Smart Grid RoadShow - Bringing the Smart Grid Marketplace to Your Door!

Preliminary Program

Monday, May 10, 2010
1:00 - 6:00 PM	Exhibitor Set-Up & Registration
7:00 - 9:00 PM	Welcome Reception - Presidential Ballroom III and Gibson Foyer
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
7:30 - 8:00 AM	Registration Open
8:00 - 8:15 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks: Michael A. Marullo, Conference Chair Presidential Ballroom I, II
8:15 - 9:15 AM	KEYNOTE BREAKFAST - Presidential Ballroom I, II "Smart Grid: The Catalyst to Transform the Energy Sector" James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy
9:15 - 11:15 AM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR A)
9:30 - 10:15 AM	Session 101 - Operations - Taft I "SmartGrid 2.0 Beyond Meters and onto Intelligent Energy Management" Robert Dolin, VP and CTO, [Echelon]	Session 201 - Automation/IT - Taft II "Real Time Data Mining at Scale" Sandy Hall, Executive Director, AT&T Labs, [AT&T], Wes McDowell, VP & CIO, [Georgia Power]	Session 301 - Security & Compliance - Garfield "Smart Grid Cyber Security: From Fear To Facts" Tyler Williams, President [Wurldtech Security Technologies], Ward Pyles, Security Analyst, [Southern Company]	Session 401 - Infrastructure - McKinley "Smart Grids Require Broadband Communications" Rob Pilgrim, VP of Business Development, [Tropos Networks], James Bagley Jr., CIO, [City of Rock Hill, SC]
10:15 - 11:15 AM	EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR B)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 102 - Automation/IT - Taft I "Distribution Management System: Key Enabler of a Smart Grid" Daltrum Poston, Vice President, Power Delivery, Central Operations, [Duke Energy]	Session 202 - Operations - Taft II "Customer Engagement - What Utilities Need to Do" Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz, Consultant, [Bass & Company], Charles Dickerson, VP, Customer Care, [Pepco Holdings]	Session 302 - Infrastructure - Garfield "Making the Smart Grid Work for Public Power" Leopoldo Gemoets, Department Head, [University of Texas, El Paso]	Session 402 - Automation/IT - McKinley "Removing the Installation Barrier for Demand Response" Itai Karelic, DB Manager, [Greenlet Technologies], Sagiv Ben-Arie, [Israeli Electric Company]
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Networking Luncheon Panel - Presidential Ballroom I, II Leaders Experiencing Smart Grid First-hand Mike Davis, Associate Lab Director, [PNNL], Charles Dickerson, VP, Customer Care, [PEPCO], Ray Gogel, President & COO, [CURRENT Group], Don McConnell, Head of Energy Worldwide, [Battelle Memorial Institute] Moderator: Jon Brock
1:30 - 2:00 PM	EXHIBIT VIEWING
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR C)
2:00 - 2:45 PM	Session 103 - Infrastructure - Taft I "Duke-ENN collaboration on smart grid" Dr. Meng Binsheng, ENN Science & Technology, [ENN Group], Mark Wyatt, VP Smart Energy Systems, [Duke Energy]	Session 203 - Security & Compliance - Taft II "Electric Utility Security 101 - Introduction to NERC CIPs", Ernie Hayden, Senior Security Consultant [Verizon Business]	Session 303 - Automation/IT - Garfield "Grid Optimization Demonstration Project at Blue Grass Energy" Guohui Yuan, Director of Product Management, [CURRENT Group], Mike Williams, SVP & COO, [Blue Grass Energy]	Session 403 - Infrastructure - McKinley "A "Statewide" Smart Grid Wireless Communications Network - Today and Tomorrow" John "Jake" Rasweiler, VP, IT, Engineering & Network Operations, [Arcadian Networks], Ryan Hentges, VP Corporate Services, [Minnesota Valley Electric]
2:45 - 3:45 PM	EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS
2:45 - 4:45 PM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR D)
3:45 - 4:30 PM	Session 104 - Automation/IT - Taft I "Next Generation Smart Grid Architectures" Claudio Lima, Vice-Chair IEEE P3030 Smart Grid Communications Architectures Working Group, [IEEE]	Session 204 - Infrastructure - Taft II "Enabling Communications for the Smart Grid" Bryan Seal, VP of Grid Initiatives, [SmartSynch]	Session 304 - Operations - Garfield "Market Potential for Water Heaters Demand Response" Elliot Boardman, Executive Director, [Peak Load Management Alliance]	Session 404 - Automation/IT - McKinley "Distribution Automation Systems With Advanced Features" Paul Thomas, Supervisor Planning & Engineering, [AEP Ohio]
