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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PT
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PT
Registration Open
Location: CC - Promenade Lobby
Sponsored By
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
PT
UTC Past Chairs' Golf Tournament
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
PT
UTC Past Chairs' Golf Tournament
Location: Strawberry Farms Golf Club
Networking
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PT
Exhibitor Move-in
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PT
Exhibitor Move-in
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PT
Land Mobile 101 Workshop
Workshop
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PT
Land Mobile 101 Workshop
Location: CC - 201 A
Workshop
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
PT
Land Mobile Radio 101 - Introduction to Radio Communications Systems and Technologies
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Susan E. Ronning, P.E., PMP, ASEP
– ADCOMM Engineering LLC
Speaker:
Shaun Skidmore, P.E.
– Idaho Power Company
Workshop
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
PT
Radio Frequency Exposure and Worker Safety
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
David Rines
– Lerman Senter PLLC
Workshop
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PT
FCC Compliance 101
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Kevin Cookler
– Lerman Senter PLLC
Workshop
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PT
Powering Tomorrow: Non-Terrestrial Networks and the Utility Industry's LEO Frontier
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PT
Powering Tomorrow: Non-Terrestrial Networks and the Utility Industry's LEO Frontier
Location: CC - 202 A
Speaker:
Dan Sias (he/him/his)
– Southern California Edison
Speaker:
Shaun Skidmore, P.E.
– Idaho Power Company
Speaker:
Keith Johnson (he/him/his)
– Network Innovations
Speaker:
Jena Blazer (she/her/hers)
– X2nSat
Workshop
CE: 3
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
AI Summit
AI Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
AI Summit
Location: CC - 201 A
AI Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Quantum Networking
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Robin L. Coxe
– Bohr Quantum Technology Corporation
Speaker:
Craig Hammond
– Southern California Edison
Speaker:
Maria Spiropulu
– Caltech
Speaker:
Jason Shea
– Southern California Edison
Speaker:
Raju Valivarthi
– Caltech
AI Summit
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
PT
Project ORCA: How Generative AI Can Enhance Utility Network Operations Centers
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Kenny Ma
– Southern California Edison
AI Summit
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
PT
Building the Intelligent Grid: Scaling AI for Utility Transformation
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Rich Kropfl (he/him/his)
– World Wide Technology
Speaker:
Matthew Deibel
– Southern California Edison
AI Summit
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
AI-Driven Threats from Foreign State Actors in Critical Infrastructure
Location: CC - 201 A
Speaker:
Paul German
– Certes Networks
Moderator:
Cordell Briggs, II (he/him/his)
– Utilities Technology Council
AI Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Fiber Summit
Fiber Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Fiber Summit
Location: CC - 202 A
Fiber Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Fiber Emergency Restoration Preparedness: Regional Look at How Utilities Prepare for Fiber Outages
Location: CC - 202 A
Speaker:
Matt P. Schnell
– Nebraska Public Power District
Speaker:
Jason Smith
– Blue Ridge Energy
Moderator:
Jason Smith
– Blue Ridge Energy
Fiber Summit
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
PT
Lessons Learned: Restoring an Aerial Fiber Optic Broadband Plant Network After Hurricane Helene
Location: CC - 202 A
Speaker:
Lee Ayers
– Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Moderator:
Jason Smith
– Blue Ridge Energy
Fiber Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Evolving Hawaii's Power Grid: Building a Telecom Network for Resilience and Growth
Location: CC - 202 A
Speaker:
Ryan Liddle
– Hawaiian Electric
Speaker:
Reid Yakuma
– Hawaiian Electric
Moderator:
Jason Smith
– Blue Ridge Energy
Fiber Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
IEC 61850 Summit: Goose, Goose, Duck - FLISR and IEC 61850 GOOSE over LTE Networks Using Qos and IP/MPLS
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
IEC 61850 Summit: Advancing Grid Intelligence and Interoperability
Location: CC - 201 B
Speaker:
Guilhermme Lisboa (he/him/his)
– Belden
Speaker:
Ziad Majzoub
– Nokia
Speaker:
Chad Segal, PE
– Burns & McDonnell
Speaker:
Alexander Apostolov
IEC 61850 Summit
Sponsored By
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
LMR Summit
LMR Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
LMR Summit
Location: CC - 202 B
LMR Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Strategies and Options for Managing LMR System's End of Life
Location: CC - 202 B
Speaker:
Jim Morgan
– Altairis Technology Partners
Speaker:
Richard Townend
