Wednesday, February 5, 2025

10:00 am – Tane Board Meeting

11:00 am Joint NYSTA/ TANE Board Meeting

February 5, 2025

Lunch 12-1

1-1:45 Electric Safety -  Possible outdoor demonstration/weather dependent

Tim Ellis NYSEG

1:45-3:30

Best practices Job Safety

Job Briefings: High Energy and Direct Controls

Pole Climbing

Easy squeeze

Ladder fall protection

Presenters:

Rudy Kunz CHI. CUSP - Safety Director, 3Phase Line Construction - A MasTec Company

Kipp Jenson - Sales Manager, Buckingham Manufacturing

Scott Benscoter, General Manger, Linemen Supply Inc.

3:30 Field Safety – Best practices to Keep you safe – NYS Police

Thursday, February 6, 2025

8:30 am NG 911 Roundtable

Moderator: Kevin Lynch, SLIC Fiber

Panelists: Mike Romano, NTCA

Mark Evans, State Tel.

10:00 Washington Update – Mike Romano, NTCA

10:45 Break

11:00 AI – Cyber Security Eric Peterson, Comtec Leavitt

Noon - Lunch

1:00 Marketing through AI , Joel Sigrist, Pivot

1:45 CISA Update, Crystal Wilson, Cyber State Coordinator (NY), Region 2 (NY, NJ, PR and USVI)

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

2:30 BEAD – Digital Equity Update Jodea Vanell – (Invited)

3:15 Soft Switch – Cloud switch Roundtable-

Moderator:  Steve Head 

Panelists: Havah Loehrer – TNS

Bob Stewart – NECA

Dave Niles – Hancock/Archtop

Lee Cheney – Waitsfield (Invited)

Matt Byrd – Alianza (Invited)

4:30 Adjourn

Friday, February 7, 2025

8:30 am Regulatory Roundtable –

Moderator: Mike Reed, TANE

Panelists: Roger Nishi, Champlain Waitsfield Tel

Mike Romano, NTCA

Tom Moorman, Woods Aitken

Craig Miller

10:00 – Break

10:15 – Workforce Development & Retention –Mary Malone McCarthy

11:15 AI – Matt Lucas, Skidmore College