Cybersecurity of the power grid workshop

Two researchers lean over equipment in a lab

Workshop on the Cybersecurity of the Power Grid

Hosted by Commonwealth Cyber Inititiative Southwest Virginia and the Power and Energy Center

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
In person: Kelly Hall 310 (325 Stanger St, Blacksburg, VA 24061)
Zoom: Available; link will be emailed after registration
Facilitators: Profs. Ali Mehrizi-Sani and Chen-Ching Liu

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The goal of the workshop is to provide a platform to increase awareness across the Commonwealth about power grid-related research within the scope of CCI and to foster collaboration for larger research and proposal efforts.

Agenda

	Time
	8:30-9:00 AM						Breakfast and registration
	9:00–9:10 AM						Welcome remarks Prof. Gretchen Matthews, CCI SWVA Director, Professor
	9:10–9:40 AM						Power Grid as a Cyber-Physical System, Prof. Chen-Ching Liu, American Electric Power Professor
	9:40–10:00 AM						Cybersecurity of Distributed and Renewable Energy Resources Prof. Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Associate Professor
	10:00–10:20 AM						Practical Considerations for Cyber Security for Inverter-Based Resources, Paul Duncan, Practice Leader, MPR Associates, Inc.
	10:20–10:40 AM						Securing the Bulk Power System: Reliability and Security Perspectives in a Changing Electricity Sector, Ryan Quint, Director, NERC
	10:40–10:50 AM						Break
	10:50–11:30 AM						Ideas Hall: Five-Minute Idea Presentations Brett Malone, CEO, VT Corporate Research Center Nam Nguyen, Senior Director & Deputy AVP, Virginia Tech Prof. Jeff Reed, Professor, Virginia Tech Prof. Lishan Yang, Assistant Professor, George Mason Univ Caitlin Miller, Director of Public Affairs, CTIA
	11:30–12:00 PM						Opportunities for Collaboration; Next steps
	12:00–1:00 PM						Demo of the 5GPG testbed PEC Students: Halah Shehada, Milad Beikbabaei, Akshay Jain, Baza Somda