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Utility Project Management – Methods for Success Utility University

Monday, February 26 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Worker Safety Roundtable

Thursday, February 29 | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 

Join us and become a vital part of our exclusive roundtable, where we delve into the world of worker safety. This is your prime chance to connect with like-minded peers who share your interests and engage directly with influential figures in this vital field.

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ESG EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

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7:00 AM
  1. Smart Electric Power Alliance: Utility Carbon Reduction Strategies and Planning: industry Insights with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE|OE)
    W311AB
    720 mins
    • Partner Events
    According to SEPA’s Carbon Reduction Tracker, 82% of US customer accounts are served by utilities with carbon reduction goals and 79% of customers are served by utilities with a 100% carbon reduction ...
8:00 AM
  1. W204B
    240 mins
    • Utility University
    This Utility University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@distributech.com. II ...
  2. W207A
    240 mins
    • Utility University
    This Utility University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@distributech.com. Ef ...
10:15 AM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Utilities field crews are facing increasing pressures to drive productivity through faster adoption of rapidly changing mobile technologies. As a result, utility leaders are seeking ways to develop th ...
11:05 AM
  1. W304AB
    30 mins
    • Data Analytics
    Natural Language Analytics (NLA) is an advanced technology that involves the application of Natural Language Processing techniques and Machine Learning to analyze and derive insights from human langua ...
  2. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Digital transformation offers compelling opportunities for utilities to address the challenges in the modern power industry. This session will discuss the typical barriers in technical, management, an ...
12:00 PM
  1. Lunch Roundtables- Tuesday
    W414AB
    60 mins
    • Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
    Full conference badge is required for admittance. Additionally, all full conference badge holders must pre-register to reserve a seat. To check your registration or to reserve a seat, please visit the ...
1:00 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Examples of Open.AI in use in Utilities organizations today and an overview of the tools available today from Open.AI and Microsoft.
1:50 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    For smart utilities, change management is crucial when adopting new technologies. First, it helps organizations navigate the complexities and challenges of integrating new technologies and processes i ...
3:30 PM
  1. W307AB
    60 mins
    • Smart Cities
    All roads lead to and from cities where systemic change must rapidly occur in the next 8 years to successfully deliver on commitments and laws pertaining to climate, health, and equity.  At the center ...
  2. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Human Performance Improvement—along with its related disciplines—is a tool for improving safety, accuracy, quality and efficacy in medicine, commercial and military aviation, special operations groups ...
4:20 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Research has shown that human fatigue predicts poor worker health, performance, and safety. Fatigue has also been linked to increased worker disease burden, health care utilization, and absenteeism. T ...
8:00 AM
  1. Breakfast Roundtables- Wednesday
    W414AB
    60 mins
    • Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
    Full conference badge is required for admittance. Additionally, all full conference badge holders must pre-register to reserve a seat. To check your registration or to reserve a seat, please visit the ...
9:15 AM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Please join FirstEnergy as they share their experiences and lessons learned during a four-year GIS and graphic work design project that helped bring people, processes, and technology together.  FirstE ...
  2. W304EF
    30 mins
    • Customer Engagement
    In order for customer experience (CX) surveys to be impactful, decision makers need to know they can trust the metrics that CX analysts report. Survey scales directly affect how customer experience me ...
10:55 AM
  1. W307AB
    30 mins
    • Smart Cities
    This panel of experts will present a project that involved modeling a cold snap and power outage scenario in RUNWITHIT’s Synthetic Environment and visualizing the data with a live data visualization p ...
  2. W304EF
    30 mins
    • Customer Engagement
    Faced with increasing bills due to rising fuel costs, customers are showing diminishing interest in recoverable programs. A new segment, Distressed Middle Income, is growing and they need direct suppo ...
  3. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Rapid, behind-the-meter adoption of technologies like solar PV, storage, and electric vehicles, will create a shift in how utilities serve their customers. While these technologies support clean energ ...
1:00 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Duke Energy has been designing and delivering safe, effective, and enhanced training and qualifications using Virtual Reality throughout several business sectors including, but not limited to, Nuclear ...
  2. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    Duke Energy has been designing and delivering safe, effective, and enhanced training and qualifications using Virtual Reality throughout several business sectors including, but not limited to, Nuclear ...
1:50 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    This session discusses the impact of the energy transition in US utilities driven by consumer demand and technology on the organization and workforce strategy. It highlights how AI-based platforms can ...
2:40 PM
  1. W304AB
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    In the quest for genuine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), intentions must be transformed into actions, and promises into progress. At the heart of this transformation lies the principle of acco ...
3:30 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    What will it take to train 80,000 electricians and 80,000 clean energy technicians every year for the next decade?  How might educators partner with industry to create talent pipelines that will feed ...
  2. W307AB
    30 mins
    • Smart Cities
    The energy transformation towards electrification of mobility and heat has revolutionized the utility network demand requirements. As the world faces increasing environmental challenges and economic p ...
  3. W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    At the heart of a proper storm response is a well-defined dispatching process that streamlines the communications between the distribution control center and the field.  Field crew dispatch serves as ...
4:20 PM
  1. W304GH
    30 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    As utilities face the task of grid transformation, they must also focus on transforming the workface and organizations to align with company goals. This session will delve into the workforce of the fu ...
8:00 AM
  1. Breakfast Roundtables- Thursday
    W414AB
    60 mins
    • Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
    Full conference badge is required for admittance. Additionally, all full conference badge holders must pre-register to reserve a seat. To check your registration or to reserve a seat, please visit the ...
10:30 AM
  1. W304GH
    60 mins
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    T&D organizations are looking for the next ‘S-Curve’ of productivity to address growing O&M costs, workloads, regulatory pressure, resilience needs and employee expectations. Transforming the end-to-e ...

 

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