieu of proprietary networks, have to date simplified deployments for 100 major North American utilities, while enabling their clean-energy initiatives and delivering greater Returns on Resources.

As a smart grid infrastructure company, SmartSynch’s IP-based solutions are capable of delivering grid intelligence to and from any device. Our products and services include SmartMeters™ and SmartBoxes™ that immediately IP-enable the grid, software solutions, and network management services for utilities and their customers, as well as clean-tech companies in need of remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles.

IP-based public wireless networks enable utilities to strategically and rapidly deploy more secure and scalable smart grid solutions with minimal capital expenditures. IP networks and solutions may be remotely upgraded to interface with new technologies, since they are built upon open standards and leverage existing programs and tools. SmartSynch’s IP-based Smart Grid communications infrastructure encourages rapid application innovation and delivery of new functionality by allowing the broadest spectrum of ecosystem participants to focus on providing maximum benefits to utilities and their customers.

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