The Alden Conference unites utility professionals in the
electric power, telecommunications, and broadband industries,
along with strategic partners in engineering and construction.
The 2023 Conference is SOLD OUT
and registration is closed for 2023.
The Alden Conference facilitates communication and collaboration among utility industry professionals.
Engage in industry dialogue via speaker sessions, breakout sessions, and traiing.
Learn about the nation’s leading platform for utility joint use asset management, Alden One.
Influence the future direction of the Alden One platform.
Connect with industry partners and professional peers, including utility asset owners, attaching companies, engineers, and contractors.
5:30PM – 7:30PM
Terrace Bar - Valley Hotel, 2nd level
Join us Sunday evening for an opening reception. Pick up your Alden swag, your badge, and meet your fellow attendees over hors d'oeuvres & cocktails.
7:30AM – 8:30AM
Join us for breakfast at your leisure each morning in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
8:30AM – 8:45AM
General Sessions will be held in the Red Mountain Ballroom (A & B).
8:45AM – 9:30AM
John Sciarabba, CEO – Alden
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Jacob Harrison & Steve Schulte – Alden
10:30AM – 10:45AM
10:45AM – 11:30AM
Zach Hester – Alden
Learn how the Alden One platform can be your central resource for data sharing with partners to drive clarity, accountability and action for joint use asset management.
11:30AM – 12:45PM
Join us for lunch in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
12:45PM – 1:30PM
Zach Hester – Alden
We will discuss how centralizing asset data with work activities saves you time.
1:30PM – 2:15PM
Dianne Costello & Daryl Hardy – Alden
Learn how we can automate contract review, notifications, reminders, and legally binding signature requests to gain more financial transparency and propel project completion.
2:15PM – 2:30PM
2:30PM – 3:45PM
Adrian Torres – Alden
Learn how to turn asset data captured in the platform into meaningful insights – so you can take action and keep work moving.
4:30PM
4:30PM – 7:30PM
We will take a trip to Vulcan Park & Museum. Roundtrip transportation will be provided. Join us for networking, dinner, and drinks from one of Birmingham's best views.
We encourage you to explore the park and head up to the viewing deck at the largest cast iron statue in the world.
7:30PM
If you need to return earlier, the bus will be onsite to make multiple roundtrips. This venue is 0.8 miles from the hotel, but we advise against walking. This area is not pedestrian-friendly.
7:30AM – 8:30AM
Join us for breakfast at your leisure each morning in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
8:30AM – 8:45AM
General Sessions will be held in the Red Mountain Ballroom A & B.
8:45AM – 9:30AM
Sean Knowles, CEO – McLean Engineering
9:30AM – 10:00AM
Chris Burton – Alden
10:00AM – 10:30AM
Baski & Chris Burton – Alden
Learn about our field data capture tool.
10:30AM – 10:45AM
10:45AM – 11:45AM
Steve Schulte – Alden
• The benefits and importance of working together
• Group exercise on how to improve interaction between all parties
• Interactive discussions between asset owners, attaching companies, and utility engineering and service firms.
11:45PM – 1PM
Join us for lunch in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
1:00PM – 3:00PM
Alden Certified Provider Program
Red Mountain Ballroom A & B
Steve Schulte
We will give a preview of this new program and and gather your input. Who should attend? Engineering & Service Firms
Client Sessions
Around the hotel
Meet in your small customer groups with the Alden Team. We are excited to offer these dedicated sessions for your company with one (or more) of our team members. Clients will be matched with the Alden Team.
Alden One Training
Shades Creek Room
Kody Miller
We'll offer general Alden One training and plenty of Q&A, so come armed with your specific questions. Who should attend? Anyone new to Alden One or have an issue to tackle.
3:00PM – 3:15PM
3:15PM – 4:15PM
Roundtable Discussion: Alden One – Reasons to Upgrade
Red Mountain Ballroom A & B
Jacob Harrison & Dianne Costello
How are you using the platform today vs. how can you get the most benefit? We'll discuss the most impactful PRO features. Who should attend? Asset Owners, attachers, Engineering Service Firms.
Client Sessions
Around the hotel
Meet in your small customer groups with the Alden Team. We are excited to offer these dedicated sessions for your company with one (or more) of our team members. Clients will be matched with the Alden Team.
Alden One Training
Shades Creek Room
Kody Miller
We'll offer general Alden One training and plenty of Q&A, so come armed with your specific questions. Who should attend? Anyone new to Alden One, have an issue to tackle, or already had a customer session.
5:30PM
We'd love for you to come to our final group dinner on Tuesday evening in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
If you prefer to venture out around town, you'll have some free time this evening.
Click to view options in the area around the conference hotel.
7:30AM – 8:30AM
Join us for breakfast at your leisure each morning in the Red Mountain Ballroom foyer and Red Mountain Ballroom C.
8:30AM – 9:15AM
Baski – Alden
General Sessions will be held in the Red Mountain Ballroom (A & B).
9:15AM – 9:45AM
Todd Miranda, Maranda Duchock – Alden
Spend your "Alden Bucks" on the features important to you.
9:45AM – 10:15AM
While the Feature Buy Results are being tallied, take a moment to bid farewell to your fellow attendees.
10:15AM – 10:30AM
Todd Miranda, Maranda Duchock – Alden
We'll reveal the winners of the feature buy. Be sure to make your voice heard!
10:30AM – 10:45AM
Steve Schulte – Alden
10:45AM – 11:15AM
John Sciarabba, CEO – Alden
Registration is closed.
Email events@aldensys.com if you have questions.
Alden will offer refunds on registration fees until December 31, 2019, minus a $50 cancellation fee. After December 31, 2019, participants will be responsible for the full registration fee and no refunds will be offered. However, we will accept attendee substitutions from within your company until the date of conference. Requests for refunds must be received in writing to Ashley Little at 10 Inverness Center Parkway, Ste 500, Birmingham, AL 35242.
2727 18th Street South
Homewood, AL 35209
Rooms at the conference hotel have SOLD OUT for 2023. Email events@aldensys.com if you have questions.
Alden’s purpose is to create better communities through better infrastructure. We serve the people that power, connect, and inform the world, including electric utilities, communications, broadband providers, and their engineering and construction partners.
We ensure our clients improve internal and external communication to enable data-driven decisions with a collaborative system designed to save you time.
The Alden One platform is a centralized database of 40M+ assets and activities that provides clarity and control through business process automation.
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