Agenda
21st Annual Electrical Network Systems Conference
CONFERENCE DATES TO BE RESCHEDULED
Monday, April 6th
6:00 AM | Optional Morning Training Attendees & VIP's ONLY Meet in the lobby of the hotel for transport to the Eaton Experience Center |
Hyatt Regency Houston Hotel Lobby |
6:15 AM | Optional Morning Training Attendees & VIP's ONLY Bus departs for Eaton Experience Center |
Hyatt Regency Houston Hotel Lobby |
7:00 AM | Optional Morning Training Design of a Secondary 480 V Spot Network using CYME - EATON EAS At Eaton's Experience Center. (Must pre-register online; additional fee: $295.00 or included with VIP Registration) |
Eaton Experience Center (7:00 AM – 11:00 AM) |
7:00 AM | Optional Morning Training Cable Splicing and Termination Seminar - CenterPoint Energy At Eaton's Experience Center. (Must pre-register online; additional fee: $295.00 or included with VIP Registration) |
Eaton Experience Center (7:00 AM – 11:00 AM) |
12:00 PM | Bus departs Eaton Experience Center to return morning training attendees back to the Hyatt Regency. |
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1:00 PM | Optional Afternoon Training Medium Voltage Cables and Manhole Grounding Seminar - Kinectrics At Hyatt Regency Houston. (Must pre-register online; additional fee: $295.00 or included with VIP Registration) |
Hyatt Regency Houston Dogwood Room (3rd floor) |
1:00 PM | Optional Afternoon Training Network Protector Maintenance and Troubleshooting - Eaton NWP At Hyatt Regency Houston. (Must pre-register online; additional fee: $295.00 or included with VIP Registration) |
Hyatt Regency Houston Cottonwood Room (3rd Floor) |
5:30 PM | Vendor Exhibits & Reception *Conference Registration Opens |
Hotel - Imperial West - 3rd Floor (5:30 PM – 8:30 PM) |
Tuesday, April 7th
7:00 AM | Breakfast | Regency - 2nd Floor |
8:00 AM | Introduction/Welcome Eaton, Network Solutions Product Line Manager, Mark Faulkner |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
8:30 AM | Keynote Presentation CenterPoint Energy, VP of Distribution Operations Randy Pryor |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
9:00 AM | Eaton Corporation Presentation Eaton, President of Eaton Electrical Brian Brickhouse |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
9:45 AM |
System Overview and Equipment to Improve Safety for the Future |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
10:30 AM | Break | Imperial Foyer |
10:45 AM | A Collaborative Approach to Energized Fire Fighting Seattle Fire Department, Captain Chris Greene |
Imperial East -3rd Floor |
11:45 PM | Lunch | Regency - 2nd Floor |
1:00 PM | Round Table Eaton, Product Line Manager, Mark Faulkner |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
*NEW ALL TRACKS WILL BE PRESENTED TWICE (2:15 PM and 3:30 PM) | ||
2:15 PM |
Breakout Session #1 Track #1: VaultGard Users Group - Fault Locating Track #2: Manhole & Vault Dewatering Filtration Track #3: Innovations in Underground |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor
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3:15 PM | Break - Sponsored By Kinectrics | Imperial Foyer |
3:30 PM |
Breakout Session #2 Track #1: VaultGard Users Group - Fault Locating Track #2: Manhole & Vault Dewatering Filtration Track #3: Innovations in Underground |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor
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5:00 PM | *NEW - GAME NIGHT - Vendor Exhibits & Reception Collect and win tickets for auction prizes! Must be present to win - Raffle Drawing at 7:00 PM. |
Imperial West - 3rd Floor (5:00 PM – 7:30 PM) |
Wednesday, April 8th
7:00 AM | Breakfast | Regency - 2nd Floor |
8:00 AM | Birmingham Downtown Outage, Fire and Restoration Alabama Power, Network Manager, Shane Powell Alabama Power, Standards Engineer, Lucas Coffey |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
8:50 AM | I. Helicopter Network Install II. Denver Arc Flash Event Xcel Energy, Network Supervisor, Rick Kernan |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
9:45 AM | Break | Imperial Foyer |
10:00 AM | Challenges of Working in the Underground Quanta Services, Director, John Perez |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
10:50 AM | Portland General's Network Substation Improvement Project Portland General Electric, Senior Network Planning Engineer, Ricardo J. Garcia |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
11:45 AM | Lunch | Regency - 2nd Floor |
12:45 PM | Vault Tour Safety Briefing CenterPoint Energy, Operations Supervisor, Todd Teykl |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
1:00 PM | Vault Tour Hosted by CenterPoint Energy *Steel Toe Boots Recommended or closed toe shoes *Glasses and Hard hats will be provided by CenterPoint Energy at both vault locations *FR Gear will be provided by ProWear at both vault locations |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
3:30 PM | Eaton Experience Center Tour (Optional) Meet in the lobby of the hotel for transport Eaton Experience Center Tour **** Note**** * No FR gear is needed for this tour * Bus will drop off at Minute Maid Park for the Baseball game following the tour * Dress: Baseball game attire (please consider weather appropriate attire). |
Hyatt Hotel Lobby |
4:30 PM | Eaton Experience Center Tour (Optional) From a mock petrochemical refinery to a substation and power distribution grid, the Eaton Experience Center in Houston provides a global education solution with the unique ability to provide hands-on training in a true-to-life environment. |
Eaton Experience Center |
6:00 PM | Bus Departs Eaton Experience Center to take guests to Minute Maid Stadium. ***Note*** Bus will return to Hyatt Regency Houston to drop off remaining passengers |
Eaton Experience Center |
7:00 PM | Networking Event Baseball Game: Houston, Astros VS. New York, Mets Game starts at 7:10 PM Transportation on own |
Minute Maid Park |
Thursday, April 9th
8:00 AM | Breakfast | Regency - 2nd Floor |
9:00 AM | Network Assessment and Modernization 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell, Consulting Engineer, Matthew Olearczyk |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
10:00 AM |
Guest Speaker: Todd Dewett |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |
11:00 AM | Closing Remarks Eaton, Network Solutions Product Line Manager, Mark Faulkner |
Imperial East - 3rd Floor |