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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, May 23, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM CT
    Membership Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Membership Meeting with Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Open
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    A Strategic Evolution To Packet-Based Timing: Leveraging Precision Time Protocol Across Your Network
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Codes, Standards and Rule Changes Impacting Tower and Small Cells
  • 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

    PLTE

  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Enabling & Testing Hybrid Advanced Fiber/PLTE Communication Networks for Grid Modernization
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    EPLTE Testing of Utility Use Cases in Support of Grid Modernization
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Monitoring Saved the Substation: Leveraging SNMP in the Utility Industry
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    NERC CIP AUDIT Lessons learned from a Utility Perspective
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Revenue Opportunities for Utilities with Fiber Optic and Pole Assets
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM CT
    Unlicensed 6 Ghz Regulatory and Real-world Update
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Developments and Challenges in the World of Pole Attachments and Joint Use
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Internal Network Security Monitoring
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Next-Level Automation for the Power Grid
  • 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
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Spectrum Availability for Utilities and Spectrum Policy Update
  • 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    Why the Utility Model is the right strategy for grid modernization, broadband and EV
  • 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 11:30 AM – 11:55 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall - Networking Lunch Sponsored by L3Harris
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall - Ice Cream Social
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Harnessing Networked Distribution Automation for Enhanced Reliability, Efficiency, Growth and Safety
  • 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
  • 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
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Implementing a Private Satellite Network
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Microwave Communications: 6 GHz Interference Mitigation
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Resilient Smart Grid Applications Using PON
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    SRP OTN Implementation
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Using Technology to Maximize Data Collection and Increase System Resiliency
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Applying Software-Defined Networking to Critical Ethernet Networks
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Fiber Leasing: A Deeper Dive from the Utility Perspective
  • 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
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Navigating the Satellite Revolution: How Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations Will Impact the Electrical Utilities Sector
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Powering Passive Optical Networks
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Substations Are Under Attack: Strengthen Your Physical and Cyber Security Response
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    The importance of Evolved Packet Core selection for utility PLTE Network
  • 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM CT
    Then vs Now
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CT
    Closing Party
  • 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM CT
    Cigars Under the Stars