Past event: Power Grid Resilience Conference 2015 spring

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Power Grid Resilience

In an era of severe weather, unprecedented physical threats and unrelenting cyber incursions, increased pressure and focus on the resilience of the US power grid has become the norm.

US utilities face a web of state and federal compliance frameworks, public pressure on everything from rate spikes to terrorist threats to emergency preparedness, and a critical need to replace aging infrastructure while ensuring a robust, resilient and secure grid.

Utilities need to prioritize the right projects that will protect critical assets from sabotage, theft and terrorism, prevent disruption to customers, increase public confidence in their service, restore service swiftly after an outage and maintain/prepare for compliance with current and future regulatory standards.

Power Grid Resilience will take a deep dive into the security strategies, innovative technologies and strategic planning necessary to balance the competing priorities of today’s utility executives.

This 2nd Annual event will bring together top utility executives to share best practices with respect to immediate implementation of near-term and relatively low-cost steps to make our grid significantly more resilient.

This summit delivers "here's how-to-do-it" methodologies to help you implement, manage and lead incident prevention & recovery efforts in your utility.

Act now. Register yourself – and a team of key people – today!


Focusing on Topics Including:

  • Protecting and Responding to Security Attacks on the Grid
  • The New Mission to Deter, Prevent and Protect the Grid from All Hazards
  • Resilience & Recovery: Future Proofing of the Grid
  • Low Cost, Scalable Solutions that Can Make an Impact on Grid Resilience Today

2015 Speakers

  • Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, DoD & Managing Director, Sonecon
  • Mark McGranaghan, Vice President of Power Delivery & Utilization, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)
  • Jelynne LeBlanc-Burley, Executive Vice President & Chief Delivery Officer, CPS Energy
  • Chris Peters, Vice President, NERC/ Critical Infrastructure Compliance, Entergy
  • Richard Wernsing, Manager of Asset Strategy, Electric, PSE&G
  • Robert Martinez, Manager, Risk Control & Business Continuity, CenterPoint Energy
  • Bret Kirby, Acting Assistant Section Chief, Domestic Terrorism Operations, Counterterrorism Division, FBI Headquarters
  • Susan Kelly, President & CEO, American Public Power Association
  • Bruce Davidson, Director, Office Of SAFETY Act Implementation (OSAI), Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
  • Jason Black, Energy Systems Leader, Battelle
  • Robert Katz, Disaster & Terrorism Advisor, FEMA, DHS, Int'l Agencies & White House
  • Santiago Grijalva, Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • James Burke, Senior Director, Corporate Security, NextEra Energy
  • Gale Nordling, Chief Executive Officer, Emprimus

Please fill in your name and email to receive the conference agenda of this event.


The agenda is available as PDF under downloads at the right side of the page.

Venue

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Who Should Attend?

CEO’s, COO’s and CSO’s of Local & Regional Utilities Vice Presidents, Directors and Senior Managers of:
  • Asset Strategy/Management
  • Business/Operational Continuity
  • Corporate Security
  • Engineering
  • Governance
  • Operations
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Control/Mitigation
  • Transmission


Venue & Accommodations

The Westin Crystal City
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia
22202 , United States
Website:  http://www.westincrystalcity.com/
Phone: (703) 486-1111

Accommodation
The Westin Crystal City is conveniently located in the heart of Arlington’s Crystal City. The hotel is adjacent to the Crystal City Metro Station, placing you a short ride away from such Washington D.C.-area attractions as the National Mall monuments, The White House, the Pentagon, Smithsonian museums, and historic Georgetown. Our Arlington hotel is also near the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Corcoran Gallery, and Ford’s Theater.

Complimentary airport shuttles make it easy to get to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which is only a mile away. Business travelers will appreciate the proximity to numerous Northern Virginia companies and organizations, including Lucent Technologies, MCI, IBM, SAIC, Northrop Grumman Corporation, McDonnell-Douglas, Rockwell International, TSA, Boeing Corporation, Sapient, US Airways, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, USA Today/Gannett, and CACI International Inc.

We are steps away from the Crystal City Shops, comprising more than 200 stores as well as restaurants and sidewalk cafés. Our Arlington hotel is also only a few blocks away from the Fashion Center at Pentagon City, which offers more than 170 upscale shops and boutiques.

**Please note: the event occurs during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.  It is suggested you book your rooms early to ensure a room in the host hotel**

Group Rate: $239 plus 13% tax per night

Please identify that you are part of the Power Grid Event to ensure the special rate on the peak nights of March 22-24, 2015. Shoulder nights are subject to availability and prevailing rates.

Reservations Phone: 1-800-937-8461
Check in: 3:00 PM Check out: 12:00 PM

Please make your reservation before March 1, 2015 in order to ensure you are eligible for the group rate. 
Event details
Organizer : IQUS
Event type : Conference
Reference : ASDE-4585