2021 Agenda
Wednesday, October 13
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Training
Topic Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Training
Topic Redbird G
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Thursday, October 14
8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Prefunction Area
8:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Keynote Redbird D
Topic
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
10:00 am – 10:40 am Exhibitor Show Opens Redbird ABC
10:40 am – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Ransomware Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
EV Chargers Redbird G
Speaker TBD, ChargePoint
Speaker TBD, United Utility Supply
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Exhibitor Show Redbird ABC
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Redbird D
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Incident Reponse Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Battery Storage Redbird G
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
Topic Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Comany TBD
Topic Redbird F
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Topic Redbird G
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Thursday, October 14
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
Topic Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Topic Redbird F
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Topic Redbird G
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm General Session
Legal & Government Relations Update Redbird D
Nick Reitz & Craig Sondgeroth, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Exhibitor Reception Redbird ABC
Friday, October 15
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakout Sessions
Demystifying MDR Redbird E
Ron Pelletier & Lyndon Brown, Pondurance
System Reliability Through Wildlife Mitigation Redbird G
Jason Jones, Power Line Sentry
9:00 am – 9:50 am Breakout Sessions
Vulnerabilities on Industrial Control Networks & OT Access from Remote Sites Redbird E
Tisha Hayes & Joe McFadden, 4RF
EV Charging Data and Timing Redbird G
Kevin Cox, CDG Engineers
9:50 am – 10:00 am Break/Checkout
10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Sessions
Broadband RFPs: Tales from the Trenches Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Vantage Point
AMI Changeout Redbird G
Speaker TBD, Anixter
10:50 am – 11:40 am Breakout Sessions
Standing on the Sidelines of Smart Grid Deployment Redbird E
Speaker TBD, Company TBD
Ultrasound Pole Testing in a Hybrid Inspection Format Redbird G
Wayne Hall, Utility Asset Management
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Keynote Redbird D
Timeline of the Smart Grid: From AMR to the Active Grid
Ed Kobeszka, Power Engineers