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Safety, Reliability and Security
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
EO/IT/SCM 1A: Major Storm/Outage Simulation
How overarching does your preparedness plan need to be to cope with disaster? This session will discuss Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative’s two disaster simulations and will show how employees and systems responded to the crisis simulations.
David Beckius
Minnesota Valley Electric Co-op
www.mvec.net
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IT/EO 1B: Implementing and Maintaining a Secure Wireless Deployment
Learn industry best practices and regulatory requirements for effective wireless networking. This session focuses on the theoretical best practices and the practical implementation lessons learned from secure wireless deployments.
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Robert Brandt
Plumas-Sierra REC
Sean Wiese
NISC
1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
EO 2A: Implementing Automatic Switchgear Designs with Bypass Option
Follow the design engineer and planner through the discovery process to determine what method should be used to serve loads above 2 MW. Explore the benefits of permitting field personnel to perform equipment maintenance without interrupting power to the customer.
Robert Dew
Hi-Line Engineering
www.hi-line-engineering.com
EO 2B: Understanding NESC Rule 410.A.3 and Electrical Personal Protection Equipment
This session defines arc hazards, reviews the potential effects of new regulations and addresses your familiarity with the new NESC Code 410 A.3 and personal protection equipment (PPE) available today.
Bill Rieth
Salisbury Electrical Safety, LLC
www.arcsafety.com
IT/EO 2C: Best Practices for Process Control Systems Security
This presentation provides a discussion of the pros and cons of connecting the process control environment to the IP network, the connections and process control traffic and best practices for SCADA and process control security.
Robert Du Charme
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com/go/ciag
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
EO 3A: Reliability Benchmarking
Discover how IEEE, RUS and other organizations are standardizing the collecting, categorization and utilization of electric power distribution interruption events, and how this information can positively impact your operation and maintenance budget.
Rodney Robinson
Westar Energy
IT/EO 3B: PCI—Defining Scope and Strategies for Security
Evaluate the PCI compliance standard, f ormulate strategies for network architecture and security to achieve compliance and learn about the significant threat of identity theft of co-op members’ financial information.
SEDC
www.sedata.com
EO/IT 3C: Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool and Excellence Matrix
This presentation discusses a cyber security self-assessment process that has been used effectively by energy and utility companies across North America to establish procedures and meet NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards.
Krish Gomatom
Christopher Melhorn
EPRI
www.epri.com
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Friday, February 22, 2008
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
EO 4A: Power Quality—Flicker and Harmonics with Large Motors
Discover the new IEEE flicker and harmonic standards, and how they can minimize the effects of fluctuating loads when they are applied to large motors connected to your distribution system.
Christopher Melhorn
EPRI
www.epri.com
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IT 4B: User Authenication Techniques and Issues
Review typical policies for password selection and management and evaluate how current authentication methods can affect your existing password policies. Also, examine various methods, procedures, policies and effects of user authentication management.
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
IT 5A: Record Retention and E-Discovery (E-Discovery and Record Retention)
In light of the onslaught of security regulation and compliance and the adoption of record retention policies, this session examines new concepts and methodologies for archiving and retrieving data.
Tom Utiger
Data Empowerment Group
www.dataempowerment.com
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EO/SCM 5B: Physical Security and Theft
This session reports some common problems experienced by co-ops, identifies approaches to protect co-op assets and discusses local enforcement and scrap vendor relationships and alternatives.
Bob Bersok
Cherryland Electric Cooperative
www.cherrylandelectric.com
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Chris Teems
Horry Electric Cooperative
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10:45 a.m. - noon
SCM/EO 6A: FEMA and Cooperatives—What Works
Learn and better understand the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement process and guidelines for reporting critical items and costs so your next experience goes as smoothly as possible.
Jonathan Glazier
NRECA
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