Itron inspire2026 Sessions
Discover 75+ sessions from smart city and utility industry leaders that fit within one of our four tracks. Learn more about the types of tracks here.
More sessions coming soon — check back often for updates.
View Agenda-at-a-glance.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions
View DetailsBuilding the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions isn’t just about ROI models—it’s about what actually resonates with decision-makers. In this panel, utilities share how they’ve approached the transition to smart water, from defining value and prioritizing investments to navigating funding, risk, and stakeholder alignment. Hear candid lessons on what worked, what didn’t, and how to connect operational benefits—from water loss reduction and asset visibility to customer engagement—to a compelling, fundable strategy. -
Building the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions
View DetailsBuilding the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions isn’t just about ROI models—it’s about what actually resonates with decision-makers. In this panel, utilities share how they’ve approached the transition to smart water, from defining value and prioritizing investments to navigating funding, risk, and stakeholder alignment. Hear candid lessons on what worked, what didn’t, and how to connect operational benefits—from water loss reduction and asset visibility to customer engagement—to a compelling, fundable strategy. -
Evaluating Cat-M1, RedCap and eRedCap for AMI 2.0
View DetailsNot all cellular paths to AMI 2.0 are created equal—and choosing wrong can limit performance for years. This session cuts through the hype to compare Cat‑M1, RedCap, and eRedCap in real utility environments. Explore how each option impacts capacity, latency, device complexity, and long-term evolution, and gain a practical framework for selecting the right technology to support Grid Edge Intelligence and future-ready network growth. -
Evaluating Cat-M1, RedCap and eRedCap for AMI 2.0
View DetailsNot all cellular paths to AMI 2.0 are created equal—and choosing wrong can limit performance for years. This session cuts through the hype to compare Cat‑M1, RedCap, and eRedCap in real utility environments. Explore how each option impacts capacity, latency, device complexity, and long-term evolution, and gain a practical framework for selecting the right technology to support Grid Edge Intelligence and future-ready network growth. -
Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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FCS/Itron Mobile Product Update
View DetailsThis is session includes an overview of what is new in the Field Collection System (FCS) and Itron Mobile for FCS. This session will benefit all attendees who currently use FCS or are interested in learning more about Itron Mobile for FCS.
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FCS/Itron Mobile Product Update
View DetailsThis is session includes an overview of what is new in the Field Collection System (FCS) and Itron Mobile for FCS. This session will benefit all attendees who currently use FCS or are interested in learning more about Itron Mobile for FCS.
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Field Tools and FDM Product Update
View DetailsField Tools and FDM Tools are used to setup, program, and validate the installation of Itron gas and water ERTs and electricity meters. This session will cover key features, recent enhancements, new endpoint and meter support, and upcoming development. Join us to learn more about Field Tools latest updates.
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Field Tools and FDM Product Update
View DetailsField Tools and FDM Tools are used to setup, program, and validate the installation of Itron gas and water ERTs and electricity meters. This session will cover key features, recent enhancements, new endpoint and meter support, and upcoming development. Join us to learn more about Field Tools latest updates.
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Introduction to Field Tools Management Studio
View DetailsLearn about the new product replacing FDM Tools server client. Field Tools Management Studio builds on the legacy of FDM Tools using a whole new interface, improvements and new features. Come to this session to see it in action.
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Introduction to Field Tools Management Studio
View DetailsLearn about the new product replacing FDM Tools server client. Field Tools Management Studio builds on the legacy of FDM Tools using a whole new interface, improvements and new features. Come to this session to see it in action.
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Mobile Hardware Update
View DetailsWith more than 40 years of experience building leading meter-reading and field-deployment solutions, Itron understands the challenges facing your meter-reading and maintenance workforce. This session will present the newest offering of mobile radios and handheld devices supported by Itron. You will also hear an update on Mobile Collector family of drive-by radios, along with the many hardware computing choices available for your meter data collection and meter deployment.
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Mobile Hardware Update
View DetailsWith more than 40 years of experience building leading meter-reading and field-deployment solutions, Itron understands the challenges facing your meter-reading and maintenance workforce. This session will present the newest offering of mobile radios and handheld devices supported by Itron. You will also hear an update on Mobile Collector family of drive-by radios, along with the many hardware computing choices available for your meter data collection and meter deployment.
