2010 ZEMA User Forum and Enterprise Data Management Conference Successfully Ended

Last week many attendees of the ZEMA User Forum and Enterprise Data Management Conference said good bye to Vancouver and returned home. The exciting events brought together friends and colleagues within the energy and commodities industries for a valuable information exchange and networking opportunity. Many were happy to join us and share their insights with the experts in the industry. The events were also filled with corporate functions and social events with non-profit benefits, and as most agreed, their time was well-spent. The events were well received and created energy for the future ideas and projects.



The User Forum's first day was opened by a welcome speech from Dr. Zak El-Ramly, the CEO, president and founder of ZE PowerGroup. Following Dr. El-Ramly, the ZE IT group gave a few presentations where users were engaged and sessions were overall interactive. New product demonstrations included ZEMA Dashboard, ZEMA Data Validation, and the new ZEMA Curve Manager add-on. The ZEMA users' discussions were focused on the challenges of managing broker data feeds and the frequent data format changes associated with them. The second day of the User Forum was hosted by the ZE Consulting Group and was filled with the demonstrations of ZEMA Market Analyzer's tool capabilities with a focus on Forward Curve capabilities. During the discussion, the users provided a few new ideas and suggestions that will help to make some interesting improvements and additions to the ZEMA Suite of Products.

Among the Conference speakers were

• Aiman El-Ramly, Senior Vice President Strategy, ZE PowerGroup Inc.


• Alex Melekhin, Director of Analytics, ZE PowerGroup Inc.


• Alex Zhukovsky, Director Quantitative Risk, National Grid


• Anup Singh, Director Global Markets, Sapient


• Bjorn Hagalmann, COO, MRE Consulting


• Daniel Brummer, Director of Alliances, Allegro Development Corporation


• David Linton, Chief Executive, Updata


• Don Jefferis, Partner, Opportune LLP


• Dr. Zak El-Ramly, President and CEO, ZE PowerGroup Inc.


• Larry Heitkemper, Vice President and Director Weather Services, MDA Earthsat Weather


• Manal El-Ramly, Director Eastern Office, ZE PowerGroup Inc.


• Michal Peliwo, Manager, Product Development, ZEMA Suite


• Olga Gorstenko, Manager, Consulting, ZE PowerGroup Inc.


• Ross Allen, Washington Bureau Chief, Argus Media Inc.


• Sam Wilhelm, Director Business Development, SolArc Inc.


• Spencer Gallagher, Senior Director, Reference Data Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Corporation


• Tatum Vittengl, Sales Executive, Weather Service International (Weather Channel)


• Tim Almdal, Enterprise Architect, ZEMA Suite


• Timothy Hebert, Vice President Energy Operations, Energy New England

The Conference ended Thursday night with a closing speech by Dr. Zak El-Ramly, where he thanked all who attended the events. For more information about these two exciting events that took place in Vancouver, BC, October 24-27 please visit ZE Conference Organizers.

A New Group on LinkedIn to Inform about Data Management Conference

Today’s energy markets are highly complex. In a fast-paced and volatile trading environment, well-known as well as new fundamental forces reshape a complicated energy trading business. Frequent regulatory changes, market volatility, technology evolution, in addition to the recent developments in renewable, emissions, and other environmental areas make implementing ETRM systems an expensive and time consuming process.

As you may know, ZE is organizing an important event - Energy and Commodities Enterprise Data Management Conference in Vancouver. The conference will bring together friends in the energy and commodities industries for a valuable information exchange and networking opportunity. You are welcome to join us and share your insights with the top people in your industry. To provide additional informational support for this event, a new group has been created on LinkedIn. Please join it at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3437483

It is a convenient way to exchange short timely updates!

ZE Freely Shares its Expertise with the Industry by Contributing to Major Industry Events

The autumn of 2010 is rich of Energy and Commodities industry events. In October 26 -27, Enterprise Data Management Conference for Energy and Commodities (Vancouver, BC) is held by ZE PowerGroup; speakers: Dr. Zak El-Ramly, Aiman El-Ramly, Waleed El-Ramly, Alex Melekhin, and others. It will cover navigating the data universe, complexities and realities of evolving markets, turning data into market intelligence, considerations for data and system integration, future markets and regulation, etc.

September 14-16, SolArc 2010 ASCENT Conference and User Group Meeting in Montgomery, TX. ZE Attendees: Fran Rolon, Alexey Melekhin

September 13-16, The Allegro 2010 Customer Summit in Dallas, TX. ZE Attendees: Igor Melekhin, Geoff Trawick

September 13-15, Triple Point's FocalPoint 2010 in Rye Brook, NY. ZE Attendees: Bruce Colquhoun, Vlad Alexeyev

September 13-15, LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent in Chicago, IL. Manal El-Ramly, Director of ZE Eastern Office will be presenting at this conference. The title of her presentation is: “Front, Middle and Back Office Integration - The Challenges and Outlook for the Future”

September 28-30, MEMA 2010 Fall Conference in New Orleans, LA. Aiman El-Ramly, ZE Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development will be speaking at this event. The title of his presentation is “Deepwater Horizon – Global Energy Effects: A Focus on the Mid-term”

October 6-8, NESA 29th Annual Meeting: Energy Forum 2010 in Bastrop, TX. ZE Attendees: Fran Rolon, Geoff Trawick

October 11-13, LDC Gas Forum Rockies & West in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Zak El-Ramly, ZE President and CEO will be presenting at this conference. The title of his presentation is “The Art of Managing Business Risk”

If you are interested in learning more about ZEMA, or about the people behind the product, join us at these events or schedule a meeting in the area. For other event attendees, this is your opportunity to meet face-to-face with representatives of the leading Data Management solution ZEMA Suite™; contact us at zema@ze.com to find out how to book your on-site demo.

Energy and Commodities Enterprise Data Management Conference

ZE PowerGroup is holding a conference on Data Management, Analysis and Integration on October 26 – 27, 2010. The Conference is designed to help the industry define and overcome the challenges of managing the immense volume of data available in our complex environment. ZE will be joined by worldwide industry experts bringing their experience and insight to participants of the conference. The conference is to cover the following:

• Navigating the data universe
  
• Complexities and realities of evolving markets
  
• Converting data into market intelligence
  
• Considerations for data and system integration
  
• System implementation case studies
  
• Future markets and regulation

For more details visit the page Energy and Commodities Enterprise Data Management Conference Agenda

Registration Required

To join a network of industry experts from across the globe, visit the registration page Energy and Commodities Enterprise Data Management Conference Registration

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