On January 13, 2011, FERC issued the agenda for the Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Technical Conference scheduled for January 31, 2011. The conference will begin at 1:00 pm (EST) and is scheduled to conclude at 5:00 pm. Panelists include: Ed Beroset of Elster Solutions, LLC, John Lucas of Southern Company and Ron Ambrosio of IBM, among others. FERC staff along with George Arnold of NIST will wrap-up the event. The conference is open to the public and will be webcast for those not wanting to travel to FERC headquarters (888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20426) where the event will take place in the Commission Meeting Room.