Excel Engineering
2018 Technical Conference
May 3^rd, 2018
Shoreview Community Center
Shoreview, Minnesota

Excel will distribute Professional Development Hours (PDH) certificates to those who complete the PDH form provided at the conference. Certificates will be sent out via email the week following the conference.

Directions to the Shoreview Community Center are included below following the preliminary agenda.

To register, please use the link below.

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Planned Topics include: (All subject to change)
7:45 – 8:00                 Check-in, Coffee & Juice

General Morning Session 8:00am – 12:00pm
8:00 – 8:05                 Welcome, Introductions, Logistics
Excel Engineering

8:05 – 9:00                 Engineering Ethics
Kristine Kubes – Kubes Law Office, PLLC

9:00 – 9:10                 Refreshment/Stretch Break

9:10 – 10:00               What We’re Hearing from MN Manufacturers & Utilities
Bill Blazar – MN Chamber of Commerce

10:00 – 10:50             CapX2020 Project Recap
Tim Carlsgaard & Grant Stevenson – Xcel Energy

10:50 – 11:00             Refreshment/Stretch Break

11:00 – 12:00             Electric Shock Drowning
Ed Lethert – Ed Lethert Associates, Inc.

12:00- 1:00                Buffet Lunch

CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1:00PM – 4:45PM

TRACK  1     POWER SYSTEMS
1:00 – 1:50                 Generation Dispatch and Python Programming
Steve Malek – Excel Engineering

1:55 – 2:45                 Enabling Large-Scale Renewables in the Western U.S.
Bob Schulte – Schulte Associates, LLC

2:45 – 3:00                 Refreshment/Stretch Break

3:00 – 3:50                 Production Cost Modeling for Transmission Planning – Basics and Applications at MISO
Matt Ellis – MISO

3:55 – 4:45                 MISO Generator Interconnection Queue Reform and Status
Jesse Phillips – MISO

TRACK 2     CONTROLS & AUTOMATION
1:00 – 1:50                 Installation Considerations and Best Practices for AC Drives
JB Korte – Werner Electric
Jeremy Brathol – Rockwell Automation

1:55 – 2:45                 Cloud Connectivity and Advanced Analytics
Tom Steffen – Rockwell Automation

2:45 – 3:00                Refreshment/Stretch Break

3:00 – 3:50                Fundamentals of Industrial Cyber Security
Joe Cody – EIS

3:55 – 4:45                 Autonomous Vehicles
Jay Hietpas – MnDOT

TRACK 3    ELECTRICAL DESIGN/ARC FLASH
1:00 – 1:50                 The Cause, Determination and Mitigation of Shaft Voltage when using VFD on Motors
Ken Wegrzyn – Electro Static Technology/ITW

1:55 – 2:45                 Paralleling Switchgear: The Five (5) Key Steps for a Successful Project
Mike Pincus – Kohler
Jerry Boggs –  Total Energy Systems

2:45 – 3:00                Refreshment/Stretch Break

3:00 – 3:50                Surge Suppression/Power Factor Correction
Jeremy James – James Power Quality

3:55 – 4:45                 MCCB Reliability and the impact on Arc Flash Hazards                                      
                                     Travis Kittilson – 3M