2023 Agenda
Wednesday, October 25th
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Pre-Conference Training
IT Training Pisa Room
Introduction to Wireshark, Betty Dubois, IT Dojo
Engineering Training Sienna Room
FLIR – Taimen Taylor with ICI, and Rick Brethorst with CBM
12:00 pm Lunch Ravello Room
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Networking Event
Join us at the Dogwood Social House on Wednesday, October 25 starting at 5 pm for axe throwing, arcade games and networking! A taco bar dinner will be served and drink tickets are included! Hope to see you there – 2601 State Hwy K
Thursday, October 26th
7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Venetian Pre-function Area
8:45 am – 9:50 am Welcome & Keynote (1 PE Credit)
Legal and Government Relations Update Tuscany Ballroom East
Craig Sondgeroth and Nick Reitz, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Sessions
NRECA Essence 3.0 Pisa Room
Doug Lambert
Effective Methods for Constructability Surveys and Performing Makeready Assessment Sienna Room
Rob Bilodeau, Osmose
11:00 am – 11:50 am Breakout Sessions
Zero Trust Architecture and Addressing the Rising Threat of Ransomware Pisa Room
Cam Grigsby, VDA Labs
Microgrids Sienna Room
Nathan Leonard and Angelos Kokkinis, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
Sponsor Spotlight Tuscany Ballroom East
1:10 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions
DNS Filtering, Why it’s Important Pisa Room
Ben Story, RedEye Networks Solutions
NERC Compliant Substation Hardening, Access Controls and Security Cameras Sienna Room
Andrew Petroline, Utilitra
2:10 pm – 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Backdoors and Breaches Pisa Room
Jon Watkins – Watkins Consulting, Claud Wilson – Norris Electric Cooperative and Chris Franzen – MJM Electric Cooperative
Bird and Animal Guard at Substations Sienna Room
Darren Barker, TransGuard
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Keynote
DHS CISA Update, Risk Assessments, and Cyber Performance Goals (CPG) Tuscany Ballroom East
Tony Collings, Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
4:10 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibitor Reception
Vendor Showcase Tuscany West Province
Come learn about new products and services as you network with vendors and sponsors during an evening of fun! Vendors will be hosting games and giving out door prizes. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
Friday, October 27th
8:15 am Breakfast Venetian Pre-Function Area
8:30 am – 9:20 am Keynote
Is Modeling Software Properly Handling Winter Peak Voltage Drop? A Real World Case Study Tuscany Ballroom East
Adam Toth, Toth and Associates
9:30 am – 10:20 am Breakout Sessions
University of Illinois ReCIPE Cyber Exercise Panel Discussion Pisa Room
Dan Gerard – AIEC, Dominic Saebeler, Casey O’brien, Matt Luallen – University of Illinois, Justin Harris – FBI, Sean Middleton – RECC, Tim Huber – Norris Electric, David Welsh – Coles Moultrie
EV Stations and the Importance of On-Site EV Charger Testing Sienna Room
Ravi Gupta and Shahryar Farhang, Megger
10:30 am – 11:20 am Breakout Sessions
Demystifying Nmap: A Practical Workshop for Beginners Pisa Room
Casey O’brien, University of Illinois
Dissolving Gases in Oil; Testing for Transformers Sienna Room
Melissa Zajac, Doble Engineering
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
Lunch & Grand Prize Giveaways Tuscany Ballroom East