Bryan Fox USMA President 2017

Bryan Fox
USMA President 2017

President’s Thank You

Our 2017 conference has come to a close with over 530 Utility professionals in attendance. It was good to welcome back many familiar faces and to greet 173 first time attendees. We hope your time in Ft Worth was informative and continued building on the USMA Mission of giving you something to “take home and use”.

USMA’s volunteer Board of Directors worked hard all year to bring you value, relevance, and a top-notch conference and your feedback proved those efforts are appreciated. Our conference breakout sessions rated high and reinforced the theme from our General Sessions related to technology and the industry disruptors effecting Utilities now and the near future.

Our Board just met and spent 3 days planning our 2018 conference with many great topics already being worked on specific to supply chain, our utility industry, and your professional development. Please make plans to meet us May 20-23, 2018 in Orlando at the Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate for our 23rd annual educational conference.

Bryan Fox

2017 Conference Highlights

  • Record Setting Attendance
  • Golf Tournament raised funds for ALS Foundation
  • First USMA 5K Run/Walk to support Susan Komen Foundation
  • Over 17 hours of educational programming including:
    • Cyber Security with Theresa Payton
    • The Grid with Gretchen Bakke & Philip Moeller
    • Life/Work Balance & Winning with Emmitt Smith
    • Bob Shapard, CEO of Oncor
    • Leadership with Margaret Morford
    • Drones, Disruption, Best Practices, Buy America and much more

Conference Features

  • Educational

    17 hours of educational programming + session tracking form to help you record educational session attendance for certification

  • Content rich

    Over 40 Speakers

  • Choice

    25 Breakout Sessions to choose from

  • Non-Commercial Format

    We take pride that the conference is presented in a non-commercial format

  • Informative

    3 General Sessions – Download the 2017 Program PDF

  • Networking Opportunities

    First Timers Reception, Welcome Reception, 3 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches & Tuesday Night Dinner Event

  • Exhibitors

    70+ Exhibitors at the USMA Table Top Session

  • Good fun for good works

    Charity Golf and Tennis Events

Conference Hotel

Golf Tournament

Conference Agenda

USMA Policy on Private Events
The Utility Supply Management Alliance does not allow private events to be held during scheduled conference sessions and social functions.  Private events may be held outside of regular conference hours. Events should be kept small.  The USMA logo and name may not be used without written permission from the Utility Supply Management Alliance.

Please do not send mass emails to conference participants prior to and during the conference.