| 03/20/2017 | ||
 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Reception: Meet Our Exhibitors & Sponsors | |
| 03/21/2017 | ||
| 7:00 am - 4:30 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:45 am - 8:00 am | Conference Welcome | |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Keynote: A Case Study in Battery Storage & a Framework for "Grid Readiness" Booga Gilbertson, Senior Vice President of Operations, Puget Sound Energy | |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | BREAK | |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Ukraine Cyber-Induced Power Outage: Analysis and Practical Mitigation Strategies Dave Whitehead, Vice President of Research & Development, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | Fundamentals: Substation Networks Craig Preuss, Engineering Manager for Utility Automation, Black & Veatch Corporation |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | A Secure Cellular SCADA Solution for Small Substations Sara Bavarian, Senior Engineer, BC Hydro | |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Achieving the Promises of IoT with Existing Technology Jacques Benoit, Senior Product Manager, Eaton's Cooper Power Systems | Fundamentals: XML Files Andrew West, Regional Technical Director, SUBNET Solutions, Inc. |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Electric Utility Information Management - Integrating Virtualization and Cloud Computing Jeff Pack, Senior Project Engineer, POWER Engineers | Fundamentals: IEEE 1815.1 Andrew West, Regional Technical Director, SUBNET Solutions, Inc. |
| 11:15 am - 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Managing Distributed Energy Resources Using VOLTTRON: A case study of the WSU CETC project Adam Hahn, Assistant Professor, Washington State University | Fundamentals: DNP3 Andrew West, Regional Technical Director, SUBNET Solutions, Inc. |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | University Implements Distribution Automation to Enhance System Reliability and Optimize Operations Ashok Balasubramanian, Automation Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Investigation of Electric Distribution Network with Distributed Generation Integration Zhi Chen, Assistant Professor, Washington State University Vancouver | |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | BREAK | |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Feeder Automation Case Study Leveraging Cellular Communication to Improve System Reliability Alexandr Stinskiy, Applications Engineer, Siemens | Fundamentals: DNP3 Andrew West, Regional Technical Director, SUBNET Solutions, Inc. |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Mitigating the Impacts of Photovoltaics on the Power System Kei Hao, Automation & Protection Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | IEEE 1547 Standard for Interconnection of DER with Electric Power Systems, Revision and Application Charlie Vartanian, Advanced Technologies Advisor, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) | |
| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Reception & Student Poster Presentations | |
| 03/22/2017 | ||
| 7:30 am - 4:30 pm | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Keynote: Slow Moving Train Wreck or Greatest Industrial Change Since Edison Terry Oliver, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Bonneville Power Administration | |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | BREAK | |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Communications Taxonomy: A Framework for Prioritizing Communication Needs at an Electric Utility Joe Xavier, West Regional Tech Manager for Distribution Protection & Automation, ABB Inc | Fundamentals Session: SCADA and Distribution Management Bill Rambo |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Software-Defined Networking Redefines Performance for Ethernet Control Systems Mark Hadley, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | GOOSEing Your Paralleling Scheme Craig Preuss, Engineering Manager for Utility Automation, Black & Veatch Corporation | Fundamentals: Physical Security of Power Substations Jing Xie, Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Case Study: Lessons Learned Using IEC 61850 Network Engineering Guideline Test Procedures to Troubleshoot Faulty Ethernet Network Installations David Dolezilek, International Technical Director, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | |
| 11:15 am - 1:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Adaptive Protection – What Does It Mean and What Can It Do? Roy Moxley, Siemens | Fundamentals: Cryptography and the Smart Grid Jacques Benoit, Senior Product Manager, Eaton's Cooper Power Systems |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Lessons learned from a multi-million dollar,state-of-the-art distribution automation system upgrade project at California State University Fresno Erik Brandstaedter, Distribution Automation Business Development Manager, G&W Electric | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | System for Event Summary Notifications: Preliminary Operational Results at SDG&E Ellery Blood, Senior Research Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | Fundamentals: Introduction to Network Security Monitoring Nik Urlaub, Engineer, POWER Engineers |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | BREAK | |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | A Future Utility Supply Model John Gibson, Manager Distribution System Operations, Avista Corporation | Fundamentals: Interactive User Access and NERC CIP Walid Ali, Senior Application Engineer , General Electric |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Development of an HMI Control System for Transmission Substations Brian Davis, Bonneville Power Administration | Fundamentals: Automated Management and Protection of Critical Cyber Assets for NERC Compliance Tom Bartman, Application Specialist, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Substation Automation: Substation Improvement Project in the Dominican Republic Andrew West, Regional Technical Director, SUBNET Solutions, Inc. | Fundamentals: Red Teaming - The Threat Working for You Pete Harris, Executive Director & Founder, INGRESSIVE |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception | |
| 03/23/2017 | ||
| 7:30 am - 11:00 am | Registration Desk Open | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | BREAKFAST | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Keynote Brian Young, Director of Economic Development for the Clean Technology Sector, Washington State Department of Commerce | |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Featured Speakers Larry Bekkedahl, Vice President, Transmission and Distribution, Portland General Electric Mark Oens, Senior Manager, Planning Engineering and Technical Services, Snohomish County PUD | |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Featured Speakers Srinivas Katipamula, Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chen-Ching Liu, Director, Energy Systems Innovation Center, WSU | |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Panel Discussion Uzma Siddiqi, Technology Innovation Principal Engineer, Seattle City Light - MODERATOR Tuan Tran, Executive Director - Energy Delivery Engineering, Seattle City Light Kelly Magalsky, Senior Manager of Products and Services, Avista Corporation Todd Currier, Assistant Director, WSU Energy Program - Olympia | |
