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Full Schedule

  • Monday, June 1, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Committee Meeting
  • 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Open (Badge Pick-up Only)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Batteries Training Workshop
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Fiber Workshop
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    UTC Academy
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Utility Telecommunications 101 Workshop
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Securing the Digital Utility: Cyber Resilience Through Private LTE and Licensed Spectrum
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Chair's Reception
  • Tuesday, June 2, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM CT
    UTC Past Chairs' Golf Tournament
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-in
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    FCC Compliance 101 and 201 Workshop
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Project Engineering 101: How to create an engineering project
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    UTC Academy
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    AI Summit
    AI Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Fiber Summit
    Fiber Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    PLTE Summit
    PLTE Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Technology Business Strategy & Development Summit
    Technology Business Strategy & Development Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Telecom/Packet Transition Summit
    Telecom/Packet Transition Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    UtiliSite Summit
    UtiliSite Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Water & Gas Summit
    Water & Gas Summit
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Wireless Summit
    Wireless Summit
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Utility/Technology Partner Speed Networking
  • Wednesday, June 3, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-In
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Packet Transition White Paper Report
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Taking Stock of the Current State of Spectrum Available for Utilities
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    ComEd's Journey to Deploy Initial PLTE Sites
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Fiber Emergency Restoration Prep Final Guidelines and Storm lessons learned
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    How Evergy is Enabling the Automation of the Distributed Intelligent Grid
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    How to Leverage AI for your Network Operations (AIOps)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Navigating Utility Fiber Deployment: Risks, Strategies, and Best Practice
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    PG&E's SONET to Packet Journey
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Spectrum Availability for Utilities and Spectrum Policy Update
  • 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    A Precise Timing Solution for IEC 61850-Compliant DSS Applications
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Current State of the Art in PLTE Core Switching
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    From Red Tape to Green Lights: A Roadmap for Permitting Challenges
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Grid Digitalization and Technology Study - Clay Electric Case Study
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Panel on Timing
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Telecommunication Network Deployments - Planned vs Ad-Hoc - Lessons Learned
  • 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Wireless Regulatory Panel: Regulatory Update on FCC Wireless Siting Policy
  • 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Designing a robust Time synchronization for supporting Grid Modernization
  • 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    Sponsor Track
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    General Session
  • 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Open with Moose Lodge Social Happy Hour
  • Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Membership Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM CT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Membership Meeting
  • 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Case Study: WEC Energy Capitalized on Failover Protections with MetroSwitch
  • 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Enabling PLTE Modem Deployment at Scale and the Tampa Electric Experience
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Ameren Digital Command Center Unifies Technology Operations
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Best Practices for Maintaining Coverage in Disasters and Remote Areas
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Challenges of Fiber Interconnect Projects with Customers new Data Centers/Solar/Windfarms: Utility Case Studies
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    FOSA Sponsored: Texas811 & Centerpoint - Damage Prevention with Validation
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Partners in Performance: Bridging Distribution and Telecom Projects
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    Use Case Driven Network Design
  • 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM CT
    SIM Card Management for Utilities
  • 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    IEC 61850 from a Communications Perspective: SV/GOOSE vs. RSV/R-GOOSE
  • 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    Integrated Terrestrial and Non Terrestrial Networks for Utilities
  • 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    Securing Utility Telecom: Federal Perspectives on GPS Vulnerabilities and Resilient Timing
  • 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    What do you do when your Radio System Coverage Isn’t Enough?
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    A Framework for Unified Asset Management and Infrastructure Monitoring
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    AMI 2.0 Hybrid Networks: Future-Proofing the Grid with Mesh + LTE/5G
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Fiber Through the Grid – Enabling the Future of Utility Communications
  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Radio Frequency Exposure and Worker Safety
  • 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Spans to Splices: On the Transition of Fiber Optic Cable into Substations
  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Augmenting Public Safety Radio with Low Earth Orbit Satellite
  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    Coverage Testing Basics – Technical and Operational Methodology
  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    High-Accuracy Time Synchronization for Power Utility WAN/LAN
  • 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM CT
    IEC-61850 Interoperability: Bridging Legacy and Digital Substations
  • 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM CT
    Expo Hall and Lunch
  • 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Exhibitor Move-Out
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Inter-utility packet handoff without TDM or SONET while keeping cyber happy
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    LCRA's Journey to Delivering Robust, Reliable MC-PTT with PLTE Networks
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Securing Your Cellular Device Stack: Public APNs to Full Private Deployment
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    The Short Bounce – an impairment unique to QAM Digital radio signals
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Hot Topic Roundtables
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
    Closing Party
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM CT
    Cigars Under the Stars