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  • Wednesday, May 22nd
    8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Fiber Monitoring - MCC, Room 202B
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Fiber
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  • Wednesday, May 22nd
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Fiber Monitoring Systems: An Overview
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Member: Tom McGrath – NTest
    Moderator: Roger Bryant – Southern Company Services
    Fiber
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  • Wednesday, May 22nd
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Physical Fiber Network Monitoring in Your Smart Grid
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Non-Member: Tom Coburn (he/him/his) – Adtran
    Moderator: Roger Bryant – Southern Company Services
    Fiber
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  • Wednesday, May 22nd
    9:40 AM – 10:40 AM CT
    The Value of Fiber Optic Cable Options to the Electric Utility and Its Customers – the Alabama Power Story
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Member: Paul Thompson – AFL
    Utility member: Thomas J. House, Jr. – Alabama Power Company
    Moderator: Roger Bryant – Southern Company Services
    Fiber
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  • Wednesday, May 22nd
    10:50 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Engineering and Deployment Issues for Utility Broadband Infrastructure
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Member: Ron Beck – Burns & McDonnell Engineering
    Moderator: Jason Smith – Blue Ridge Energy
    Fiber
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  • Thursday, May 23rd
    9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Deployment for Utilities
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Fiber
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  • Thursday, May 23rd
    9:10 AM – 9:40 AM CT
    Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Use Cases and Benefits for Electric Utilities Enhancing Grid Reliability, Resilience & Security - MCC, 202B
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Member: Jon Beckman – Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA)
    Moderator: Keisha Sauls (she/her/hers) – CenterPoint Energy
    Fiber
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  • Thursday, May 23rd
    9:40 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Deployment Examples of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Utilities Monitoring from Around North America and Beyond
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Utility Non-Member: Paul R. Baird (he/him/his) – Prysmian
    Vendor Non-Member: Dane Langen – Luna Innovations
    Moderator: Keisha Sauls (she/her/hers) – CenterPoint Energy
    Fiber
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  • Thursday, May 23rd
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Resilient Smart Grid Applications Using PON
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Non-Member: Robert A. Reid (he/him/his) – Panduit Corporation
    Moderator: Joann Howell – UTC
    Fiber
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  • Thursday, May 23rd
    4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Powering Passive Optical Networks
    Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
    Vendor Member: Jerry Hogan – Solara Technical Sales
    Moderator: Eric Wagner (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
    Fiber
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