Join us for a 5K run or walk around the shopping district and hotel golf course

Prior registration is required. No fee. Contact [email protected] for more information or to register.
USMA will donate $20 to charity for each registered person finishing the 5K that morning.
This is an informal run and will not be supported by rest stops or medical personnel.

Sunday, May 19, 2019 – Golf Tournament
Pre Registration is Required. Separate fee applies

6:00 am
No transportation required, the golf course is around the corner from the swimming pool. Space is limited.

Need to rent clubs? Contact [email protected] before May 13, 2018 (special right or left handed).

7:00 am
Light Breakfast at the course

8:00 am
Shotgun Start
Lunch to follow play at the Golf Course

Proper golf club attire and shoes required.

Westin Kierland Resort – look for the USMA Registration desk, in the foyer of the Kierland Ballroom (just beyond the coffee shop).

If this is your first time at USMA or if you haven’t attended in recent years, please join us to meet the USMA Board of Directors. Business casual attire suggested.

All USMA Participants and registered spouses/guests are encouraged to meet for drinks and light hors d’oeuvres. Business casual attire suggested.

A light breakfast buffet will be served at 7:30 am for all registered USMA conference delegates. Spouses/guests are not included in this part of the program. Served in the Foyer of the Kierland Ballroom. Name badge Required.

The breakfast buffet will include the traditional breakfast foods.

If you have food allergies and did not include them in your registration record, please contact us with the information we need to give to the hotel. Email  [email protected]

Join us at 8:00 am for the opening session of USMA 2019. We suggest arriving early to secure a good seat. Kierland Ballroom. Business casual attires is suggested.

Featured speakers:

Michael Hummell, P.E., General Manager & Chief Executive Officer, Salt River Project and Robyn Beninicasa
Additional speakers to be announced soon!

After the morning general session we’ll take a short break to refresh the room and then lunch buffets will be served. Namebadge required.

12:45 – 2:00 pm
Title	Cyber Security, How Utilities Attack the Issue	Combating Climate Change: How new products are reaching beyond SF6	Supplier Diversity	The Seven Sources of Complexity in Service Management	Supplier Collaboration
Speaker	Jim Colligan, PSEG: Mel Nevarez, CenterPoint	Todd Irwin, GE Grid Solutions	Vernice Lewis, Exelon	TBA	Bill Mundt, FP&L; Gary Wetzel, S&C
Session ID	MBOA1	MBOA2	MBOA3	MBOA4	MBOA5
Location	Kierland 1A	Kierland 1B	Kierland 1C	Kierland 4A	Kierland 4C

3:45 – 5:00 pm
Title	Beyond First Cost	Watershed Impacts on Hydro Generation	O&M Cost Studies – utility cash registers (meters)	Structuring Sustainability for Success	Peer to Peer Roundtable Discussion (Utility Participants Only)
Speaker	Mitch Vogel, Border States Electric; Nate Janiszewski, WEC Energy Group; Don Server Alliant Energy	Charles E. Ester, III, SRP; Mark Cook of the Bureau of Reclamation	Guillermo De Hoyos, CPS Energy	Marc Campbell, SRP; Matt Lovelady, SRP; Sam Cutruzzula, SRP	Pat Gorman, Wesco; Rhoden Lewis, Techline
Session ID	MBOC1	MBOC2	MBOC3	MBOC4	MBOC5
Location	Kierland 1A	Kierland 1B	Kierland 1C	Kierland 4A	Kierland 4B

Take advantage of this free time to sample some of the fine restaurants within waling distance of the hotel (Kierland Commons)

Or take the short drive into old Scottsdale.

A light breakfast buffet will be served at 7:30 am for all registered USMA conference delegates. Spouses/guests are not included in this part of the program. Served in the Foyer of the Kierland Ballroom. Name badge Required.

The breakfast buffet will include the traditional breakfast foods.

If you have food allergies and did not include them in your registration record, please contact us with the information we need to give to the hotel. Email [email protected]

Session Opening, Mr. Brian Serati, Hubbell Power Systems, USMA Vice President
Strategic Directions & Trends Operating in an Era of New Energy
Introduction & Overview, Jeremy Klingel, Global Industry Executive, B&V Management Consulting
Modernizing the Grid, Robert Mechler, Regional General Manager, Power Delivery, B&V
Modifying Construction Practices to Address Natural Disasters, Steve Coleman, PG&E
Renewables & Distributed Energy Integration, Jason Abiecunas, Associate VP & Director of Distributed
Energy Resources, B&V
Electrification of Transportation, Dean Siegrist, VP, B&V Transformative Technologies
Electric Utility Perspective of Electrification of Transportation (APS / EXELON)

10:30 – 11:45 am
Title	Not Getting Derailed	Should Cost Modeling	Electric Vehicle Charging & Its Future Impact	Vendor Scorecard	The Seven Sources of Complexity in Service Management
Speaker	Dave Cottenden, Ardmore Logistics; John Richardson, Transportation Insight; Jaren Broadbent, SRP	Scott Punter, Power Advocate	Cathy Knoop,SRP; Chris Budvynski, Exelon, Dan Bowermaster, EPRI	Riley Marn, AEP; Marc Lyman, Avista	Joseph Van Orden, W.P. Carey Supply Chain Mgmt., Arizona State Univ.
Session ID	TBOA1	TBOA2	TBOA3	TBOA4	TB0A5
Location	Kierland 1A	Kierland 1B	Kierland 1C	Kierland 4A	Kierland 4C

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Buffet

Vested: Five Rules that Transform Business Relationships

The 21st century demands businesses innovate, create value, and get sustainable results. Author, educator and business consultant Kate Vitasek shares the real stories and real results of how organizations are using a Vested approach to achieve award winning results by redefining how they “win” in their business relationships by applying five proven “rules” to their business relationship. We will end the session with a dynamic and interactive “barrier busting” session designed to help you go back to the office energized to apply the Five Rules in your own strategic business relationships.

Presenter: Kate Vitasek, author and educator

Registration for USMA’s 25 anniversary conference will be opening in late July 2019. Join us May 17-20, 2020 at the J.W. Marriott, Nashville, for this very special conference.