August 4 - August 6, 2026

Agenda

Tuesday, August 4th
11:00 am

Lunch – Atrium

12:00 pm

Kick Off – Auditorium

  • Safety Moment – Griffin Pace, SCS
  • Separation Protocol – Terry Milner, SPC
  • Welcome – Chris Hutzler, SCS

Southern Company

12:30 pm

Confined Space Procedure (CSP) Update – Wes Brown, SCS

Southern Company

12:45 pm

Calhoun CSP – Scott Wilson, APC

Southern Company

12:55 pm

Break

1:00 pm

Operations Data Analytics – Taylor Owens, SCS

Southern Company

1:30 pm

Guest Speaker – Laramy Spruill

Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E)

1:55 pm

Break

2:00 pm

Data Centers – Rodney Scott, SCS

Southern Company

2:20 pm

Tag Engraving – Josh Mathis, APC

Southern Company

2:40 pm

SafeTK® Azure Functions – Chuck Ricks, S&A

Stilwell & Associates

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks – Kyler Clark, SCS

Southern Company

Wednesday, August 5th
8:00 am

Breakfast – Atrium

8:30 am

Kick Off – Auditorium

  • Safety Moment – William Shelton, SPC
  • Separation Protocol – Terry Milner, SPC
  • Welcome – Dr. Shan, Department of Applied Engineering at JSU

Stilwell / Southern Company

8:45 am

SafeTK® Notifications and Email – Chuck Ricks, S&A

Stilwell & Associates

9:10 am

Hot Work – Scott Bailey, SPC

Southern Company

9:40 am

LOTO Deep Dives – Kyler Clark, SCS

Southern Company

9:55 am

Break

10:00 am

LOTO Training – Nathan Robertson, SCS

Southern Company

10:15 am

Vendor Presentations

10:55 am

Morning Closing Remarks – Kyler Clark, SCS

Southern Company

11:00 am

Lunch / Vendor Trade Show – Atrium

  • Peak Technologies – Jarrod Boyke
  • Vision Engravers – Ron Zydonik
  • Grace
  • Martin Supply – Burey Haggard & Ryan Ruggles
  • Master Lock – Scott Anthony
1:00 pm

Breakout Sessions – Roundtable Discussions:

  • Coal – B01
    • Extended Life
    • Gas Conversion
  • Gas – B15
    • Growth Challenges
    • Different Tech
  • Renewables – B18
    • BES
    • Repower

Southern Company

1:55 pm

Break

2:00 pm

Ground Disturbance – Julian Cauette, SCS

Southern Company

2:30 pm

SafeTK® Printer Profiles – Chuck Ricks, S&A

Stilwell & Associates

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks – Kyler Clark, SCS

Southern Company

Thursday, August 6th
8:00 am

Breakfast – Atrium

8:30 am

Kick Off – Auditorium

  • Safety Moment – Josh Smith, GPC
  • Separation Protocol – Terry Milner, SPC
  • Welcome – Kyler Clark, SCS

Southern Company

9:00 am

SafeTK® Safety Observations Module – Dan Long, S&A

Stilwell & Associates

9:30 am

Switch Yard – Stephanie Swindle, SCS

Southern Company

9:50 am

Transmission Locks – Kyler Clark, APC

Southern Company

9:55 am

Break

10:00 am

Breakout Sessions:

  • Southern Company – Auditorium
    • Oliver Dam
  • SafeTK® User Group – B01
    • User Group Formation Discussion

Southern Company / Stilwell & Associates

10:30 am

Grounds – Damon Woodson, SCS

Southern Company

10:40 am

SafeTK® Badge / Addons Scanning – Chuck Ricks, S&A

Stilwell & Associates

10:50 am

Open Floor Q&A – Kyler Clark, SCS

Closing Remarks

Southern Company

11:00 am

Boxed Lunch – Lobby

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