This is a prelminary schedule and subject to change.

Sunday, May 15, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Strategic Planning
Room: Omni - Automobile Alley

Sunday, May 15, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Strategic Planning Dinner
Room: Broadway 10, 1101 N. Broadway Ave.

Monday, May 16, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Strategic Planning and Board Meeting
Room: Omni - Automobile Alley

Monday, May 16, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open (Badge Only Pick-Up)
Room: Omni Lobby

Monday, May 16, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pre-Conference Training: Attachments, Poles and Towers
Room: Omni - Bricktown
Pre-Conference Training: Fiber Optic Training – Pole-Plant and End-Device
Room: Omni - Paseo
Pre-Conference Training: Substation Grounding
Room: Omni - Myriad

Monday, May 16, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Chair's Reception & Gallery Walk
Room: Omni - 2nd Floor Foyer

Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

UTC Foundation Charity Golf Tournament
Room: Golf Club of Edmond, Edmond, OK

Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open
Room: Lobby outside Exhibit Hall A&B

Tuesday, May 17, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Training: Testing Aspects of Pseudo-Wire Interfaces over Packet Transport
Room: Room 204
Training: Utility Telecommunications 101
Room: Room 203

Tuesday, May 17, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Broadband Summit
Room: Room 201
Spectrum Availability and RF Infrastructure Summit
Room: Room 202
Summit: Utility Integrations – Making the Journey
Room: Room 203
Utility Cybersecurity Summit: Advanced Persistent Threats
Room: Room 204

Tuesday, May 17, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Nokia's User Group Meeting
Room: Room 208A

Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Attendee Breakfast
Room: OKCC - Foyer outside meeting rooms

Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration Open
Room: Lobby outside Exhibit Hall A&B

Wednesday, May 18, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Benefits of a “ground up” cybersecurity approach to Mission Critical Communications
Room: Room 208 AB
Fiber Broadband Network Architecture Considerations
Room: Room 209 AB
How Technology Fosters Safety
Room: Room 202
Make Ready or Not
Room: Room 203
OPGW Grounding techniques for safe splicing
Room: Room 204
Seizing the Moment: Unprecedented Funding Opportunities in 2022
Room: Room 206 AB
The Importance of Grid-Wide Time Synchornization
Room: Room 201
The Value of 4G LTE CAT M/NB-IoT Small Cell in Utility-Grade Private Networks
Room: Room 207 AB

Wednesday, May 18, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

Case Study: Underground Air Blown Fiber Cables
Room: Room 204
Leveraging the NIST CSF where NERC CIP Doesn’t Apply (i.e Distribution)
Room: Room 208 AB
Middle-Mile Capitalize on your beginning, with the end in mind.
Room: Room 209 AB
Regulatory Update on FCC Wireless Infrastructure Siting Policy
Room: Room 206 AB
Satellite Telecommunications on your Grid
Room: Room 202
Small Cells and Street Lights
Room: Room 203

Wireless Deployments on Streetlights and Other Utility Infrastructure
  • Room: Room 203
  • Wednesday, May 18, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Small Cell / 5G Decorative Light Pole (Rip & Replace)
  • Room: Room 203
  • Wednesday, May 18, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
The State of the 6 GHz Microwave Spectrum
Room: Room 207 AB
Using Technology to Maximize Data Collection and Increase System Reliability and Resiliency
Room: Room 201

Wednesday, May 18, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

Dual Frequency Private 4G and 5G Networks
Room: Room 207 AB
Fund, Plan and Build-Tips to get you started in Broadband
Room: Room 209 AB
Funding Mechanics, Procedures and Process
Room: Room 206 AB
How Hitless Switching (0ms Switching) and Ethernet 61850 HSR/PRP (0ms Switching) can be used for Ultra High Availability in the Substation and Inter-Substation
Room: Room 208 AB
Innovative and cost-effective network infrastructure solutions to speed deployments
Room: Room 203
Managing your Subscribers the Cloud Way – What is Cloud Managed Wi-Fi?
Room: Room 202
Risk and Reward
Room: Room 201
Why Build a Broadband Network?
Room: Room 204

