Company Name:
Note:  Contact information
will be used for questions.
Type of company:
(Utility, Vendor or Other.
If Other, explain)
Contact Name:
Your email Address:
Your Phone Number:
1.  Provide title of your presentation in 12 words or less:
2.  Provide 3-4 descriptive key items in 20 words or less that would best explain what
information and knowledge you wish to share with the audience
3.  Provide a clear and concise 150 word description of your presentation
4.  Provide amount of time you believe you will need for your presentation
5.  Speaker information
2.  Speaker Name
1.  Speaker  Name
Title:
 Title:
Phone:
Phone:
email:
email:
Note:  All speakers must be a registered attendee of the Utility Payment Conference.  It is our
policy to accept non-commercial presentations.
My/Our abstract submission form indicates I/We have read the abstract information
provided above and accept the terms specified.  
Call For Presentations
The Utility Payment Conference cordially invites interested parties in the cooperative, municipality,
utility, retailer and service provider sector to submit presentation abstracts for our annual Utility
Payment Conference.  Take a look at the suggested topics.

Timeline
Abstract submission due date:  November 15 - March 31
Abstract selection:  April 22
Abstract notification acceptance:  May 1

General Information
Audience
Your audience will consist of owners, CEO's, vice presidents, directors, managers, supervisors,
coordinators, analysts and representatives from cooperatives, municipalities, utilities, retailers and
service providers in the Customer Service, Customer Accounting, Credit, Collections, IT,
Purchasing, Remittance and Treasury departments with a concentration of or sole interest in
payments and credit and collections.

Information
All information shared for the abstract should be generic.  
  • No proprietary or confidential information should be shared at any time
  • No sales or promotion of your company/and or vendor should occur

Presentation Length
Presentation length may be from one half (1/2) hour up to and including one (1) hour including
Q&A.  The amount of time provided to you may be adjusted by the Planning Committee.  

Selection Information
  • The scope of the presentation should be relevant to the audience and supported by 3-4
    items that the audience will learn (knowledge indicators)
  • Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the Planning & Presentation Committee and will
    be based on clarity, quality and relevance to the audience in addition to originality and
    innovation of the presentation

Presentation Criteria - Information will be sent upon selection.
Note: All selected speakers must be a registered attendee.  
www.paymentconference.com
Utility    
Communications, Cooperatives,
Municipalities and Utilities
2012 Planning Committee
(left to right): Amanda Johnson., UPC, Debbie B.,
SoCal Gas, Mary Lou Rodriguez, San Diego Gas &
Electric, Beth C., Entergy, Rose Clemensen, UPC