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Big Picture Session: Modernize, Don’t Just Replace: Unlocking Grid Edge Value
View DetailsAdvanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is widely deployed, but much of its value remains untapped beyond billing and outage detection as utilities face refresh and replacement decisions. During this Big Picture Session, a panel of leading utilities and industry experts will explore how utilities can unlock additional value from existing AMI investments.
Attendees will leave with practical insights into de-risking AMI modernization decisions, prioritizing high-value applications and turning AMI data into actionable outcomes.
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Big Picture Session: Modernize, Don’t Just Replace: Unlocking Grid Edge Value
View DetailsAdvanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is widely deployed, but much of its value remains untapped beyond billing and outage detection as utilities face refresh and replacement decisions. During this Big Picture Session, a panel of leading utilities and industry experts will explore how utilities can unlock additional value from existing AMI investments.
Attendees will leave with practical insights into de-risking AMI modernization decisions, prioritizing high-value applications and turning AMI data into actionable outcomes.
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Big Picture Session: Resiliency Solutions: Planning Smarter, Responding Faster and Operating Safer
View DetailsJoin us for a Big Picture Session as we introduce Itron’s newest product business unit, Resiliency Solutions, featuring the recent additions of Urbint and Locusview. This session will provide an overview of how Itron’s Resiliency Solutions—including Worker Safety, Damage Prevention, Emergency Preparedness & Response, and Digital Construction Management—enhance utility resilience and operational efficiency.
The session will conclude with a dynamic panel discussion featuring representatives from two leading utilities who will share firsthand experiences using these solutions in the field.
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Big Picture Session: Resiliency Solutions: Planning Smarter, Responding Faster and Operating Safer
View DetailsJoin us for a Big Picture Session as we introduce Itron’s newest product business unit, Resiliency Solutions, featuring the recent additions of Urbint and Locusview. This session will provide an overview of how Itron’s Resiliency Solutions—including Worker Safety, Damage Prevention, Emergency Preparedness & Response, and Digital Construction Management—enhance utility resilience and operational efficiency.
The session will conclude with a dynamic panel discussion featuring representatives from two leading utilities who will share firsthand experiences using these solutions in the field.
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Women Who Inspire Session
View DetailsJoin us for an afternoon tea social and a session on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Hear from a diverse panel of female leaders, as they share their unique journeys within their organizations, offering insights on navigating industry changes, work-life balance, embracing innovation, mentorship and much more.
Whether you’re male or female, an established leader or an emerging professional, this session will energize and equip you with practical ideas to foster female leadership in our industry. It’s also a wonderful chance to connect with colleagues and expand your network in a fun, supportive setting.
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Women Who Inspire Session
View DetailsJoin us for an afternoon tea social and a session on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Hear from a diverse panel of female leaders, as they share their unique journeys within their organizations, offering insights on navigating industry changes, work-life balance, embracing innovation, mentorship and much more.
Whether you’re male or female, an established leader or an emerging professional, this session will energize and equip you with practical ideas to foster female leadership in our industry. It’s also a wonderful chance to connect with colleagues and expand your network in a fun, supportive setting.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Operations Optimizer Essentials and Advanced: Utility Experiences from Insight to Impact
View DetailsLearn how Operations Optimizer Essentials and Operations Optimizer Advanced—both network-agnostic solutions—help turn AMI data into measurable operational value. Hear about experiences improving AMI performance, prioritizing issues, reducing truck rolls and protecting revenue, from quick time‑to‑value with OO Essentials to deeper analytics and optimization with OO Advanced. Attendees will gain practical insights into how actionable intelligence supports efficient operations, stronger system health and scalable analytics as utility needs evolve.
