TENTATIVE AGENDA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Golf Tournament and Breakfast
Iron Horse Golf Course
North Richland Hills 76180
8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Pre-Con: Introduction to Staking
Instructor: Kevin Mara, Vice President and Principal Engineer
GDS Associates
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Pre-Con: Milsoft User Group
Bart Brockway, Regional Accounts Manager
Clayton Tucker, Trainer
Milsoft
9:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.
Pre-Con: Engineering Ethics
Instructor: Michael Sims, Director of Compliance and Enforcement
Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
11:00 a.m.- noon
Lunch on Your Own
GENERAL SESSION
1:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Government Relations Update
Julia Harvey, Vice President of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs
Texas Electric Cooperatives
Supply Chain Management Update
Gary Daniel, Executive Director
Texas Electric Cooperatives
Poles
John Derrick, Product and Services Manager
Texas Electric Cooperatives
EXHIBIT SHOW
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Dinner on Your Own
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
GENERAL SESSION
8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Fire Mitigation: Co-op and Insurance Perspective
Rusty Endicott, Safety and Loss Prevention Manager
Federated
Advance Grid Analysis
Daniel Jackson, Electrical Engineer
United Cooperative Services
EXHIBIT SHOW AND LUNCH
10:30 a.m.- 1:15 p.m.
GENERAL SESSION
1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Coordination Studies
Sean Krause, Engineer
Medina EC
Utilizing AMI Data in Real Time
Bruce Goss, System Operations Engineering Manager
United Cooperative Services
Case Study: Electric Vehicle Impact
Michael Lattner, P.E.
United Cooperative Services
Line Design Strategies
Kevin Mara, Vice President and Principal Engineer
GDS Associates, Inc.
Adjourn
Evening on Your Own
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
GENERAL SESSION
8:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.