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The Smart City uses technology to monitor everything from air quality to water efficiency to parking and more. Discover smart city best practices and utility/city collaboration on a broad range of topics from smart streetlights to resiliency and sustainability.
City of the Future
Wednesday, February 28 | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
As part of our City of the Future, DISTRIBUTECH builds bridges between utilities and cities. This is what the City of the Future is about: connecting diverse groups of stakeholders and highlighting their needs to support growth and innovation. Together with our partners DISTRIBUTECH's City of the Future will address resiliency, reliability, infrastructure, digital transformation, urban operations, mobility, connectivity, and public-private partnerships. Learn how to move smart cities forward.
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Prioritizing Smart City Investments Roundtables
Tuesday, February 27 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 28 | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM & 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us and be a part of our exclusive roundtable sessions, where we explore the depths of smart cities. This is your golden opportunity to connect with peers who share your interests and engage directly with influential figures in this essential field.
Utility Project Management – Methods for Success Utility University
Monday, February 26 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SMART CITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
- System Hardening and Vegetation Management
- Utility University
- Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
- Peer-to-Peer Exchange
- Customer Engagement
- Communication Tech and Networks
- City of the Future
- Cyber and Physical Security
- Storm and Disaster Management
- Data Analytics
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- The Flexible Grid
- Smart Cities
- Electric Vehicles
8:00 AM
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W204B240 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 ... -
W207A240 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 ... -
W208A240 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. Th ...
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1:00 PM
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W203B240 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. DE ...
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10:15 AM
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W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
Utility companies are the backbone of communities, tasked with delivering reliable and safe essential services. Many are now investing significantly in distribution grid technologies such as AMI to im ...
11:05 AM
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W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
According to the Department of Energy, LED adoption has penetrated roughly half of outdoor lighting in the U.S., and this number is growing. Lighting represents roughly 40% of a municipal’s energy spe ... -
W304CD30 mins
- Storm and Disaster Management
Providing accurate estimated time of restoration (ETR) and personalized customer communication during long outages significantly improves customer experience. In this presentation we will look at an a ... -
W304AB30 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 ...
12:00 PM
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Lunch Roundtables- TuesdayW414AB60 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
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W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
The future of mobility in cities is electric. However, as EV adoption increases, a truly smart city will require a reliable and universal charging network. Today, the grid cannot handle anticipated d ...
1:50 PM
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W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
BorgWarner and Highland Electric, along with partner Synop, conducted a vehicle-to-grid pilot project in Massachusetts over the summers of 2021 and 2022. During that time the utility was concerned ab ...
2:40 PM
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W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
Cities and utilities have many challenges, lofty goals, and external pressures in common. OATI will present on how advanced technologies are supporting day-to-day city operations with focus on energy ...
3:30 PM
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W307AB60 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 ... -
W304GH30 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 ...
8:00 AM
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Breakfast Roundtables- WednesdayW414AB60 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
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W308AB30 mins
- Cyber and Physical Security
A Synesthesia+Steganography–Based Encryption scheme developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) enables message security based on a combination of synesthesia and steganographic principles. The ... -
W304GH30 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 ... -
W303ABC60 mins
- Communication Tech and Networks
In the U.S., nearly 80% of U.S. households now have a smart meter. While most of these meters are electric, the modern networks they communicate under often form canopies over numerous smaller utiliti ... -
W304EF30 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 ...
10:05 AM
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W307AB30 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 ...
10:55 AM
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W307AB30 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 ... -
W304EF30 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 ...
12:00 PM
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Lunch Roundtables- WednesdayW414AB60 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
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W304EF30 mins
- Customer Engagement
Based on nationally representative consumer research, this session will provide an overview of consumers’ interests and concerns related to electrification in the home and on the road, including sampl ... -
W304GH30 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 ... -
W307AB60 mins
- Smart Cities
This panel will focus on the potential synergies between utilities and their home cities to enhance smart cities. Panelists will share their utility’s experience and specific projects deployed regardi ... -
W20930 mins
- Electric Vehicles
The increase of electric vehicle on the road provides challenges and opportunities to utility companies who have a unique role to play in this transition. By offering grants, rebates, and incentives, ... -
W304GH30 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 ... -
LPWAN 4G/5G Evolution and the Power of Cellular and Mesh ConvergenceW310B60 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 ...
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1:50 PM
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W20260 mins
- The Flexible Grid
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on DC microgrids, where experts from Duke Energy, Renewable Design Associates, Direct Energy Partners, and ABB will explore the transformative potential of dir ...
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2:00 PM
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Booth 2071 Exhibit Floor Theater 130 mins
- City of the Future
Join Wesco in discussing new optical technologies that deliver broadband speeds up to three kilometers away, without fiber. Recent advances in free space optics technologies allow unparalleled flexib ...
3:30 PM
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W307AB30 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 ... -
W304CD30 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
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W308AB30 mins
- Cyber and Physical Security
This session will explore the transformative potential of Generative AI for cybersecurity in the utility sector, focusing on three key areas: threat modeling, anomaly detection, and mitigation strateg ...
10:30 AM
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W308AB30 mins
- Cyber and Physical Security
This presentation introduces the audience to a new IEEE Standard being developed by the IEEE-PES Technical Committee on Power System Communications and Cybersecurity. IEEE Std P2808 creates a mechanis ... -
W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
The Village of Romeo MI is a quaint historic village platted in 1830 that is looking to modernize and refurbish its downtown district, while retaining its historic charm. Technology is a great enabler ... -
W311CD30 mins
- System Hardening and Vegetation Management
Investments in climate resilience and adaptation are needed to mitigate threats, impact, and recovery time in extreme weather events. Climate resilience for utilities requires identifying the customer ... -
W304CD30 mins
- Storm and Disaster Management
The Outage Data Initiative Nationwide (ODIN) is a collaborative effort, sponsored by the DOE and stewarded by Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). ODIN aims to enhance grid reliability, response, and recove ...
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11:20 AM
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W311CD30 mins
- System Hardening and Vegetation Management
Explore effective weatherization strategies that ensure sustained operations in extreme weather events. This presentation will cover NERC, FERC, REStandard, and other regulatory and ISO/RTO requiremen ... -
W307AB30 mins
- Smart Cities
In support of the State of California’s clean energy goals, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company can support the transition from fossil fueled vehicles to Electric Vehicles (EV) by incentivizing custo ...
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