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Operations Optimizer Essentials and Advanced: Utility Experiences from Insight to Impact
View DetailsLearn how Operations Optimizer Essentials and Operations Optimizer Advanced—both network-agnostic solutions—help turn AMI data into measurable operational value. Hear about experiences improving AMI performance, prioritizing issues, reducing truck rolls and protecting revenue, from quick time‑to‑value with OO Essentials to deeper analytics and optimization with OO Advanced. Attendees will gain practical insights into how actionable intelligence supports efficient operations, stronger system health and scalable analytics as utility needs evolve.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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Exception Management - An Agentic AI story
View DetailsManaging meter data exceptions is one of the most time‑consuming and resource‑intensive parts of the billing process—and it’s only getting harder as data volumes grow. In this session, Itron introduces its first agentic AI capability, purpose‑built to transform exception management within meter data management (MDM). By combining proven MDM validation rules with autonomous AI agents, this new approach can detect, diagnose, and recommend—or even resolve—billing exceptions with minimal human intervention. Attendees will see how agentic AI shifts exception management from manual triage to intelligent automation, helping utilities improve billing accuracy, reduce operational burden, and scale without adding staff.
The session will show how AI‑driven exception management can reduce manual billing reviews while maintaining trust, accuracy, and auditability, and offer real‑world insight into how AI agents analyze meter reads, events, and contextual system data to pinpoint root causes and recommend next actions. Participants will also gain a practical view of how utilities can adopt this capability incrementally—starting with AI‑assisted recommendations and evolving toward greater automation—along with a forward‑looking perspective on the future of MDM, where intelligent agents continuously learn, adapt, and scale alongside growing data and operational demands.
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Modernizing Meter Data Management with IEE Cloud
View DetailsDiscover what it really takes to successfully move meter data management to the cloud—and what your utility stands to gain —by learning directly from Itron experts. In this session, attendees will walk away with clear, practical insight into how to prepare their organization for IEE Cloud, reduce risk during migration, and build the technical readiness needed for long-term success. Learn about the benefits utilities will realize—from greater scalability and resilience to reduced IT burden and faster access to trusted data. If you’re evaluating cloud-based MDM or planning your next platform evolution, this session will help you set realistic expectations, avoid common pitfalls, and confidently chart your path forward with IEE Cloud
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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FCS/Itron Mobile Product Update
View DetailsThis is session includes an overview of what is new in the Field Collection System (FCS) and Itron Mobile for FCS. This session will benefit all attendees who currently use FCS or are interested in learning more about Itron Mobile for FCS.
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FCS/Itron Mobile Product Update
View DetailsThis is session includes an overview of what is new in the Field Collection System (FCS) and Itron Mobile for FCS. This session will benefit all attendees who currently use FCS or are interested in learning more about Itron Mobile for FCS.
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Field Tools and FDM Product Update
View DetailsField Tools and FDM Tools are used to setup, program, and validate the installation of Itron gas and water ERTs and electricity meters. This session will cover key features, recent enhancements, new endpoint and meter support, and upcoming development. Join us to learn more about Field Tools latest updates.
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Field Tools and FDM Product Update
View DetailsField Tools and FDM Tools are used to setup, program, and validate the installation of Itron gas and water ERTs and electricity meters. This session will cover key features, recent enhancements, new endpoint and meter support, and upcoming development. Join us to learn more about Field Tools latest updates.
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Introduction to Field Tools Management Studio
View DetailsLearn about the new product replacing FDM Tools server client. Field Tools Management Studio builds on the legacy of FDM Tools using a whole new interface, improvements and new features. Come to this session to see it in action.
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Introduction to Field Tools Management Studio
View DetailsLearn about the new product replacing FDM Tools server client. Field Tools Management Studio builds on the legacy of FDM Tools using a whole new interface, improvements and new features. Come to this session to see it in action.
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Mobile Hardware Update
View DetailsWith more than 40 years of experience building leading meter-reading and field-deployment solutions, Itron understands the challenges facing your meter-reading and maintenance workforce. This session will present the newest offering of mobile radios and handheld devices supported by Itron. You will also hear an update on Mobile Collector family of drive-by radios, along with the many hardware computing choices available for your meter data collection and meter deployment.
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Mobile Hardware Update
View DetailsWith more than 40 years of experience building leading meter-reading and field-deployment solutions, Itron understands the challenges facing your meter-reading and maintenance workforce. This session will present the newest offering of mobile radios and handheld devices supported by Itron. You will also hear an update on Mobile Collector family of drive-by radios, along with the many hardware computing choices available for your meter data collection and meter deployment.
