The Outage Management Solutions conference not only attempts to deal with the already existing problems and finding solutions to them but places a greater emphasis on creating and carrying out strategies which allows Transmission and Distribution companies cope with the ever present challenge of mother nature as seen with the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Some of the objectives of this conference are as follows: - to inform of the new outage Detection and Restoration Programs and Strategies, to improve or revamp the existing business model of your company to make it more profitable. Integration and Automation Strategies, to provide regulatory insight to emerging regulations and standards which will have even further impact on the industry and last but not satisfying those needs of your customer with regards to outage management.