Smart Grid — What is It?
Panel Session

Tuesday, March 23, 1:00 p.m.
This session will present differing viewpoints as to what constitutes a smart grid.

Panel Moderator: Robert Sill, Chairman and CEO, RealTime Interactive Systems Corporation (RealTime)
Panelists:

• Jim Greer, Senior Vice President of Asset Management and Engineering, Oncor
• Mark Baustert, Director - Power Systems Operation and Control, KEMA, Inc.
• David Haak, Senior Executive, Accenture

Smart Grid Implementations in Action
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Bill Cassel, Senior Principal Consultant, KEMA, Inc.

Tuesday, March 23, 3:00 p.m.
This session starts with survey results of capital spending on smart grid, followed by several examples of smart grid implementations.

CAPEX Outlook for Smart Grid Investments
Author(s):

• Charles W. Newton, President, Newton-Evans Research Company

Project Delivery Executive, Smart Grid City
Author(s):

• Brian Deaver, Vice President Product Management, CURRENT Group
• Randy Huston, Executive Project Manager, Smart Grid City, Xcel Energy

Building a “Smart Grid” - How to Get it Done
Author(s):

• Dale Pennington, Managing Director, Utiliworks Consulting
• Kody Salem, Principal Consultant, Utiliworks Consulting
• Darrell Caraway, Manager, City of Ruston/Light & Power Operations

Communications to Network the Smart Grid
Paper Session
Session Moderator: James Evans, Executive Consultant, The St. Claire Group, LLC

Wednesday, March 24, 9:30 a.m.
With so many challenges in connecting the smart grid, what’s an implementer to do? This session looks at criteria for network building and some pitfalls.

Exploring Broadband Wireless Alternatives for the use of Smart Grid Applications
Author(s):

• Lee Lipes, Product Management, Ruggedcom

Integrated Network Management for the Smart Grid
Author(s):

• Mark Burke, Director, Telecommunications and Smart Grid Architecture, KEMA, Inc.
• Didier Stom, Principal Consultant, KEMA, Inc.
• Jeffrey Polan, Principal Consultant, KEMA, Inc.

RF Jamming Zigbee for about $100
Author(s):

• Jacob Brodsky, Control Systems Engineer, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Securing the Smart Grid
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Allen Skopp, Director, ABB Network Management

Wednesday, March 24, 2:30 p.m.
This session will discuss techniques to ensure the security of the smart grid.

Securing Smart Grid Communications Against Attack
Author(s):

• George Kalavantis, Senior Director Business Development, Industrial Defender, Inc. 
• Walter Sikora, Vice President of Security Solutions, Industrial Defender, Inc.
• Michael Unum, Manager, Commercial Development, GE Automation

The Lemnos Project - Interoperable Security for the Smart Grid: A U.S. Department of Energy National SCADA Test Bed Project
Author(s):

• Ronald Halbgewachs, Principal Member Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
• John Stewart, Electrical Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority

NERC Compliance Mock Audits - Getting Ready for the Real Thing
Author(s):

• David Andrus, Senior Director, R. W. Beck, Inc.
• Richard Kinas, Manager of Standards Compliance, Orlando Utilities Commission

A Statewide Smart Grid Wireless Communications Network: Three Years and Running
Paper Session

Thursday, March 25, 8:00 a.m.
This panel session will focus on design and implementation of a statewide smart grid wireless network and the lessons learned.

Panel Moderator: John Redmon, President, John R. Redmon, Inc.

Panelists:

• John (Jake) Rasweiler, Vice President of Engineering, IT and Network Operations, Arcadian Networks
• Ryan Hentges, Vice President of Corporate Services, Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative
• Rick Geiger, Solutions Director Smart Grid, Cisco

Visualizing Automation of the Smart Grid
Paper Session
Session Moderator: Bennie Fussell, Smart Grid Solutions Manager, Telvent

Thursday, March 25, 10:00 a.m.
This session focuses on providing a real-time view into the electric grid through the implementation of a smart grid video wall, the implementation of a web based outage detection system, and utilizing a real-time unbalanced distribution state estimator to support voltage/VAR optimization.

Implementing a Smart Grid Video Wall: A Case Study for Small Utilities
Author(s):

• Ken Habgood, Engineer, Knoxville Utilities Board
• Chris Kelly, System Administrator, Knoxville Utilities Board
• Nate Chesney, System Operator IV, Knoxville Utilities Board

Outage Detection - A Reliable and Economic Solution for Distribution Automation
Author(s):

• Rod Jensen, Project Manager, Otter Tail Power Company
• Ted Witham, Regional Manager, Sensus Conservation Solutions

Real-Time Feeder Analysis and Control Using State Estimation
Author(s):

• Rod Frowd, Principal Power Systems Engineer, CURRENT Group, LLC
• Parag Parikh, Product Management Director - Smart Grid, CURRENT Group, LLC
• Bill Lawrence, Vice President - Network Engineering - Architecture, CURRENT Group, LLC

Conference Details

Advanced Metering
Customer Service and CIS
Demand Response and Energy Efficiency
Distribution Automation
Enterprise Information and Asset Management
Mobile and Geospatial Solutions
Renewables and the Grid
SCADA and Network Management
Substation Automation
T&D Engineering and Operations
Transmission
Water
Mega Session