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2026 Summit & Plugfest Speakers

Where Insight Meets Impact

Featuring industry practitioners, utility leaders, and solution providers, the 2026 UBBA Summit & Plugfest delivers insight grounded in real-world experience. Expect thoughtful discussion on today’s most relevant challenges and what’s coming next.

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New speakers are being added regularly, check back often for updates!

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Malia Hodges

Oncor

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Chad Adams

CISA

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Daniel Allnutt

Burns & McDonnell

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Danielle Bavcevic

SAC Wireless

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Matt Bolick

Fortinet

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Mike Brozek

Anterix

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John Caselli

WESCO

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Kevin Cookler

Lerman Senter

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Joseph Deuel

CPS Energy

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Glenn Emelko

Hubbell

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Jan Forslow

Itron

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Kelley Greer

Southern Company

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Daniel Hall

Oncor

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David Jost

Black & Veatch

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Dmitri Litvine

Nokia

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Noel Marrero

FirstEnergy

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Caleb Murphy

Sempra

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Patrick Nolan

SCE

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Halie Peacher

Akin

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Stephen Raney

Simetric

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Jennifer Richter

Akin

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Jake Rosenberg

SpaceX

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Paul Schmidt

Automation Exchange

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Abhinay Sinai

Anterix

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Brad Stollberg

T-Mobile for Business

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Mar Tarres

Anterix

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John Toone

Forsk

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Matt Wakefield

EPRI

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David Woodham

Southern Linc

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Bobbi Harris

UBBA

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Selim Albardak

Digi

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Bruce Albright

Burns & McDonnell

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Tom Bedics

Southern Linc

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Bill Boora

Semtech

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Spencer Burks

LCRA

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Mike Childers

Oncor

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Avishag Daniely

OneLayer

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Dana Jaber Diab

Ericsson

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Jason Ervin

LCRA

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Michael Fox

Texas A&M University

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Kyle Grossmann

Black & Veatch

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Brian Huey

AT&T Business

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Tom Kelly

Oncor

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Brian Lash

Grain Management

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Michael McAfee

Verizon Business

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John Nachilly

Eversource

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Jeff Ogden

Tampa Electric

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Jeff Pittman

Nokia

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Mitch Rappard

Palo Alto Networks

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David Rines

Lerman Senter

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David Rossetti

Verizon Business

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Eric Seiter

Black & Veatch

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Mike Smith

UBBA

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Michael Stuber

SCE

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Amanda Thart

ComEd

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Erica Trapp

Salt River Project

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Joe Walsh

Heddian

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Hilary Worrell

Oncor

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Marie Adams

FirstEnergy

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David Allen

Anterix

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Michele Arevalo

TECO

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Liron Ben-Horin

OneLayer

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Ron Brady

Xcel Energy

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Rob Butts

L3Harris

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Jimi Conway

ComEd

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Dewey Day

PG&E

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Ravindra Dongre

Ericsson

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Mat Eshpeter

Burns & McDonnell

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Michelle Gonzalez

Salt River Project

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Chris Guttman-McCabe

Anterix

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David Hulinsky

Black & Veatch

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Callan Kirschner

Ericsson

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Jeff Livingston

Salt River Project

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Alan McIntyre

Southern Company

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Adam Nathan

World Wide Technology

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Alexander van Overveld

Nokia

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Abhijeet Prasad

Qualcomm

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Bryan Rask

Avista

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Mike Robinson

World Wide Technology

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Bobby Saddler

LCRA

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Ali Shah

Nokia

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Ben Snyder

PingThings

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Ram Swaminathan

Burns & McDonnell

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Leo Thomasian

Oncor

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Tim Valin

West Monroe

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David Waters

EPRI

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Austin Wysor

Southern Linc

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Rob Adams

Evergy

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Elaine Allyn

SDG&E

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Jacqueline Bass

ComEd

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Travis Blalack

Southern California Edison

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Jennie Bratten

Ericsson

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Daniel Campion

Sitenna

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Jon Conway

Burns & McDonnell

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Ritesh Desai

Southern Linc

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Russ Ehrlich

Exelon

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Kelly Hoonan

SAC Wireless

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Kim Green-Kerr

Anterix

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Hagen Haentsch

Oncor

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Andrew Johnson

Black & Veatch

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Cristine Korowajczuk

CelPlan

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Kate Looney

Tempest Earth

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Keith Moll

Burns & McDonnell

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Hernan Nucci

WESCO

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Krishna Palaniswamy

Nokia

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Ken Rabedeau

Nokia

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Hemant Relan

Nokia

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James Rose

T-Mobile for Business

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Brandon Schmidt

Burns & McDonnell

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Jayson Shiau

ComEd

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Tim Spyers

Ameren

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Gautam Talagery

Ericsson

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Chris Timberg

West Monroe

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Mike Waitley

GE Vernova

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Matt Whitham

Ericsson​

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John Zarb

Druid Software

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