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Planning your migration from FCS/MVRS to Temetra
View DetailsTemetra is Itron's latest mobile data collection solution. Temetra is cloud-based and in addition to this new architecture, it brings a variety of new features not available in earlier generation systems. In this session Itron will review the key topics to consider when migrating from FCS to Temetra to help you prepare for your future migration.
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Planning your migration from FCS/MVRS to Temetra
View DetailsTemetra is Itron's latest mobile data collection solution. Temetra is cloud-based and in addition to this new architecture, it brings a variety of new features not available in earlier generation systems. In this session Itron will review the key topics to consider when migrating from FCS to Temetra to help you prepare for your future migration.
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Standardizing Hot Meter Response for Safety & Reliability
View DetailsVersant Power engineered a standardized HOP aligned workflow for AMI hot meter alarms by partnering with frontline workers, analyzing system conditions rather than individual actions, and establishing consistent response and learning practices that strengthen safety and operational reliability.
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Temetra Customer Experience
View DetailsHundreds of utilities in North America are now using Temetra, Itron's latest generation mobile data collection solution and data repository. In this session, a utility who recently moved to Temetra will talk about their experience, the lessons learned, and the benefits they are experiencing with this powerful, cloud-based solution.
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Temetra Customer Experience
View DetailsHundreds of utilities in North America are now using Temetra, Itron's latest generation mobile data collection solution and data repository. In this session, a utility who recently moved to Temetra will talk about their experience, the lessons learned, and the benefits they are experiencing with this powerful, cloud-based solution.
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Temetra Mobile Product Update & Hands-On Demo
View DetailsSmartphones and tablets have revolutionized mobile computing. Itron is doing the same for mobile meter data collection. Attendees to this session will have the opportunity to test drive Temetra Mobile, our latest product for mobile utility employees. You will load the app and meters on your smartphone and experience how this solution can optimize and enhance field operations at your company.
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Temetra Mobile Product Update & Hands-On Demo
View DetailsSmartphones and tablets have revolutionized mobile computing. Itron is doing the same for mobile meter data collection. Attendees to this session will have the opportunity to test drive Temetra Mobile, our latest product for mobile utility employees. You will load the app and meters on your smartphone and experience how this solution can optimize and enhance field operations at your company.
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Temetra Product Overview
View DetailsTemetra is Itron's latest cloud-based mobile meter data collection solution. Join us to see how Temetra allows electric, gas, and water utilities efficiently dispatch routes and collect reads, while also delivering powerful new functionality in the form of long-term data storage, advanced search features, and analytics capabilities.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building a Practical Foundation for Water Loss Management: Lessons from the Field
View DetailsReducing water loss isn’t a single technology decision, it’s a journey that requires the right foundation, informed tradeoffs, and lessons learned along the way. Many utilities still rely on customer reports or periodic surveys to identify leakage, making response largely reactive. This session focuses on how utilities are shifting toward a proactive water loss strategy by leveraging network data, analytics, and improved visibility into system behavior. Speakers will discuss how combining distribution system data—such as pressure trends, asset age, material, and failure history—enables earlier identification of emerging issues before they result in surface leaks or main breaks.
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Building the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions
View DetailsBuilding the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions isn’t just about ROI models—it’s about what actually resonates with decision-makers. In this panel, utilities share how they’ve approached the transition to smart water, from defining value and prioritizing investments to navigating funding, risk, and stakeholder alignment. Hear candid lessons on what worked, what didn’t, and how to connect operational benefits—from water loss reduction and asset visibility to customer engagement—to a compelling, fundable strategy. -
Building the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions
View DetailsBuilding the Business Case for Smart Water Solutions isn’t just about ROI models—it’s about what actually resonates with decision-makers. In this panel, utilities share how they’ve approached the transition to smart water, from defining value and prioritizing investments to navigating funding, risk, and stakeholder alignment. Hear candid lessons on what worked, what didn’t, and how to connect operational benefits—from water loss reduction and asset visibility to customer engagement—to a compelling, fundable strategy. -
Evaluating Cat-M1, RedCap and eRedCap for AMI 2.0
View DetailsNot all cellular paths to AMI 2.0 are created equal—and choosing wrong can limit performance for years. This session cuts through the hype to compare Cat‑M1, RedCap, and eRedCap in real utility environments. Explore how each option impacts capacity, latency, device complexity, and long-term evolution, and gain a practical framework for selecting the right technology to support Grid Edge Intelligence and future-ready network growth. -
Evaluating Cat-M1, RedCap and eRedCap for AMI 2.0
View DetailsNot all cellular paths to AMI 2.0 are created equal—and choosing wrong can limit performance for years. This session cuts through the hype to compare Cat‑M1, RedCap, and eRedCap in real utility environments. Explore how each option impacts capacity, latency, device complexity, and long-term evolution, and gain a practical framework for selecting the right technology to support Grid Edge Intelligence and future-ready network growth. -
Operations Optimizer Essentials and Advanced: Utility Experiences from Insight to Impact
View DetailsLearn how Operations Optimizer Essentials and Operations Optimizer Advanced—both network-agnostic solutions—help turn AMI data into measurable operational value. Hear about experiences improving AMI performance, prioritizing issues, reducing truck rolls and protecting revenue, from quick time‑to‑value with OO Essentials to deeper analytics and optimization with OO Advanced. Attendees will gain practical insights into how actionable intelligence supports efficient operations, stronger system health and scalable analytics as utility needs evolve.
