Agenda at a Glance

8:00 AM Registration & Coffee

8:45 AM Chairperson Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 AM KEYNOTE: Increasing Resiliency in Critical Electrical Systems

9:45 AM Morning Networking and Refreshment Break

10:15 AM TECH ACCELERATOR A: Using R&D to Mitigate Risk in the Electric Power Industry

Rob Manning
Vice President, Transmission
Electric Power Research Institute

Erfan IbrahimPhD
Center Director Cyber-Physical Systems Security & Resilience R&D
National Renewable Energy Lab

11:45 AM Lunch

12:45 PM Mitigating the Consequences of High Impact/Low Frequency Events

Mark Weatherford
Principal
The Chertoff Group

1:30 PM TECH ACCELERATOR B: Physical Security Initiatves, Technologies, and Evolving Trends

2:45 PM Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break

3:15 PM TECH ACCELERATOR C: Security Strategy and Technology Solutions

4:45 PM End of Tech Accelerator Workshop Day

8:00 AM Registration & Coffee

8:45 AM Chairperson's Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 AM KEYNOTE: Requirements to Protect Critical Electrical Infrastructure

9:45 AM PANEL: CIP 014-1: How Much Security Is Enough?

10:30 AM Demo Drive / Morning Networking & Refreshment

11:15 AM National Transformer Strategy Update

12:00 PM Networking Luncheon

1:00 PM Repair/Restore : A Pragmatic Approach to Balancing Preparedness vs. Resiliency

1:45 PM Threat Landscape: Emerging Threats to the Electric Grid

2:30 PM Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break

3:15 PM Strategies for Addressing the Insider Threat

4:00 PM Grid Modernization: Building Adaptable Security Architecture

4:45 PM Closing Remarks

5:00 PM End of Main Conference Day One

8:00 AM Registration & Coffee

8:45 AM Chairperson's Recap of Day One

9:00 AM KEYNOTE: Improving the Security and Resilience of the Nation's Grid

9:45 AM Evaluating Threats to Critical Facilities

10:30 AM Morning Networking & Refreshment Break

11:15 AM Understanding the Gaps: Navigating the Regulatory Environment

12:00 PM Information Sharing to Increase Grid Security

12:45 PM Networking Luncheon

1:45 PM ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

2:30 PM PANEL: Strategies for Assessing Risk to Substations

3:15 PM Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break

4:00 PM Building Cross-Sector Security Coordination

4:45 PM Mitigating High Impact/Low Frequency (HILF) Events

5:15 PM Closing Remarks

5:30 PM End of Main Conference Day Two