8:00 am-9:00 am
10/16/2008
| Continental Breakfast
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8:00 am-5:00 pm
10/16/2008
| Registration
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9:00 am-9:15 am
10/16/2008
| Welcome Remarks
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9:15 am-10:15 am
10/16/2008
| Overview on Trunking Radio
Description Coming Soon!
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10:15 am-10:25 am
10/16/2008
| Networking Break
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10:25 am-12:00 pm
10/16/2008
| Telecom & IT Roles in Building the Smart Grid
Utilities can’t create Smart Grids without smart telecom – and UTC members know it better than anyone! This session will provide a wide variety of information about the integral role of telecom in building and shaping the next–generation utility. Part of this session will focus on what it means to move toward next–generation infrastructure. What is the vision of the future that society, regulators and the market have in mind for utilities? This session will focus on key regulation and legislation that will impact how your utility creates a smart grid. As the demand for sustainable energy and conservation grows, many regulators are coupling utility spending to consumer empowerment, creating mandates that will impact your day–to–day business. Find out what is happening right now and what is on the horizon that we believe will significantly impact your services.
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12:00 pm-12:30 pm
10/16/2008
| UTC Region 4 Meeting
THIS MEETING IS CLOSED TO INDIVIDUALS NOT CONSIDERED CORE MEMBERS OF UTC.
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12:30 pm-1:30 pm
10/16/2008
| Networking Lunch
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1:30 pm-2:45 pm
10/16/2008
| UTC Legal/Regulatory Update
What is the FCC planning for the frequency bands in which you operate? What is the status of the proceedings you’re worried about? What are Congress and Federal agencies doing to help critical infrastructure communications? In this always-popular session, get an overview of what the UTC Legal/Regulatory staff is doing and how we read the landscape for your communications systems, including the status of legislative work and the drive toward a critical infrastructure spectrum allocation.
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2:45 pm-3:45 pm
10/16/2008
| Meet the Network of the Future – WiMAX
Utilities are at the crossroads of significant transformation in every segment of their services. As communications turns increasingly to IP, utilities are among those seeking to use these technologies to improve their own operations. This presentation will cover the changing landscape of wireless technologies including market trends, drivers and key technology players in the deployment of WiMax. Learn how WiMax will touch every segment within utilities starting with their metering infrastructure to mass automation of fixed assets to support smart grid initiatives.
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3:45 pm-4:00 pm
10/16/2008
| Networking Break
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4:00 pm-5:00 pm
10/16/2008
| NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Compliance Workshop
This workshop provides a pivotal look at utility compliance with CIP 002–009, the NERC Cyber Security standards. With fines that can hit up to $1 million, per instance, PER DAY, any potential problems can translate to huge liabilities for your utility. Mitigating risk before any surprise NERC audit is essential. This session will go over what you need to know in regards to NERC compliance no matter where you are in the process.
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5:00 pm-7:00 pm
10/16/2008
| Networking Reception
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8:00 am-9:00 am
10/17/2008
| Continental Breakfast
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8:00 am-10:30 am
10/17/2008
| Registration
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9:00 am-9:30 am
10/17/2008
| UTC Leadership Report
Come hear from a member of UTC’s leadership team what’s going on with UTC. This is a great time for members and non-members alike to find out what UTC is doing and what is being planned. This presentation gives attendees a chance to ask questions and provide suggestions about the direction of UTC.
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9:30 am-10:30 am
10/17/2008
| Securing Your SCADA System
Media reports say that utility SCADA systems are under cyber attack now more than ever – and that’s just what becomes public. Is your SCADA system as secure as it needs to be? To stand up to the ever–increasing sophistication of today’s hackers, it probably needs more protection than you think. This session will show you what security your utility should have in place to guard your SCADA system, with some hard facts about what hackers really can do to your system. If you have SCADA security responsibility or can provide important information to someone else who does, come to this session and prepare to squirm a bit.
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10:30 am-10:45 am
10/17/2008
| Networking Break
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10:45 am-11:45 am
10/17/2008
| Exploring New Wireless Technologies
Utilities continue to invest in private, wide–area, mission–critical voice and data networks, recognizing that full reliance on commercial service offerings just doesn’t work to meet most utilities’ coverage and reliability needs. But private doesn’t have to mean out–of–date. Utilities are considering and implementing new wireless technologies that support a variety of applications, while at the same time simplifying network and application integration. Using UTC’s research paper, New Wireless Technologies for Utilities, this session looks at three advanced wireless technologies –– WiMAX, Radio over IP, and mesh networking – and how utilities can implement them effectively. Come and hear how these options for communications systems do more at a lower cost, while using limited spectrum more efficiently.
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11:45 am-12:00 pm
10/17/2008
| Wrap-up and Adjournment
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