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Thursday, May 23, 2024
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM CT
Membership Breakfast
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Grand Ballroom
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7:45 AM – 9:00 AM CT
Membership Meeting
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Grand Ballroom
Speaker: Kirt P. Mayson – NorthWestern Energy
Speaker: Gary R. Vondrasek (he/him/his) – JEA
Speaker: Anthony Suppa, Jr. – Public Service Enterprise Group
Speaker: Dewey Day – Pacific Gas and Electric
Speaker: Rusty Williams – Utilities Technology Council
7:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
Registration Open
Location: Mobile Convention Center - 2nd Floor Concourse
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9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
A Strategic Evolution to Packet-based Timing: Leveraging Precision Time Protocol Across Your Network
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202A
Utility member: Justin Hardy – Southern Company
Vendor Member: Rob Jodrie – Syncworks
Vendor Member: Matt Kitchen – Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Campbell Baskin (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
Telecom Networks
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9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Codes, Standards and Rule Changes Impacting Tower and Small Cells
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203B
Vendor Non-Member: Kenneth Hill (he/him/his) – Crown Castle Inc
Utility member: Anthony Suppa, Jr. – Public Service Enterprise Group
Moderator: Sean Stokes (he/him/his) – Keller & Heckman, LLP
UtiliSite/Operations Issues
9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Deployment for Utilities - MCC Room 202B
Fiber

9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Enabling & Testing Hybrid Advanced Fiber/PLTE Communication Networks for Grid Modernization - MCC, Room 201A
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
PLTE
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9:10 AM – 9:40 AM CT
Enabling Utility Use-cases Through a Hybrid Advanced Communication Network Consisting of Fiber Optics and PLTE
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
Utility member: Thomas Flanagan (he/him/his) – Commonwealth Edison
Utility member: Scott Wethy (he/him/his) – ComEd
Vendor Member: Keith Moll – Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Eric Wagner (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
PLTE
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9:40 AM – 10:10 AM CT
PLTE Testing of Utility Use Cases in Support of Grid Modernization
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
Utility member: Jayson Shiau – Commonwealth Edison
Vendor Member: Daniel Allnutt – Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Eric Wagner (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
PLTE
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9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Monitoring Saved the Substation: Leveraging SNMP in the Utility Industry
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201C
Vendor Non-Member: Stacy Mill – Pivot Tech Solutions
Moderator: Roger Bryant – Southern Company Services
IT
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9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
NERC CIP AUDIT Lessons Learned from a Utility Perspective
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201D
Utility member: Ross Johnson (he/him/his) – Electricity Canada
Utility member: Matthew K. Holthe – Nebraska Public Power District
Vendor Non-Member: Tobias Whitney – Cumulys Solutions Inc.
Moderator: Sheila Wells (she/her/hers) – Leidos Engineering
Security
9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Revenue Opportunities for Utilities with Fiber Optic and Pole Assets
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201B
Utility member: Jason Smith – Blue Ridge Energy
Moderator: Paul Lambert – East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc
Broadband
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9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
Unlicensed 6 Ghz Regulatory and Real-world Update
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203A
Vendor Member: David Hattey – Lockard & White, Inc.
Vendor Non-Member: Tim Godfrey – Electric Power Research Institute
Wireless Communications
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10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Developments and Challenges in the World of Pole Attachments and Joint Use
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203B
Vendor Member: Brett Heather Freedson (she/her/hers) – Lerman Senter PLLC
Vendor Member: Thomas B. Magee – Keller and Heckman, LLP
Moderator: Anthony Suppa, Jr. – Public Service Enterprise Group
UtiliSite/Operations Issues
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Harnessing Networked Distribution Automation for Enhanced Reliability, Efficiency, Growth and Safety
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202B
Vendor Member: Alden Stennis (he/him/his) – Entergy
Moderator: Brett Kilbourne – Utilities Technology Council
Broadband
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10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Internal Network Security Monitoring
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201D
Vendor Member: John Biasi (he/him/his) – 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell
Vendor Non-Member: Patric Dove – 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Cordell Briggs, II (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
Security
10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Next-level Automation for the Power Grid
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201C
Vendor Member: Dan Bayouth – Burns & McDonnell
Utility member: John Nachilly – Eversource
Vendor Non-Member: Jeffrey Tufts – Cisco
Moderator: Roger Bryant – Southern Company Services
IT
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10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Relay Protection Methods and Enabling Teleprotection within IP/MPLS Transport - MCC, Room 202A
Telecom Networks