Wednesday, May 18, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Opening General Session with Lunch (Click for Livestream Link)
Room: Ballroom - 3rd Floor

Wednesday, May 18, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Hours
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B

Wednesday, May 18, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Exhibit Hall - Award Presentations & Prize Drawings
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B

Wednesday, May 18, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Saloon Social
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B

Thursday, May 19, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Attendee Breakfast
Room: Ballroom - 3rd Floor

Thursday, May 19, 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Thursday Breakfast Session
Room: Ballroom - 3rd Floor

Thursday, May 19, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Regstration Open
Room: Lobby outside Exhibit Hall A&B

Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

6 GHz Interference
Room: Room 206 AB

6 GHz Interference
  • Room: Room 206 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Fiber To The People: The Rural Electric Co-op Broadband Blueprint for Success
Room: Room 204
IoT Communications Technologies: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial
Room: Room 201
Private LTE Panel Session
Room: Room 207 AB

Convergence in Field Area Networks using LTE and private digital radio
  • Room: Room 207 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Utilities pLTE Panel
  • Room: Room 207 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Regulatory Issues for Providing Broadband
Room: Room 209 AB

Regulatory Issues When Providing Broadband Services
  • Room: Room 209 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Utility Broadband - Managing the Regulatory and Legal Considerations
  • Room: Room 209 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
The Impact of 5G on Utility Infrastructure
Room: Room 203
Using Drones in Utilities
Room: Room 202
Zero Trust Architecture: Where are we and where are we going?
Room: Room 208 AB

Thursday, May 19, 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM

Exhibit Hall Lunch
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B

Thursday, May 19, 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM

Exhibit Hall Hours
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B
Ice Cream Social
Room: Exhibit Hall A&B

Thursday, May 19, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

Any traffic over any network: Tunneling technologies to enable utility applications
Room: Room 201
Energy Sector – Addressing its critical infrastructure and cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Room: Room 208 AB
How to Handle the Load: How Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Utilized Analytics to Accurately Identify System Line Losses and Reduce Costs for their Members.
Room: Room 202
It’s Raining Grants – identifying grants for broadband and utility infrastructure
Room: Room 209 AB
One Fiber, One Platform, Two Secure Communication Networks
Room: Room 204
Regulatory Issues for Pole Attachments
Room: Room 203

Pole Attachment Regulatory and Legal Challenges
  • Room: Room 203
  • Thursday, May 19, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM
Pole Attachments and Colocation in a 5G and Small Cell World
  • Room: Room 203
  • Thursday, May 19, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM
Spectrum Sharing
Room: Room 206 AB

Utility Spectrum Sharing
  • Room: Room 206 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM
Wireless Solutions for Grid Automation
Room: Room 207 AB

Field Area Networks – from soup to nuts with PGE
  • Room: Room 207 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

Thursday, May 19, 4:05 PM - 5:05 PM

Broadband Funding and Regulations
Room: Room 206 AB
Building and Maintaining Vendor/Utility Member Relationships
Room: Room 202
Don’t get caught unprotected, is your distribution system ready for solar?
Room: Room 201
The Delayed 5G Revolution: Mounts for Small Cell and Towers
Room: Room 203
Utility Security Practitioners: Ask Me Anything!
Room: 208AB
Wireless Technologies for Broadband Communications
Room: Room 207 AB

Wireless’ Evolution for Broadband Networks
  • Room: Room 207 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Private 5G Solution for Utilities
  • Room: Room 207 AB
  • Thursday, May 19, 4:05 PM - 5:05 PM
Your protection relays require hitless network protection switching
Room: Room 204

Thursday, May 19, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Telecom & Technology Closing Party (All-White Attire Party)
Room: Omni - 2nd Floor - ScissorTail Terrace

Thursday, May 19, 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Cigars Under the Stars
Room: Omni - Pool/Lawn