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1:00 PM
  1. W204A
    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. As ...
10:15 AM
  1. W307CD
    30 mins
    • Asset Management
    The rapid advancement of technology in recent years has paved the way for innovative approaches to inspecting and managing transmission and distribution assets in the utilities industry. PG&E’s transf ...
  2. W311CD
    60 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Utilities large and small are gaining insights from satellite intelligence. Join this panel of vegetation management experts from Wyoming, Delaware, and Georgia to hear how utilities are revolutionizi ...
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. W308AB
    30 mins
    • Cyber and Physical Security
    The Electric Energy OT Security Profile Working Group (WG) hosted by the International Society of Automation ISA99 standards committee commenced in June 2022 the standardization effort of electric ene ...
1:15 PM
  1. Booth 3571 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Digitalizing the Grid Knowledge Hub
     For decades, utilities have been using manual paper methods to capture as-built data from the field o with poor results. Recently, utilities have made significant investments to implement ADMS and ot ...
2:30 PM
  1. Permitting Puzzles: Innovative Pathways to Easier Transmission Line Approvals
    W309B
    60 mins
    • Peer-to-Peer Exchange
    Peer-to-peer exchange is a discussion on a specific topic. Discussions provide attendees access to knowledge and expertise to help them address the critical challenges facing the industry today in a s ...
  2. GIS and ESJ – What Geospatial Data Tells Us about Environmental Social Justice
    W310B
    60 mins
    • Peer-to-Peer Exchange
    Peer-to-peer exchange is a discussion on a specific topic. Discussions provide attendees access to knowledge and expertise to help them address the critical challenges facing the industry today in a s ...
3:30 PM
  1. W304CD
    60 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    With the growing severity of weather events including floods, severe storms and tornados, it is imperative utilities continue to evolve their storm response practices to maintain the high levels of re ...
  2. Booth 2071 Exhibit Floor Theater 1
    30 mins
    • City of the Future
    There is a need for better organized data in utilities to tackle energy transition, electrification, and resilience. The Geographic Information System (GIS) is the perfect framework for developing a v ...
  3. Booth 2071 Exhibit Floor Theater 3
    30 mins
    • City of the Future
     Power networks face challenges around safety, work quality, reliability and repeatability. New technology is needed to reach an energy network that is easier and safer to build, operate and maintain, ...
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 ...
10:05 AM
  1. W307AB
    30 mins
    • Smart Cities
    This session will delve into the benefits of adopting open data sharing and digital twins for utility infrastructure planning and operations, focusing on the role of digital twins in open data sharing ...
12:00 PM
  1. Lunch 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 ...
1:50 PM
  1. W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    This session will explore how AES Ohio and AES Indiana have used artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to transition from a cycle-based approach in a vegetation management program to ...
  2. W307CD
    30 mins
    • Asset Management
    If you could start all over and build up your asset management strategy from scratch, where would you begin? WEB Bonaire had exactly this opportunity, and started to build a high-value asset repositor ...
2:45 PM
  1. Booth 4343 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Grid Edge Technologies Knowledge Hub
    Join this insightful presentation on the interdependencies of user roles in an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS). Explore the challenges and opportunities of coordination in a highly inte ...
3:30 PM
  1. W307CD
    30 mins
    • Asset Management
    FirstEnergy implemented an ADMS, Graphic Work Design, and new GIS in late 2022 and early 2023.  Those new systems are only the beginning to the changes happening.  Join FirstEnergy and SSP as we talk ...
  2. W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    How does tree health impact the occurrence of tree-related outages?  This presentation will discuss the correlation between two years of detailed outage data and vegetation health as determined by rem ...
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 ...

 

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