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A curated group of builders, doers, and leaders are gathering on August 25–27, 2026 at the JW Marriott Reston with one mission: build the roadmap that shapes the utility of the future, powered by MiCustomer DXP, together.

Event Agenda

Day 1 Tuesday, August 25th · Arrivals
6:00 – 7:00 PM

Welcome Cocktails

7:00 – 8:00 PM

Opening Dinner

Day 2 Wednesday, August 26th

Morning · Voice of the Utilities

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast & Registration

8:30 – 8:45 AM

MUG Chairman's Welcome

Carol Wallace

Carol Wallace, Director of Customer Operations, Puget Sound Energy

8:45 – 9:10 AM

The 2026 Focus: Know Your Customer

A guided look at what it means to Know Your Customer in 2026, mapped to the industry's biggest initiatives across affordability, AI enablement, and C&I experiences.

Mona Zeedan

Mona Zeedan, Head of MUG & Strategic Relationships, avertra

9:10 – 9:55 AM

Utility Perspectives, Part 1: The Big Question

A rare, side-by-side benchmark: three utilities take on the same question in fifteen minutes each, surfacing how peers frame success, where their priorities sit today, and the paths to solving shared challenges.

9:55 – 10:10 AM

Break

10:10 – 10:55 AM

Utility Perspectives, Part 2: Two Fireside Chats

An up-close, honest look at how utility leaders are meeting today's toughest challenges. Topics and speakers to be announced.

10:55 – 11:40 AM

Cross-Team Working Sessions

A hands-on working session where mixed tables of leaders take part in activities designed to surface shared challenges and align on the priorities worth carrying forward.

11:40 AM – 12:25 PM

Lunch

Afternoon · Platform & Future

12:25 – 1:25 PM

MiCustomer, Reintroduced: Impact Across the Community

A re-introduction to MiCustomer including how utilities across the community are leveraging the platform for impact and a reveal of new capabilities.

Bashir Bseirani

Bashir Bseirani, CEO/CTO, avertra

1:25 – 2:10 PM

Live Build Session

A real-time build session that puts a new way of working on display, building directly through MiCustomer's latest capabilities. The challenges surfaced earlier become the starting point, built on together in real time with direct utility input.

Bashir Bseirani

Bashir Bseirani, CEO/CTO, avertra

Hasan Alnatour

Hasan Alnatour, Director of Engineering, avertra

2:10 – 2:25 PM

Break

2:25 – 4:45 PM

Interactive Workshop Sessions

High energy, hands-on working sessions where leaders turn the day's challenges into concrete, prioritized ideas. The result is a set of real candidates that feed directly into the MiCustomer platform roadmap, giving the room genuine influence over what comes next.

4:45 – 5:10 PM

The Big Synthesis

Every idea, every insight, every workshop, consolidated into one vision: building the utility of the future and the platform roadmap that gets us there.

6:30 PM

Off-site Networking Evening

Details to be announced soon.

Day 3 Thursday, August 27th
8:00 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 AM

MiCustomer Roadmap Vote & Prioritization

A structured vote where the community weighs competing priorities and directly shapes what lands on the 2027 and 2028 roadmap.

10:00 – 10:30 AM

avertra's Roadmap Commitment

The final reveal. avertra presents the completed 2027 and 2028 roadmap and its commitments, built directly from the community's priorities.

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Wrap-Up & Closing

Featured Speakers

More speakers to be announced soon.

Carol Wallace

Carol Wallace

Director of Customer Operations, Puget Sound Energy

Mona Zeedan

Mona Zeedan

Head of MUG & Strategic Relationships, avertra

Bashir Bseirani

Bashir Bseirani

CEO/CTO, avertra

Hasan Alnatour

Hasan Alnatour

Director of Engineering, avertra

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Speaker TBA

Announcement coming soon

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Speaker TBA

Announcement coming soon