Robert Sill, CEO & President, Aegis Technologies

Jonathan Pollet, Vice President-Professional Services, Industrial Defender

NERC CIP Standards are in effect! Could your system withstand a NERC Audit? Come hear how things are going in regards to the CIP standards including what else you should be doing to make sure you are ready – if you are one of the lucky few that receive an audit. With fines that can range up to a million dollars per day, per instance, mitigating this financial risk is HUGE for your utility company. This session, taught by NERC experts, will review everything you need to have in place and what to expect as NERC starts the official review process.

Most utility telecom executives are shocked to find out how easy it is for an expert to penetrate their SCADA and enterprise networks. With all the recent changes in utility telecom networks - whether driven by adoption of new technologies or business structure changes - security is becoming more important than ever before. This session will focus on outlining which areas are vulnerable in utility networks – whether by outside attack or through natural disaster – and will offer ways to close the holes and fix the problems quickly – before and after the fact.

SCADA over satellite is an optimal solution for utilities spread out in remote areas. Yet there are numerous risks involved that need to be mitigated. This session will discuss the implications of choosing to use satellite for your SCADA system. Including what regulatory burdens are place on the satellite solution.

Replacing SCADA equipment in a live environment takes planning and skill to be successful. This session reviews best practices for getting through the process right from the start. From choosing the right SCADA product to fit your needs to the implementation plan, find out what other utilities are doing successfully and how technology partners are aiding in this transition.

As bandwidth requirements continue to rise, the migration towards Ethernet based services will continue to grow. The cost benefits and data-centric nature of new applications makes Ethernet the preferred transport mechanism but for the foreseeable future, operators need to balance data build outs with existing network applications and equipment. In addition, the ability to support both data and TDM based traffic over existing infrastructure is critical to ensuring that existing services and customers are not impacted throughout this process. The goal of this session is to provide case study information on the cost implications of Ethernet delivery as well as its coexistence with services delivered today.

Through utility case studies, this session highlights the trends in communications solutions in emergency situations. The presenter will help you answer the most common questions associated with these solutions, such as: How reliable are these solutions? How available is it in times of emergency? How does this relate to interoperability? What are the key engineering and operational challenges that need to be overcome for these solutions?

Every day, UTCs Legal/Regulatory team represents the telecom and IT interests of energy and water companies on a wide variety of issues. This years Legal/Regulatory Update will focus on spectrum issues, infrastructure issues and homeland security issues - UTCs main areas of focus. This presentation is a great opportunity to get an understanding of the issues being decided in Washington that affect your job and how the UTC legal/regulatory team is responding.

Making sure your workforce has the mobility solutions it needs is critical in today’s environment. Yet mobility means different things to different utilities. Yet the most important aspect to most utilities is the ability of mobility solutions to help find operational efficiencies within the utility. Learn how telecom departments are driving these solutions and exactly what types of mobility solutions are being implemented today.

It takes more than just products and services to create the right telecom solution for your utility – it takes a plan. This session gives best practices around identifying alternatives, developing and implementing the ideal solution, management and maintenance, as well as training. As your company is migrating to the next-generation solution, find out what solutions are coming and how you can best prepare for your telecom plan to meet these needs.