10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Renewable Energy Advanced Control and Telemetry Systems
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
Utility member: Michael Kuberski – Exelon Corp
Utility member: Michael Morgan – Exelon
Utility member: Eze Phil-Ebosie – Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)
Moderator: Dana Daberko – Utilities Technology Council
PLTE
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10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Spectrum Availability for Utilities and Spectrum Policy Update
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203A
Vendor Member: David Rines, n/a – Lerman Senter PLLC
Moderator: Kathy Nelson, n/a (she/her/hers) – KNUtility Telecom Consulting
Wireless Communications
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10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
Why the Utility Model Is the Right Strategy for Grid Modernization, Broadband and EV
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201B
Vendor Member: Josh Leonard – Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Paul Lambert – East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc
Broadband
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11:30 AM – 2:30 PM CT
Exhibit Hall Hours
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Exhibit Hall
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
Exhibit Hall - Networking Lunch Sponsored by L3HARRIS
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Exhibit Hall
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1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Exhibit Hall - Ice Cream Social Sponsored by Lockard & White
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Exhibit Hall
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2:30 PM – 8:00 PM CT
Exhibitor Move-Out
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Breaking Broadband Access Boundaries: Harnessing Utility Owned Fiber to Bridge the Digital Divide
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201B
Vendor Member: Calvin Tong – West Monroe
Vendor Member: Daniel C. Zimmerman (he/him/his) – West Monroe
Utility member: Jimi Conway (he/him/his) – Commonwealth Edison
Utility member: Eze Phil-Ebosie – Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)
Vendor Member: Leah Liebovitz – West Monroe
Moderator: Brett Kilbourne – Utilities Technology Council
Broadband
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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Building Resilient and Secure Operations Networks to Withstand the Tests - MCC, Room 201D
Security

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Building the Digital Utility: IT Roadmaps for the Energy Evolution
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201C
Vendor Non-Member: Stacy Mill – Pivot Tech Solutions
Moderator: Eric Wagner (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
IT
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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Implementing a Private Satellite Network
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
Utility member: Dewey Day – Pacific Gas and Electric
Vendor Member: Jena Blazer (she/her/hers) – X2nSat
Moderator: Kyle Cormier – Salt River Project (SRP)
PLTE
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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Microwave Communications: 6 GHz Interference Mitigation
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203A
Vendor Member: Richard Harper – West Monroe
Moderator: Sean Stokes (he/him/his) – Keller & Heckman, LLP
Wireless Communications
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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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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
SRP OTN Implementation
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202A
Utility member: Arturo Moreno (he/him/his) – Salt River Project
Moderator: Ken Campbell – Highlander Associates LLC
Telecom Networks
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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
Using Technology to Maximize Data Collection and Increase System Resiliency
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203B
Vendor Member: Ronald Bilodeau – Osmose
Moderator: Campbell Baskin (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
UtiliSite/Operations Issues
4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Applying Software-defined Networking to Critical Ethernet Networks
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201C
Vendor Member: Esteban Cano – Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Moderator: Campbell Baskin (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
IT
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4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Fiber Leasing: A Deeper Dive from the Utility Perspective
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203B
Speaker: Brett Kilbourne – Utilities Technology Council
Utility member: Gary R. Vondrasek (he/him/his) – JEA
Moderator: Anthony Suppa, Jr. – Public Service Enterprise Group
UtiliSite/Operations Issues
4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Meeting the Telecom Challenges of New System Installations, Legacy Systems Transition, Systems Training, and Systems Troubleshooting Through the Use of Telecom Simulation Labs
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 202A
Utility member: Maynard (Matt) P. Schnell – Nebraska Public Power District
Utility member: Matthew K. Holthe – Nebraska Public Power District
Utility member: Kirt P. Mayson – NorthWestern Energy
Moderator: Ken Campbell – Highlander Associates LLC
Telecom Networks
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4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Navigating the Satellite Revolution: How Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations Will Impact the Electrical Utilities Sector
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 203A
Vendor Member: Frank J. Czulo (he/him/his) – Network Innovations Inc.
Vendor Member: Wesley Robb (he/him/his) – Network Innovations Inc.
Moderator: Joann Howell – UTC
Wireless Communications
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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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4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Substations Are Under Attack: Strengthen Your Physical and Cyber Security Response
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201D
Vendor Member: Mark Fecci – Motorola Solutions, Inc
Moderator: Cordell Briggs, II (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
Security
4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
The Importance of Evolved Packet Core Selection for Utility PLTE Network
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201A
Vendor Member: Scott Wales – Burns & McDonnell
Moderator: Dana Daberko – Utilities Technology Council
PLTE
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4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
Then vs Now
Location: Mobile Convention Center - Room 201B
Vendor Member: Nick Jones – Calix
Moderator: Paul Lambert – East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc
Broadband
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6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
Closing Party
Location: Renaissance Riverview - Bon Secour Ballroom - 2nd Floor
9:30 PM – 11:00 PM CT
Cigars Under the Stars
Location: Renaissance Riverview - Fathoms Streetside
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