Winter 2006: The 10th bi-annual Executive Asset Management Forum was held in Washington, D.C. on December 7-8, 2006. The meeting was hosted by Pepco Holdings, Inc. at their Edison Conference Center in the downtown Washington and also was sponsored by AEP, NU, and THESL. For information on the upcoming 11th Forum in Spring 2008, please contact us at energy@daviescon.com.

June 5-6, 2006: The 9th bi-annual Executive Asset Management Forum was held in Washington, D.C. on June 5th & 6th, 2006. The meeting was hosted by Pepco Holdings, Inc. at their Edison Conference Center in downtown Washington and also was sponsored by AEP, NU, and THESL. For information on the upcoming 10th Forum, please contact us at energy@daviescon.com.

Feb 23-2, 2006: Grant Davies, President of DCI gave a presentation at the Large Public Power Council (LPPC, http://www.lppc.org/) Emergency Management Workshop on Storm Restoration Benchmarking.

December 1-2, 2005: DCI held its 8th biannual Energy Asset Management Executive Forum, in Washington, DC, at Pepco Holdings Inc.'s Edison Conference Center. Participants decided it is important to continue to hold biannual meetings and agreed that there should be a spring Forum. For information about the spring Forum, please call Miki Deric at 301-652-4535.

June 29-30 , 2005: DCI hosted a booth at the Southeastern Electric Exchange Annual Conference & Trade Show, at the Baltimore Marriott Hotel.

June 1-2, 2005: DCI held its 7th biannual Energy Asset Management Executive Forum, in Vienna, VA, at the Dulles Hyatt Hotel. It was sponsored by DCI/American Electric Power/Northeast Utilities/Pepco Holdings. Over 25 U.S. and Canadian utilities participated in the Forum. The use of case studies, and the intimate nature of the forum allowed for detailed, focused discussion of Asset Management issues. For information about the fall Forum, please call Miki Deric at 301-652-4535.

April 25 , 2005: Miki Deric and Collier Hall discussed Preparing for Regulatory Oversight before a Major Weather-Caused Event at the Southeastern Electrical Exchange. Most major storm restoration efforts end up with some degree of a utility's response in regulatory review. In order to effectively address these reviews and support the outcome, utilities must dedicate a significant amount of resources. DCI will discuss how to effectively prepare and manage regulatory reviews in order to learn from past experiences.. and improve operations without new regulations and requirements that hinder productivity.

April 3-6, 2005: Miki Deric and Collier Hall discussed Performance-Based Rate-making and Standards at the EEI T&D Conference in Tampa, Florida.

March 31-April 1, 2005: Collier Hall and Grant Davies spoke at the American Edison Illuminating Company Operating Committee on March 31-April 1. The focus of the discussion was Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management. DCI administered a survey of the participants regarding their practices and will present the results at the session.

March 8-9,2005: DCI and Florida Power & Light collaborated on a workshop (March 8-9) on Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management. Approximately eighty leaders of major electric utilities were invited to participate in one of the largest workshops in the industry to exchange ideas and experiences related to service restoration efforts, mutual aid, and logistics.

Spring 2005: The overwhelming positive response received as a result of the first Emergency Management and Restoration Executive Forum, held October 28, 2004, led to a decision to continue the discussions in a second session, time to be determined. For information about the upcoming Forum, contact Miki Deric at 301-652-4535. For more information about the DCI's emergency response services, click here.

November 2004: DCI held its fall Energy Executive Asset Management Forum, November 15-16, in Anaheim, CA, at the Disney Grand California Hotel. It was sponsored by DCI/American Electric Power/Northeast Utilities/Southern California Edison. This was the sixth in the AM series. The use of case studies, and the intimate nature of the forum allowed for detailed, focused discussion of Asset Management issues. Please call Miki Deric at 301-652-4535 for information on the upcoming spring event.

November 2004: DCI Healthcare VP participated in BIO Europe in Cologne, Germany November 8-10. Dr. Karen Gilberg participated in the BIO Europe partnering sessions to present our R&D Risk Assessment* Process and Tools, which have been used by our clients to help them to increase the commercial value and the speed to market of individual projects, as well as to facilitate portfolio management and the screening of in-licensing opportunities. This process and tools can be used at any stage of discovery and development (from target ID through registration), are based on input from over 200 industry experts, and have been applied to both SMOLs and biologics. [ * developed by our partner, Catenion Strategies]

October 2004: DCI launches AIS 2.0, the web version of its approach for optimizing utility investment portfolios!!! Click here for further information, or contact us at ais@daviescon.com.

October 2004: DCI held its first Emergency Management and Restoration Executive Forum in Charlotte, N.C., October 28, 2004. The Forum was for utility executive management concerned with the challenge of responding to customers, regulators, and general public policy. For information about further Forums, contact Miki Deric at 301-652-4535. For more information about the DCI's emergency response services, click here.

July 2004: DCI was one of the sponsors of an Asset Management T&D Conference in
Memphis, TN, July 07-08, 2004, focused on implementing asset management strategies that incorporate best industry practices for optimizing return on investment and improving lifecycle management. Click here for more information.

June 2004: DCI participated in the Pharma Partnering Program at BIO 2004, June 7-9, 2004. Dr. Karen Gilberg and Mr. Jack McGuinness discussed the following DCI services with attendees:

1. Our R&D Risk Assessment* Process and Tools, which have been used by our clients to help them to increase the commercial value and the speed to market of individual projects, as well as to facilitate portfolio management and the screening of in-licensing opportunities. This process and tools can be used at any stage of discovery and development (from target ID through registration), are based on input from over 200 industry experts, and have been applied to both SMOLs and biologics. [ * developed by our partner, Catenion Strategies]

2. A Beta Test of our Organizational Effectiveness Assessment Tool, which we have developed to assist our biotechnology clients to successfully make the complex transition from organizations with less than 150 employees focused on discovery and early development, to larger organizations focused on full development and commercialization of products.

June 2004: A highly successful DCI/American Electric Power-sponsored Asset Management Executive Forum was held June 16-17, 2004, at the Virginia Dulles Airport Hyatt. The use of case studies, and the intimate nature of the forum, allowed for detailed, focused discussion of the issues, ranging from multi-jurisdictional reliability strategy to investment prioritization and regulatory strategy implementation. The Fall Forum is being scheduled for late October/November of 2004. Please call Miki Deric at 301-652-4535 for information on the upcoming event.

February 2004: Collier Hall, Vice President of DCI's Energy Practice, presented DCI's investment prioritization process and tool at the EEI Strategic Issues Roundtable in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 19-20, 2004.