This conference provides energy and power industry professionals, as well as market participants, an expert forum to discuss critical issues and challenges pertaining to resource adequacy and capacity markets. Specific topics to be explored include load forecasts, demand response and price-responsive demand, scarcity pricing, local capacity requirements, capacity market design, and generation, transmission, demand-response and energy efficiency as capacity resources. Special attention will be paid to how emerging regulatory and industry emphases on demand management, price-responsive demand, renewable energy, and the smart grid will affect resource adequacy planning and the design, operation, and performance of capacity market

The Early Bird price for this conference is USD $1,195.00. After October 30, 2009 the price will be USD $1,395.00.