2019 Engineering, Operations & Technology Conference
 

ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Event Details
2019 Engineering, Operations & Technology Conference
08/14 - 08/16/2019
Gaylord Opryland Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee
 
The Engineering, Operations, and Technology Conference is TVPPA's annual educational meeting for electric utility operations managers and professional engineers. Attendees will enjoy the variety of breakout sessions in Engineering, Operations and Technology - allowing them to tailor the agenda to their particular field of work. Combined with a larger number of exhibiting sponsors, this is THE conference of the year. Be sure to bring your questions and challenges - over 90% of survey respondents said they were able to obtain answers from those vendors.
08/14/2019
ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
12:30 pmRegistration Open
2:00 pm - 3:30 pmPRE-CONFERENCE OPTION: Engineering Basics
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmPRE-CONFERENCE OPTION: Effective Team Building
4:00 pmSolution Centers Open
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmSolution Center: LED Obstruction Tower Lighting Options
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmSolution Center: Rental of Turnkey Portable Substations at Duke Energy Midwest for Small Municipal Electric Utilities
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmSolution Center: Mobile Substations
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmSolution Center: How to manage voltage regulation with DER hosting
5:00 pm - 5:30 pmNEWCOMER MEET N' GREET (for utility employees only)
5:00 pm - 5:30 pmSolution Center: The Rise of the ‘Prosumer’: Engaging your Business Customers with New Value in the Evolving Energy Landscape
5:30 pm - 6:30 pmWelcome Reception
6:00 pm - 6:30 pmSolution Center: Enhancing System Reliability & Improving Cybersecurity Awareness through Visualization
 
08/15/2019
7:30 amRegistration Open
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast with the Sponsors
8:30 amFIRST GENERAL SESSION
8:30 am - 8:45 amWELCOME REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
8:45 am - 9:30 amKEYNOTE: RON CULBERSON
9:30 am - 10:15 amBEST USE CASES OF AMI
9:30 am - 3:30 pmTN Valley Robotics Demonstration
9:45 am - 10:15 amSolution Center: Improving Efficiencies via Wearable Technology & Augmented Reality
9:45 am - 10:15 amSolution Center: Safe & Efficient Asset Evaluations
10:15 am - 10:45 amMeet the Sponsors and Beverage Break
10:45 am - 11:15 amPOWER SUPPLY UPDATE
10:45 am - 11:15 amSolution Center: MDM -- What to do with 3.8 million Pieces of Information?
10:45 am - 11:15 amSolution Center: Distributed Intelligence for your Pole Infrastructure
11:15 am - 11:45 amSolution Center: Get a Grip on Your Fiber Network Before It Goes Dark
11:15 am - 11:45 amSolution Center: LED Obstruction Tower Lighting Options
11:15 am - 11:45 amTHE SMART GRID IS FINALLY HERE
11:45 am - 1:30 pmLunch with Friends and Colleagues (on your own)
1:30 pmSECOND GENERAL SESSION
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmSolution Center: Innovative products designed to reduce lightning related outages, valuable equipment damage and protect AMI networks
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmSolution Center: OsmolyticsTM - adv predictive modeling (wood & steel utility structures) to provide models of below-grade decay & corrosion
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm(ENG) TIPS, TRICKS, & SOLUTIONS OPEN FORUM
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm(OPS) ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION?
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm(TECH) DERMS AND WATER HEATER PROGRAM
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmSolution Center: Retrofilling Transformers with FR3 Natural Ester Based Dielectric Fluid, as a replacement for Mineral Oil
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmSolution Center: A New Approach to Battery Life Cycle Management
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmSolution Center: How to Use the NESC to Self-Determine Arc Flash Energy Levels
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmSolution Center: Bridging the Gap - Distribution Line Design to Effectively Cross a Bridge
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmMeet the Sponsors and Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmSolution Center: The Truth About DERMS: A Pragmatic Approach to Implementing Distributed Energy Resources
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmSolution Center: Distributed Intelligence for your Pole Infrastructure
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm(ENG) PREPARING FOR EV INFRASTRUCTURE
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm(OPS) SUBSTATION BEST PRACTICES ROUNDTABLE
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm(TECH) LPCs' LEVERAGING OF AMI
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmSolution Center: URD cable rejuvenation: A Cost Effective Alternative to Cable Replacement
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmReception in Exhibit Hall
5:00 pm - 5:30 pmSolution Center: Applications of Artificial Intelligence, specifically Machine-Learning, on Feature Classification
5:00 pm - 5:30 pmSolution Center: Enhancing System Reliability & Improving Cybersecurity Awareness through Visualization
 
08/16/2019
7:30 amRegistration Open
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast with the Sponsors
8:30 amTHIRD GENERAL SESSION
8:30 am - 9:15 amFIBER 101
8:45 am - 9:15 amSolution Center: Reduce More Vegetation Management Costs Using Honeywell Analytics from Drones
8:45 am - 9:15 amSolution Center: SF6 Quality Management
9:15 am - 9:45 amTVPPA R&D UPDATE
9:15 am - 9:45 amSolution Center: Innovative Solutions for Distribution Grounding
9:15 am - 9:45 amSolution Center: VVO Implementation without communications, a case study at Rappahannock Electric Co-op
9:45 am - 10:15 amMeet the Sponsors and Beverage Break
10:15 am - 11:15 amWALKING UP ON DANGER
11:15 am - 12:00 pmCAT 4: REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
12:01 pmAdjourn