UTC Telecom & Technology 2019

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Attendee Breakfast

19 Jun 19
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
Breakfast will be served at 6:30 AM and will lead in to the Keynote Session starting at 7 AM. More...

Creating A Pivot Point In Utilities: Leverage Change Without Sacrificing Results (Ballroom AB)

19 Jun 19
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Speaker(s): Shawn Rhodes
In the world of utilities technology, the best plans never work out as planned. To address the constant challenge of planning for change - and ensu... More...

Registration Open

19 Jun 19
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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ADSS Life Cycle Study Results—An International Review (Room 204)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Dan Newman PE ; Matt Schnell ; Mike Unser
This session will examine the results of UTC’s All Dielectric Self-Supporting (ADSS) Optical Cable Lifecycle Study, conducted early in 2019. ... More...

Distribution Planning - What the Telecom Engineer Needs to Know (Room 201A)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Phil Carroll
As the integration of distributed energy resources (DER)integration grows, so too will the importance of having more information about the distribu... More...

Mission Critical Standards for Narrower Channels - An Overview of IEEE 802.16s (Room 202B)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Craig Tedrow
This session will provide an overview of the IEEE 802.16s standard which was approved by IEEE in 2017. IEEE 802.16s is the only standard that was d... More...

NERC CIP Update on Compliance and Real-World Examples for Low-Impact Substation Compliance (Room 202CD)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Matt Weston ; Ron Bender
Attendees will learn from a real-world example featuring the Nebraska Public Power District’s (NPPD) experience from an audit on Low-Impact S... More...

Relocation of Wireless Macro Sites Due to Transmission Tower Projects (Room 202A)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Tony Suppa
Electric utilities across the U.S. are replacing aging infrastructure to provide safer and more reliable electricity. As they replace their aging e... More...

Spectrum Sharing (Room 203A)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Brad Nelson ; Brett Kilbourne ; Kevin Cookler
As we all know, spectrum is a finite resource that is becoming increasingly needed for our country’s wireless needs.  Late last year, th... More...

Utilities and Big Data: Exploring Route Analytics and Traffic Management for Utility Networks (Room 201BC)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): AJ Brewer ; Brandyn Ward ; Mitch Simcoe ; Paul Zawada P.E.
Data analytics are transforming industries across the globe, from professional sports to retail and big business. And with the advent of new techno... More...

Utilizing Machine Learning for Grid Reliability (Room 203BC)

19 Jun 19
8:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Patricia Foley
The most important metric electric companies are graded upon is grid reliability. While this has always been the case, it has taken heightened impo... More...

Is Fiber GIS Right for Your Utility? An Analysis Into What’s Available (Room 201A)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Amy Bartak ; Jeremy Kwitschau
As utilities invest in grid modernization tools, the use of fiber optics is growing as utility communications needs increase for future use cases. ... More...

LTE Narrowband IoT for Private Utility Networks (Room 202B)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Kethees Ketheesan ; Robert Finch ; Tim Godfrey
Interest in private LTE networks within the electric utility industry remains high. In this session, Tim Godfrey of EPRI will discuss reasons for g... More...

Optimizing Field Area Network Performance for Grid Reliability (Room 203BC)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): John Toone ; Kenneth Hanus
Designing, optimizing, and monitoring field-area networks (FAN) can be a significant challenge for utilities. Latency requirements, increasing data... More...

Private and Public Options for Funding Your Broadband Deployment (Room 202A)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Chad Parker ; Chelsea Fallon ; Doran Dennis
As we all know, deploying a broadband network is an expensive endeavor – something seemingly out of reach for many small utilities wanting to... More...

The New Frontier: Sensor Deployment and Digital Utility (Room 201BC)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Fernando Saavedra ; Mila Hunt
New technologies and growing customer engagement are the main drivers behind grid modernization and utility automation. As renewable and distribute... More...

The New Rules, Regulations and Processes for Keeping your Tower Infrastructure in Compliance (Room 203A)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): Cory Moffat ; Mitch Bateman ; Peter Crane
In the last year, both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have adopted new rules and regulat... More...

Top 6 Communications Challenges Facing Utilities (Room 204)

19 Jun 19
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Speaker(s): James Potter
With ever-changing threats to the telecom grid, the communications landscape is changing in a way that will continue to impact utilities. With chan... More...

Challenges and Approaches in TDM to IP Migration (Room 201BC)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Arun Orn ; Nick Johnston ; Nick Lee
Structured as a panel discussion, these utilities will be sharing challenges and decisions as they work toward bridging the gap between meeting the... More...

Edge Computing to the Rescue:  How Edge Computing Healed an Existing IIoT Network. (Room 203BC)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Dhruva Maharaj ; John Poisson
There has been an increase in IoT devices deployed throughout the grid.  These devices can improve remote monitoring and control applications ... More...

Fiber to Distribution Line Devices (Room 202B)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Justin Harrison ; Sue Hoffman
Using fiber optics between line devices, Alabama Power is doing high density coordination and backhaul of DSCADA and AMI data over fiber in a metro... More...

Infrastructure Advancements in the Outside Plant (Room 202A)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Jeff Ray
With evolving mobile applications and “always-on” consumer needs, the network infrastructure enabling these applications and services m... More...

Know Before You Go (Room 202A)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Anthony Bednarczyk
A good map in your hand and a clear view of the road ahead. That’s how every journey, every project, should begin. Join Fujitsu broadband exp... More...

Private LTE (Room 203A)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Andres Carvallo ; John Hughes ; Matthew Olson ; Michael Zeto
Private LTE (P.LTE) has been long sought-after as the ideal network that affords utilities the ability to have control, enhanced security, LTE stan... More...

Substation Communications IP Migration Model (Room 201A)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Emmanuel Manny Duvelson ; Marko Deona
As utilities see the number of substation communications IP migration projects and adoption of packet-based technologies increase, many lessons hav... More...

Threat Vectors and Attack Surfaces Related to Malware, Spyware and BYOD (Room 202CD)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Jeff Lund
The enterprise market has for several years acknowledged the threat vectors and attack surfaces related to malware, spyware and BYOD. As such, ente... More...

Utility Assets and Broadband Options - Sponsored Session (Room 202A)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Hear presentations from both Corning and Fujitsu during this session. More...

Why Current Differential is the Most Demanding Critical Application and the Secrets of Doing it Right Over a Packet Network (Room 204)

19 Jun 19
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Jana Van Den Bergh
Teleprotection poses significant challenges due to stringent latency requirements and the lesser known very tight asymmetrical delay requirements f... More...

At the Crossroads: How Utility Telecommunications Networks Are Essential to the Grid Now, and the Future (Ballroom AB)

19 Jun 19
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s): Aaron Smallwood ; Joao Torres ; Kelly Speakes-Backman ; Malia Hodges ; Matt Wakefield ; Michael Quinn ; Sarah Magruder Lyle ; Tom Galloway
The utility industry is at a crossroads between the grid as we now know it and the future, which is right around the corner. In order to keep the l... More...

Exhibit Hall Hours (Room Exhibit Hall)

19 Jun 19
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please look at our floorplan or list of exhibitors to plan your exhibit hall time. Please join us for the Saloon Social from 4 PM - 6 PM.  ... More...