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UBBA Summit Thought Leadership – Cybersecurity

Listen as utility industry leaders share thoughts on the importance of cybersecurity and private LTE at the 2023 Summit & Plugfest

UBBA Members Discuss Modernizing Utility Telecom

2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest Voice of the Members

The Value of UBBA Membership

2023 Voice of the Members

“Zero Trust in a Consumer-Driven World”

Recorded at the 2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis:  Join utility industry experts as they explore communications strategies and integrated technologies designed to ensure safety across the energy grid. From substations to meters, and from initial detection to final response, utility physical and cyber security...

“The Role of AI in the Digital Grid”

Recorded at the 2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis:  From forecasting demand to advanced self-healing grid management, Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered utility  infrastructure is the talk of the year.  These next-generation intelligence systems can monitor equipment for potential outages or failures and respond to disruption...

“Trends in Utility Innovation – Balancing Innovation & Investments”

Recorded October 11, 2023 at the UBBA Summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis: Utility Industry Perspectives – “Trends in Utility Innovation” Jennie Bratten will open with session with her insights on the latest trends in the energy/utility industry, and then invite panelists to join her for...

“EVs, DERs & AMI 2.0 – Oh My!”

Recorded October 12, 2023 a the UBBA summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis.  – Grid Modernization goals for enhancing reliability and resiliency require a highspeed network to enable a variety of supporting utility use-cases. Integrating Electric Vehicles and Distributed Energy Resources, and migration of the next generation...

“Insights from Utility Technology Leaders”

Recorded October 12, 2023 in Minneapolis – Utilities collectively are under increasing pressure to act to ensure their critical infrastructure is ready to meet aggressive clean energy targets and harden the electric grid for improved resilience and security. Data and communications technologies underpinning grid operations...

“Successful Journeys to PLTE”

Panel recorded Oct 12, 2023 at the UBBA Summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis. No one size fits all in the utility space! This session will offer insights into four utilities’ journeys to private LTE for operational use cases and future grid solutions. SPEAKERS: Alan McIntyre...

“Innovation & Inspiration Beyond the Digital Divide”

UBBA Summit & Plugfest 2023 Keynote CEO of UScellular, Laurent Therivel offers his insights as the special keynote at the 2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest. Click the image below to listen to his key messages with an introduction by Kim Kerr, SVP at UScellular.

“The Future Looks Bright at Xcel Energy”

Recording from the 2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest Click the image below to watch this panel from the 2023 UBBA Summit & Plugfest in Minneapolis. Join Xcel Energy’s Tim O’Conner, EVP & COO, Eric Levin, Chief Architect and Tawnya Fielder, VP of Applications for a...

Looking Forward – 2022 Summit & Plugfest

Coming Together- 2022 Summit & Plugfest

2022 UBBA Summit & Plugfest Sizzle Reel

Webinar Recording: How IoT technologies bring flexibility and enhanced coverage to private LTE solutions

UBBA Summit & Plugfest 2022 Utility Workload Tests

2022 UBBA Summit & Plugfest unedited recording of the Plugfest Testing area

UBBA Summit & Plugfest 2022 Mission Critical PTT Tests

2022 UBBA Summit & Plugfest testing unedited recordings

UBBA Summit – Plugfest 2022 Women in Utilities Leadership Panel

2022 UBBA Summit & Plugfest was the culmination of utility collaboration and ecosystem leaders coming together to solve utility LTE challenges. Watch the Women in Utility Leadership Panel

UBBA Summit & Plugfest 2022 Keynote: Jill Anderson

2022 UBBA Summit & Plugfest was the culmination of utility collaboration and ecosystem leaders coming together to solve utility LTE challenges.

