MWDPTC Schedule At-A-Glance
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. UPPAC Meeting – Windsor C Room
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. INPAA Members Only Meeting – Windsor A Room
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. INPAA Meeting – Windsor A Room
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Indiana 811 Excavator Preview – Windsor A Room
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Golf Tournament at Donald Ross Course, French Lick Resort (Shotgun start at 10:00 a.m.), sponsored by Duke Energy
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. Clay Pigeon Shooting at Sporting Clay’s Range at the West Baden Stables, sponsored by US Hydrovac Inc.
10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Horseback Riding at The Stables, French Lick Resort, sponsored by Indiana Michigan Power
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch available for golfers at the Clubhouse restaurant
12:00 noon. Lunch for Clay Pigeon Shooting and Horseback Riding attendees at West Baden
1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Exhibitor Registration and Setup
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Scholarship Sweets (Scholarship Attendees Orientation/Meet Greet/Reception)
2:00 – 7:30 p.m. General Conference Registration
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Boogie Woogie Bash (Welcome Reception), sponsored by USIC
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Continued Conference Registration
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Opening Breakfast, sponsored by Citizens Energy Group
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Welcome and Keynote Speaker, Mark Nutsch, sponsored by Orbital Sidekick
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Expo Hall Open
10:10 – 11:00 a.m. SESSION BLOCK 1
- Violence in Your Workplace: Prevention & Response; Presenter: Carol S. Dodgen, Owner/Dodgen Security
- Rising to the Challenge – “50 in 5” Industry Challenge to Cut Damages in Half by 2028 Khrysanne Kerr, Vice President of Marketing & Outreach/ Common Ground Alliance (CGA)
- A Comprehensive Look at Private Utility Locates; Presenter: Larry Oliver, Vice President/Mason Private Locating
- Risk vs. Reward: Preventing Loss and Increasing Profitability; Presenter: A.J. Manion, Founding Partner/Manion Stigger, LLP, a Construction Law Firm
- IN ORBIT – Routine Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions from Space are Taking Off!!; Presenter: Peter Weaver, Vice President, Business Development/Orbital Sidekick
11:10 a.m. – 12 noon. SESSION BLOCK 2
- Dialing in your Reticular Activation System (RAS) for Ultimate Success; Presenter: John Brix, International Safety Speaker
- Damage Prevention: A PHMSA Perspective; Presenters: Massoud Tahamtani/Alan Mayberry, PHMSA
- Indiana’s Damage Prevention Stakeholder Group – Purpose and Objectives – A Panel Discussion; Presenters: Steve Allen, Executive Director of Pipeline Safety/Energy Worldnet, Inc.; Lisa Robbins, Utility Coordination Program Manager/HWC Engineering; Aaron Holeman, Senior Pipeline Safety Engineer, Pipeline Safety Division/Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC); Kurt Youngs, President/Youngs Excavating, Inc; Janice Long, HR/Safety Director/Atlas Excavating, Inc.; Rusty Poore, Senior Damage Prevention Coordinator/CenterPoint Energy; Blaine Walters, Operations Manager/USIC; Justin Sell, Executive Director/Indiana 811
- Preventing Accidents with Confined Space Training; Presenter: Robert Wagner, Vice President/Fusion Safety and Business Solutions
- Tips and Tricks for Advanced Locating; Presenter: Casey McCorquodale, National Sales Director/Stake Center Locating
12 noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by Miller Pipeline + Grand Prize Giveaway
12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Featured Speaker, Lee Shelby, sponsored by CenterPoint Energy
1:45-2:30 p.m. Dessert & Door Prizes in Expo Hall
2:30 – 3:20 p.m. SESSION BLOCK 3
- UPPAC: The Who What & How; Presenters: Ben Warren, Director Gas Transmission & Distribution | Energy Operations/Citizens Energy Group, and the UPPAC Committee Members: Scott Sontag, Rick Smith, Justin Sell, Bruce Dickie, Angie DeKemper and Blaine Walters
- Planning for Success in Locating for Municipalities; Presenter: Randy Weathers, MS4 Supervisor/The City of Greenwood
- Best Practices for Managing High-Profile/High-Risk Assets; Presenter: Jim Plasynski, Chief Revenue Officer/KorTerra, Inc.
- Resources for Effective Traffic Management; Presenters: Marisah Darling, Office/Account Manager/Protection Plus, Inc.; Billy Ingles, Operations Director/Protection Plus, Inc.
- Utility Coordination for Utilities; Presenter: Bill Read, Utility and Railroad Engineer, Seymour District
3:30 – 4:20 p.m. SESSION BLOCK 4
- Proposed Changes to IC 8-1-26 in 2024, Indiana’s “Dig Law”; Presenter: Kurt Youngs, President/Youngs Excavating, Inc
- Historical Pipeline Events and Lessons Learned; Presenter: Steve Roberts M.Ed., Vice President of Training/Paradigm; David Wilkerson, Senior Public Awareness Consultant/Paradigm
- Maximize Your Pro-ductivity with Exactix Pro Ticket Entry; Presenter: Kristin Swank, Web Training Specialist II/Indiana 811
- The Latest Advancements in CCTV for Utility Locates; Presenter: Larry Oliver, Vice President/Mason Private Locating
- Natural Gas Safety for First Responders and Contractors; Presenter: Mike Miller, Public Safety Trainer/NIPSCO
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. Door Prize Reception in Expo Hall. Refreshments, sponsored by BOSS Solutions
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Continued Conference Registration
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, sponsored by GridHawk LLC
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. SESSION BLOCK 5, All-Conference Session on the Indiana Dig Law, Hosted by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
- Review of New 811 Regulations Taking Effect in 2024; Presenters: Beth Heline, General Counsel/Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC); Jeremy Comeau, Assistant General Counsel/Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)
10:10 – 11:00 a.m. SESSION BLOCK 6
- Subconscious Communication Hacks; Presenter: John Brix, International Safety Speaker
- Enhancing Safety & Efficiency in Your One Call System with Damage Prevention; Presenters: Indiana 811 Education and Outreach Team: Lauryn Luckey, Education and Outreach Manager; McKennah Heckman, Education and Outreach Specialist; Mason Hubner, Education and Outreach Specialist; Johnna Bingham, Education and Outreach Specialist; Maddie McCaughey, INPAA Program Manager
- The Beginning Of The End Of Crossbores? Presenters: Danny Hixon, Founder and CEO/Hixon Consultants LLC; Michael Hassey, CTO and Chief Engineer/Hixon Consultants LLC