4:30 - 5:00 PM	EXHIBIT VIEWING
5:00 - 7:00 PM	Networking Reception - Fountain Room
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
7:30 - 8:00 AM	Registration Open
8:15 - 9:15 AM	KEYNOTE BREAKFAST - Presidential Ballroom I, II The Future of Electric Power: Energy Vision 2030 Robert Powers, President, [AEP Utilities], George W. Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, [NIST], Mike Davis, Associate Lab Director, [PNNL], Phillip Moeller, Commissioner, [FERC], Alan Schriber, Chairman, [Public Utilities Commission of Ohio] Moderator: Jesse Berst
9:15 - 11:15 AM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR E)
9:30 - 10:15 AM	Session 105 - Automation/IT - Taft I "CAPEX and O&M Budget Outlook for Electric Utilities 2010-2011" Charles Newton, President, [Newton-Evans Research]	Session 205 - Security & Compliance - Taft II "Smart Grid Cyber Security & Communications" Doug Westlund, CEO, [N-Dimension Solutions], Kshamit Dixit, Manager, IT Security, [Toronto Hydro]	Session 305 - Operations - Garfield "Non-contact, Real-time Sensor System for the Monitoring of Overhead HV Transmission Lines" Steven Syracuse, President & CTO, [Promethean Devices], Clifton Black, Engineer, Research & Technology Management, [Southern Company Services]	Session 405 - Infrasructure - McKinley "Implementation of Smart Grid with Ethernet Backbone Multipurpose Gigabit Network" Jim McGhee, Utility Market Manager, [RuggedCom],
10:15 - 11:15 AM	EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR F)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 106 - Automation/IT - Taft I "American Electric Powers gridSMART Initiative: A Progress Update" Karen Sloneker, Director, Customer Services and Marketing, [AEP Ohio], George Bjelovuk, Managing Director - Marketing, Research & Program Development, [AEP]	Session 206 - Security & Compliance - Taft II "Introduction to AMI Security Requirements from Draft NISTIR 7628" Andrew Ginter, Chief Security Officer, [Industrial Defender]	Session 306 - Infrastructure - Garfield "Advanced System Management - A New Approach to Substation Automation" Stan McClellan, CTO, [Power Tagging Technologies], Phil Powell, Director Conservation & Load Management, [Dominion Virginia Power]	Session 406 - Automation/IT - McKinley “Integrating Legacy Systems, including AMR Systems, into Smart Grids" Jim Fisher, Business Development Manager, [Itron], Ram Rao, CTO, [Ambient Corp.]
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Networking Luncheon Panel - Presidential Ballroom I, II *Operating Bulk Power Systems and Markets with Smart Technologies and Renewable Energy* John Bear, President and CEO, [Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator], Lanny Nickell, VP Operations, [Southwest Power Pool] Moderator: Lawrence Jones
1:30 - 2:00 PM	EXHIBIT VIEWING
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Duke Energy Envision Center Tour (TOUR G)
2:00 - 2:45 PM	Session 107 - Operations - Taft I "Smart Grid Telemetry: A Foundation for Distribution Operations" G. Larry Clark, PE, Power Delivery, [Alabama Power Company]	Session 207 - Automation/IT - Taft II "Demand Response with Integrated Transmission and Distribution Grid Operation" Jayant Kumar, Director, [Areva T&D], Michael Ingram, Sr. Manager, [Tennessee Valley Authority]	Session 307 - Infrastructure - Garfield "surPLUShome: An Exemplar House for E-Energy, The German Program of Smart Grids" Lutz Steiner, Renewable Energies, [Technische Universitat Darmstadt]	Session 407 - Infrastructure - McKinley "Enabling the Smart Grid" Rich Housh, President and CEO, [Plug Smart], Chris Chen, EV-Enterprise Architect, [Sempra Utilities/SDGE]
2:45 - 3:30 PM	EXHIBIT VIEWING & REFRESHMENTS
3:30 - 5:00 PM	Closing Plenary Session - Presidential Ballroom I, II "Want Smart Grid Project Success? LIsten to Your Customers!" Thomas E. Kinman, PE, VP, Facilities Management, [Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center], Janine L. Migden-Ostrander, Consumers’ Counsel, [Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel], Joe Maas, Co-Owner and VP of Operations, [JTM Food Group], Mike Gahimer, Director, Energy Management, [Duke Realty Corporation] , Stephen R Etsler, Manager of Purchasing Electric, Natural Gas and Water, [AK Steel Corp]
3:30 - 7:00 PM	Booth Dismantle & Move-out