Recorded Webinar: As your private network rolls out, is your SIM management ready to scale

UBBA Coming Together To Solve Utility LTE

UBBA’s Plugfest was the culmination of collaboration and ecosystem leaders coming together to solve utility LTE challenges. “Each utility strategy is different and UBBA is the best resource for utilities to ask questions and collaborate about broadband solutions to meet the coverage, resilience, reliability, and cybersecurity requirements for their utility,” said UBBA Vice Chairman John…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Utility Use Case Focus

UBBA’s Plugfest featured critical use cases such as FLISR (Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration), Capacitor Bank Controllers, Smart Streetlighting, and next-gen smart meters, to name a few. Hosted by UBBA founding member Ameren Missouri, the test cases were identified by the UBBA Use Cases & Testbeds Working Group and led by the UBBA Plugfest…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Overview

The Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) held its inaugural Utility Broadband Plugfest to test LTE networks for utility use cases in St. Louis. UBBA delivered a sold-out, in-person event culminating with the first Utility Broadband Plugfest, which showcased the innovation, collaboration, and interoperability of utility use cases and devices on public and private LTE networks

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Industry Alliances- Moving Forward Together

Why are Alliances so critical to utility infrastructure evolution? Our industry leaders will share their experiences and vision for collaboration among associations. Speakers: Jerry Gentry (NYPA), Tim Godfrey (EPRI), John Hughes, Vice Chairman of UBBA (Ameren), Koustuv Ghoshal (Ericsson), and Mar Tarres (Anterix) Moderated by: Matt Olson (Burns & McDonnell)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Morning Session Plugfest Testing Day 1

UBBA delivered the first LTE Plugfest to St. Louis in October 2021, to showcase the innovation, collaboration and interoperability of utility use cases on private LTE networks. This is the recording of the first morning plugfest on Day 1 of the event. Moderated by: Matt Olson (Burns & McDonnell)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Afternoon Session Plugfest Testing Day 1

UBBA delivered the first LTE Plugfest to St. Louis in October 2021, to showcase the innovation, collaboration and interoperability of utility use cases on private LTE networks. This is the recording of the afternoon Plugfest tests on Day 1 of the event. Emcee: Matt Olson (Burns & McDonnell)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Morning Session Plugfest Testing Day 2

UBBA delivered the first LTE Plugfest to St. Louis in October 2021, to showcase the innovation, collaboration and interoperability of utility use cases on private LTE networks. This is the recording of the morning Plugfest tests on Day 2 of the event. Emcee: Matt Olson (Burns & McDonnell)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Anterix Demos During Lunch at Plugfest

Anterix Active Ecosystem Demos during lunch at the UBBA Summit & Plugfest

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Speakers Montage

Watch the 2 minute video montage to experience the Leadership of UBBA!

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Top priorities for utility leaders in the age of the clean, secure and digital grid

Speakers: Bhavani Amirthalingam (Ameren), Omar Zevallos (SDG&E), Jerry Gentry (NYPA), Joe Mellott (Evergy)...

UBBA Summit & Plugfest: Plugfest Montage

The Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) held its inaugural Utility Broadband Plugfest to test LTE networks for utility use cases in St. Louis. UBBA delivered a sold-out, in-person event culminating with the first Utility Broadband Plugfest, which showcased the innovation, collaboration, and...

UBBA Voice of the Members: Koustuv Ghoshal

The 2021 UBBA Summit & Plugfest welcomed nearly 300 utility industry leaders to St. Louis for two days of thought leadership and technical testing. While in St. Louis we captured many voices of our members sharing their thoughts on the Alliance. Here is a video from Koustuv Ghoshal from Ericson.