– Altairis Technology Partners, LLC
LMR Summit
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
PT
The Next Generation of LMR Is MC-PTT
Location: CC - 202 B
Speaker:
Bruce Albright
– Burns & McDonnell
Speaker:
Alan McIntyre
– Southern Linc
Speaker:
Jason Ervin
– Lower Colorado River Authority
Speaker:
Rob Butts
– L3Harris
Moderator:
Joseph Henderson
LMR Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
P25 for the Future: New Standards, Capabilities, Interoperability and Security
Location: CC - 202 B
Speaker:
Stephen A. Nichols (he/him/his)
– Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG)
Speaker:
Susan E. Ronning, P.E., PMP, ASEP
– ADCOMM Engineering LLC
Speaker:
Lon Renner, Licensed Professional Engineer
– Nebraska Public Power District
LMR Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Packet Transition Summit
Packet Transition Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Packet Transition Summit
Location: CC - 202 C
Packet Transition Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Addressing the Challenge of Aging TDM Infrastructure: A Grant County PUD and Avista Utilities Panel
Location: CC - 202 C
Speaker:
Esteban Cano
– Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Speaker:
Casey Hutchinson
– Avista Utilities
Speaker:
Mohammed Ouahbi (he/him/his)
– Grant PUD
Moderator:
Travis J. Phifer
– Tri-State G&T
Packet Transition Summit
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
PT
How Utilities Are Transitioning Relay Circuits to Packet Networks with Best Circuit Reliability
Location: CC - 202 C
Speaker:
John Lozano
– Machold Consulting / Puget Sound Energy
Speaker:
Wes Openshaw
– Salt River Project
Speaker:
Travis J. Phifer
– Tri-State G&T
Moderator:
Travis J. Phifer
– Tri-State G&T
Packet Transition Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Do Not Let Your Circuit Migrations Become a Circus
Location: CC - 202 C
Speaker:
Richard Harper
– West Monroe Partners
Speaker:
Victor Gong
– Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Moderator:
Travis J. Phifer
– Tri-State G&T
Packet Transition Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Private LTE Summit: The Utility Roadmap from Conception to Operations
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Private LTE Summit: The Utility Roadmap from Conception to Operations
Location: CC - 203 A
Speaker:
Kathy Nelson (she/her/hers)
– KNUtility Telecom Consulting
Speaker:
Cristine Korowajczuk
– CelPlan Technologies
Speaker:
Jim Morgan
– Altairis Technology Partners
Speaker:
Chrissy Carr
– Kimley-Horn
Speaker:
Ryan Liddle
– Hawaiian Electric
Speaker:
Mike Robinson
– World Wide Technology
PLTE Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Utilisite Summit
UtiliSite Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Utilisite Summit
Location: CC - 203 B
UtiliSite Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Building Smarter Cities: A Utility Case Study on How to Manage Public Service and Surveillance Devices on Poles
Location: CC - 203 B
Speaker:
Brett Heather Freedson, Esq. (she/her/hers)
– Lerman Senter PLLC
Speaker:
Anthony F. Suppa, Jr., P.E.
– Public Service Electric & Gas
Moderator:
Brett Kilbourne, n/a
– Utilities Technology Council
UtiliSite Summit
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
PT
Managing Wireless Attachments in a 5G and Small Cell World
Location: CC - 203 B
Speaker:
David Rines, n/a
– Lerman Senter PLLC
Moderator:
Brett Kilbourne, n/a
– Utilities Technology Council
UtiliSite Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
What Utility Pole Owners Need to Know About Pole Attachments
Location: CC - 203 B
Speaker:
Thomas B. Magee
– Keller and Heckman LLP
Moderator:
Brett Kilbourne
– Utilities Technology Council
UtiliSite Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Wireless Summit
Wireless Summit
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Wireless Summit
Location: CC - 203 C
Wireless Summit
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
PT
Non-terrestrial Networks (NTN) for Utility Applications
Location: CC - 203 C
Speaker:
John Nachilly (he/him/his)
– Eversource
Speaker:
Jena Blazer (she/her/hers)
– X2nSat
Speaker:
Keith Johnson (he/him/his)
– Network Innovations
Moderator:
Eric Wagner (he/him/his)
– Utilities Technology Council
Wireless Summit
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
PT
SCE Journey to Private 5G
Location: CC - 203 C
Speaker:
Leon Machado
– Southern California Edison
Speaker:
Jeff Pittman
– Nokia
Speaker:
Kelly Hoonan (he/him/his)
– SAC Wireless
Moderator:
Carlos Carazo
– GridTech Consulting
Wireless Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PT
Private Radio Networks: Path to Secure, Reliable Communications for Utilities and Critical Infrastructure
Location: CC - 203 C
Speaker:
Mo Shakouri
– Telewave.io
Speaker:
Steve Ludvik
– Telewave.io
Speaker:
Robert Finch
– Select Spectrum
Speaker:
Eric Wagner (he/him/his)
– Utilities Technology Council
Wireless Summit
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
PT
Utility/Technology Partner Speed Networking
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
PT
Utility/Technology Partner Speed Networking
Location: CC - Grand Ballroom & Foyer
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