Agenda

8:00 a.m.	Registration – Check-In – Hall G – San Diego Convention Center
8:30 a.m.	Opening General Session -- NRECA Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m.	Workshop moves to - Upper Level San Diego Convention Center Room 24A
10:15 a.m.	What is NRECA? *Steve Collier, Vice President, Business Development, Milsoft Utility Solutions* Types of memberships within NRECA Relationships between NRECA, Associate Members, exhibitors, advertisers Organizations with close affiliations with NRECA Distinction between NRECA members relative to other utility associations
10:45 a.m.	Electric Co-op 101 *Steve Collier, Vice President, Business Development, Milsoft Utility Solutions* Cooperative organizational structure and business model The Cooperative Principles and their importance Organizational Structure Key characteristics and metrics of electric cooperatives How business relationships with electric cooperatives differ from business relationships with IOU’s and municipal utilities
11:15 a.m.	The Co-op Perspective *Cathy Ellis,* VP Technical Services, Wabash Valley Power Association, Indiana *Don Bowman,* Manager of Engineering, Wake EMC, North Carolina *Dave D’Avanzo,* Manager Member & Regional Affairs, Lane Electric, Oregon *Charlene Ham,* Warehouse Supervisor, Rusk County Electric, Texas Planning: How Co-ops plan and manage finances and assets Purchasing: How Co-ops purchase products and services Technology: Systems, processes and infrastructure Operations: How systems vary, structure of joint operations G&T perspective and how it differs from a Distribution Systems
12:00 p.m.	Working Lunch -- Hearing it From the Co-op CEO’s *Scott Handy,* President/CEO, Cass County Electric Cooperative, North Dakota *Lynette Nieuwsma,* General Manager/CEO, Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Minnesota *David Spradlin,* General Manager, Springer Electric Cooperative, Texas Panel of Cooperative CEO’s discuss current issues, the future and challenges facing electric cooperatives
1:00 – 1:15 p.m.	Questions and Break
1:15 p.m.	What is CRN – Cooperative Research Network –CRN Smart Grid Regional Demonstration Project *John Hewa,* VP Research Engineering Technical Services, NRECA *Robbin Christianson,* CRN Director of Program Operations, NRECA
1:45 p.m.	What is Touchstone Energy? Amy Rosier, Senior Community/PR Advisor Touchstone Energy
2:00 p.m.	Doing Business with Cooperatives *Rick Schmidt,* Vice President – Utility Automation & Communications, Power System Engineering, Inc. *Scott Bussing,* Director of National Sales, Landis+Gyr *Tony Buschman,* General Manager & Director of Sales, McWane Poles *Tommy Maloney,* Senior Project Developer, Davey Resource Group Roundtable discussion with representatives from for-profit companies that have been doing business with cooperatives for several years What works and what doesn’t work How cooperatives are similar (and different) from IOU’s and municipal utilities
2:45 p.m.	Consult With the Experts – Build Your Co-op Marketing Plan *Nancy McMahen,* Associate Membership Manager, NRECA *Danielle Burton,* Advertising Account Executive, RE Magazine *Julie Cook,* Advertising Account Executive, RE Magazine *Bill Koch,* Technical Editor, RE Magazine *Steve Collier*, Vice President, Business Development, Milsoft Utility Solutions *Mike Ganley,* Director, Strategic Analysis, NRECA *John Lowery,*Technical Editor, RE Magazine
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	Discussion/Closing Remarks Steve Collier, Vice President, Business Development, Milsoft Utility Solutions

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