Sunday, August 22, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Strategic Planning
Room: Hyatt Deschutes ABC

Sunday, August 22, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Strategic Planning Dinner

Monday, August 23, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Strategic Planning
Room: Hyatt Deschutes ABC

Monday, August 23, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open (Badge Only Pick-Up)
Room: Hyatt - Multnomah Foyer

Monday, August 23, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pre-Conference Training: Fiber Optic Training – Pole-Plant and End-Device
Room: Hyatt - Regency CD
Pre-Conference Training: Supporting Heterogeneous Utility Networks of the Future
Room: Hyatt - Regency B

Monday, August 23, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Abbreviated Board of Director's Meeting
Room: Hyatt Deschutes ABC

Monday, August 23, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

UTC Chairman's and UTC Foundation Future Leaders Reception
Room: Hyatt - Multnomah

Monday, August 23, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

UTC Board of Directors Dinner
Room: Hotel Eastlund

Tuesday, August 24, 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

UTC Foundation Charity Golf Tournament at Glendoveer Golf & Tennis

Tuesday, August 24, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open
Room: Lobby A

Tuesday, August 24, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Radio Frequency Basics and Compliance
Room: B113-114
Utility Telecom 101 Class
Room: B115-116

Tuesday, August 24, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Distributed Energy Resources: Utility Drivers, Enabling Technologies, and Case Studies
Room: B113-114
Security Summit: Dealing with Third-Party Risk
Room: B115-116
Telecom Summit: New Developments on Synchronization, Wireless and Underground Fiber
Room: B117-119
Utility Broadband: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward
Room: B110-112

Tuesday, August 24, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Motorola User Group Meetings
Room: A105

Tuesday, August 24, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Ultra High Reliability for Mission Critical Telecommunications
Room: C123

Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Attendee Breakfast
Room: Foyer Outside Meeting Rooms

Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration Open
Room: Pre-Function Lobby A

Wednesday, August 25, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

As Utilities Deploy LTE (4G) and 5G Services Including NB-IoT, What Should They Know About 3GPP – the Global Wireless Standards Organization?
Room: C120-122
Case Study: Planning and Implementing a Backup Data Center at Nebraska Public Power District
Room: A106
Common, and Not So Common, Field Fiber Issues and Methods for Mitigation
Room: B115-116
Managing the Risk of WiFi 6E Interference to Existing 6 GHz Microwave Links
Room: B110-112
Real World Broadband Results, Metrics, and Best Practices – Results from a Comprehensive Electric Cooperative Benchmarking Study
Room: B113-114
Staffing Challenges for Utilities Deploying PLTE
Room: A107-109
Teleprotection - Ethernet vs C37.94 Performance Evaluation
Room: B117-119
Utility Revenue Opportunities from Edge Computing
Room: C123

Wednesday, August 25, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

5G-IoT and Edge Compute: Real-World Utilities Use-Cases
Room: C120-122
Case Study Nebraska Public Power private/public partnerships to provide our customers with public safety, emergency management, and broadband services in the state of Nebraska.
Room: C123
Device and Security Requirements to Achieve True Zero Touch Provisioning for Improved Deployment Efficiency
Room: A106
How IEEE1588 Power Profile with Transparent Clocking will keep your PTP Clocks microseconds precise via your Terrestrial Fiber Network
Room: B117-119
If Smokey the Bear Was High-Tech: How Utility Private LTE Networks Can Help Mitigate Wildfires
Room: B110-112
Reacting to the Pandemic and Preparing for the "New Normal" - Exelon and BT
Room: A107-109
Speed of Light: Lessons Learned on a Large-Scale Fast-Tracked Utility Fiber Backbone Deployment
Room: B115-116
The Benefits of Turnkey Subscriber Management
Room: B113-114

Wednesday, August 25, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

Broadband Deployment & Supply Chain Challenges
Room: B113-114
Increasing Tower and Small Cell Worker Safety with 100% Tie Off and an Effective Dropped Tool Program
Room: C123
Myth Busting - Electric Cooperative Pioneers Blazing a Trail for Others to Follow
Room: B115-116
Ransomware - An Active Response RoadMap
Room: A106
Ripple Effects: How decisions can simplify or complicate your network operations
Room: B117-119
The $10 Billion Dollar Utility Future: Telecom Based on Standards and Interoperability
Room: C120-122
The Power of FirstNet for Utilities: The Importance of Network Security, Reliability, and Resilience.
Room: B110-112
Virtualization of Firewalls into the substation environment
Room: A107-109

Wednesday, August 25, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Opening General Session with Lunch
Room: Ballroom 201, 202, 203

Wednesday, August 25, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Hours
Room: Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, August 25, 2:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Prize Drawings in the Exhibit Hall
Room: Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, August 25, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Trailblazers Social
Room: Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, August 25, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Wednesday Evening Soiree
Room: Exhibit Hall

Thursday, August 26, 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM

Attendee Breakfast
Room: Foyer outside General Session Room

Thursday, August 26, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open
Room: Pre-Function Lobby A

Thursday, August 26, 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Membership Meeting, Policy Resolution, & Chairman Awards
Room: Ballroom 201, 202, 203

Thursday, August 26, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

An introduction to MACsec for field electric protection and control devices
Room: A106
Challenges Deploying a Packet-Based Substation Local Area Network
Room: B113-114
Developing a Successful Process for Small Cell / 5G Antenna Attachments on your Utility Poles
Room: C123
Enabling Realistic Communications Evaluations for ADMS: Members Share Results of High-Impact Research Project Evaluating 900 MHz Private LTE for Grid Automation Technologies Managed by ADMS Systems.
Room: C120-122
Lights Out - DC Systems 101
Room: B117-119
NYPA: Private LTE Pilot
Room: B110-112
Powering Passive Optical Networks
Room: B115-116
The Challenges and Solutions for Modernizing OT and IT Networks
Room: A107-109

Thursday, August 26, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
Room: Exhibit Hall

Thursday, August 26, 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM

Exhibit Hall Hours
Room: Exhibit Hall
Prize Drawings in the Exhibit Hall
Room: Exhibit Hall

Thursday, August 26, 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

Emerging Technology; Wireless Communications Infrastructure
Room: B110-112
Legal and Regulatory Challenges/Opportunities for Attachments to Utility Poles
Room: C123
Necessary considerations for deploying a successful GPON network
Room: B115-116
Predicting Reactive Power Demand
Room: B117-119
Quick Start Guide for Selling Broadband to Businesses
Room: B113-114
Secure Edge Technologies
Room: A106
Total Project Awareness through Data Management
Room: A107-109
Using Technology to Maximize Data Collection and Increase System Resiliency
Room: C120-122

Thursday, August 26, 4:05 PM - 5:05 PM

Building Cybersecurity Practice with Holistic Grid Security Architecture Equipped with OT Protocol and Device Specific Discovery Mechanisms.
Room: A106
Construction and Maintenance of Commercial Wireless Sites on Utility Infrastructure
Room: C123
Electric Island: Charging Medium and Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks
Room: C120-122
Emergency Response to Fiber Problems
Room: B115-116
GIS To Solve Network Communications Challenges
Room: B117-119
Technical Debt – The Hidden Cost of Next Generation Broadband Services
Room: B113-114
What’s the Frequency? Spectrum Availability for Utilities and Spectrum Policy Update
Room: B110-112

Thursday, August 26, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Telecom & Technology Closing Party - Celebrating en Blanc
Room: North Plaza

Thursday, August 26, 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Cigars Under the Stars
Room: North Plaza

Friday, August 27, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

PGE Facility Tour - Open to Utilities Only
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