UBBA Voice of the Members: David Allen

The 2021 UBBA Summit & Plugfest welcomed nearly 300 utility industry leaders to St. Louis for two days of thought leadership and technical testing. While in St. Louis we captured many voices of our members sharing their thoughts on the Alliance. Here is a video from David Allen from UScellular. Click below to watch this…

UBBA Voice of the Members: Mauricio Subieta

The 2021 UBBA Summit & Plugfest welcomed nearly 300 utility industry leaders to St. Louis for two days of thought leadership and technical testing. While in St. Louis we captured many voices of our members sharing their thoughts on the Alliance. Here is one from Dr. Mauricio Subieta from Nokia. Click below to watch this…

UBBA Voice of the Members: Griselda Aldrete

Griselda Aldrete from Alliant Energy and one of the new UBBA Board of Directors shares her Voice of the Member. Click below to watch this UBBA Voice of the Members segment:

UBBA Voice of the Members: Ron Brady

The 2021 UBBA Summit & Plugfest welcomed nearly 300 utility industry leaders to St. Louis for two days of thought leadership and technical testing. While in St. Louis we captured many voices of our members sharing their thoughts on the Alliance. Here is a video from Ron Brady of Xcel Energy. Click below to watch…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Help for the Urgent Needs for Rural Broadband

Ensuring home broadband internet access—particularly in rural areas—has long been a national priority, but efforts to bridge the digital divide gained increased urgency in the face of safety measures taken to combat the pandemic. As the federal government amplifies its longstanding strategy of providing funding to entice commercial deployment of broadband service in otherwise uneconomical…

UBBA Voice of the Members: Rob Schwartz

The 2021 UBBA Summit & Plugfest welcomed nearly 300 utility industry leaders to St. Louis for two days of thought leadership and technical testing. While in St. Louis we captured many voices of our members sharing their thoughts on the Alliance. Here is one from Rob Schwartz, CEO of Anterix. Click below to watch this…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Presentation: Mobile Network Providers can complement a Utilities’ Private Network Objectives

Whether Utilities want to operate their own private LTE network, use the existing mobile operator’s networks, or a hybrid approach in between, Mobile Network Operators can support a range of integrated solutions that balance the Utilities need for control, data localization and security with access to mobile networks for coverage, roaming, and fail-over capabilities. Speaker: James…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Keynote: Planning for the Network to Run Grid Modernization Today and Tomorrow

Ameren Chief Procurement Officer & VP of Supply Chain will insights on planning for innovation and procurement strategies for the future of the utility networks. Speaker: Pardeep Gill (Ameren)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Preparing and Protecting the Network Through Technology Advancements

Utilities are experiencing the next-generation evolution of SCADA, AMI and Smart City applications. With rising software and penetration attacks – the potential for sophisticated cyber attackers to breach and gain control of a utility’s smart grid. This panel will build off Gill’s keynote and discuss strategies for working with supply chain partners can pull all…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Accelerating the Private LTE Ecosystem

Utilities are increasingly focused on the wireless broadband data communications networks necessary to enable their historic efforts to modernize the grid. A major concern in selecting network technology and radio spectrum: ensuring a broad, vibrant marketplace for equipment, applications, and services to support initial deployment as well as ongoing operations and maintenance. Nobody wants to…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: Innovation in IoT

How to leverage technology transition to reap the massive potential of the smart utilities market. We will discuss the advantages for utilities in the new 5G world. Intelligent communication capability built into the IoT network and layered with security that best protects utility operations. Panelists: Jitender Vohra (Telit), Jeff Tufts (Cisco), David Allen (UScellular) and…

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Panel: What Does it Take to Run a Private LTE Network?

Insights from the Business Working Group paper focused on what happens after deployment. What skills utilities need to hire for and what options are available to them. Panelists: Tom Bedics (SouthernLinc), Ron Brady (Xcel Energy), Mauricio Subieta(Nokia), and Patrick Nolan (Ameren). Moderator: Paul Anuszkiewicz (Palmetto Technology Associates)

UBBA Summit & Plugfest Session: 6GHz Interference with Utility Communications Call to Action

Get the background and the latest status on the FCC’s efforts to permit unlicensed use of the entire 6GHz Licensed Microwave band for Wi-Fi. Plus speakers will share the results of real-world testing by Southern Company, Lockard & White and EPRI of the first commercially available 6GHz Wi-Fi Access Points; Demonstrating the true interference with…