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Operations Optimizer Essentials and Advanced: Utility Experiences from Insight to Impact
View DetailsLearn how Operations Optimizer Essentials and Operations Optimizer Advanced—both network-agnostic solutions—help turn AMI data into measurable operational value. Hear about experiences improving AMI performance, prioritizing issues, reducing truck rolls and protecting revenue, from quick time‑to‑value with OO Essentials to deeper analytics and optimization with OO Advanced. Attendees will gain practical insights into how actionable intelligence supports efficient operations, stronger system health and scalable analytics as utility needs evolve.
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Overview of Real Water Loss Reduction Methods
Water loss isn’t just a leakage problem—it’s a visibility problem. This session cuts through fragmented approaches to provide a practical, vendor-neutral view of real water loss reduction. Explore proven methods, emerging technologies, and lessons from real-world pilots—helping utilities move from reactive detection to proactive management, improving system efficiency, reducing non-revenue water, and strengthening long-term operational resilience.View Details -
Overview of Real Water Loss Reduction Methods
Water loss isn’t just a leakage problem—it’s a visibility problem. This session cuts through fragmented approaches to provide a practical, vendor-neutral view of real water loss reduction. Explore proven methods, emerging technologies, and lessons from real-world pilots—helping utilities move from reactive detection to proactive management, improving system efficiency, reducing non-revenue water, and strengthening long-term operational resilience.View Details -
Smart Water Solutions Portfolio Overview
View DetailsJoin us to explore how Smart Water Solutions are transforming utility operations—connecting data, devices, and analytics into a unified platform. Learn how utilities are reducing water loss, improving asset performance, and enhancing customer engagement with real-time insights—while building a scalable foundation to address aging infrastructure, regulatory pressure, and long-term efficiency goals. -
Smart Water Solutions Portfolio Overview
View DetailsJoin us to explore how Smart Water Solutions are transforming utility operations—connecting data, devices, and analytics into a unified platform. Learn how utilities are reducing water loss, improving asset performance, and enhancing customer engagement with real-time insights—while building a scalable foundation to address aging infrastructure, regulatory pressure, and long-term efficiency goals.
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From Paper to Platform: Demystifying Digital Construction Management for Gas and Electric Utilities
View DetailsFor many gas and electric utilities, the transition from a completed design to actual field construction is still trapped in a world of clipboards, paper forms, and manual data entry. This disconnect creates blind spots, delays project closeouts, and introduces compliance risks. Updating systems of record with accurate asset and other construction data can take months and, in some cases, years. That also compromises the heavy investment electric utilities have put into operational systems like ADMS, which require accurate, timely data to run effectively. Digital Construction Management (DCM) bridges this gap, establishing a single, real-time digital platform that connects field crews with the back office to automatically capture high-accuracy asset data, scan barcodes, and track progress as it happens.
In this session, we will break down the foundational value proposition of DCM—why it is becoming an industry standard and how it fundamentally transforms utility infrastructure delivery.
