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  • Wednesday, Jun 3rd
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Leveraging AI for Network and IT Operations (AIOps)
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Mitch Simcoe, BEng, MBA – Ribbon Communications
    Speaker: Kevin Wade – Ribbon Communications
    Moderator: Douglas Barton
    Emerging Technologies Track
  • Wednesday, Jun 3rd
    9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Hunting Configuration Drift: How WEC Uses Nautobot to Automate Network Compliance
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Gunther Krause
    Speaker: Zach Biles – Network to Code
    Moderator: Matthew K. Holthe – Nebraska Public Power District
    Emerging Technologies Track
  • Wednesday, Jun 3rd
    10:50 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    Navigating Trust Across OT, Telecom, and Cloud: Introducing KALEN™ and GRID Framework
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Cordell Briggs, II (he/him/his) – Utilities Technology Council
    Speaker: Mark P. DeAngelo – International Society of Automation / ISASecure
    Speaker: Lefteris Skoutaris
    Speaker: Tobias Whitney – Cumulys Solutions Inc.
    Emerging Technologies Track
  • Thursday, Jun 4th
    9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Texas811 & Centerpoint: Damage Prevention with Validation
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Kyle VanLandingham – Texas811
    Speaker: Dane Langen, PSP – Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA)
    Moderator: Joann Howell – UTC
    Emerging Technologies Track
  • Thursday, Jun 4th
    10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Managing Utility Communications Infrastructure: Engineering, Compliance, and Long-Term Reliability
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Adam Jackson – Duke Energy
    Speaker: J. Eric Dickerson – Engineered Tower Solutions, PLLC
    Moderator: Douglas Barton
    Emerging Technologies Track
  • Thursday, Jun 4th
    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Augmenting LMR Radio Communications with Low Earth Orbit Satellite
    Location: CC - L100G
    Speaker: Curtis W. Johnson, PE, ENP RPL (he/him/his) – CTA Consultants, LLC
    Moderator: Anthony F. Suppa, Jr., PE – Public Service Electric & Gas
    Emerging Technologies Track