2016 WEIDMANN

15th Annual Technical Conference

October 18 - 20
Tuscany Suites Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

AGENDA 9/13/2016

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 MAIN CONFERENCE Day 1

7:00 - 8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast Florentine Ballroom D

8:00 - 8:30am Conference Welcome and WEIDMANN Industry Jeff Goolgasian
Developments WEIDMANN Electrical Technology
8:30 - 9:40am Optimum Performance Monitoring - Software to Dave Woodcock
Meet the Emerging Situational Intelligence Needs WICOR Holding AG
of the Smart Grid
9:40 - 10:00am BREAK
10:00 - 11:00am State of the Art Transformer Core and Winding Ales Bertuzzi
LAE-Srl

11:00 - 12:00pm New Insulation Material for Elevated Temperature Jinesh Malde
Transformers WEIDMANN Electrical Technology

12:00 - 1:00pm LUNCH Florentine Ballroom E&F

1:00 - 2:00pm Frequency Converter as Power Supply for Frdric Dollinger
Transformer Testing and its Benefits for No Load Haefely Hipotronics
Loss Measurement
2:05 - 3:00pm Lightning Protection and Transient Overvoltage Rogerio Verdolin
Verdolin Solutions Inc
3:00 - 3:20pm BREAK

3:20 - 4:20pm Application of Dielectric Frequency Response Diego Robalino

During the Dry-Out Process of Power and Megger
Distribution Transformers
4:20 - 5:20pm New Technology for Online DGA Combining Multi- Karsten Schrder
Gas Measurements with Increased System MTE
Reliability and Maintenance Reduction
5:30 - 7:30pm Welcome Reception: Beverages and Tuscany Room
Hors dOeuvres

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 MAIN CONFERENCE Day 2

7:30 - 8:00am Continental Breakfast Florentine Ballroom D

8:00 - 8:55am Fleet Assessment / Condition Assessment Mike Lau

WEIDMANN Electrical Technology
8:55 - 9:50am The Next Bright Idea...Dark Fiber in Transformers Brett Sargent
FISO Technologies Inc.
9:50 - 10:10am BREAK
10:10 - 11:05am Using Automated Video Monitoring as Part of a Angelo Rizzo
Condition Based Maintenance Program Hubbell
 15th Annual Technical Conference
AGENDA (cont) 9/13/2016

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 MAIN CONFERENCE Day 2

11:05 - 12:00pm InsuLogix VAULT Shane Smith

Delta Star
12:00 - 2:00pm EXPO TRADESHOW Florentine Ballroom E, F & G
Includes Complimentary Lunch Exhibition Area
VENDOR EXHIBITS
2:00 - 4:00pm Cyber Security and Transformer Protection Stephanie Cervantes & Frank Mastro
LinkSource: Cyber Terrorism, Security & Network LinkSource
Vulnerabilities: How to Secure Your Network from and
the Inside Out Tamar Cerafici ,The Cerafici Law Firm
Tamar Cerafici: From Smart Grid to No Grid: How
the Supply Chain Can Prepare for Cyber Attacks
through Risk Management, Compliance, and New
Technology
4:00 - 6:00pm EXPO TRADESHOW Florentine Ballroom E, F & G
Includes GREAT EXHIBITS, FOOD, BEVERAGES, Exhibition Area
AND CHANCE TO WIN GREAT PRIZES!

Thursday, October 20, 2016 MAIN CONFERENCE Day 3

7:30 - 8:00am Continental Breakfast Florentine Ballroom D

8:00 - 9:40am Insulation Fluid Sampling & Quality Testing Nick Perjanik
WEIDMANN Electrical Technology
9:40 - 10:00am BREAK
10:00 - 11:00am Application of Synthetic Esters Russell Martin
M&I Materials
11:00 - 12:00pm Naphthenic Mineral Insulating Oil: Production Jimmy M. Rasco
History, Refining Impacts, Future Oils, Standard ERGON, Inc
Updates and Storage
12:00 - 1:00pm LUNCH Florentine Ballroom E&F

1:00 - 2:30pm DGA The State of the Art Fredi Jakob

Power Education Institute
2:30 - 2:50pm BREAK
2:50 - 3:35pm DGA The State of the Art (cont) Fredi Jakob
Power Education Institute
3:35 - 4:35pm Detection of PD in Transformers Is DGA Thomas Prevost
Sufficient? OMICRON electronics Corp
4:35 - 4:40pm CLOSING REMARKS Nick Perjanik

Please return completed Applications for IEEE CEUs to Event Coordinator.

Return Applications for NETA CTDs to your NETA company representative or directly to NETA.
Continuing Education

As a full participant in the Annual WEIDMANN Technical Conference you will be able to receive:
1.95 IEEE Continuing Education Credits (CEUs); and/or
19.5 NETA Continuing Technical Development Credits (CTDs)