To ground these concepts, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (MDU) will share its digital transformation journey. MDU initially adopted DCM to modernize its gas construction workflows, replacing paper with real-time data to streamline asset documentation and close projects faster. Recognizing that field construction challenges are universal, MDU seamlessly expanded the exact same digital platform to its electric business. Presenters will provide a "101-style" introduction to DCM capabilities, share lessons learned during implementation, and demonstrate how a single platform can be tailored for a single commodity or scaled to unify both gas and electric operations.
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WORKER SAFETY: Preparing the Next Generation of the Workforce (Invite Only)
View DetailsAs experienced workers retire and workforce expectations evolve, utilities face new challenges in developing the next generation of field leaders.
This session, explores strategies for capturing institutional knowledge, accelerating workforce development, and equipping employees with the skills and confidence needed to succeed in an increasingly complex operating environment.
Learn how organizations like WEC are leveraging technology, training, and operational insights to build a safer, more capable, and future-ready workforce.
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WORKER SAFETY Culture of Energy-Based Safety and What's Next (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin Exelon to explore its evolution toward an Energy-Based Safety approach and the lessons learned along the way.
This session will examine how the organization shifted the safety conversation from human performance to exposure reduction, with a focus on identifying critical controls and addressing the conditions that create serious injury and fatality (SIF) risk.
Attendees will gain insight into the strategies, cultural changes, and future opportunities shaping the next generation of safety performance.
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WORKER SAFETY Customer Innovation Labs: Shaping the Future of Utility Safety & Operations (CAB Invitation Only) (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin fellow Customer Advisory Board (CAB) members for an interactive innovation session focused on the future of utility safety and operations. Through collaborative discussions, hands-on ideation, and solution prototyping, participants will explore emerging challenges, validate new concepts, and help shape the next generation of industry solutions.
This exclusive forum provides a unique opportunity to influence product direction, share strategic priorities, and collaborate with peers on the operational and safety challenges facing utilities today and tomorrow.
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WORKER SAFETY Day 1 Recap (Invite Only)
View DetailsWe'll wrap Day 1 with a recap of the day's sessions, and a preview of what to expect on Day 2.
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WORKER SAFETY Microlearning in the Job Safety Briefing (JSB) – Human-in-the-Loop Hazard Recognition (Invite Only)
View DetailsLearn how one utility is using task-specific microlearning within the Job Safety Briefing (JSB) process to deliver timely, relevant safety guidance to field crews.
This session will explore how targeted learning moments help workers identify hazards, reinforce critical safety practices, and make informed decisions in the field—providing the right knowledge at the right time to enhance situational awareness and support safer operations.
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WORKER SAFETY Product Roadmap & What's New (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin members of the Worker Safety product and leadership team as they provide an update on new features as well as the product roadmap for 2027 and beyond.
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WORKER SAFETY Supervisor Engagement in the Job Safety Process (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin National Grid to learn how technology is enabling front-line supervisors to play a more active role in the safety process.
This session will showcase how digital tools support targeted coaching, real-time guidance, and enhanced oversight before, during, and after work execution—helping strengthen safety culture, improve accountability, and reduce operational risk.
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WORKER SAFETY Welcome & Introductions - Worker Safety (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin us as we welcome everyone to the Worker Safety Breakouts at Inspire 2026!
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WORKER SAFETY What 500,000 Safety Workflows Taught Us: Benchmarking and Lessons from the Worker Safety Community (Invite Only)
View DetailsDrawing on insights from more than 500,000 completed safety workflows and the broader Workforce Safety community, this session explores emerging trends, benchmarking data, and best practices from across the utility industry.
Learn how leading organizations are using operational and safety data to improve performance, strengthen safety culture, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
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WORKER SAFETY What We Learned Scaling Safety Across the Enterprise (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin this session to hear from peers as they share key lessons learned from scaling a safety program across multiple business units and operational environments.
Attendees will gain insights into the challenges and successes of driving enterprise-wide adoption, establishing consistent processes, and building a foundation for standardization.
The discussion will also explore the evolution from standardized safety practices to operational intelligence, where data-driven insights help organizations proactively identify risks, improve performance, and support continuous improvement.
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DAMAGE PREVENTION Welcome & Introductions (Invite Only)
View DetailsJoin us as we welcome everyone to the Damage Prevention Breakouts at Inspire 2026!