TAVA, RWBeck at conference 'Potential Disasters of Embedded Chips'
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Electricity Shutdown 2000
Potential Disasters of Embedded Chips
February 19, 1998
Shilo Inn - Portland, Oregon
One-Day Summit: Join us for this one-day summit to review your Year 2000
readiness. The Power Institute is sponsoring this summit to help Western area
electric utilities and suppliers clarify their Y2K trip line risks, understand the scope of
current efforts and determine how these trip effects can be collectively negated.
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Discussion Schedule
6 am
Continental Breakfast
7 am
Registration
8:00 am
Y2K Business Risk & Focus Areas
R. Wayne Horscroft, Director, Y2K Project, PacifiCorp
Asset integrity is fundamental to our business. What potential business risks loom
with the Y2K challenge? This session will cover asset integrity, the importance of
communications and critical information technologies required to keep the business
running.
9:00 am
Potential Consequences of Unplanned Outages
Bill Mittelstadt, Principal Transmission Planning Engineer, BPA
Bill will share examples of failures that could occur in the interconnected grid.
9:15 am
Y2K Trip Line and Its Potential Points of Failure
Richard Brown, Engineering Manager, TAVA Technologies/ACT
Richard will share an actual report on embedded chip issues for computerized
equipment resident in generation facilities.
10:30 am
State of the Project - Y2K Utility Status Reports
Each utility will share their progress towards mitigating the Y2K challenge.
12 Noon
Lunch
1:00 pm
State of the Project - Year 2000 Utility Status Reports (continued)
2:00 pm
Interactive Roundtable Discussions
1.Asset Integrity - Keeping the Lights On
Donald LeMaster, P.E., President, RW Beck Plant Management
Michael Ferris, Industry Manager-Utilities, TAVA Technologies
Pete Sukraw, Senior Staff Engineer, PacifiCorp
This panel will discuss uncovering potential trip points in the supply line for
devices that may or may not handle the Y2K transition.
2.Communications and Contract Issues
John Stevason, Partner, Chair Intellectual Property Group, Lane Powell
Spears Lubersky
James F. Fell, Partner, Stoel Rieves LLP
Clear communications is basic to solving the Y2K business challenge. This
session will clarify strategies for effective communications and help to
mitigate legal problems.
3.Information Technology: Questions & Answers
David Hurst, Director of Non IT Issues, Data Dimensions, Inc.
R. Wayne Horscroft, Director, Year 2000 Project, PacifiCorp
Engage in a free-for-all discussion on the broad applications of IT including,
mainframes, PCs, vendor relationships, communications and project
management. Bring your questions.
4:30 pm
Summary Session: What Now? An overview of key lessons learned, then
discuss how we can support efforts to mitigate negative impacts of the Y2K
challenge.
5:00 pm
Summit Adjourns
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