DISTRIBUTECH International 2020

UU 104: The Future of Outage Management Systems (Room 214B)

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The purpose of this course is to educate students on:

  • The role of Outage Management Systems (OMS) at utilities
  • How OMS technology is evolving and the future trends of the technology
  • How Emergency Management practices are being embraced and used by utilities
  • How customer communication is evolving related to outages

Attendees will learn:

  • The role of outage management systems at utilities
  • The way OMS technology is going to change in the future
  • How Emergency Management utilizes OMS technology
  • How Emergency Management communicates outage information with first responders, media and the public
  • How outage restoration is managed for critical infrastructure
  • How ADMS functions supplement the role of traditional OMS
  • Damage assessment processes and tools

Attendees will acquire knowledge about:

  • Outage Management Systems (OMS) fundamentals
  • New and advanced OMS capabilities
  • Use of social media with OMS
  • Outage optimization and digital communications strategy
  • Emergency Management Optimization
  • Emergency Management Best Practices
  • Damage Assessment Best Practices
  • External Outage Data Exchange approaches
  • Evolution of Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) to support OMS functions
  • Cases studies and lessons learned from multiple utilities

Who should attend this course? 

  • Utility leaders tasked with OMS support, implementation or purchasing decisions
  • Utility professional involved in outage communications and public engagement
  • Data scientists at utilities that are looking to embrace next generation technologies
  • Emergency managers, critical infrastructure partners, and incident command management personnel

Prerequisite skills, knowledge, certifications

  • Limited/minimal exposure to electric utility practices
  • No IT or emergency management experience needed