THIS WEEK: Securing Business. Securing The Grid.

MATCH! Is Here

The newest gamechanger has just joined the DistribuTECH experience. The MATCH! program brings together MATCH!'s DistribuTECH Elite Attendees and MATCH! Exhibitors and is sure to spark big business at the event - and well after.
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MATCH!'s DistribuTECH Elite Attendees - Key influencers with an elevated experience
MATCH! Exhibitors - Guaranteed matchmaking

Knowledge Hubs Highlight
This week's featured knowledge hub (free content on our exhibition floor) is...
Digitizing The Grid: In these knowledge hub sessions, we explore how data analytics are being applied to advanced metering infrastructure, distribution automation, asset management, cybersecurity and more in order to improve utility operations.
Sample sessions
Cybersecurity Metrics for the Electric Sector: A Pilot Study
Cyber, Systems, Software, Switching and Scares
How PSEG Embraced the Outage Data Initiative to Share Data with Comcast

Summit Tracks To Watch
Check out this week's highlighted summit tracks. Only available to those with a full conference pass.

+ Defending The Grid Track
Utilities, like every other sector of our society, are exposed to a litany of threats to both their physical and cyber assets, as well as their financial well-being. The nature of the electric utility business makes... View full description
Sample sessions
How AI and Machine-to-Machine Learning Are Enabling Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence
Cyber Threat Protection and Detection: Countering the Connected Risks
+ Internet of Things & Smart Cities Track
Grid reliability and resiliency are not the same, but are strongly interlinked. Cyberattacks and hacks, aging infrastructure and disastrous weather events make it harder than ever for energy transmission and... View full description
Sample sessions
Preparing the Grid for the Unexpected: Innovative Approaches to Grid Resiliency
Technology-enabled Grid Restoration Through Photos, Visualization and Information Exchange Automation

DistribuTALK: 12/18 Social Webcast
Join our social media influence team (and one of our committee's very own) as they cover the ground-breaking topics and major items to expect this year.
Join us today (Dec 18) at 1:00 p.m. EST. Learn more
Tamara McCleary @TamaraMcCleary - International branding expert, technology futurist, social media marketing/digital strategy consultant, and Thulium CEO Tamara McCleary is ranked by Klear in the Top 1% of global social media influencers and listed as one of the Top 50 Social Influencers of 2015 to 2018 by Onalytica. Tamara ranks Top 5 in AI, Robotics & IoT, Top 50 Big Data as well as Top 15 Machine to Machine (M2M), Top 50 Blockchain & Top 50 Digital Transformation influencer. Tamara was named #1 Most Influential Woman in MarTech by B2B Marketing and ranked by LeadTail as the 2nd most mentioned person on Twitter by Chief Marketing Officers.
Kevin O'Donovan @Kevin_ODonovan - Kevin is the founder of the boutique technology consultancy company, A Bit of This & That ... focused on the intersection of the IT and energy industries, delivering innovative technology consultations, sales advisory, speaker & social media influencer services.

Tom Raftery @TomRaftery - Tom Raftery is a Global VP for SAP, an Innovation Evangelist, Futurist, and international Keynote speaker. Prior to joining SAP, Tom worked for a number of companies at Group IT Manager/CTO level, and as an industry analyst. Tom is also a regular guest lecturer at the International Instituto San Telmo Business School in Seville.

Raj Chudgar - Raj is an executive manager in a broad spectrum of business verticles and solutions. Particular interest in short- and long-term strategy development, solution development, and tactical implementations. Specialties: utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, IT software development, venture partnership.