Wednesday, October 12
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Training (8 PE Credits)
Threat Hunting and Basic Forensics Redbird E
Joe Schumacher and Joe Marshall, Cisco Talos Incident
Response (CTIR)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Incident Response Training for Cyber Events
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Training (8 PE Credits)
Sponsored by Darktrace
Join us for a social event at BloNo Pizza Co., located at 1304 Cross Creek Dr., Normal. BloNo features patio and garage bays that open to a top golf style range. A buffet bar of pizzas will be served.
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Evening Event
EV Integration Utilizing Distribution Systems Best Practices and Modelling Redbird G
Sean Middleton & Dennis Wright, Finley Engineering Company
Travis Jones, Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Thursday, October 13
8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Prefunction Area
8:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Keynote Redbird D
Welcome
Keynote – SMART Things (1 PE Credit)
Matthew Luallen, Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois
10:00 am – 10:30 am Exhibitor Show Opens Redbird ABC
10:30 am – 11:40 am Breakout Sessions
MicroGrids: Solar Panels, Batteries, Flywheels and Smart Grid Technology (1 PE Credit) Redbird E
Leveraging Your AMI Network (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Exhibitor Show Redbird ABC
12:00 pm – 12:50 pm Lunch Keynote Redbird D
Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack
12:55 pm – 1:55 pm Breakout Sessions
Battery Storage (1 PE Credit) Redbird E
Taisha Bezzo & Steven Dickson, Lithion Tech
Ever Changing Landscape of Renewables (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
Darktrace – Keeping the Lights On: How Electric Co-Ops are Increasing Cyber Resilience & Reducing Operational Risk Redbird D
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
Designing an Underground Power Plant Redbird E
Connor Co.
Capabilities of an Elasticsearch Siem Redbird G
Meridian
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sponsor Breakout Sessions
Bess & Der Interconnection Studies and the Potential for Contro Redbird G
Electric Power Engineers
3:00 pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm General Session (1 PE Credit)
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 14
8:00 am – 8:50 am Breakout Sessions
Changes in Underwriting Cyber Insurance (1 PE Credit) Redbird E
Chris Perrine, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
Ian McGill & Matt Ayers, ChargePoint
8:55 am – 9:50 am Breakout Sessions
Hyperconverged Infastructure (1 PE Credit) Redbird E
Nick Matheson, Scale Computing
Cybersecurity for your OT Environment (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
9:50 am – 10:00 am Break/Checkout
10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Sessions
IT Roundtable Redbird E
Thaddius Intravaia, Southwestern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Matt Ohmes, SouthEastern Electric Cooperative
Chris Franzen, MJM Electric Cooperative
NRECA’s Rural Energy Storage Deployment Program (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
10:50 am – 11:40 am Breakout Sessions
Cyber Made Easy: The Must Have Checklist for Utility Cybersecurity (1 PE Credit) Redbird E
Travis King, Meridian Cooperative
Utility Poles Can Be a Big Asset in the Fiber Broadband Era (1 PE Credit) Redbird G
Sean Middleton, Finley Engineering Company
11:40 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Keynote Redbird D
As The Threat Landscape Changes, What Role Does the FBI Play in Cyber Attacks? (1 PE Credit)