Wednesday, November 13
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Training
Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell Ditslear A
New Horizons
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Training
Joint Use Clearances & Arc Flash Calculations Ditslear B
Jason Settle, Hi-Line Engineering
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Social Event at TopGolf
Sponsored by Prevailion, Inc.
*Attendance limited to attendees that signed up during registration.
Thursday, November 14
8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Prefunction Area
8:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Keynote Waters C
Supply Chain Risk
Elizabeth Wharton, Prevailion
10:00 am – 10:30 am Exhibitor Show Opens Waters AB
10:30 am – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Business Intelligence and Analytics Waters D
Marquita Culross, Carroll White REMC
Saturation of Distributed Energy Resources Waters E
Tim Huber, Norris Electric Cooperative
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Exhibitor Show Waters AB
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Waters C
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Drones Waters D
Dan Gerard, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives; Jeromy Miller, MJM Electric Cooperative; Will Platt III, Prairie Power, Inc.; Ryan Simmons, Prairie Power, Inc.
Energy Storage Waters E
Dean Skinner, Jo-Carroll Energy
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
InHand Networks: The Role of Cellular IoT Networks in the Grid Waters C
Sam Watts, InHand Networks
NRTC: The Importance of Wireless and Broadband Networks to a Cooperative Waters D
Mark Davis, NRTC; Tim Smith, NRTC
iRestore: Smartphone Apps to Replace Utility Paper Processes Waters E
Michael Haeflich, iRestore
Thursday, November 14 (Cont.)
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
InHand Networks: The Role of Cellular IoT Networks in the Grid Waters C
Sam Watts, InHand Networks
New Cyber Source: Empowering Electric Cooperatives with Hyperconverged Infrastructure Waters D
Frank Seal, Scale Computing
Eaton: AMI RF Mesh Network Overview Waters E
Rena Wang, Eaton
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Microsoft Licensing: “You Might Be Doing It Wrong” Waters D
Curt Barkey, Kosciusko REMC; Matt Ohmes, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Distribution Automation Waters E
Jim Glass & Joey Greer, EPB
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Exhibitor Reception Waters AB
Friday, November 15
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakout Sessions
Mapping Your Fiber Plant Waters D
George Plisinski, NineStar Connect
Electric Vehicles Waters E
Andrew Horstman, Wabash Valley Power Alliance
9:00 am – 9:50 am Breakout Sessions
Will Wireless Kill the Need for Fiber? Waters D
Tom Asp, Power System Engineering
Moving from One AMI System to Another Waters E
Keith Jones, Monroe County Electric Cooperative; Brad Austin, Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association; Chris Bridges, Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative; Becky Grossner, Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative
9:50 am – 10:10 am Break/Checkout
10:10 am – 11:00 am Breakout Sessions
Leveraging Your SCADA System Waters D
Christopher Stokes-Pham, Wabash Valley Power Alliance
Power Quality Analysis Waters E
Chris Mullins, Power Monitors, Inc.
11:00 am – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Indiana Section Business Meeting Waters D
Government Relations Update Waters E
Nick Reitz, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Keynote Waters C
They Won’t Build Grids Like They Used To
Kevin Suhanic, ACES